law & legal
DEAR JEFF: I am the independent executor of my brother’s estate. I’ve been approved, and Letters Testamentary have been issued. Am I now free to divide everything up and sell assets? Thanks, “Ready to Get This Done.”
Dear “Get This Done”: No — even in an independent administration, you should
The EEOC stated that “employees with disabilities were repeatedly denied reasonable accommodations, including assistive devices, modified work schedules, and reassignment.”
Instead of engaging in the interactive process and discussing and providing accommodations, the EEOC claims the health care company forced employees to quit.
The EEOC also announced another case, this
In fact, the EEOC’s pandemic preparedness guidance goes so far as to make lawful the withdrawal of a job offer if it needs an applicant to start immediately but the individual has COVID-19 or symptoms of it, since that individual cannot safely return to the workplace.
However, an employer cannot
DEAR JEFF: What happens to debt when someone dies? I have some credit card debt. Will my husband and children be responsible for that debt after I am gone? Will it have to be paid out of life insurance? Thanks, “Deep in Debt”
Dear “Deep in Debt”: Since Texas is
Gary Smith, one of five founding partners of the firm, states, “In 2014, we decided to create a different kind of law firm—one that invests the time and energy in knowing our clients and our community so that our clients are well-represented. Our number one goal has always been
Here’s one to file in the irony department, or perhaps use as a dictionary definition of the word: Stu Sjouwerman, founder and CEO of KnowBe4, a Clearwater-based cybersecurity company that has nearly 1,000 employees and has been valued at $800 million, has become a victim of identity theft.
Sjouwerman, who
From piles of yellow legal pads and towering bookcases lined with impressive, leather-bound tomes to high standards of dress and conduct required in the courtroom, law, historically, has been one of the more low-tech, old-school professions. Heck, one of the seminal films about training to be part of the legal
He typed in the typical personal information required for such transactions, and a password that he used for all of his accounts. Helmer never did receive that tool he thought he had purchased.
Instead, he began to receive calls from creditors he didn’t know he had, and bills for things