Archives for: October 23rd, 2017
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on October 23, 2017
In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. The ADA is considered to be one of the most in-depth and comprehensive pieces of legislation regarding civil rights and is an “equal opportunity” law for Americans who are disabled. The ADA guarantees that disabled persons are allowed the same […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on October 18, 2017
A car accident can happen at any moment, anywhere in the blink of an eye. When you get behind a vehicle and make the decision to operate it, you are controlling a piece of machinery that can accelerate up to 125 mph, weighs 2 tons, and is going to be in an area populated by […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on October 6, 2017
The United States of America does a pretty good job protecting its citizens from being wrongfully terminated. Federal law makes it illegal for an employer to fire someone they’ve hired based on certain characteristics that are protected from discrimination. Those protected characteristics include, but are not limited to: Race and skin color National origin or […]