Labor / Employment
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
A Case of ‘Epic’ Proportion For The #MeToo Movement?
While the law may be clear (per Justice Gorsuch), the impact the decision may have on the #MeToo movement is not. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.25.18
* Harvey Weinstein has turned himself in to the NYPD. [Vox]
* Happy GDPR Day! [Wall Street Journal]
* Emmet Flood attended the DOJ’s briefing for congressional leaders because defense attorneys are always allowed to attend internal conversations about law enforcement tactics in ongoing investigations. [Talking Points Memo]
* Elon Musk may want to put away the Twitter machine for a bit now that he’s stepped into possible labor law violations. [Engadget]
* The Samsung-Apple war continues with a jury awarding Apple $539 million for IP infringement. [Law360]
* Professor Steven Calabresi is arguing that Robert Mueller’s whole job is unconstitutional. We’ve really come a long way from conservatives hailing the appointment of a no-nonsense lifelong Republican, haven’t we? [The Hill]
* Also, Calabresi is completely wrong. [Legal Skills Prof Blog]
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
'I’m Not Happy. I Want To Die.' No, He Wasn’t A Lawyer
A sad story about aging, age discrimination, and dying.
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Law Schools
Law School Settles With Female Law Professors For $2.6 Million
Dismissing claims of gender discrimination has cost this school big time. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.15.18
* The Supreme Court’s sports gambling ruling guts “core business” of mobsters. So now we know how The Soprano’s really ended. [NY Post]
* More women join the gender bias suit against Ogletree. Not to belabor the point, but how does an employer defend a suit like this when they can’t hire Ogletree? [American Lawyer]
* Good news for Missouri Governor Eric Greitens! Prosecutors have dropped the invasion of privacy charge against him. Now he only faces… all the other reasons you can’t take nude pictures of people without their knowledge and use those to blackmail them. [Courthouse News Service]
* Court rules that a group of NRA-affiliated teenagers challenging gun control laws can’t do so anonymously. Fox focuses on the high risk of ‘harassment’ the students now face because people might criticize them. Fox isn’t even hiding its snowflake leanings anymore. [Fox News]
* The NY Giants have settled with the guy who said they were involved in a conspiracy to fake game-worn memorabilia (and, perhaps more importantly, an intellectual property dispute over some technology the guy patented). Line up now for game-worn tokens from the upcoming 4-12 campaign! [Law360]
* For Iowa’s six-week abortion law, the life of its hefty litigation price tag began at signing. [Des Moines Register]
* Michigan lawyer billed 3600 hours last year. That’s nothing. Wake me when he’s pulled off the elusive 29-hour day. [American Lawyer]
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
'Spiritual Coercion' And 'The Lord’s Buffet'
Spiritual practices (even if 'coercive' as alleged by the DOL) will most likely remain beyond the purview of the government and its agencies. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
8 Signs That You Are Not On Your Way To Success
Sorry, but it may be time to reconsider what success means to you. -
Biglaw
Equal Pay Pioneer Reflects On What It’s Like To Sue A Biglaw Firm
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
5 Reasons Why You Should Not Take A Swing At The Boss – A Risk Management Perspective
Take a walk around the block, go to a yoga class, or, kvetch to your spouse. Just don’t, DON’T, don’t resort to violence. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.03.18
* “What did Rudy say? Oh. OK, so, you see, the thing is, Cohen was paid back, but through his monthly retainer so I didn’t know he was paying hush money to porn stars that I definitely didn’t sleep with because that might trigger an out in my prenup… are we done here?” [Twitter]
* A look at Biglaw firms still owed big bucks by bankrupt clients. [American Lawyer]
* Yale Law is so far ahead of the curve, they’ve got 1Ls suing Jeff Sessions. [Connecticut Law Tribune]
* A webcam is drawing attention to the osprey nest on the roof of Oregon’s Law School. Anything to keep attention off the blackface-wearing professor they still employ… [Around the O]
* In case you were looking for another reason to feel revulsion over the Washington NFL team, the cheerleaders allege the team asked them to be literal escorts for wealthy sponsors on a trip to Costa Rica… that they didn’t get paid for. [CNN]
* Which law firms boast the best legal tech game? [Legaltech News]
* The Second Circuit is bringing back the lawsuit over abuse of the no-fly list. The government allegedly dumped people on the no-fly list if they refused to be informants. [Law360]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.01.18
