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 A Dallas personal injury firm has seized on the social media revolution to market its Facebook page.  Eberstein and Witherite offered iPad’s to a lucky few and t-shirts if the participants would "like" its Facebook page and submit photos of themselves wearing its 1800 Car Wreck t-shirts.  See Texas Lawyer report.  Clicking on the…

 A former Hondo, Texas resident was killed in Afghanistan.  Assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, SPC Charles "Chaz" J. Wren was killed in Nimroz Province in southwestern Afghanistan.  SPC Wren spent most of his life in Hondo and graduated from Hondo High School in 2004.  He was known at Hondo High for wearing a cape…

 Barratry is generally defined as a lawyer illicitly seeking clients.  A lawyer cannot solicit clients directly.  So, one state legislator has decided the best way to avoid barratry is to allow more lawsuits.    Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, has proposed a bill in the Texas legislature that would allow civil lawsuits against persons (ie, lawyers)…

I believe you can often discern the better places to work just by walking in the front door.  If employees are willing to chat with a visitor or assist with questions beyond their normal area of expertise, that is probably a positive working environment.  Such a workplace has high morale.  But, if the workers are…

The national unemployment rate has dipped below 9%.  It now stands at 8.8%.  See Workplace Prof report.  This decrease represents a trend of continued, slight improvement over several months.  There still remains many long-term unemployed workers.  Unemployment benefit claims have dropped.  So, we are experiencing slight improvement for a few months, now. 

 So, Rev. Terry Jones finally did burn a Quran at his Florida church just a couple of weeks ago.  Now, Afghanistan is rioting and has killed several United Nations workers – only because this particular mob could not find any Americans handy.  Reports are that the Afghans will attack US bases.  No kidding.  I wish…

If anyone has crazier lawsuits than the US, its the Brits.  In this post by Workplace Prof, we see a picture of an employee who was caught stealing money from his employer.  The employee made out a check to himself drawing on company funds and cashed it.  Do not try this at home, but…

I love lawsuits and everything a lawsuit represents.  Anyone can file any lawsuit anytime.  Subject to a few consequences for those of us who get too crazy.  In many countries, that is not the norm, at all.  

In Los Anglees, one restuarant customer filed suit because he was forced to eat rice at a…