Are employers liable for employee off-duty crimes?
Excerpted from a Bloomberg Law Blog by Jason Knott This past summer, a Dallas County, Texas jury slapped Charter Communications with $7.375 billion in damages. The Goff v. Holden & […]
Restaurant deducts background check costs from employee checks and now must fork over $100K
The operator of five franchise restaurants in Mississippi is going to have to pick up the tab, so to say. Apparently, employees were required to pay for their background checks, […]
Spectrum owes $7 billion in damages for murder of Texas customer
Excerpted from a WFAA-TV Story by Jay Wallis A Dallas County jury found Charter Communications, which also operates as Spectrum, acted negligently in hiring a field technician who killed one […]
CFPB issues advisory to protect privacy when companies compile personal data
Excerpted from a Consumer Financial Protection Post On July 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a legal interpretation to ensure that companies that use and share credit reports […]