Labor / Employment
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Labor / Employment
In Landmark Ruling, Judge Says Mortgage Bankers Have Right To Engage In 'Profanity-Laced' Rants About Clients In The Bathroom
Having a rough day at the office and need to blow off a little steam about your clients? Ask a colleague to meet you in the nearest restroom. -
Labor / Employment, Lawyer of the Day, Nude Dancing
Attorney Loses Dog, Mind In Profanity-Laced Filing About Strippers
If you only read one obvious sanctions motion in the making today, make it this one. This lawyer doesn't care much for his opponent's case and he's going to explain exactly where he's going to stick parts of his anatomy into them if they continue this lawsuit. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Blogging, Labor / Employment, Media and Journalism
And This Is Why Noncompete Clauses Are The Worst
Making an entry level employee sign a noncompete is just wrong.
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In-House Counsel, Labor / Employment
3 Examples Of Unintended Consequences In The Law
Legislators should think carefully about the possible unintended consequences of laws they pass, according to columnist Mark Herrmann, and legislatures should act quickly to amend laws that may, instead of fixing social ills, actually compound them. -
Job Searches, Labor / Employment
Back In The Race: Are You Being Exploited At Your Job?
If you feel you're being taken advantage of, what should you do about it? -
Gay, Labor / Employment
Magic Bureaucrat Extends Gay Rights To The Workplace
Who needs a judge or a law to protect a whole new class of people? -
China, Contracts, Labor / Employment
China Employment Contracts: Keep 'Em Current Or Suffer Big Penalties
If you are employing anyone in China without an up-to-date written contract in Chinese, you are at risk for a substantial penalty. -
Labor / Employment
Second Circuit Takes Firm Stance On Educational Value Of Being Poor
The Second Circuit takes the war to unpaid interns. Poor kids never had a chance. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Holy Crap, Labor / Employment, Nauseating Things
Legal Precedent Set By The 'Devious Defecator'
Have a rogue pooper in the workplace? Well, employers cannot request genetic materials to find the culprit. -
Labor / Employment
The Beginning Of The End For Uber?
What will you do if Uber is no longer an option? -
Labor / Employment, Marijuana
Dazed And Confused: State-Legal Marijuana And The Drug-Free Workplace
Where cannabis is legal, employers can no longer drug test employees for THC, right? Wrong. For now. -
Labor / Employment, Marijuana
NLRB High On Marijuana Labor Relations
How do you regulate an illegal industry? -
Labor / Employment
This Lawyer's Unpaid Internship And The Worst Generation
That a successful celebrity lawyer wants an unpaid intern to basically be his publicist says a lot about Millennials.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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China, Labor / Employment
China Employment Law: It's Complicated And It's Localized
Let's focus on something that should be pretty simple, but isn't at all: the hourly workweek. -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dissolution, Labor / Employment, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Pregnancy / Paternity, Staff Layoffs
The Latest News About Morgan Lewis's Rescue Of Bingham McCutchen Lawyers
How many legal professionals from Bingham are being allowed aboard the Morgan Lewis lifeboat -- and on what terms? -
Contract Attorneys, Department of Justice, Document Review, Immigration, In-House Counsel, Labor / Employment, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.19.14
* First the cheerleaders went after their employers in wage and hours suits. Now strippers. And the strippers are winning. [Slate]
* Prince Harry’s ex, Chelsy Davy, has left her Biglaw gig as an Allen & Overy associate. So that’s what happens when you lose the real-life version of I Wanna Marry Harry. [Legal Cheek]
* Despite the shrill response on cable news, President Obama’s executive action on immigration will be totally legal. [New Republic]
* DOJ seeks to disqualify anyone who knows about all the DOJ’s misconduct. Clever trick! [New York Observer]
* If you’re doing contract work, you could stave off the boredom or you could go the failed mobster route and be a rat. [Law and More]
* Somewhere along the line, obvious puffery turned into false advertising suits and it’s costing some companies big bucks. [Corporate Counsel]
* The latest in litigation financing: crowdfunding your lawsuit. [TechCrunch]
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Biglaw, D.C. Circuit, Divorce Train Wrecks, Fashion, Health Care / Medicine, Labor / Employment, Law Firm Mergers, Morning Docket, Nude Dancing
Morning Docket: 11.17.14
* When Loretta Lynch still worked at Hogan & Hartson (now known as Hogan Lovells thanks to a merger), her colleagues described her as a warm person without “a political bone in her body.” That said, best of luck to her in D.C. [National Law Journal]
* The D.C. Circuit upheld the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive opt-out plan for religious employers, but since “[t]he court is wrong,” we can count on a at least a few organizations that’ll refuse to comply. Gee, thanks a lot, Obama. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Some call the latest Biglaw tie-up “law-firm Darwinism,” but hey, “[i]t’s not like [Bingham’s] a wounded gazelle and we are pouncing on them,” says a too coy Morgan Lewis lawyer. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* Fashion law may be a $985 billion global industry, but only five law school courses on the topic exist in the U.S. Why? “There’s no defensible reason except that fashion is perceived as a frivolous subject.” [AFP]
* This woman plans to appeal a $1 billion divorce settlement award because it’s not “fair and equitable.” In her defense, she did get a very small percentage of her ex-husband’s multibillion-dollar wealth. [People]
* Wage and hour laws have never been so sexy: Thanks to this court ruling, Rick’s Cabaret is going to have to make it rain on thousands of strippers to the tune of more than $10 million. [New York Times]
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Blogging, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Labor / Employment
Make The Investment To Blog -- Corporate Counsel Will Reward You
Why do general counsel love blogs so much, and what do they look for when reading blogs? -
Food, Labor / Employment
Jimmy John's Serves Up Sandwiches And Oppressive Non-Compete Agreements
In other words, non-compete are not intended to keep 18-year-old delivery drivers from seeking employment. Yet that's exactly how bread and meat purveyor Jimmy John's uses them. -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Rankings, Reader Polls, Tax Law
Over- And Underrated Biglaw Practice Groups
According to the ATL Insider Survey, these practice groups deserve more (or less) acclaim.