Guides published by Lawrence B Hunt

The Private Side of Law – You’ve Got to Buy it to Know What it Says

Aug 26, 2013

Many industries related nonprofit entities develop and publish industry standards which are then incorporated by reference into statutes and regulations having the force of law. Both governments and pr...

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The “Business” of Civil Forfeiture

Aug 22, 2013

Federal and state civil forfeiture laws authorize police to seize property which may have been used or obtained through criminal conduct even if the owner has never been convicted or even charged with ...

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Criminal Background Checks of Prospective Employees

Aug 20, 2013

The EEOC is currently attacking employers with policies disqualifying job applicants who have been convicted of crimes. On June 11, 2013 the EEOC announced that it was initiating litigation in federal ...

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Web Site Accessibility – A New Basis For Claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act

May 14, 2013

The Americans with Disabilities Act, the ADA, applies to places of public accommodation. Until recently courts had consistently dismissed claims that commercial websites were places of public accommoda...

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Hunt & Associates P.C. A Second Look at the Reduction of Fiduciary Duties in Oregon LLCs

Mar 20, 2013

Limited liability companies were created as a new, more flexible form of business entity which would enable its members to exercise their freedom of contract to the fullest permissible limits. Because ...

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A Contract Should Say What is Meant

Oct 15, 2012

When a contract isnt clearly written, bad things can happen to the party who wrote it. At least thats the cautionary lesson of a recent Oregon Court of Appeals decision: Dial Temporary Help Service, In...

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The Washington Supreme Court Stumbles Over Disclosure of B&O Tax Charges in Sales

Jul 12, 2012

A recent Washington Supreme Court case illustrates the extent to which the increasing convolutions of statutes and case law often lead to absurd results. In Peck v. ATT Mobility, 174 Wn.2d 333 (2012) t...

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Employees’ Duty of Loyalty to Their Employer: Another Route to Employee Liability

Jun 18, 2012

Employees owe a common law duty of loyalty to their employers. During their employment an employee cant solicit customers or other employees for a competing business without violating that duty and inc...

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When Directors Assert Individual Privileges Preventing Their Corporation from Responding to Discover

Mar 12, 2012

What happens when a corporation cant respond to proper discovery requests in civil litigation because its officers or directors refuse to provide the corporation with the information necessary to respo...

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At-Will Employees are At-Will Employees: Tautological Analysis Leads the Court of Appeals to Hold th

Feb 15, 2012

Wittgenstein wrote that all true statements are ultimately tautological. In other words, a thing or concept is what it is. A recent Oregon Court of Appeals decision illustrates the point twice in the c...

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Lawrence B Hunt's Legal Guides (24)

The Private Side of Law – You’ve Got to Buy it to Know What it Says

The “Business” of Civil Forfeiture

Criminal Background Checks of Prospective Employees

Web Site Accessibility – A New Basis For Claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Hunt & Associates P.C. A Second Look at the Reduction of Fiduciary Duties in Oregon LLCs

A Contract Should Say What is Meant

The Washington Supreme Court Stumbles Over Disclosure of B&O Tax Charges in Sales

Employees’ Duty of Loyalty to Their Employer: Another Route to Employee Liability

When Directors Assert Individual Privileges Preventing Their Corporation from Responding to Discover

At-Will Employees are At-Will Employees: Tautological Analysis Leads the Court of Appeals to Hold th