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Who Am I Dealing With?? Watching Your Back(ground) Checks.

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Lina Maini

Now that we are past the literal dogfight world of last week’s ugly politics, my concentration falls back to tangible information for the legal (and corporate) professional regarding background searches. Lately, we are requested quite often to research the backgrounds of prospective employees, partners and corporate entities. With our now internet-enabled reach (not just to locate web-based [...]

Filed under: background, background checks, databases, employee, employee record, information | Tagged: background check, Business, Business Services, Employment, Financial Services, Fire and Security, information, Tax lien | Leave a Comment »

Does Your Company/Firm Have a “Jerk Free Policy?”

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Lina Maini

Does Your Company Have a “Jerk Free Policy?” Toxic bosses can alienate employees and cause more trouble than necessary. Expert blogger Ried Carr mentions in FASTCOMPANY magazine that: “A jerk can make anyone dread coming to work. Those jerks can be on the other end of the phone, such as clients, vendors or partners, or those [...]

Filed under: Human Resources, Work Environment | Tagged: Business, Employee Relations, Employment, Firm, Hiring, Human resources, Motivation | Leave a Comment »

Ten Of The Dumbest Warning Labels

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Lina Maini

Label: The Vanishing Fabric Marker should not be used as a writing instrument for signing checks or any legal documents. Product: W.H. Collins’ Vanishing Fabric Markers (You just know that someone kited a check and in an effort to minimize responsibility, tried to sue to blame the manufacturer.) Label: Do not use while sleeping. (See above pic.) [...]

Filed under: Top Ten Lists | Tagged: ambien, apple, Business, dumb labels, iPod, Vanishing Fabric Marker, Vidal Sassoon, warning labels | Leave a Comment »

Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011!

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Lina Maini

The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011 are: •Convict sues couple he kidnapped for not helping him evade police. Read story. •Man illegally brings gun into bar, gets injured in a fight, then sues bar for not searching him for a weapon. Read story. •Young adults sue mother for sending cards without gifts and [...]

Filed under: General Information | Tagged: $5 million, Ageism, Business, Chuck E. Cheese, lawsuit, Trailer (film), United States, Young | Leave a Comment »

Asset Searches – How Far is Far Enough?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Lina Maini

Generally, an asset search investigation is requested to determine a subject’s tangible assets (or, quite often, to satisfy the court that there are no other recoverable assets beyond policy limits, albeit the injuries sustained may be valued at a much higher award). Balancing the public’s privacy with informational needs is challenging but ultimately, very doable. A basic checklist [...]

Filed under: asset search, background checks | Tagged: Asset, asset search, background check, Business, Business Services, criminal background check, Financial Services, investigation, security | Leave a Comment »

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Posted on May 16, 2011 by Lina Maini

Filed under: Spying Equipment | Tagged: Business, DropCam, High-definition video, Logitech, Motion detection, security, Skype, Webcam | Leave a Comment »

Backyard Danger: New Pool Regs (Including Alarm Installation Rules)

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Lina Maini

Each year, around this time, we post the pool safety rules and regs. It takes a split second for a child to be serious injured or worse in a pool. Pools are supposed to be fun, let’s keep them safe. According to data (compiled from various federal agencies and industry monitoring organizations), in a given [...]

Filed under: Safety | Tagged: ASTM International, Business, children, NY, pool, Pool fence, pool safety, Public Health Law, regulations, rules, Swimming pool, Swimming Pools and Spas | 2 Comments »

Comprehensive Intake Surveys Help Yield Better Case Results

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Lina Maini

We asked our clients to identify the type of legal case management that they use in their practices, to better refine the information required on field intake surveys. In reviewing the management software (from Amicus, Time Matters, PCLaw, Saga, to Needles and more), we then developed a four-page interview survey, to be taken at sign up. Our [...]

Filed under: accident, crash investigations, intake, mva | Tagged: amicus, Business, Case Management, Healthcare, insurance, intake, law, needles, pclaw, Practice Management, Products, saga, Time Matters | Leave a Comment »

Lights, Camera, Actionable?

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Lina Maini

Rarely. A recent survey by the American Management Association revealed that more than half of the employers who responded use video surveillance at work to counter theft, violence, or sabotage. Also, 16% of the employers surveyed used video surveillance to monitor employee performance. Most states have passed at least some privacy-related laws. Many of these [...]

Filed under: cameras | Tagged: American Management Association, Business, cameras at work, CCTV, Closed-circuit television, Employment, Expectation of privacy, privacy, security, Surveillance | Leave a Comment »

The Devil and the EEOC

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Lina Maini

There has been long-held belief that employee manuals are not worth the risk of potentially placing the company in situations loaded with liabilities as no written policy can be without implied contracts. There has never and will never be any endeavor that is zero % risk free but risk must and can be diminished. – In [...]

Filed under: Human Resources | Tagged: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Business, eeoc, Employee handbook, Employment, Human resources, law, leave, Legal Information, Parental leave, policy, pregnancy | 2 Comments »

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