by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Mar 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Supreme Court has granted oral arguments in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission. This case was initiated when North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners (the Board), began sending threatening warnings to nondentists providing...
by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Feb 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
In January we discussed the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (the FAMILY Act), introduced in the Senate on December 12, but just this month Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) introduced legislation that would expand the already existing Family and Medical...
by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
As discussed on the Blog on December 5, 2014, yet again, the Federal Government announced another delay in a compliance date for small businesses regarding The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Treasury received many requests to offer more time for small...
by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Jan 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Two recent Global small-business surveys, the Mid-Year Small Business Report Card and Year-End SMB Survey, both seem to have a clear theme for 2014 — small business owners are going to be hiring. According to the research from the surveys, more than 77 percent...
by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Jan 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
The financial impossibility of taking unpaid leave is the single most common reason workers give for not taking leave when they need it, according to the Department of Labor’s Technical Report in November of 2013. The “Family and Medical Insurance Leave...
by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Dec 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found that sniffing may be considered sexual harassment. Denise Royal claims she was fired without explanation shortly after she complained to her supervisor about being sniffed by co-workers. Royal, employed...
by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Dec 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Obama Administration announced a year delay in HealthCare.gov’s small business functions. The administration had previously delayed online enrollment from October 1, 2013 to the end of November. The announcement did not come as a surprise to many small...
by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Plaintiffs filed a California class action lawsuit in Los Angeles on October 22, 2013 against Yelp. Yelp is a website that provides reviews of different businesses around the world. The plaintiffs are a group of Yelp reviewers, claiming that they are unpaid writers...
by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Nov 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today the Senate has adopted an amendment to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) from Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) that would prevent retaliation against religious organizations. It was only Monday, the ENDA achieved enough support in the Senate to move the bill...
by Connors Morgan, PLLC | Oct 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, conducted a study finding that nurses spend as much as 60 minutes of each work day tracking down physicians for a response to their patient care questions. Many healthcare providers believe it would be more efficient to send text...
