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Total Recall: Understanding and Navigating Federal Recall Regulations

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is the federal agency responsible for protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death relating to consumer products. In 2003, the most recent year that such statistics are available, the CPSC initiated…

Tom Shapiro Esq.January 14, 2009

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They Sue Retailers, Don’t They? Keeping Good Records Is Vital to Prevailing in a Product Liability Suit

A lawsuit like this is scary. Product liability law in the United States is designed to protect innocent consumers from dangerous and defective products. Once a product is determined to be defective, a manufacturer, distributor, and/or retailer can be "strictly"…

Tom Shapiro Esq.January 13, 2009

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Defining Your Legacy: Now Is the Time to Discuss and Determine Your Estate Plan and Succession Strategy

Owning a dive store is no small feat. Your head is swimming with the day-to-day challenges, which include managing people, cash and inventory. You have legal, insurance, and financing issues to contend with. Even if you've been a dive retailer…

Robert A. Idol Esq.January 13, 2009

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Gift Cards and the Scuba Retailer

It's a pretty good bet that if you gave us a list of topics that you would like to see covered in this magazine, an article about gift cards would be way at the bottom of your list, if at…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 13, 2009

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Reasonable Accommodation: What Dive Store Owners and Staff Need to Know About Title Iii Of the Americans with Disabilities Act

San Diego is a wonderful place. It has great weather, beautiful beaches, lots of restaurants and bars in the Gas Lamp District, and a world-class zoo. It is also where a scuba instructor is being sued for violating the Americans…

Tom Shapiro Esq.January 12, 2009

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Waivers and Releases: Because I Say So

OK, here's your chance to ask a lawyer an extremely complex legal question and get a smarmy flippant answer. Q: Why do my insurance company and training agency require me to have all my students and rental customers sign a…

Tom Shapiro Esq.January 12, 2009

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Avoiding the Misclassification Of Workers in the Dive Store

Like many of my scuba industry contemporaries, I earned my first dollar in diving as an "independent contractor" (IC) scuba instructor for a local dive store. The store only employed a handful of staff in sales and management, and the…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 6, 2009

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Don’t Leave Mad, Just Leave! Firing Legal Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them

"What the…" cried Barney, manager of Mayberry Scuba Center, as he read the lawsuit just served on him by the sheriff's deputy. "Wrongful termination!" he bellowed into the telephone at his attorney Andy. "Why that lazy, good-for-nothing Otis was the…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 6, 2009

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Navigating the Ocean Of Hiring Law: a Basic Sailing Guide for Scuba Retailers

Which of the following hiring employers might be exposed to legal liability? Ariel, owner of the Siren's Call dive store, interviews Eric, a handsome young man with a winning smile, for a sales and instruction position. A friend in the…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 6, 2009

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Securing Your Ship Against Loose Cannons

Almost every dive store has or has had a loose cannon or two. In many cases, they are talented and hard-working employees who get carried away by zeal, lack of maturity, or frequent lapses in judgment. Examples abound. "Loose cannon"…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 6, 2009

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Total Recall: Understanding and Navigating Federal Recall Regulations

They Sue Retailers, Don’t They? Keeping Good Records Is Vital to Prevailing in a Product Liability Suit

Defining Your Legacy: Now Is the Time to Discuss and Determine Your Estate Plan and Succession Strategy

Gift Cards and the Scuba Retailer

Reasonable Accommodation: What Dive Store Owners and Staff Need to Know About Title Iii Of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Waivers and Releases: Because I Say So

Avoiding the Misclassification Of Workers in the Dive Store

Don’t Leave Mad, Just Leave! Firing Legal Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them

Navigating the Ocean Of Hiring Law: a Basic Sailing Guide for Scuba Retailers

Securing Your Ship Against Loose Cannons

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