As someone who likes to buy lingerie, when I saw the headlines about Victoria’s Secret and some type of lawsuit, I figured I should check it out. In an adventure of her own, 52 year old Macrida Patterson damaged her cornea when a piece of metal holding some type of rhinestone on her thong underwear [...]
Stephanie (S): What is your current occupation?
AJ: I am a web / marketing intern at Revision3 (http://www.revision3.com)
S: What is your general opinion of attorneys?
AJ: Growing up I wanted to be a lawyer, so that should tell you enough - I definitely respect the profession and see the need for the service.
S: [...]
Sexual Harassment is addressed in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments and also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government.
http://www.eeoc.gov/types/sexual_harassment.html.
The EEOC defines [...]
People sometimes ask whether or not I think they should hire an attorney. In certain cases, my answer is yes probably 90% of the time. I am not just saying that because I am an attorney and I am a fan of having someone pay sometimes an upwards of $400 an hour for [...]
I received an interesting email from someone asking me to address an issue that often finds itself in the workplace. What happens when you are passed on being promoted within a company and the job is given to someone that you feel doesn’t have the appropriate skill set and received the promotion based on “connections” with upper management? [...]
Something to take note of:
5 states (California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Washington), the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands have enacted jurisdiction-wide cell phone laws prohibiting driving while talking on handheld cell phones.
With the exception of Washington State, these laws are all primary enforcement—an officer may ticket a driver for using a [...]
Thank you to John N. who posted a very insightful comment. I agree with you that it certainly takes time, money and foresight to figure out which generic domain names to buy. However, there is still something about it that feels slimy. If someone buys a “generic” domain name for any other purpose than the [...]
Has anyone thought that they should go into business and just buy domains that sound like a good company name? Or, in the alternative and probably the more likely scenario, have you thought of the best name ever for your company, only to find out that some company in India owns the name until 2016?
Ah, [...]
What should I trademark? A common question asked by business owners. Now, before you feel compelled to make sure that the name of your company has a registered trademark in a classification like “egg incubator” when your company sells T-shirts but of course you “never know” what new business you might get into, think twice. [...]
Not sure if anyone has noticed but they did a special on “Cheerleading” on E! over the weekend. Now you might be wondering what I have to say about cheerleading and even more, what cheerleading has to do with the legal world. Well, for starters, I have to admit why I happened to watch that [...]
Let's make the law entertaining, shall we? 