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Welcome to Priscilla Hapner's irregular employment law update, which focuses on legal developments of interest to Central Ohio attorneys, employers and employees. Feel free to offer suggestions of subjects on which she should blog for your reading pleasure or edification.
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I apologize in advance for any typos or errors in this weblog. If you believe that any content is inaccurate or false, please contact me; I will consider editing existing content, removing that content, or posting a retraction. This information is provided on an "as is" or "as available" basis and I make no warranty of any kind to any reader regarding the information provided and disclaim any liability for damages from use of the weblog or its content.
This blog is offered solely for informational purposes, as a boon for clients and friends, and to answer frequently asked questions. Nothing on this website is intended as legal advice for any purpose and readers should not consider anything written here as legal advice or a legal opinion on any matter. The information contained on this site is subject to change on a whim without notice and you should not rely upon any information for a particular matter or set of facts. Everything on this site is free and you should not take any action based on what cost you nothing. I make no warranties or representations of any kind about the accuracy, currency, reliability, applicability or completeness of any information on this site. However, you should feel free to discuss the information on this site with your lawyer.
Reading the information on this site does not create, and is not intended to create, any attorney-client relationship between you or me. Unless I have checked potential conflicts of interests and obtained from you a signed engagement letter to establish an attorney-client relationship in a particular matter, I will not treat any information that you may send to me as confidential or privileged, and any unsolicited email communications you send to me may be disclosed to other persons without regard to considerations of confidentiality.
The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision which should not be based solely on advertising or surfing the internet. The information contained on this site is not intended to be an advertisement or solicitation of business, but it may be considered as such in some jurisdiction (because it can be read anywhere in the world).
I apologize in advance for any typos or errors in this weblog. If you believe that any content is inaccurate or false, please contact me; I will consider editing existing content, removing that content, or posting a retraction. This information is provided on an "as is" or "as available" basis and I make no warranty of any kind to any reader regarding the information provided and disclaim any liability for damages from use of the weblog or its content.
This blog is offered solely for informational purposes, as a boon for clients and friends, and to answer frequently asked questions. Nothing on this website is intended as legal advice for any purpose and readers should not consider anything written here as legal advice or a legal opinion on any matter. The information contained on this site is subject to change on a whim without notice and you should not rely upon any information for a particular matter or set of facts. Everything on this site is free and you should not take any action based on what cost you nothing. I make no warranties or representations of any kind about the accuracy, currency, reliability, applicability or completeness of any information on this site. However, you should feel free to discuss the information on this site with your lawyer.
Reading the information on this site does not create, and is not intended to create, any attorney-client relationship between you or me. Unless I have checked potential conflicts of interests and obtained from you a signed engagement letter to establish an attorney-client relationship in a particular matter, I will not treat any information that you may send to me as confidential or privileged, and any unsolicited email communications you send to me may be disclosed to other persons without regard to considerations of confidentiality.
The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision which should not be based solely on advertising or surfing the internet. The information contained on this site is not intended to be an advertisement or solicitation of business, but it may be considered as such in some jurisdiction (because it can be read anywhere in the world).