Warehouse Market Takes Off Like a Skyrocket
Volume 2, Issue 6 – March 31st, 2014 Warehouse space demand exceeded expectations in the last quarter of 2013 and absorption reached the highest levels on record,…
Gartner Predicts Corporate Information Crisis by 2017
Volume 2, Issue 6 – March 31st, 2014 The global high tech research firm Gartner Inc. predicts that, by 2017, nearly one third of top corporations will…
Court Reminder: Watch Out for Incomplete Bills of Lading
Volume 2, Issue 6 – March 31st, 2014 If you offer interstate trucking services and want to limit your cargo liability you should take note of a…
EPA Seeks Stronger Retail Hazardous Waste Regulation
Volume 2, Issue 6 – March 31st, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is gathering information for improving hazardous waste regulation in the retail sector….
Walmart Extends Grocery Home Delivery Experiment
Volume 2, Issue 6 – March 31st, 2014 Walmart announced that it is growing its purchase program called Walmart to Go that gives shoppers the option of…
Food Safety Whistleblower Rules Create Employer Issues
Volume 2, Issue 6 – March 31st, 2014 OSHA has issued interim final rules for handling employment retaliation complaints under the Food Safety Modernization Act that will…
Is the NLRB Helping or Hurting Unions?
Volume 2, Issue 6 – March 31st, 2014 It may seem counterintuitive, but veteran labor attorney Harold P. Coxson of the law firm of Ogletree Deakins believes…
Retail Sales Seen Rising 4.1%, Online Sales Could Leap 12%
Volume 2, Issue 5 – March 15th, 2014 The National Retail Federation estimates that retail sales (excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 4.1%, this year…
Walmart Can Be Liable for 3PL Subcontractor Wage Violations
Volume 2, Issue 5 – March 15th, 2014 Finding that ample evidence existed that Walmart exercised control over the working conditions of the workers employed by Walmart’s…
Whistleblower Safety Protection Still Applies to Truck Drivers
Volume 2, Issue 5 – March 15th, 2014 These days when we think of federal laws designed to protect employees from retaliation by their employers, they usually…
