I felt the need to address this subject as it seems to be coming up lately. I keep meeting criminal defense attorneys. I am not sure why but it seems to keep happening. I always remember this time in law school when we were studying a case about the “felony murder rule”. Now, the felony [...]
If you get a notice on your apartment door saying “the eviction process has begun” but there isn’t an actual eviction notice, do you have to move out? As a tenant, you should always be aware of your rights. I will focus on California but each state should have a Department of Housing of some [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
Although I can’t remember everything that happened when I was five, I certainly don’t remember standing in front of my class hearing whether the other kids wanted to vote me out of class and why. In Port St. Lucie, Florida, a five year old boy by the name of Alex Barton was subjected to this type of ridicule [...]
What happens when you do good work for someone and they don’t pay you? Well, there are a few options, including suing the person, not suing the person or maybe getting a collection agency to go after the person. If you have the ability and time, filing a lawsuit could be a good idea.
However, what [...]
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