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Understanding the Economic Stimulus Plan?

Posted on May 17, 2008
I'm not so sure the labels and arrows were needed, but nevertheless: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Detroit Police Officer Sues Police Department for Pregnancy Discrimination

Posted on May 14, 2008
Because of a provision change in the Detroit Police Department's collective bargaining agreement, several female Detroit Police officers have been left with no alternative but to conceal their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Money Commentary

Posted on May 14, 2008
Here's an interesting depiction of the U.S. dollar: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Want to Land that Job? Best Firm Up that Handshake!

Posted on May 08, 2008
A new study using mock interviews revealed that those interviewees with "high handshake marks" (i.e., firm, complete grip, eye contact and vigorous up-and-down movement) were rated "most hireable" by... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Dad died saving his little girl [Digg]

Posted on May 08, 2008
With an out-of-control car bearing down, Joseph Richardson grabbed his 4-year-old daughter and held her up out of harm's way.

Brains of Suicide Victims Who Were Abused as Children Show Genetic Changes

Posted on May 07, 2008
Canadian researchers studied the brains of 18 men who committed suicide and who were also abused or neglected as children, and compared them to 12 men who also died suddenly but from other causes,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Why Didn't Anyone Oppose the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act?

Posted on May 06, 2008
Richard Ford over at Slate.com's Convictions blog has a theory: Why didn?t anyone oppose it? I suspect some of the reason is the subtle (or not) analogy to race and sex discrimination?what I?ve... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

R-E-C-E-S-S-I-O-N

Posted on May 06, 2008
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Many States Releasing Prisoners Early Due to Budget Pressures

Posted on May 06, 2008
California, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina are among the states having to re-evaluate their stance on crime and punishment in lieu of budget concerns. Other states, like New... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Your College Life Ambition [PIC] [Digg]

Posted on May 06, 2008
California, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina are among the states having to re-evaluate their stance on crime and punishment in lieu of budget concerns. Other states, like New...\n\n[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Federal Reserve Cracking Down on Credit Card Industry

Posted on May 02, 2008
The Federal Reserve and other regulators are finally getting serious about America's debt problem. Today, the Fed and two government agencies proposed rules that would stop credit card companies from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Texas Man Tries to Cash Check for $360 Billion

Posted on May 01, 2008
If Charles Ray Fuller, 21, of Crowley, Texas had succeeded, it would have made him about the fourth richest man on Earth. Police responded to a report of a man attempting to pass the check about 4... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Photos: NASA's top 10 views of Earth - CNET News.com [Digg]

Posted on April 30, 2008
To celebrate Earth Day, NASA releases its 10 favorite photographs of Earth taken by astronauts aboard International Space Station.

Without More, a Screensaver Depicting Slave Driver not Hostile Work Environment

Posted on April 29, 2008
Though the complainant failed to assert hostile work environment in her EEOC charge and lawsuit, a court in Alabama spent some time deciding and ruling that a pharmacist could not make a prima facie... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Massachusetts Latest State to Push for Weight Discrimination Ban

Posted on April 29, 2008
If the bill passed in Massachusetts, they would join the company of Michigan, the District of Columbia, San Francisco and Santa Cruz, Calif., and Madison, Wis.. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New Television Ad Campaign Against the Employee Free Choice Act

Posted on April 25, 2008
This was quite the television commercial to wake up to this morning: Apparently the "Coalition for a Democratic Workplace" began a nationwide television commercial ad campaign to garner support... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

McCain, Barack and Hillary on Disability

Posted on April 24, 2008
Concurring Opinions has a link to the candidates' stance on disability policies. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Top NFL Draft Busts of the Modern Era [PICS] [Digg]

Posted on April 24, 2008
#17 - Lawrence Phillips - The NFL began psychological testing for draft prospects because of players like Lawrence Phillips. Rams coach Dick Vermeil thought he could control the troubled back, but St. Louis released Phillips a year after drafting him...

iPhone Unpacking Like You've Never Seen Before [Digg]

Posted on April 24, 2008
This. is. brillant!

The DC Circuit Doesn't Think McDonnell Douglas is All That Great

Posted on April 23, 2008
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently opined in Brady v. Office of Sergeant at Arms, No. 06-5362, (D.C. Cir. Mar. 28, 2008): Whether an employee establishes a prima... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Apparently Biglaw is Eliminating Labor & Employment Practice Groups Slowly

Posted on April 23, 2008
From Above the Law: I've been searching for positions in large law firms in Labor & Employment. I'm discovering that many firms are getting rid of those practice groups because they are not... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

"The United States has less than 5 percent of the world?s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world?s prisoners."

Posted on April 23, 2008
Adam Liptak has an article in today's New York Times about America's insanely high imprisonment rate and discusses the various reasons given for this, which range from the influence of democracy to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Does Work Done on a Blackberry Constitute Compensable Time under the FLSA?

Posted on April 22, 2008
It's possible and even though it's unlikely, employers are being encouraged to institute policies to protect themselves against having to compensate their employees for work done on their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Is John Adams a Tad Over-Hyped as a Founding Father?

Posted on April 21, 2008
Famed Stanford University politicial science professor Jack Rakove thinks maybe. John Adams, aside from being our second President, is probably no more popular or known than any of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Employment Issues at Fore in Supreme Court in Week Ahead

Posted on April 21, 2008
This week the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in matters concerning equal protection claims by public employees (Engquist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture (07-474)),... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Employment Litigation Presents Extra Special E-Discovery Issues

Posted on April 20, 2008
As if it wasn't enough that e-discovery and it's ever increasing importance in litigation has presented problems since being adopted by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, employment litigation has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Study Shows State Courts Vacating Many Arbitration Awards for Employees But Not for Employers

Posted on April 20, 2008
A study from University of Illinois labor and employment law scholar Michael LeRoy has revealed that state courts are vacating many arbitration awards for employees, but not for employers--a trend... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Some People Really Hated the ABC Democratic Debate

Posted on April 18, 2008
Moveon.org has an online petition titled, "Enough Distractions," and the compiled petition will be presented to ABC and "other media" complaining about: "Debate moderators abuse the public trust... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Protected Night Sky [Digg]

Posted on April 18, 2008
This sky is protected. Yesterday marked the 50 year anniversary of the first lighting ordinance ever enacted, which restricted searchlight advertisements from sweeping the night skies above Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Marilyn Monroe sex film to be kept private [Digg]

Posted on April 18, 2008
A 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in oral sex with an unidentified man will be kept from public view by a New York businessman who has bought it for $1.5 million, the broker of the deal said on Monday

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