2012 March | In Open Court

When It Comes To Attorney Websites Microsites Less Is More-A Lot More

Car Accident Lawyers 23.03.2012 Comments Off on When It Comes To Attorney Websites Microsites Less Is More-A Lot More

We touched on microsites in our Managed Sites post and sparked a flurry of questions. Attorneys are understandably confused because there’s an entire industry devoted to selling keyword-rich URL’s to law firms-along with the idea that adding more and more content is the goal. But that’s basically b.s., so buck up and prepare to let go of everything you’ve been told about microsites up to now. See: legal marketing

Most attorneys don’t ask whether they should have them but how many. Microsites are like the technological chia pets of our time: Everyone thinks they need at least one, if not a flock and why not, they’re fun to propagate, a great conversation starter and fundamentally pragmatic, right?

Wrong. If you have multiple microsites, you’re compromising your main site’s potential by siphoning off the potency of external links

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Law Wire News Seven simple rules to curb car crashes in California nationwide

Lafayette Lawyers 22.03.2012 Comments Off on Law Wire News Seven simple rules to curb car crashes in California nationwide

Auto accidents caused by drivers 15 to 20 years old killed 5,623 people nationwide in 2009. Now, imagine if 2,014 lives could be saved across the country every year. Sound far fetched? It’s not as hard as you might think. All states have to do is adopt seven simple rules for teenage drivers, according to the National Safety Council.

Auto accidents caused by California teenage drivers happen fast. What would you do you were injured in an auto accident? You need a California teen auto accident attorney on your side. See: Los Angeles Car Accident Attorney

The National Safety Council supports states adopting seven specific
rules for teenage drivers aimed at reducing the number of auto
accidents – and saving more than 2,000 lives each year. These rules are:
– minimum age 16 for a learner’s permit
– six months before unsupervised driving
– minimum 30 hours supervised driving during learner’s stage
– intermediate licensing at 16? minimum
– intermediate night driving restriction begin no later than 10 p.m.
– no more than one non-family passenger for intermediate license
holders
– minimum age 17 for a full license.

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What is Worker Compensation In NC North Carolina Sees Rise in Workplace Deaths

Workers Compensation 22.03.2012 Comments Off on What is Worker Compensation In NC North Carolina Sees Rise in Workplace Deaths

Workers should be able to expect a safe working environment. Yet everyday, workers across North Carolina are seriously injured or even killed on the job.

Last year, despite the availability of safety and health training programs designed to avoid these tragedies, North Carolina actually saw a rise in the number of workplace fatalities See: Types of Workers Compensation Benefits In North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Labor announced that 53 people died on the job in 2011, an increase of three fatalities from the previous year.

Workplace Fatalities, By the Numbers

Accidents involving workers being hit by vehicles or equipment were the most significant cause of work-related deaths (18 of the 53 deaths), and construction workers were the most at risk of suffering fatal accidents (16 of the 53 deaths). Here are some other highlights from the report:

17 workers died as a result of falls

Deaths in the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries increased 150 percent (from 4 to 10)

Wake County saw the most fatalities of any county in the state (6)

The majority of work-related deaths were men (52 of 53)

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Fair Labor Standards Act Effects Drug Makers 2012 March

Car Accident Lawyers 21.03.2012 Comments Off on Fair Labor Standards Act Effects Drug Makers 2012 March

Another batch of sales reps has sued Novo Nordisk ($NVO) for overtime. The would-be class action suit, which was filed by two reps, is seeking $70 million in overtime pay. Like so many other lawsuits–pending and otherwise–this one alleges a drugmaker misclassified its reps as exempt salaried workers when they should have been eligible for overtime.

As Reuters reports, it’s actually the second overtime suit lodged against the Danish drugmaker. A California firm sued Novo on behalf of one group of reps last summer. This time, it’s a New York firm–Sanford Wittels & Heisler–that’s been involved in several other pharma overtime actions. See: paralysis injury lawyer in Fort Worth

The new lawsuit comes at a time when the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments in another overtime case. After different appeals courts came up with differing interpretations of the Fair Labor Standards Act–and how it applies to pharma reps–the Supreme Court agreed to consider an appeal in GlaxoSmithKline’s ($GSK) overtime case. Former GSK reps ended up on the wrong side of a Circuit Court ruling–in the Ninth Circuit, which has tended to side with the companies–and the Supremes took up the case.

A host of leading drugmakers have been sued by their reps for back overtime pay. Some companies have prevailed–Bayer, Roche ($RHHBY) and Wyeth, PM Live points out–but others, including Novartis ($NVS), face payouts in the tens of millions. If the Supreme Court contradicts the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, more reps with overtime complaints are likely to turn up in court.

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