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Joseph Rakofsky sued some 74 people, who had the temerity to criticize him on the internet and other places.  I previously wrote about his lawsuit against everybody here.  He filed suit in the state of New York against everyone from the Washington Post to the ABA Bar Journal  to J-Dog84@yahoo.com.  He sued a few…

To Kill a Mockingbird is a book about a lawyer doing the right thing.  But, it seems the author’s agent did the wrong thing.  Harper Lee has sued her agent, Samuel Pinkus, for allegedly tricking her into signing away her rights to the book with no compensation.  Mr. Pnkus is the son-in-law of Ms. Lee’s…

Yes, there is still a war on.  A son of the City Manager for Olmos Park died from his injuries in a bomb blast.  SSGT Michael H. Simpson died from injuries from an IED while riding an ATV.  SSGT Simpson was the son of Michael W. Simpson, the City Manager for Olmos Park, Texas.  Michael…

Like bond traders and those folks at Enron who did whatever they did, lawyers can be pretty greedy.  Adam Victor, owner of a few different businesses hired a very large law firm, DLA Piper to take one of his businesses through bankruptcy.  When he first hired the law firm in the 1990’s, it was known…

For some years now, some clever scam artists have bilked many otherwise bright and clever lawyers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.  I myself have received this same email dozens of times.  They always go like this: "Hi, my ex lives in your jurisdiction (note the scammers never actually name your state or city).

This may be where many employers will be heading.  Athletic departments at The University of Texas at Austin and Texas Tech University have been using a service to monitor social media of their players.  Texas A&M University also used a service from 2008 until 2012.  The service monitors the social media accounts of the players.

I first wrote about this issue here.  John Gibson, a lawyer in North Texas, picked a name for his blog, www.texasworkerscomplaw.com.  The Texas Department of Insurance, Workers Compensation Division, sent him a "cease and desist" letter accusing him of violating a state statute that forbids the use of "texas" and "workers compensation" in connection…

Many of us are concerned about our neighbors in Newtown, Connecticut after the terrible shooting there.  My colleague, Dan Schwartz, at Connecticut Employment Law Blog, mentions that the Sandy Hook Elementary will be moving to a new location for the rest of the school year.  They will need school supplies as if they were starting…

Its nice to work at home, but the stay-at-home employees suffer, according to one recent report.  According to two business professors, work-at-home employees receive lower performance evaluations, smaller raises, and fewer promotions.  Stay-at-home employees are observed less.  They receive less "passive face time," say the two researchers.   In white collar jobs, the lack of…

You only think that what you are posting will remain anonymous on the world wide web.  A federal prosecutor in New Orleans learned that painful lesson recently.  First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jan Mann had been posting anonymous comments on a New Orleans Time Picayune website under the online alias of "eweman."  Her comments were directed…