Legal Updates

The company that I work for has not been depositing my 401K monies; what can I do?

We are looking for a lawyer for my mother-in-law. She is trying to collect her deceased husband's pension. What area of law does that fall under?

To build a case against YouTube, Viacom turned to a Silicon Valley company to sniff out pirated clips on the popular video- sharing site. Viacom, which last week sued YouTube and parent company Google Inc. for publishing its videos on the Web without its permission, hired BayTSP Inc. in October and asked the Los Gatos technology company to scour the site and find the offending clips. By the time Viacom filed its $1 billion lawsuit, BayTSP had amassed more than 160,000 unauthorized videos, snippets from "South Park," "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," "SpongeBob SquarePants" and other popular shows owned by MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and other Viacom networks. YouTube says it took all those videos down.

AT&T Inc.'s mobile phone unit agreed to pay $30.6 million to settle an investigation by California regulators over early-termination fees charged to wireless customers.

Student loan providers are engaged in widespread illegal and deceptive practices, including kickbacks to colleges for directing students to lenders, New York Atty. Gen. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. A nationwide investigation by his office revealed all-expense-paid trips to luxury Caribbean resorts for college financial aid officers and their spouses as well as college call centers secretly manned by lenders, Cuomo said. He did not single out specific lenders or schools. "A student's first lesson in college should not be in consumer fraud," Cuomo said. "The school-lender relationships are often for the benefit of the school at the expense of the student."

There are two ways to change your name after you get married. For the common usage method, make sure that your new name is on your marriage certificate, get a new driver's license and social security card, and update existing records. The other method is to get a court order and update your records.

Start a Marriage Certificate Request Letter in your area by clicking on your state. After you have made your selection, fill out some basic information for your Marriage Certificate Request Letter.

Start a Death Certificate Request Letter in your area by clicking on your state. After you have made your selection, fill out some basic information for your Death Certificate Request Letter.

I share joint custody with my ex-husband. My 11 year old daughter lives with me primarily and is with her father every other weekend. His scheduled visitation with my daughter was for this past weekend, but we had an awful snow storm and I didn't feel it safe for her to go with him due to the fact he wanted to take her several hours away to visit our other daughter. Before this he has never had issues with swapping weekends with me if he wanted to or I wanted to. What are my rights?

Can I file for divorce in one state if my spouse lives in another state?

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay for certain "white collar" workers. To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet certain tests regarding their job duties and be paid on a salary basis at not less than $455 per week.

Furloughs are being used more often as employers, both private and public, face economic tough times. Learn about some of the differences between furloughs and layoffs - each measure has different consequences. Know how employer work policies and handbooks may govern furlough procedures.

The Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") governs, among other things, the minimum wage and overtime payments that employers must pay employees. Whether you're an employer or worker, you need to know some things about the burdens of proof for violations of the FLSA.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is most commonly known for its regulation of minimum wages and overtime pay, but how does the FLSA impact holiday, sick, and vacation pay? You might be surprised to find out that the FLSA all but ignores such things.

Practically all employers must state and federal laws that govern the payment of wages and overtime. The laws can be complicated to follow, and there can be stiff penalties for not complying with them. So, if you're an employer, it's a good idea for to know some of the basics of wage and hours laws.