While office gossip has existed as long as there have been offices, it has intensified in recent years as workers face more pressure and the threat of downsizing. It breeds when intense competition and professional envy are entwined. Gossip can harm careers, deflate morale and expose employers to legal liability. The First Amendment doesn’t grant […]
Month: February 2016
Difficult Decisions: When to Give Up
Yvonne, an executive, feels paralyzed by her boss’ new rules that require her to get approval for even the smallest expenditures. Yvonne is also representing her company in merger negotiations. The potential partner considers her boss expendable, and has asked her to stick it out until their process is complete. The negotiations are going slowly. […]
How does a state supreme court decide which cases will be heard with oral arguments and which will not?
In particular, Maine? I have a case pending with the supreme court and they sent me a letter via my attorney that they will hear the case without oral arguments the next time they are in session. It depends on what their court clerks decide because the justices never do any real work, they just […]
Business Law and Regulation in the Roberts Court – Pleading Standards
September 17, 2010
“Business Law and Regulation in the Roberts Court”
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Center for Business Law and Regulation Symposium
Cleveland, Ohio
Duration : 1:27:37
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Can the Supreme Court rule on issues indirectly related to a case they are hearing?
For example, if the Supreme Court is hearing a case on immigration law about the legality of a state stature, could the Court, as part of its decision, decide that some criteria Congress uses for worker visa eligibility as unconstitutional? In a broader sense, is there a phrase for when such circumstances occur? It is […]
is it legal to use news stories from other site for your blog?
like if I copied and pasted a story from yahoo would it be legal as long as I noted that it came from yahoo or linked back to the original on yahoo? I’m just using yahoo as an example but it could be from anywhere… is it legal? Yes.
10/05/10 Legal Headline News
Steven Hayes was found guilty today in the deadly home invasion that left a woman and her two daughters brutalized and murdered, making him eligible for the death penalty. The jury deliberated for several hours before finding Hayes guilty of 16 of the 17 counts he faced.
A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who tried to detonate a crudely made car bomb in Times Square this year was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday, as he vowed there would be more attacks against America.
Justice Department filing an antitrust lawsuit against American Express
Duration : 0:2:30
The Lie Behind The Secret: Truth To Manifesting Using Law of Attraction
Do you feel you understand the law of attraction but just don’t seem to be getting the things you desire? Are you frustrated? Do you manifest some things but not others? The truth is you most likely have not been taught the “key” principle to using law of attraction the way it was intended to […]
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