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Comment on Bid Protest Weekly – June 1, 2011 by ISO 9000

ISO 9000 — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:49:09 +0000

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Comment on Onyx Government Services Honored at SECAF Gala by Joy Russell

Joy Russell — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:00:51 +0000

congratulations ! also …more posts please…

Comment on Virginia’s “Amazon Tax” Fails to Survive the House by Tim McGhee

Tim McGhee — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:24:53 +0000

Aren’t people responsible to pay the use tax anyway when they file their annual income taxes?

Tim
12,321 days

Comment on Is Your Internship Program In Violation of Federal Law? by Brian Wendroff

Brian Wendroff — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:19:20 +0000

This is very good to know. I like the checklist. We will evaluate this when we have our next internship program.

Comment on Winners and Losers from the Virginia Legislative Session by Repeal_The_Va_Radar_Detector_Ban

Repeal_The_Va_Radar_Detector_Ban — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:42:11 +0000

As you may know, Virginia is the only state that bans the use and sale of detectors. There is no evidence that the detector ban increases highway safety. Our nation’s fatality rates have fallen consistently for almost two decades. Virginia’s fatality rate has also fallen, but not any more dramatically than it has nationwide. Research has even shown that radar detector owners have a lower accident rate than motorists who do not own a detector.

Maintaining the ban is not in the best interest of Virginians or visitors to the state. I know and know of people that will not drive in Virginia due to this ban. Unjust enforcement practices are not unheard of, and radar detectors can keep safe motorists from being exploited by abusive speed traps. Likewise, the ban has a negative impact on Virginia’s business community. Electronic distributors lose business to neighboring states and Virginia misses out on valuable sales tax revenue.

Radar detector bans do not work. Research and experience show that radar detector bans do not result in lower accident rates, improved speed-limit compliance or reduce auto insurance expenditures.
• The Virginia radar detector ban is difficult and expensive to enforce. The Virginia ban diverts precious law enforcement resources from more important duties.
• Radar detectors are legal in the rest of the nation, in all 49 other states. In fact, the first state to test a radar detector ban, Connecticut, repealed the law – it ruled the law was ineffective and unfair. It is time for our Virginia to join the rest of the nation.
• It has never been shown that radar detectors cause accidents or even encourage motorists to drive faster than they would otherwise. The Yankelovich – Clancy – Shulman Radar Detector Study conducted in 1987, showed that radar detector users drove an average of 34% further between accidents (233,933 miles versus 174,554 miles) than non radar detector users. The study also showed that they have much higher seat belt use compliance. If drivers with radar detectors have fewer accidents, it follows that they have reduced insurance costs – it is counterproductive to ban radar detectors.
• In a similar study performed in Great Britain by MORI in 2001 the summary reports that “Users (of radar detectors) appear to travel 50% further between accidents than non-users. In this survey the users interviewed traveling on average 217,353 miles between accidents compared to 143,401 miles between accidents of those non-users randomly drawn from the general public.” The MORI study also reported “Three quarters agree, perhaps unsurprisingly, that since purchasing a radar detector they have become more conscious about keeping to the speed limit…” and “Three in five detector users claim to have become a safer driver since purchasing a detector.”
• Modern radar detectors play a significant role in preventing accidents and laying the technology foundation for the Safety Warning System® (SWS). Radar detectors with SWS alert motorists to oncoming emergency vehicles, potential road hazards, and unusual traffic conditions. There are more than 10 million radar detectors with SWS in use nationwide. The federal government has earmarked $2.1 million for further study of the SWS over a three-year period of time. The U.S. Department of Transportation is administering grants to state and local governments to purchase the SWS system and study its effectiveness (for example, in the form of SWS transmitters for school buses and emergency vehicles). The drivers of Virginia deserve the right to the important safety benefits that SWS delivers.
*** A small surcharge($5-$10) or tax(2%-3%) could be added to the price of the device to make-up for any possible loss of revenue from reduced number of speeding tickets and the loss of tickets written for radar detectors.***

Please sign this petition and help repeal this ban and give drivers in Virginia the freedom to know if they are under surveillance and to use their property legally:

http://www.stoptheban.org

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/repeal-the-virginia-radar-detector-ban

Comment on Buy-Sell Agreements for Business Owners by D.H.

