Equine Law Blog | Foster Swift https://www.equinelawblog.com/2018/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:52:07 -0400 The Return of the Unpaid Internship https://www.equinelawblog.com/unpaid-internship-guidelines-department-labor Michael R. Blum, Deanna Swisher unpaid-internship-guidelines-department-labor Wed, 23 May 2018 09:00:01 -0400 For the past eight years, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") followed a strict six-part test to determine whether a for-profit employer could use interns without compensating them for the services they provided.

]]> Damage Caused by Boarded Horses -- Who Pays for It? https://www.equinelawblog.com/who-pays-damage-boarded-horses Julie I. Fershtman who-pays-damage-boarded-horses Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:00:02 -0500 Broken pasture fences, broken gates, stall dividers kicked through, wash rack hoses and nozzles broken, stall walls bitten through, stall doors broken off of their hinges. 

For many boarding stables, breaks and damages to the property like these are to be expected. The question is, who should pay for them? How should a boarding contract address this issue?

]]> New Year's Resolutions for the Equine Industry https://www.equinelawblog.com/new-years-resolutions-equine-industry Julie I. Fershtman new-years-resolutions-equine-industry Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:00:03 -0500 Planning ahead for a successful 2018?  You might define “success” as great progress in your showing, breeding, training, racing, and riding. The fact is, however, that people in the horse industry still rely on handshake deals and incomplete contracts when they buy, sell, lease, board, train, haul, breed, and give instruction to others.

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