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• Who Owns Employee Inventions? The Employer Or The Employee? ( December 2004 )
  Mark  Schonfeld of Burns & Levinson LLP

  It is dangerous for an employer to assume that it owns an employee’s inventions merely because its employee invented them. Similarly, employees should not assume that they own inventions merely because they invented them at home. Employee-inventors present unique problems for the employer, and the answer to who owns an invention may depend on the type of invention. The rules for ownership of creations protected by a copyright differ from inventions protected by a patent.

• Property Owners' Duties To An Independent Contractor's Employees In Delaware ( May 2004 )
  James M. Kron and Somers S. (Chip) Price of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP

  Are property owners responsible for the safety of their independent contractor's employees or the contractor's negligence? If the contractor is truly "independent," the Delaware Superior and Supreme Courts say no. In <i>Roca v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company</i>, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Delaware Superior Court's finding that property owners have no duty to protect an independent contractor's employees from alleged "peculiar risks" encountered during the performance of the contracted work.

• Are Your Independent Contractors Really Employees?Under Some Laws They Will Be Treated As Such ( September 2003 )
  Karen  Sutherland of Ogden Murphy Wallace, P.L.L.C.

  Employee versus independent contractor status is not only an issue with respect to classification for IRS purposes, but with respect to classification under other laws as well.

• Employee or Independent Contractor? The Implications of Microsoft III ( February 2000 )
  Dennis D. Grant of Arter & Hadden LLP

  This article summarizes the implications of the Microsoft III case and how to avoid misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor.

• Home Repair And Remodeling ( September 2000 )
  Roger L. Williamson of Simpson and Hennenfent

  We frequently hear stories of homeowners who have paid excessive amounts for home repairs or remodeling, or who.

• Independent Contractors in Illinois ( May 2000 )
  Momkus McCluskey, LLC

  Common law rules define employer-employee relationship—a worker is an employee under the common law rules if the person for whom he works has the right to direct and control his work both as to the final results and as to the details of when, where and how the work is to be done, regardless of whether control is actually exercised

• How Can You Defend the "Guilty"? ( March 2000 )
  John D. Lueck of Law Offices of John D. Lueck

  When I speak publicly about my work as a criminal defense lawyer, I am often asked "How can you defend someone you .

• Is your independent contractor really an employee? ( February 2000 )
  Greg S. Labate of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP

  This article outlines when a worker is considered an independent contractor under California law. Employers often misclassify workers as independent contractors when they really should be classified as employees and this gives rise to serious consequences to the employer.

• Overview of Independent Contractor Guidelines ( August 1999 )
  Richard L. Robertson & Associates, P.A.

  The IRS in looking at the status of a worker for a corporation looks at the employer's "right to control" that .