Distinguishing between an employee and an independent contractor lies on a thin line of control. The IRS defines this control by utilizing three categories: behavioral control, financial control, and the type of relationship. As an employee, an individual is entitled to certain benefits that an employer generally guarantees such as health care, pension plan, or […]
“Yes. However, for many years state legislatures gave more representation to large, sparsely populated rural districts than to smaller, heavily populated urban districts. In Baker v. Carr (1962), the Supreme Court ruled that all legislative districts must be equal in population, on the grounds that qualified voters were no more or less so because they […]
After I concluded my clerkship with Chief Justice Hasting of the Nebraska Supreme Court I moved to San Diego to begin working for a law firm. Within a month or two the executive director of Harmonium, Inc. (a non-profit company dedicated to helping at-risk children and adolescents) asked me to be on their board of […]