Feb 12, 2016 | Business Litigation
For most workers, the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) guarantees a minimum wage and overtime pay at a rate of not less than one-and-a-half times the employee’s regular rate for all hours worked over the standard forty (40) hours per week. However, for certain...
Jan 7, 2016 | Business Litigation
As a business owner it is important to understand all of the rules and regulations surrounding the lawful operation of your business. It may not be something that very small businesses think about but they are just as obligated to the same rules as larger corporations...
Nov 18, 2015 | Administrative Law, Business Litigation, White Collar Crime
The obligatory rules set in place to oversee the ethics and professionalism of Georgia attorneys is ruled by the State Bar of Georgia. The last thing an attorney wants to acknowledge is the risk of being brought before the Bar and questioned on how a specific case was...
Oct 16, 2015 | Business Litigation
Wrongful termination The first thing to address is what wrongful termination is and what it isn’t. Many people, employees and employers alike have a misconception of what constitutes wrongful termination. Absent a union agreement or other contract specifying the terms...
Mar 31, 2015 | Business Litigation
In 2012, a bank manager in Marietta, Georgia was arrested for fraud and forgery for using information in the Chase Bank’s branch to cash thousands of dollars’ worth of US Treasury checks. Fraud can be described as using methods such as deception, dishonesty, lies and...
