Can you get fired for wearing an orange shirt to work?
One of the most common questions I hear from my non-lawyer friends is something along the lines of: “I know that my employment at my company is at-will, but that doesn’t mean that my boss can just fire me for no good reason, right?
BEV BUTULA: Clearinghouse assists with civil rights litigation
Researching specific civil rights issues? You might want to check out the University of Michigan Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse.
If Supreme Court tosses health care, questions will linger
The nation's 50 legislatures will face tough choices if all of Obamacare is thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court when it decides on the Affordable Healthcare for America Act in June.
Law firms are at high risk of embezzlement
One would think morally flexible job seekers would avoid any industry where the business owners socialize with judges and read legal journals for fun. Surprisingly, law firms are favored targets of both experienced and novice embezzlers.
Ignore social media, wither like paper
Blogging, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, et al., have changed the way people communicate and consume information in both their professional and personal lives. It’s official. And it’s not too late for you to join the e-parade.
BLAWG LOG: Boyden on employers’ requests for Facebook logins
I see that noted cybercrime expert Orin Kerr, a law professor at George Washington University, was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning, and his comments in the first few minutes of this recording basically sum up what I had to say on potential employers requesting social networking login information in job interviews: it’s unclear, but such activity may be prohibited by federal law.
THE ROBE REPORT: Responding to data security breaches
Data security breaches present a crisis situation faced by a growing number of companies and organizations both small and large, with no end in sight.
FAMILY LAW: The future of maintenance in divorce
Is maintenance still relevant in the 21st Century?
Commentary: Health care arguments close, with little closure
For the past couple of days, much of the media has been atwitter over suggestions that after March 27th’s oral arguments, the health care reform law’s individual mandate provision was on life support (sentiment initially expressed by CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin, but not necessarily echoed by others who watched the argument).
Compute the real costs of lawyer telecommuting
Telecommuting from a home office has become a highly touted strategy for reducing costs at a law firm.
BEV BUTULA: Get out and ‘Play’
Did you notice the new tab on your Google navigation bar for Google “Play?”
At tax time, review marketing endeavors along with deductions
As business people gather the necessary financial documents to prepare for tax filings, they often analyze earnings and expenses in comparison to goals and projections.
Legal News
- Green Bay man gets 2 consecutive life terms in fatal stabbings
- For 20 years, RCS has been bringing trial visuals to life
- Justices reject appeal from former Guantanamo detainee
- Lawyers burn midnight oil studying Title IX revisions
- 70 years after Brown, school integration stymied
- Wisconsin man gets 15 years in prison for Door County bar fire that killed two
- Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
- Wisconsin election officials fear voter confusion over 2 elections for same congressional seat
- ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
- Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
- The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill
- Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970
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