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Here’s a new study many teens and young adults won’t “like”: Some 10% of young job seekers are rejected because of what’s on their social media profiles. Perhaps just as problematic, the On Device Research study also found that two-thirds of young people – that is, ages 16 to 34 – aren’t concerned that their social media use could harm their future career prospects. Maybe they should be. It’s true that a number of states have laws in place to protect employees and job applicants from social media snooping by employers....

As the owners of property, landlords are often legally responsible for the condition, upkeep, and use of their property, including legal liability for injuries that may be suffered by tenants or visitors. Known as premises liability, this legal theory may be used to hold a property owner liable for injuries that occur on his or her property. But a landlord’s potential liability can depend on both the cause of the injury as well as the legal status of the person who was injured....

We’re told all the time that sitting at a desk all day is bad for our health, and that getting out of the office for a stroll is essential for our well-being. But even walking can be dangerous, especially along heavily-trafficked city streets. So can a pedestrian injured in an accident sue? And how do you figure out who’s at fault? If a pedestrian is struck by a car, any legal liability will rest on whether the driver was negligent in causing the collision....

Immigration is a complicated and nuanced area of the law. Many different factors can have a significant impact on a person’s immigration status. Possibly the most feared factors are criminal convictions. A criminal conviction can result in deportation and other consequences when it comes to a person’s immigration status. Fortunately, not all criminal convictions will have a significant impact on a person’s immigration status. But, whether or not a person is convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony is actually less significant when it comes to immigration status than the type of crime a person is convicted of....

A Yahoo! executive who’s being sued over alleged sexual harassment has countersued her accuser for defamation. Maria Zhang, Yahoo!’s Senior Director of Engineering, filed suit against Nan Shi, the woman who accused her of coercing her into multiple sexual encounters for fear of her job. Zhang claims in her countersuit that the allegations are entirely false and that Shi’s only goal is “financial gain,” GeekWire reports. Could Zhang’s accuser be facing more liability than the Yahoo!...

With more businesses being hit by cyberattacks, small business owners will want to take precautions. One simple thing you can do is to avoid using the 25 most common (and most terrible) passwords that are floating around the Internet. Password-management firm SplashData has released its annual list of the 25 most popular online passwords. These passwords make it very easy for other people to log in to your personal accounts, which puts your personal information at risk, according to the company....

What is a deposition, and what should you expect if you’re going to be deposed? There are many reasons to take a deposition. Perhaps you were a witness to a car accident or a personal injury case, or you have some other pertinent information that can be used in a lawsuit. Or, you might be one of the parties in a case. In any event, here are seven tips and pointers to help you prepare for your deposition:...

The man who was with Oscar Grant the night he was shot to death by a BART transit police officer has filed a lawsuit against Bay Area Rapid Transis (BART). BART is already facing a host of civil rights lawsuits by the family of Oscar Grant as well as the other men who were detained with him. As discussed in our previous posts about Oscar Grant, Mr. Grant was fatally shot by a BART transit officer on the platform of the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland, CA just over a year ago....

In California, felony marijuana cases are being tossed out of court because of a gray area in the law. How much medical marijuana is too much? The question has stumped police, prosecutors and defense attorneys after a recent Supreme Court ruling, the Associated Press reports. The high court struck down a state law that imposed an 8-ounce limit and instead entitled patients to a “reasonable” amount of the drug to treat their ailments....

Schools in California are constantly under siege, facing a shortage of funds which in turn brings bigger classes, fewer teachers and a host of cutbacks. One cutback that seems to receive less attention than many others is the effect on school nurses. Once ubiquitous, school nurses have disappeared to a such a degree that a lawsuit heading to the state Supreme Court is looking at the legal issue of who can administer insulin injections to diabetic kids if no nurse is available....

In some ways, quality nursing care can be just as important to your health as the medical treatment you receive from a doctor. By the same token, however, injuries sustained from substandard nursing care can be just as serious as those from physician mistakes. Here are some of the most common medical errors committed by nurses and their legal liability if it happens to you. While most medical malpractice lawsuits will target doctors and hospitals (i....

When an employee is injured on the job, demanding the injured employee submit to a drug test may prevent an employee whose was intoxicated at the time they were injured from claiming workers compensation benefits. Unlike drug testing job applicants, however, drug testing employees isn’t always legal. But when an employee is involved in a workplace accident and you have a reasonable suspicion the employee may be under the influence, you may typically require that worker to submit to a drug test....

FedEx delivers an estimated nine million packages a day. That’s a lot of boxes on a lot of trucks driven by a lot of drivers. And, for the most part, those packages are harmless and drivers don’t need to know what’s in each box. But what if a driver is delivering a potentially dangerous package? What if they’re delivering dozens of them, filled with frozen carbon dioxide, which, if it turns into CO2 gas, can lead to fatal hypercapnia?...

Florida lawmakers introduced a controversial gun bill this month that increases the burdens on private businesses within the state that want their premises to be “gun-free zones.” Under state law, in Florida, and most states for that matter, businesses can prohibit customers from bringing firearms onto the premises, even if the customer has a valid permit for carrying the weapon. The proposed legislation would still allow businesses in Florida to ban guns from their premises, but it would create statutory liability against the business if a gun owner is injured by violence in gun-free zones....

February is Black History Month, officially recognized by presidents and by acts of Congress. But how does a history month become a law? More than half of the months of the year are designated by law as history or heritage months. They’re meant to recognize the contributions of various ethnic and minority groups, many of which faced discrimination at some point in our country’s history. So how does a particular group of Americans end up with a month officially set aside to celebrate their historic accomplishments?...

If you’re looking for a career change, you may have wondered at some point whether it is legal to grow weed in California. But before you become a drug dealer or open a cannabis club, it’s probably a good idea to become familiar with the marijuana laws. To start off, it is illegal to grow or sell weed for recreational use. This is true even in California. So discard the rumors that you can legally grow one or two marijuana plants or grow weed for your own personal use....

A jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million to a woman’s family after her death from ovarian cancer was linked to use of the company’s talc-based products. Jacqueline Fox allegedly developed cancer after using Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for over 30 years. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer three years ago and passed away last October. Attorneys for Fox’s family say the jury award is the first of its kind, though there are sure to many more....

The mail-order steak company, Omaha Steaks is seeking a declaratory judgment from a federal court to stop an apparently ’troll-like’ ADA lawsuit. Despite the existence of the Americans with Disabilities Act since 1990, business still are regularly sued for violating the nearly three decade old law, even though tax credits and benefits allow compliance to be had on the cheap. The legal action filed by Omaha Steaks is in response to a letter they received demanding that the mail order steak company update their website to be accessible to those with visual disabilities, which is required by the ADA....

Bloomberg reports that Paxil lawsuits have resulted almost $1 billion in Glaxo Smith Kline settlements. The Paxil lawsuits range from class action lawsuits to wrongful death lawsuits over a reported increased risk of suicidality in patients. The pharmaceutical company has had to battle lawsuits over birth defects and antitrust claims as well. While Glaxo Smith Kline refused to comment on Paxil lawsuits, it did issue a statement about its overall settlement total: “Paxil has been on the market in the U....

Single parents are some of the most hard-working employees at work. Although marital status is generally irrelevant in the workplace, there are legal issues relating to single parents that business owners should keep in mind. So on this National Single Parents Day – an observance that began with a proclamation by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 – here are three legal facts for employers when dealing with single parents at work....