Whether an employer employee relationship ends on good terms or with acrimony, a common final act—the employee’s request for a reference for a new job—is increasingly leading to litigation.

The terms for using websites, often taking the form of legalese to which many users pay little attention, are more important than they are interesting to read. The terms restrict how the public can use a website to obtain information, purchase goods and services, or take part in web based social networking. Largely because of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the terms of use can now be used offensively either by prosecutors charging individuals with wrongdoing emanating from a violation of the terms, or by website owners themselves seeking civil remedies for legal injuries to them from what amounts to a breach of contract.

Federal & Hasson was proud to host Claes Nobel and his son Ludvig at a luncheon at the Ravinia Club, on Monday, December 8, 2008.  Claes is the senior member of the Swedish Nobel Prize family and a great-great-grand nephew of Dr. Alfred Nobel, who established the prestigious Nobel Prizes.  Claes and his son Ludvig shared their vision of United Earth, their non-profit organization, to an international crowd.  Despite the various crises that threaten the survival of mankind, Nobel’s message was one of hope.