Publications

• "Employee References: Saying Too Much About a Terminated Employee Can Land a Former Employer in Court", Business NH, December 1993
• "The 0.5% Trade Allowance: The Third Circuit Holds the Custom Unenforceable Under COGSA", 10 Maritime Lawyer 183 (1985)

Selected articles by Attorney Staples

• Suggestions for Town and City Managers and Department Heads on the Effective Negotiation of Executive Contracts and Severance Agreements
• Employee Recommendations: Pitfalls and Loss Prevention Techniques

Presentations and lectures

• The Mercedes Maria: The Case for the Customary Trade Allowance, a presentation to the Petroleum Cargo Claims Forum for the Maritime Industry, New York City (June 18, 1985)
• Public Officials Liability: How Successful Can Your Defense Be?, a presentation to the Annual Conference of the New Hampshire Municipal Association (November 15, 1989)
• Municipal Employment Practices Liability Seminar, a presentation to the New Hampshire Municipal Association Property Liability Insurance Trust, Inc. (October 11, 1990)
• Sexual Harassment - A Loss Prevention Workshop, a presentation to the New Hampshire Municipal Association-Property Liability Insurance Trust, Inc. (June 17, 1991)
• Understanding the Insurance of Claims Against Public Officials, a presentation to the Annual Conference of the New Hampshire Municipal Association (November 13, 1991)
• Substantive Due Process and Land Use Regulation, a guest lecture at the Franklin Pierce Law Center (March 18, 1992)
• Highway and Sidewalk Liability under R.S.A. 231:90-93, a presentation to the New Hampshire Municipal Association-Property Liability Insurance Trust, Inc. (May 28, 1992)
• Overview of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 Litigation, a presentation to the Advanced Real Estate Law in New Hampshire Seminar sponsored by the National Business Institute, Inc. (October 21, 1992)
• Municipal Records Maintenance, a presentation to the Annual Conference of the New Hampshire Municipal Association (November 13, 1992)
• Municipal Tort Liability, a presentation to the Municipal Law Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association (November 17, 1993)
• Introduction to the Law of Employee Termination: Does the Employee Really Serve at Will? a presentation to the Employment Law Symposium sponsored by Cleveland, Waters & Bass, P.A. (January 6, 1994)
• Employee Recommendations: Pitfalls and Loss Prevention Techniques, a presentation to the Employment Law Symposium sponsored by Cleveland, Waters & Bass, P.A. (January 6, 1994)
• Hiring and Firing, a presentation to the Retail Merchants' Association of New Hampshire (May 2, 1996)
• Sexual Harassment, Loss Prevention & Liability Avoidance Techniques for the Employer, a symposium for employers sponsored by the Law Offices of Craig L. Staples (February 20, 1997)
• Advice to Town and City Managers on the Effective Negotiation of Executive Contracts and Severance Agreements, a presentation to the New Hampshire Managers' Association (October 21, 1994/April 21, 2000)