Daily Archives: August 12, 2011 - 3 results


Posted 646 days ago in Labor and Employment by Arthur Buono  |   Comments
Get Advice, Know Your Rights, Before Blowing the Whistle

Workplace wrongdoing – discrimination, corruption, criminality – poses a real dilemma for those who observe it. Ignore it and you’re part of the problem. Call it out – whistleblowing – and you may end up with problems of your own.   Whistleblowing – bringing illegal conduct to light – is protected by law Laws also protect whistleblowers from retaliation Get legal help in determining if the conduct is illegal before calling it out Like this article? Share it with others …

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Posted 646 days ago in Jury Awards by David Baarlaer  |   Comments
Editor’s Choice: Top Five Legal News Stories of the Day

Here are some news items we though you’d be interested in. Now’s the time to buy, refinance your home.If nothing else, the Wall Street sell-off, US credit downgrade and overall economic quagmire has had a positive impact, for some at least. Mortgage rates are dropping like rocks. Rates for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 3.5 percent, and it’s around 4.32 percent for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage – nearly a record low.   The downside, however, is that the economic crunch …

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Posted 646 days ago in Uncategorized by Arthur Buono  |   Comments
Legal Tips for Tenants in a Hot Rental Market

The mortgage mess means renting is cool, which means a hot rental market. Remember what happened in a hot housing market? Fraud and panic, that’s what happened. And it’s happening now in some rental markets, as tenants scramble to find just that right place to live.   With home buying on the downs, rental markets heat up Tight rental market makes it tough to get tenant-friendly terms Don’t lose your head and cut a bad deal or fall prey to …

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