Author: Leigh Raper
Leigh Raper has a degree in English Literature from the University of Miami and a JD from Pepperdine University School of Law, where she concentrated on Contracts, Entertainment Law, and Labor Relations. She received her MFA at the UCR-Palm Desert program for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts.
A diverse workforce benefits businesses of all sizes, including small operations that might not have considered “diversity” in a strategic way. Good news: it doesn’t have to mean a complicated program or formal training.
Debates and lawsuits over safety have become routine headlines (and headaches) for NASCAR. As millions of fans prepare to make the trip to Florida for this year’s Daytona 500, legal issues, controversies, and questions continue to concern both drivers and spectators.
Parents, courts, and divorce attorneys are trying serve the best interests of the children by devising alternative parenting plans that are flexible and creative.
No one says that planning for end-of-life – yours or a loved one’s – is a simple or enjoyable task. But preparing for the future, instead of just reacting to changing and often overwhelming circumstances, will always be a better idea.
Every year, the annual CES (the now official name of the Consumer Electronics Show), leaves us hankering for the latest gadgets – and doing our best to block out fears about our shrinking privacy in the cloud-based, connected smart world.
One year after the election, a look at all of Trump’s executive orders, several consistent themes emerge: easing of regulations, rollbacks of initiatives pushed by the prior administration, and fulfillment of promises from the 2016 campaign.
Legal ethics have been top of mind for many in 2017. More than one high-profile story involving ethical concerns or outright violations of ethics standards made headlines.
There is no blanket federal law governing returns, but there are state consumer protection laws, which regulate such matters as posting return policies and cancellation periods for certain purchases.
Whether a potential employer can judge you on a previous DUI or DWI infraction is complicated, depending on various factors including whether the job is in the public or private sector, where the job is located, and if the DUI relates to the essential functions of the job in question.
With Human Rights Day recently passed, the debate about whether or not healthcare is a human right is one of the core issues facing politicians, providers, and patients in modern America. The debate centers several tent pole arguments including the push and pull between a human right and a legal privilege.