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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Are you considering renting your home through an internet service like Airbnb? If so, make sure that the practice is not illegal in your city or state. If the practice is legal in your area, do your homework because many cities and towns now have regulations requiring permitting and the payment of taxes for short term rentals. Click here for more.
Apple Pulls Infected Apps from App Store
In the first major breach of Apple's App Store, Apple has pulled 39 apps from it's App Store which were found to have malware. While the Apple Store is known to carefully review apps for security problems before allowing them to be included in the App Store, it appears that Chinese app developers downloaded a sham version of Apple's Xcode which is used to build the apps, and that only Chinese apps built with the bad code are affected. Click here for more.
Your Money
Hospital prices and the cost of procedures can vary widely. Because of this, to keep your medical expenses down, you might want to shop around for your medical care. This article has some suggestions for finding the best prices for your health care needs. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Attorneys fees of $350/hour for experienced counsel is appropriate for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cases. The Second Circuit considered the issue of appropriate attorney's fees sufficient to induce capable attorneys to undertake representation in FLSA cases, and found that the district court’s analysis was correct in concluding that fees below the $500-600/per hour rate sought by plaintiff’s counsel were reasonable in the Eastern District of New York. Encalada v. Baybridge Enters., 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 15985 (2d Cir. 2015). Click here for more.