* The New York Times has a list of the questions Mueller would like to ask Trump. Why are we hearing about it? Methinks the “he’s exceeding his mandate” noise is about to ramp up. Either that or the New York Times scored a coup with their RudyGiuliani_69@aol.com account. [NY Times]
* California Supreme Court opts for employee classification standard that critics claim could ruin the gig economy. That… sounds like a good thing. Happy May Day! [Law.com]
* Cleary is getting slapped with a harassment suit arising from conduct between two Williams Lea employees. What does Cleary have to do with this? Well, the employees work at Cleary, use Cleary equipment, and are directly controlled by Cleary. It’s the common law “walks like a duck” doctrine. [Law360]
* Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter is running for Senate in Minnesota as a Democrat because we’ve reached the point where even the W era is renouncing the GOP. [CNN]
* The lawyer social event of the season is upon us, and it’s called the Sprint/T-Mobile merger. At least a dozen firms are getting in on this fray. [American Lawyer]
* Justice Sotomayor will get “reverse shoulder replacement surgery” which… sounds like the wrong direction. [National Law Journal]
* DACA fight looks like it’s heading for the Second Circuit. [Courthouse News Service]
* DA candidate in Maine suspended from practicing law over sexual assault allegations brought by a former client who was living in the candidate’s house. [Sun Journal]
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
The Banning Of Salary Questions
Maybe we’ll see an end to the dreaded salary history question everywhere in the not-too-distant future. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
No, No, Manolo! Stick To Shoes!
Manolo Blahnik wonders, 'Can you still compliment women at work, or could that be considered sexual harassment?'
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
In Defense Of Working In Biglaw
Look, Biglaw isn’t for everyone. But there are also some great things about Biglaw that are often forgotten that make Biglaw firms cool places to work. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
5 Paths To The Golden Road Of Success
Being successful is really easy if you're rich, white, and male. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
5 Reasons Not To Work From Home And Stay At Biglaw
The grass isn’t always greener, so you should know what you’re getting into before you leave Biglaw. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.05.18
* Good news for Holland & Knight, who successfully escaped a $34.5 million malpractice rap. [American Lawyer]
* Wisconsin passes a law requiring disclosure of litigation financers because juries should be gravely suspicious of anyone who can afford to seek legal redress from a corporation. [National Law Journal]
* Cleary Gottlieb partner loses battle over rent-stabilized penthouse. While that sentence doesn’t make him sound particularly sympathetic, he’s actually the good guy here. [New York Law Journal]
* Executives and board members should be more involved in cybersecurity efforts according to the Department of Obvious Things. [Corporate Counsel]
* Sexual assault defendant pleas down to charge of “seduc[ing] and debauch[ing] any unmarried woman.” That’s offensive on so many levels. [Detroit News]
* Workers comp can’t cover paralegal injured playing for firm softball team. [ABA Journal]
* Law firm conducting use-of-force review simultaneously representing deputy accused of shooting and killing two men while on duty. Foxes, hen houses, etc. [KOB 4]
* Did you know some law schools are now accepting the GRE? Because the Times just figured that out. [New York Times]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.03.18
* The possibility of Donald Trump turning the Russia case over to Alan Dershowitz is too delicious of a train wreck to imagine. Stop teasing me! [The Hill]
* Andrew McCabe’s GoFundMe has raised over half a million dollars. All you need is a righteous claim and a sophisticated lobbying firm behind you. [Slate]
* LeBron has decided he holds intellectual property rights over barbershops or something. [National Law Journal]
* While DLA Piper is out there swiping lawyers, they’re also earning plaudits for a tech solution designed to retain clients. [American Lawyer]
* Joon Kim returns to Cleary Gottlieb. [Wall Street Journal]
* Jury selection underway in extortion case over Waffle House CEO’s syrup. [Daily Report Online]
* The Supreme Court declared it’s ready, willing, and able to engage in linguistic gymnastics to get out of labor protections. So… we’ve got that going for us. [Law360]
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
Is Returning The Money Enough To Rescind An NDA?
The short answer is no... -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
When It Comes To Workplace Retaliation, If You're The Boss, You Better Not Change Your Behavior At All
Retaliation is more deadly to employers because it is much easier to prove, and so easy (even inadvertently) to do.