Criminal Law

Employee Lawsuits (An Introduction and Topic Overview)
How employers can cope with the siege of employee lawsuits

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Facebook
Downloading Games Linked to Possible Identity Theft

Daimler Chrysler et al.
alleged negligence pertaining to lost confidential client data which exposed customers to identity theft

Wegmans Food Market
alleging the retailer revealed too much information on their credit and debit card receipts, violating the FACTA law, and leaving customers open to identity theft

Employee Theft
Mother and daughter ordered to pay $1 million settlement for writing false paychecks.

Police Officer
City of Tonawanda awards former employee $47,000 wrongful termination settlement.

Police Chief Whistleblower
Argentine Township agrees to pay former employee $650,000 harassment and retaliation settlement.