EMPLOYMENT LAW: Employer Inquiries About Employee’s Plans to Retire 11/15/24
May an employer ask an employee whether they are thinking about retiring sometime in the foreseeable future without running afoul...
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EMPLOYMENT LAW: “Workplace drug use policies and state medical/adult use marijuana laws”
Over the last two decades, over two-thirds of the states have enacted legislation authorizing use of marijuana and marijuana products...
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ESTATES: Inheritance Endangered Species Parts: (Is it legal to inherit objects made from endangered species parts?)
It is not uncommon for the estates individuals at death to possess one or more souvenirs, pieces of jewelry, trophies,...
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LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW: Love in the Time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a fertile source of new litigation: challenges to mask mandates, challenges to vaccine mandates, construction...
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ESTATES: Estate Planning: Gifts by an Attorney-in-Fact
Although most estates now have statutes that address the scope of powers of an agent under a durable or general...
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ESTATE PLANNING: Pet Trusts
According to a treatise on revocable trusts, "[t]he number of individuals who own animals is staggering. As many as 56.7...
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BUSINESS LAW: Beneficiaries – Supreme Court Rebuffs Another Challenge to the ACA
In a closely watched case, California v. Texas, 141 S. Ct. 2104 (2021), the Supreme Court recently turned back a...
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GIFTS: Beneficiaries – Disqualification to Take – Ingratitude
It is well-settled that, in most states, completed inter vivos gifts are deemed irrevocable, even in circumstances where the donor's...
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EMPLOYMENT: LGBTQ Employees Are Protected by Federal Antidiscrimination Statute, Supreme Court Holds
An employer that discharges an individual for being LGBTQ violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the...
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CONTRACTS AND COVID: Emergency Orders and Delayed/Excused Action
With the spread of COVID-19, most jurisdictions have declared a state of emergency and/or issued executive orders curtailing daily life. ...
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