D.H. — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:51:23 +0000

It’s baffling how someone can omit their business from their will.

Comment on Severance Payments, FICA Taxes, and Possible Refunds by when you file late taxes

when you file late taxes — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:56:02 +0000

Is there a penalty for filing taxes late if I owe nothing?

Comment on Keeping An Eye On Your Employees by Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:27:03 +0000

If employers are so engaged in surveillance, there’s a simple question: why would an employee not give their all to a company they benefit from working for? Maybe because the company is spending so much time on policing that it has forgotten to communicate what its plans are, how employees can contribute, and what is in it for them.
Dan Pink’s new book: “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us” does a great job of showing that businesses who give their staff the right tools, and enough scope to do a good job and enjoy it don’t have to police their workforce.

Chris @ Do the Right Thing
http://dotherightthinguk.wordpress.com/

Comment on It Is Not Contributory Negligence As A Matter Of Law To Merely Bite Into Food Served Hot By A Restaurant by Joe Thompson

Joe Thompson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:40:33 +0000

I wonder, if the employee had not mentioned draining the sandwiches (or if no such procedure existed), would a standard of care (“chicken sandwiches shall not cause grievous personal injury”) still exist?

Comment on When It Comes to Million Dollar Verdicts and Settlements In Virginia, Bodily Injury Is King by Introducing the Virginia Business Law Blog « The View From LL2

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Comment on It Is Not Contributory Negligence As A Matter Of Law To Merely Bite Into Food Served Hot By A Restaurant by Introducing the Virginia Business Law Blog « The View From LL2

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Comment on Virginia’s “Amazon Tax” Fails to Survive the House by Introducing the Virginia Business Law Blog « The View From LL2

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Comment on Virginia’s “Amazon Tax” Fails to Survive the House by Timothy R. Hughes

Timothy R. Hughes — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:16:58 +0000

Glad to see this bill got spiked. In the quest for revenue that is understandable, we should avoid making bad policy in the process.

Comment on Bid Protest Weekly — Jan. 19, 2010 by Affiliate Marketing : What is it? | the Article Plr Factory

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Comment on Many Military Contractors May No Longer Use Arbitration Clauses For Employment Disputes by What is an arbitration clause? | Mesothelioma

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Comment on Economic Stimulus Has Been Good For Northern Virginia by Arthur Jackson MBA

Arthur Jackson MBA — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:55:24 +0000

Government Contracts for small, minority or women owned businesses have increased by 23% and will further increase next year with more stimulus spending.

Comment on H1N1 In The Workplace by David Wirtz

David Wirtz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:23:40 +0000

Under the ADA, you can send a symptomatic employees home if they are symptomatic. If the employee doesn’t have H1N1, then no disability. If s/he does, then direct threat. More details on this set forth in the latest guidance from the EEOC on pandemics. http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/pandemic_flu.html. May not be so clear under some state ADA statutory analogs.

Comment on H1N1 In The Workplace by Stewart Orzoff

Stewart Orzoff — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:33:58 +0000

The employer is not in an enviable position; your suggested solution may be the least risky course of action. If the sick employee is asked it leave, it faces the consequences you detail above. If nothing is done and the disease spreads, the other employees may have a workers’ compensation claim against the employer. Please See: http://www.thechicagoworkerscompensationlawyer.com/

Comment on Litigation Not The Best Answer To “Gripe Sites” by Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:16:02 +0000

Isn’t it a bit of an overstatement, though, to say “courts have generally declined to force . . . providers to disclose the identities of users that post critical or defamatory material”? A couple of recent, well-publicized decisions have gone the other way, and this may well be a sign that the pendulum is swinging on this.

That doesn’t mean I disagree with the overall thrust of your post — well encapsulated by the headline. I don’t; I tell prospective clients the same thing at least once a week, it seems.

On the other hand, when you have an outfit such as Ripoff Report taking pride in the fact that it will resolutely stand by its “right” to publish, indefinitely, any defamatory material, sometimes even a “mere” court judgment could be a useful antidote, combined with some basic online reputation-management measures.