BUSINESS WATCH

INDEX OF RECENT TOPICS:

 

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BUSINESS -

 

A Few Simple Rules for Loaning Your Corporation Money (Winter, 2004)

Beware of Oral Contracts (Summer, 2003)

“You Mean I Have To Give It Back?!” (Summer, 2003)

Should You Cash that Check? (Summer, 2002)

Careful Planning Protects Against “Piercing the Corporate Veil”  (Winter, 2002)

“.BIZ”-New Domain Name Available for Business (Winter, 2002)

Is the Arbitration Clause in Your Contract Enforceable? (Winter, 2001)

The Uniform Electronic Transaction Act  (Winter, 2001)

Revised Article 9  —  Effective July 1, 2001 (Winter, 2001)

Are Your Company’s Records Current? (Winter, 2000)

Business Valuation:  Key to Long Term Planning (Winter, 2000)

City of La Vista/Metro Community College Joint Project –  A Nebraska First (Winter, 2000)

Nebraska Adopts Central Filing System for Statutory Liens  (2001)

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY -

 

Victoria’s Secret Case Less Revealing (Summer, 2003)

Digital Millennium Copyright Act:  ISP Registration Important  (Winter, 2000)

 

IMMIGRATION LAW -

 

The H-1B Cap Gap (Summer, 2004)

Just So You Know - New Developments in Immigration Law (Winter, 2004)

Warning – Failure to File Change of Address Form with INS Could Lead to

    Deportation (Summer, 2002)

Lay-offs and the H-1B Employee (Winter, 2002)

Congress Revises H-1B Visa  —  More Visas, Higher Filing Fees  (Winter, 2001)

Immigration Law Does Not Convert Employment-at-Will to Contractual  

    Employment with a Term  (2000)

 

EMPLOYMENT LAW -

 

The NLRB Changes Its Mind (Again) (Summer, 2004)

New Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay “White Collar” Rules to Become Effective August 23 (Summer, 2004)

Accommodating the Job Application (Winter, 2004)

Truck Drivers Who Angered Their Employer’s Only Customer Ordered Reinstated

(Winter, 2004)

Nebraska Supreme Court Recognizes Another Public Policy Exception To At-Will

 Employment (Summer, 2003)

What’s Wrong with Jack–The ADA and Employee Fitness Exams  (Winter, 2001)

 

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS -

 

Health Savings Accounts:  A New Alternative for Employers  (Summer, 2004)

ERISA Plan Drafting (Summer, 2002)

Employee Long-Term Disability Plans–Are Lesser Benefits for

     Mental Disabilities Legal? (Winter, 2002)

When Insurance is Applicable and Activating Coverage  (Winter, 2000)

 

TAX -

 

Tax Incentives Available to Nebraska Business  (1999)

 

 

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