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Avon Calling
Rebecca Blackwell
Nostalgia-soaked childhood memories of the neighborhood "Avon lady" can mask an insidious reality: Multilevel marketing companies are often little more than polished Ponzi schemes. My experience is illustrative.
What Does Workplace Harassment Look Like in 2021?
Victoria E. Langley
The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the U.S. workforce. But has it changed harassment on the job?
Voting Season Is Open
Best LawyersVoting for next year's Best Lawyers is an exclusive opportunity to benefit your local legal community.
How Peer Review Powers Industry Referrals
Best LawyersBest Lawyers combines the trust of industry referrals with state-of-the-art technology to help clients find the right lawyer.
Paula Greisen - Denver 2020 Lawyer of the Year
Best LawyersLitigation - Labor and Employment Denver, CO
Great Rebuild
Best LawyersNéstor Méndez discusses labor peace, junk-bond repercussions, and the laudable resilience of those who call this storm-battered island home.
Workplace Guidelines During a Pandemic
Fisher Phillips
Anxiety and stress levels are rising high during a time of uncertainty like this. Labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips answers employment questions about COVID-19.
Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Which Are You?
Greg Mansell
The distinction between the two is integral. Misclassifying someone as an independent contractor can have several implications.
Leading the Evolution in Workplace Law
Best LawyersColin G.M. Gibson discusses workplace safety, issues such as raising the minimum wage, and job-protected leaves.
A Legal Guide for Businesses During COVID-19
Roy D. Oppenheim
Oppenheim Law creates a useful guide for problems small to medium-sized businesses may face during this time of uncertainty.
How This Firm Is Shaping the Economic Future of Ukraine
Best LawyersDenis Lysenko discusses how AEQUO has helped build a new business environment.
The Virtual Courtroom
Andrew E. Curto and Danielle E. Tricolla
Why some of the industry changes the pandemic has wrought—the advent of remote courthouse appearances chief among them—deserve to outlast the return to normal life.
Is It Live . . . Or Is It Virtual?
Adrian L. Bastianelli III, Paulo Flores, Kevin J. O’Connor, and Robert S. Peckar
Mediation via Zoom is just one of the legal-industry oddities the pandemic has wrought. Here’s a cheat sheet for how to make it work for you—and some thoughts on whether it’s here to stay.
Jury Study Sounds Alarm for Insurance Industry
Christopher W. Martin
Without Congressional action, the years ahead will see a tsunami of suits filed against the insurance industry for COVID-19-related claims. Our intensive surveys shed some disturbing light on potential jurors’ attitudes and perspectives.
How I Adapt to Working From Home
Alexandria Hurst
With the pandemic still ongoing with no end in sight, one lawyer writes about how she stays sane working from home.
Best Lawyers Since Day One
Best LawyersWe talked to some of the 566 attorneys who have been recognized by Best Lawyers since the first edition in 1983.
How Does Your Firm Measure Up?
Best LawyersBL Intelligence provides your firm with valuable industry data.
DOL Proposes New Overtime Rule and Salary Threshold for Exemption
Megan Erickson Moritz
The Department of Labor is proposing a hike to the salary threshold requirement for exempted employees.
How Dentons Russia Dominates the Global Market
Best LawyersFlorian Schneider of 2019 "Law Firm of the Year" winner Dentons Russia discusses his career accomplishments.
An Interview With Gleiss Lutz
Best LawyersGermany's 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” in Labor and Employment Law
The Best Defense Against FLSA Lawsuits for Unpaid Overtime
Maureen E. Carr
Six strategies to avoid costly liability.
How Spain's Garrigues Trains a Millenial Workforce
Best LawyersIn an interview with Best Lawyers, Adriano Gómez of "Law Firm of the Year" Garrigues in Spain offers a look at his career success, labor and employment law, and embracing a millennial workforce.
Unlocking the Supply Chain
Brittany K. Lazzaro
How Supply-Chain Transparency—Legal, Regulatory, and via Increasing Consumer Scrutiny—Is Forcing Companies to Take a Hard Look at Forced Labor Worldwide.
Value Play
Kim F. Ebert
Impeccable skills are no longer enough: Why lawyers must increasingly take into account clients’ expectations about representation’s true worth.
Portugal Is Legislating Its Way to a Fairer Workplace
Best LawyersPedro Pardal Goulão of Morais Leitão discusses the big changes coming to Portugal in his "Law Firm of the Year" interview.
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Options for a Wrongfully Dismissed Employee
Stacey Reginald Ball
Mediation, Negotiation, Lawsuit
An Interview With ALRUD Law Firm
Best LawyersRussia’s 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” in Labor and Employment Law
