Research proposal posted by Jessica Thomulka. Part One Healthcare costs are skyrocketing in the United States. Even prior to the passing of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the burden on American corporations to provide healthcare to their employees was placing stress on businesses. Lifestyle control is the term given to an employer’s influence on an employee’s actions …
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Federal Judge Orders 10-Year Sentence for Library Bribes
Posted by Patrick Osadebe. On September 17, 2014, a federal judge sentenced Timothy Cromer, a former Detroit public library official, to 10 years in prison for bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. He was charged for accepting more than $1.4 million in bribes from contractors of the library. Timothy Cromer, 46, was the chief administrative and …
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IRS Fraud Scam Bilks People For More Than $23 Million
Online fraud is alive and well. About 4,550 people have been scammed by foreigners posing as IRS personnel and telling them they are about to be sued for unpaid taxes. The Treasury Inspector General, J. Russell George indicated they are working on bringing to justice the perpetrators of “‘the largest of its kind’” scam, yet taxpayers …
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Tesla Attempts to Bypass Dealerships
Posted by Ali Paladino. Recently, on September 1, 2016, the electric car maker Tesla Motors was called out for attempting to sell their vehicles directly to their customers in Missouri. The judge ruled Tesla’s efforts to rule out the middleman, car dealerships, violated state law. The Missouri Revenue Department “gave the California-based manufacturer a license …
Legal Cases Involving Forensic Accountants
Posted by Kimberly Culcay. In the article, “What Types of Legal Cases Require a Forensic Accountant,” Henry Rinder describes what a forensic accountant really is and the need for such a professional. The article discusses that there is a difference between a traditional accountant and a forensic accountant. A forensic accountant combines accounting knowledge and …
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Home Warranty Companies Face Lawsuits
Posted by Da’Naysia Aarons. In an article called, “Lawsuits and Consumer Reporters Fight Home Warranty Companies,” Heidi Turner discusses how home warranty companies are being sued by consumers. An investigative reporter was asked to look into a company called Sensible Home Warranty who was allegedly selling consumers a warranty policy. However, when one consumer asked …
Wrongful Convictions – Los Angeles to Pay 24 Million to Two Men
Los Angeles will pay 24 million dollars to two men who spent decades in prison for crimes they did not commit. In one case, lawyers and a team of students from Loyola Law School challenged a key witness’s testimony. In 1979, Kash Delano Register was charged with the armed robbery and murder of Jack Sasson, 78, after eyewitness …
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IP Archives – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students
Posted by Nadia Haddad. Throughout the article, “Intellectual Property,” the author Darren Dahl talks about four different common fallacies that small business is unaware. The two most precious resources for any small business owner are time and money. Small business owners believe that it is not worth the time or effort to secure intellectual property …
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NJ Settlement with Exxon: Was it Enough?
Posted by Keith Cleary. A lawsuit has erupted between Exxon Mobile and the state of New Jersey, particularly two industrial sites in New Jersey, Union and Hudson counties, according to the New York Times (Sullivan). The lawsuit, “which has been filed in 2004 and litigated by four administrations, is a $8.9 billion dollar lawsuit.” (Sullivan). …
Combat Sweatshops
Posted by Arben Bajrami. Sweatshops, or a workplace with unacceptable working conditions, have remained a problem up until recent years in business and in our economy. Companies such as Nike and Adidas have workers in foreign countries sewing and producing equipment, apparel, and footwear for very little pay. It is said that these sweatshop workers …