In separate cases, two public school students used MySpace to post disparaging comments about each of their principals. Each of the students was punished with a suspension from school, and each made a federal case out of it, literally, by … Continue reading
What is an S Corporation?
An S corporation is a form of business classified for federal income tax purposes as a corporation that has elected to be taxed as a pass through entity, in a manner similar to a partnership or sole proprietor. Unlike a … Continue reading
Car Dealers Clash with Website
In a variation on a familiar phrase, a federal trial court effectively has ruled that, in the context of a website posting customers’ reviews of their retail buying experiences, “you can’t blame the message board.” In the case before the … Continue reading
Credit Card Act
Recently, the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009 (the Credit CARD Act) went into effect. Congress saw a pressing need to protect consumers from abusive fees, penalties, interest rate increases, and other unjustified changes in the terms … Continue reading
Emailed Documents Allowed
Shortly before he left the employment of a residential treatment center for addicted persons, an employee emailed some of his employer’s documents to his and his wife’s personal email accounts. The employee operated two consulting businesses of his own concerning … Continue reading