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EEOC Issues Opinion Letter Holding Health Risk Assessment Violates ADA

Posted on May 14, 2009
Recently the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") opined that "an employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (?ADA?) when it required employees to undertake a health risk... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

EEOC Files Age Discrimination Suit on Behalf of Strip Club Waitress

Posted on May 14, 2009
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a 59-year-old strip club waitress, Mary Bassi, after she claims she was frequently called ?old? by managers of Cover Girls... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Unions Going After Specter: "Where Will Specter Stand?"

Posted on May 13, 2009
In a move to pressure new Democratic Senator Arlen Specter to back the Employee Free Choice Act, labor-backed American Rights at Work has a new ad out in Pennsylvania that aims to worry voters about... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Book Autopsies

Posted on May 12, 2009
While most people would cringe at the thought of a book being destroyed, one artist, Brian Dettmer, is destroying books in the most beautiful manner. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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The Things You See When You Look Up

Posted on May 06, 2009
I walked by, thought twice, and went back to make sure what I saw was correct: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

"Meet the Press" Losing Its Allure

Posted on May 05, 2009
The LA Times is reporting that though "Meet the Press" remains king of the Sunday political talk shows, the gap between it and #2 "Face the Nation," hosted by Bob Schieffer on CBS, is shrinking. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Top Ten Supreme Court Justice Nomination Battles

Posted on May 05, 2009
Yes, Time.com compiled a list of this. 10. John Rutledge 9. John Tyler's four failures, nine times 8. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar 7. Louis Brandeis 6. John J. Parker 5. Abe Fortas 4. Clement... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sen. Harkin on EFCA: "Compromises are going to be made. It probably won?t be card-check because too many people are opposed to it now.?

Posted on May 04, 2009
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), speaking recently on the Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA"), is now admitting that the card-check provision of EFCA may have to be scrapped in the compromising effort to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Supreme Court Justice Al Gore?

Posted on May 04, 2009
Probably not, but Hendrik Hertzberg thinks it'd be a not-so-bad idea. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

How Not to Avoid Jury Duty

Posted on May 01, 2009
From TheSmokingGun.com: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Light Pollution

Posted on April 30, 2009
What we're missing out on: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Credit Card Holders' Bill of Rights Debated on House Floor

Posted on April 30, 2009
Today on the House floor legislators debated the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009 (H.R.627), legislation designed to enhance protections for credit-card customers. Specifically, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Study Finds Conservatives Don't See Colbert's Satire

Posted on April 28, 2009
Even though the study is from Ohio State, I'll direct your attention to it anyway: [C]onservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings Leaked

Posted on April 21, 2009
Thanks, TaxProf Blog. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

EFCA Update: Senator Mark Warner Now on the Fence

Posted on April 15, 2009
Senator Mark Warner (D-Vir.) is the latest democratic Senator to waver in his support for the Employee Free Choice Act stating that his vote for cloture of the bill is questionable due to the unclear... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

EFCA and the Importance of Neutral Polling Questions

Posted on April 13, 2009
As the Employee Free Choice Act continues to be a hot button issue circulating through Congress, it is apparent many legislators are wavering on the issue due to the electorate's unclear opinion on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New to the Blogroll: Delaware Employment Law Blog

Posted on April 13, 2009
I've just added Delaware Employment Law Blog to the blogroll. Though the blog is based out of Delaware it contains very useful and interesting employment law information and updates. Check it out! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Justice Thomas Speaks

Posted on April 13, 2009
At an event in Washington for the winners of a high school essay contest. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In Canada, Time Spent on Facebook Could Provide Employer with a Defense

Posted on April 13, 2009
Brendon Bishop of British Columbia, Canada is learning the hard way how excessive use of Facebook at work may cost him his disability payments. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

3rd Circuit Holds Muslim Police Officer Cannot Wear Headscarf While On Duty

Posted on April 08, 2009
In an opinion released today by the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a unanimous three-judge panel held that "Philadelphia?s interest in 'religious neutrality' in its police force overrode the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Labor and Employment Law Advice Vigorously Sought by Employers

Posted on April 08, 2009
The Wall Street Journal has a story today about the boom in workplace legal advice spawned by recently enacted and pending legislation in the labor and employment law arena. Of particular interest... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

EFCA Update: Sen. Blanche Lincoln Announces Opposition

Posted on April 07, 2009
In yet another blow signaling a need for a compromise in the Employee Free Choice Act legislation, Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) announced this past Monday that she will oppose the union-backed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I.O.U.S.A.

Posted on April 05, 2009
A new movie about our country and our debt. Here's a trailer: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In the Past 12 Months, Legal Industry Shed 22,300 Jobs

Posted on April 03, 2009
Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its unemployment figures and revealed that the legal industry--which includes nonlawyers--lost 22,300 in the last 12 months, 2,700 jobs in March alone. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Is Justice Kennedy Remotely Close to Libertarian?

Posted on April 01, 2009
Political scientist Helen Knowles has a new book out, "The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty," discussing the Supreme Court's current swing-voter, Justice Anthony Kennedy,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Secunda on Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.

Posted on April 01, 2009
Paul Secunda (Marquette Law School) has an article on ACSBlog about Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., a case argued today at the Supreme Court addressing how to analyze mixed-motive claims under... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

More Wavering Support for EFCA

Posted on March 27, 2009
Earlier this week we learned that Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is opposed to the Employee Free Choice Act, at least in its current form. Now it's Senator Dianne Feinsten (D-Ca.) backing out of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Spare Some Change?

Posted on March 22, 2009
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Served Via Twitter?

Posted on March 17, 2009
Recently an Australian court upheld the use of the social networking site, Facebook, for the service of legal papers. Now with the advent of Twitter the question is--at least in New Zealand--whether... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

EFCA Debate at Seton Hall Law School

Posted on March 17, 2009
I was asked to divert your attention to a debate on the Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA") at Seton Hall University Law School on March 18, 2009 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. I would love to attend this event... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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