'Completely blindsided': Retailers, restaurants threatened with lawsuits over receipt paper
“Jensen’s is one of over 600 California businesses that have received Prop 65 violation notices from Entorno Law this year, alleging the use of BPS, according to state records reviewed by Team 10.”
Possible labor peace mandate prompts renewed opposition on legal and economic grounds
“The analysis also cautioned that businesses might avoid Santa Monica properties subject to the mandate, resulting in longer vacancies and reduced city revenues. Many city leases are tied to sales, meaning declining business revenue directly affects what the city collects.”
“Jot Condie, president and CEO of the California Restaurant Association, said restaurants face mounting pressure from rising costs.”
"Restaurants are facing unprecedented cost increases, from labor to food to compliance, all while still recovering from the pandemic," Condie said. "Layering on new mandates like this will put many local restaurants in an impossible position."
Long Island business owners slapped with $6 million lawsuit over law they didn't know they were breaking
“They were violating New York's "Frequency of Pay" law, dating back to the Depression to prevent wage theft. The law requires "manual workers" be paid weekly, vaguely defining a manual worker as "a mechanic, workingman or laborer" who "spends more than 25% of working time engaged in" physical labor.”
Two truckloads of Guy Fieri's tequila vanished last year. It shed light on a growing new crime
“The problem is those second trucking companies were fakes – fronts for criminals – complete with phony letterheads, email addresses and phone numbers to appear legitimate. Those emails about the mechanical issues, the video of a broken down semi and the GPS tracking were all fake, too. It was all part of an elaborate ruse, set up to buy time and steal the cargo.”
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