Employee Rights
North Carolina Wage & Hour Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act (NCWHA) require employers to pay their workers no less than minimum
December 15, 2020
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act (NCWHA) require employers to pay their workers no less than minimum
The federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or FDCPA, provides protection for you if you have obtained a bankruptcy discharge and are being contacted by collection
It’s easy to feel powerless in the face of collection activity. Confusing letters, intimidating voicemails and seemingly complicated legal notices might lead you to pay
Maginnis Howard attorneys, T. Shawn Howard and Karl S. Gwaltney have settled a case where the family of a 14-year-old who was killed while crossing
North Carolina law has included a state debt collection law that closely parallels the federal FDCPA. Both laws are in place to protect you against
The TCPA was signed into law in 1991 to protect U.S. consumers from aggressive telephone solicitors and automated telephone equipment. TCPA regulations include restrictions on:
If you own property that has been deemed necessary for public use, such as to expand roads, build a school, or run sewer lines, state
If the government is planning an expansion or public works project and needs to acquire private property to complete the project, the government will commence
Eminent domain and land condemnation are terms that are sometimes used interchangeably, but they are not really one in the same. Eminent domain is the
Eminent domain is the power granted by state and federal law to government agencies and other specified public and private developers to take a person’s
Federal law gives government agencies the power of eminent domain over private property as long as the property is converted to public use, the property
Eminent domain is the power granted by state and federal law to government agencies and other specified public and private developers to take a person’s
