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DOL Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers
DOL Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck DriversBy Anne Baggott and Brandi SpatesAugust 19, 2019 The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor recently issued an Opinion Letter that withdrew several previous opinion letters regarding...
Dysart Taylor Volunteers with NourishKC
Dysart Taylor Volunteers with NourishKCDysart Taylor employees volunteered at a service event for NourishKC on July 12. From NourishKC.org: For more than 35 years, the Kansas City Community Kitchen has been serving hot, nutritious meals to all who come with no...
FMCSA Issues Final Rule Regarding Driver Coercion
FMCSA Issues Final Rule Regarding Driver Coercion John Wilcox and Kate Alfaro published an article in the Transportation Lawyers Association's (TLA) publication, The Transportation Lawyer, an exclusive resource for TLA members only, about the final rule regarding...
FMCSA Rulemaking, Driver Coercion and Respondeat Superior Liability
FMCSA Rulemaking, Driver Coercion and Respondeat Superior Liability On May 13, 2014, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) to adopt regulations prohibiting motor carriers, shippers, receivers and...
Can You Rely on DTI?
Can You Rely on DTI? The plaintiffs’ bar has discovered a new litigation tool to present cases involving mild brain injury to the jury. Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) requires the plaintiff to undergo a series of MRI’s and other scans in order to provide a map of the...
Denial of Life Insurance and Accident Benefits in Missouri and Kansas
Denial of Life Insurance and Accident Benefits in Missouri and Kansas Suppose an insured person lives in Missouri or Kansas and names you as the beneficiary in a life insurance policy, but the insurance company denies paying benefits because something was omitted or...
Unlawful Brokerage Activities Risk Unlimited Liability – Both Corporate and Personal
Unlawful Brokerage Activities Risk Unlimited Liability – Both Corporate and Personal Section 14916 of 49 U.S.C. is one of the new statutory provisions passed as part of MAP-21 (the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act).[i] That section specifies that...
Credit Report Errors Could Cost You
Credit Report Errors Could Cost You A 2013 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report revealed that approximately 25% of consumer credit reports may contain errors. More significantly, approximately 5% of consumer credit reports contain errors that are considerable enough...
Recent Changes in Law Makes Now a Good Time to Review Your Estate Plan
Recent Changes in Law Makes Now a Good Time to Review Your Estate Plan The legislation passed in the early hours of 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the Act), made substantial changes to a number of estate planning considerations. It has offered...
FDA Published New Proposed Rule on Sanitary Transportation of Food
FDA Published New Proposed Rule on Sanitary Transportation of Food The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule on sanitary transportation of food under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The FDA's proposed rule would require shippers,...
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