According to this year’s Annual Report of the New York State Task Force on Employee Misclassification, which was issued on February 1, 2014, the New York State Department of Labor completed in 2013 over 13,000 audits and investigations, in which nearly 127,000 workers were found to have been misclassified as independent contractors in the state and over $55 million in unpaid unemployment contributions were found to be due.

A discussion on Michigan’s Internet Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits employers from gaining access to applicant and employee personal Internet accounts.

The leading development this month in the area of independent contractor compliance and misclassification is an Arizona case.

On June 5, a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, in Lazette v. Kulmatycki, held that a supervisor, using a company-owned BlackBerry mobile device to access a former employee’s personal e-mail, was not authorized by the mere fact that the device belonged to the employer. Such access, the court found, may violate the Stored Communications Act (SCA).

Lowe's Home Centers is sued by construction material installer engaged in installing fences, roofs, siding and decks for Lowe's customers in a class action misclassification lawsuit.

Businesses that dual-classify workers as both ICs and employees run a higher than ordinary risk of audit and legal challenge.

The President’s 2015 fiscal year budget was released earlier today, March 4.

The United States Supreme Court recently delivered a "win" for employers in a recent case, in which the Court narrowed the definition of supervisor for purposes of employer liability for workplace harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

A mortgagee moved for entry of a default judgment in its foreclosure action.

The 5th Circuit upheld the district court decision with the result that notwithstanding the debtor's attempt to discharge a mortgage through a plan of reorganization, a mortgagee was able to retain its lien by remaining silent until after confirmation.

A debtor that owned a shopping center proposed a plan of reorganization that gave the spouse of the debtor's owner 100% of the equity of the reorganized debtor in return for a cash investment, but without any competitive bidding.

With a population of approximately 300,000, Stockton, Calif., is the largest city in the United States to seek bankruptcy protection.

A lender sought to recover a prepayment premium of $1.8 million after acceleration of a note due to the borrower’s payment default.

A chapter 7 debtor that was the sole member and manager of a limited liability company filed a chapter 11 bankruptcy on behalf of the LLC.

The treatment of a bank's claim under a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization became the last issue that required resolution in order to confirm the proposed plan.

In the case of Bullock the Supreme Court resolved a long standing issue about the proper standard for establishing defalcation

The purchaser at a foreclosure sale sought relief from the automatic stay to complete the sale.

A Chapter 11 trustee sought to avoid a transfer of property under Section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code that occurred after the bankruptcy petition was filed.

Damages arising from the rejection of a lease by a tenant in bankruptcy are subject to a cap under Section 502(b)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

A discussion on the issue of mortgages in a bankruptcy scenario.