Quantum meruit is a measure of damages, not a theory of recovery. Unjust enrichment is an equitable doctrine that may be used to justify a...

I need to know what to do, I'm at a complete loss.

Generally speaking, an employer may terminate an at-will employee who doesn't show up to work, even if the absence was due to an acute illness. You...

In NH do civil domestic cases have a file that is open to the public?

As a general principle (and I do not practice in New Hampshire), the remedy of expunction has to do with a record of conviction of criminal...

Is it legal to punitively lower my wages to minimum without demoting me for a week as punishment in Florida?

As a general principle, an employer may reduce the wages of an at-will employee to minimum wage for hours which have not yet been worked. Employee...

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Can an employer hire everyone part time and not give them the option for them to be full time?

I know of no general principle of law which would preclude an employer from having an entirely part-time workforce.

Generally speaking, a person who holds employment at will may have his or her working hours cut for any reason except those the law forbids, such...

1099s signal independent contractors, while "hiring" and "firing" signal employer-employee. These are mutually exclusive. Get confidential legal...

Is a business license a conditional contract, or implied contract, between a business owner and a town issuing the license?

A business license is not a contract and a driver's license is not a contract. These are regulatory devices of government.

What constitutes the beginning of trial in California (a citation, if available, would be helpful). Is it the court hearing

"[J]eopardy attaches when a jury is empaneled and sworn, or, in a bench trial, when the judge begins to receive evidence.” U.S. v. Martin Linen...