New Hampshire public policy forbids part-time workers from collecting unemployment unless they agree to seek full-time work. For those who need to work part-time, this policy is unbalanced and unfair. Ignoring the reality of part-time workers dates back to when…
Q. My firm, a distributor to small businesses of a wide range of industrial products, launched a comprehensive, well-designed — and expensive — Web site several years ago in the hopes that both customer service and sales would be improved.…
If you’re operating a business in today’s marketplace, you can feel like you’re walking through a minefield. Markets are splintering into niches, customers are foregoing brand loyalty and the Web is expanding traditional boundaries, making it easier than ever for…
Now that the world’s worst-kept secret is out - New York attorney General Elliot Spitzer is running for governor of that state — regulators nationwide are starting to comb through reams of documents filed in response to their request for…
It was a defining moment in my career. We had been asked by the vice president of manufacturing how late he could accept orders for shipment this quarter without any degradation in quality. This guy had 34 plants and over…
An auction to benefit Franklin Pierce Law Center’s Public Interest Coalition will be held March 25 at the Courtyard Marriott in Concord. Last year’s auction raised over $40,000 to fund the work of 13 law students in unpaid positions with…
Jack Sanders Jr., an attorney at Pierce Atwood LLP, has been appointed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court to the state’s Judicial Conduct Committee. Sanders, who co-chaired the Task Force for the Renewal of Judicial Conduct Procedures, which modernized the…
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on warrantless searches is “a disturbing infringement on the constitutional protection that we have enjoyed,” according to criminal defense lawyer Cathy Green of Manchester. The high court overturned a ruling of the Illinois Supreme…
To state Rep. Elbert Bicknell, R-Deerfield, the whole idea of having special categories of hate crimes seems absurd. If you kill someone, he said, “You’re not killing the guy because you love him.” Bicknell, who is the prime sponsor of…
Nashua mayor axes Wal-Mart foes Mayor Bernie Streeter is replacing the two leaders of the Nashua Conservation Commission, both of whom fought against construction of a Wal-Mart Superstore on Amherst Street. He has renominated a commissioner who backed the idea.…
