| Volume 22 Number 9 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
As a general rule an employer may not require an employee to take a lie detector test. The employee may be required to submit to a test, however, if the employer is investigating a theft and has a reasonable suspicion that the employee may have been involved.
USDA Orders Largest Meat Recall in U.S. History
The Agriculture Department has ordered the largest meat recall in its history -- 143 million pounds of beef, a California meatpacker's entire production for the past two years -- because the company did not prevent ailing animals from entering the U.S. food supply. Click here for more.
10 Tax Laws You Just Gotta Know
This filing season, the biggest beneficiaries of new tax laws are homeowners. Click here for more.
A 401(k) Debit Card?! It's Not So Bad
An innovative loan program has some intriguing benefits, including more ways to pay back the money. But, as always, you'd better have a good reason for tapping your retirement funds. Click here for more.
Fraudsters More and More Fish Online For the Gullible
Identity theft again accounted for the largest number of consumer fraud complaints made to the Federal Trade Commission in 2007. And Internet solicitations are the fastest-growing way fraudsters stick it to unsuspecting consumers. That suggests many online users remain all too gullible or trusting. Click here for more.
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Should you buy a new or used car? Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Party appealing decision of arbitrator has burden of proof. A Texas Appellate Court has held that the trial court did not err in holding Statewide Remodeling Inc. to the burden of bringing forth a complete record of the arbitration proceedings, including a transcript of the arbitration hearing. Click here for more.