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Matthew Nelson’s eclectic background reflects his personality. He studied business principles as a undergraduate, was a computer instructor before law school, and has been a professional legal writer since 1997. He enjoys the educational aspects of helping average joes and janes understand complex legal principles.

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Final advice regarding avoiding and defending against lawsuits

I regret that I did not reach the milestones of writing these entries for at least one year or preparing 100 of them; I simply have obtained a new...
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Overview of workers' compensation

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As I mentioned last week, this week is the last one that I am writing this column. Before closing up shop, I wanted to offer some information about...
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Part II of Lorber interview regarding new pay discrimination bill

Last week, I announced that the U.S. House of Representatives had passed the Ledbetter Act, which greatly expands the rights of an employee regarding...
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Top-ranked employment attorney offers thoughts on pay-discrimination lawsuit legislation

My entry on Tuesday that mentioned the new bill, which likely has received a favorable vote in the U.S. Senate by now, that is known as Ledbetter Act...
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U.S. House of Representatives passes pro-labor bills

Today's inauguration of Barack Obama has prompted the U.S. House of Representatives to pass two bills that expand workers' rights regarding equal pay...
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Defenses to employment-based discrimination lawsuits

The facts that I hesitated to write this entry so close to Martin Luther King Day and the inauguration of Barack Obama and that I felt a need to say...
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'Flat tax' is another alternative tax system

No one doubts that serious economic reform is needed, and I and more knowledgeable people than me agree that continuing various forms of bailouts that...
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National sales tax is good substitute for federal income tax

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The three characteristics that any tax should have are: easy administration, reflect ability to pay, and fairness. For these reasons, and because of...
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Marijuana decriminalization law considered difficult to enforce

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As I reported soon after the November election, Massachusetts voters passed a proposal that decriminalized possessing no more than one ounce of...
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Internet sales tax seen as way to reduce tax gap and to pay for legislators' raises

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An entry that I posted roughly two months ago stated that a company that makes a sale over the Internet generally does not need to charge the buyer a...
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