As you read the following case, consider the following issues: • How do the media portray porch pirates? • What kinds of surveillance and prevention techniques are used? • Is the approach used by Pringle fair? Should Pringle be praised? • Are there potential consequences of Pringle’s actions?     Porch pirates are those people […]

Is it only the responsibility of the physician to report child abuse cases?  To whom, in your community, should a report be made?  What is the process of reporting a suspected child abuse case?  And finally, describe the proper procedure for reporting a ‘reportable’ disease to the proper reporting agency.  Give an example of the […]

PARALEGAL / LAA DIPLOMA GENERAL LEGAL OFFICE PROCEDURE RESEARCH MEMO Client Profile First Name: Ryan Last Name: River Address: 12258 7’01h Avenue, Surrey, BC Phone: (604) 555—1144 Spouse: None This is the first time we have worked for this client. Ryan has been wrongfully dismissed from his former employer and wants to sue his employer […]

Could you please provide some information with reference to NSW legislation / case law on the importance of care that one should take with someones estate when you do not have a grant of probate, and the implications of becoming too involved in how you deal with the estate?

Cybersecurity attacks can be costly to resolve and may adversely impact the business’ reputation. In addition, business executives can lose their jobs, as was the case at Sony, Target, and Experian after the cybersecurity breaches. Cyberattacks can involve ransomware that disables computer systems, destruction or modification of company data, public data leaks, disruption of the […]

A server signed an arbitration agreement when she was hired by a restaurant in September 2009. She left the job in July 2010 but was subsequently rehired in March 2011. She was not asked to sign an arbitration agreement upon being rehired. The server alleged that she was sexually harassed following her rehiring and sued […]

 At the end of a workplace meeting in which a number of issues were discussed, the company president mentioned that a new arbitration policy was being instituted. A pamphlet outlining the new dispute resolution program was available, but it was not read to employees and not all employees picked it up. Employees who continued to […]

A fitness center issued an employee handbook that included a section providing that all employment-related disputes would be "resolved only by an arbitrator through final and binding arbitration." It specified that disputes under the Fair Labor Standards Act were among those subject to the mandatory arbitration policy and further stipulated that disputes could not be […]

An employee was subjected to severe national origin and religious harassment over a period of at least three years. The harassment included numerous death threats, vandalism, and workplace graffiti. The employee made many complaints to company officials, but the perpetrator(s) were never identified and disciplined. Actions taken by the employer (a large automaker} included holding […]

An employee signed an arbitration agreement when he was hired. The agreement provided that the costs of the arbitration would be split equally between the parties with the employee payment capped at the amount earned in the employee’s highe: earnings month during the previous year; remedies could not include either punitiw damages or reinstatement; all […]