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28 May 2013

Oklahoma Employers Now Allowed to Opt Out of Workers Comp

Oklahoma is now one of the most employer-friendly states for workers compensation. On May 6th, Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation allowing employers to use an alternative form of workers compensation rather than the traditional statewide system.
23 May 2013

New NTSB Recommendation Calls for Lower Drunk Driving BAC Limit

In most states, the legal limit for drunk driving is .08 percent blood alcohol concentration. Anything above this number might cause a driver to receive a DUI charge. A recent recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) would push this limit down to .05 percent.
16 May 2013

Should Businesses be Buying Cybercrime Insurance Coverage?

Cybercrime insurance coverage provides businesses with finances to offset the damage done by a variety of Internet-related threats. These include denial of service (DDoS) attacks, hacking, computer viruses, copyright infringement, Web content liabilities and other related concerns.
14 May 2013

New York City Lawmakers Pass Mandate Requiring Businesses to Have Paid Sick Leave

On Wednesday, May 8, New York City legislature passed a mandate that required the vast majority of business owners in the city to provide paid sick leave to employees. This is a huge victory in a national movement that has fostered similar bills in cities all around the country including San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C. and Portland, Oregon.
07 May 2013

Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Have Been Read His Miranda Rights?

“You have the right to remain silent.”

That is the beginning of the Miranda Rights statement, made famous by police procedural dramas watched by millions, if not billions, of people over the last few decades.