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A Wrongful Termination Lawyer Addresses Illegal Layoffs

Wrongful Termination

Layoffs are unfortunately a fact of life in the employment world. When businesses experience financial downturns that require cutting costs, downsizing is a common practice. Moreover, most states adhere to the “at-will” employment doctrine that allows employers to terminate employees…

Why You Should Have Contracts Reviewed by a Business Lawyer

Buy/Sell Agreements Non-Compete Agreements Severance Agreement

Why You Should Have Contracts Reviewed by a Business Lawyer Every business relies on contracts. Employees, vendors, partners, stakeholders, and other relationships are governed by business contracts. However, not fully understanding the agreements you sign is a grave error that…

Movers & Shakers

EEOC-Employment Law Media

Movers & Shakers Alan Crone has been recognized as one of the Daily Memphian’s Movers & Shakers! We are so proud of Alan for being recognized with other great Memphians! We would like to thank the Daily Memphian and their…

Ray Resigns: Education Advocate Says School Board Member Told Her ‘We Need to Clean House’

EEOC-Employment Law Media

Ray Resigns: Education Advocate Says School Board Member Told Her ‘We Need to Clean House’ Dr. Joris Ray has resigned from Memphis-Shelby County Schools as Superintendent. What are the next steps, and how did all of this play out? Action…

The Pawffice: What is FLSA and Overtime?

Overtime

The Pawffice: What is FLSA and Overtime? People don’t give me enough credit. I work really long hours. I work way more than forty hours per week. I’ll break it down for you. I write blogs, I maintain the…

Archie’s 5 Tips to Good Work Life Balance

EEOC-Employment Law

Archie’s 5 Tips to Good Work Life Balance Now that I’m a working dog, there is always something to do. Whether it’s creating a new policy for pets or learning which of my co-workers will give me some of their…

Are Severance Agreements Negotiable?

Severance Agreement

Are Severance Agreements Negotiable? Hello, everybody! I’m Alan Crone, and welcome to this legal bulletin from Ask Alan Legal Bulletin Series. Today’s question is a really good question. We get it a lot, and that is, are severance agreements negotiable?…

Do Non-Compete Agreements Apply To Independent Contractors?

Non-Compete Agreements

Do Non-Compete Agreements Apply To Independent Contractors? Hello, everybody. My name is Alan Crone, and welcome to our next installment in our Legal Bulletin series of Ask Alan answering questions from you about certain legal issues. Today’s question is, do…

Should colleges shut down by coronavirus repay students for tuition?

Coronavirus Situation

by: Mike Suriani Posted: Apr 28, 2020 / 05:56 PM CDT / Updated: Apr 28, 2020 / 06:19 PM CDT This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see…

The Pawffice: Archie Explains The 5 Protected Categories of Employment At-Will

EEOC-Employment Law

Archie Explains The 5 Protected Categories of Employment At-Will Now that I have been working at a law firm for close to a year, I think I have gotten pretty good at this whole law thing. Sure, I don’t practice…

The Pawffice: 3 Things Archie Can Teach You About Employment Law

Small Business Law

The Pawffice: 3 Things Archie Can Teach You About Employment Law As a recently hired employee of The Crone Law Firm, hired to run the The Pawffice division, I wanted to share with you the tricks and lessons I’ve learned…

Can Severance Agreements Prohibit Whistleblowing?