In what industry are both white collar and blue collar managers and leaders trained for each level of promotion? In the military. In the military services, NCO’s and officers receive training for each level of promotion. For decades, the U.S. military has required attendance and graduation from schools designed to train leaders at every rank.
A little known fact is that many defense lawyers who practice employment law are actually political moderates. Many of my defense lawyer friends actually were appalled by former Pres. Trump. But, not all. Two lawyers resigned from the mega firm, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith in Los Angeles to start a new law firm that
A similar question arises in all my employment cases. In a recent case, the defense lawyer was deposing a witness who supported my client. He asked why she thought the manager’s remark was discriminatory. Upon hearing that swine flu was predominant in the Rio Grande Valley, the
manager had remarked, "Well, what do you expect
Every so often someone will claim that discrimination is gone or mostly gone. Yet, evidence of bias pops up everywhere. In a recent trial in a patent infringement case in Marshall, Texas, a witness from Israel was testifying. The defense lawyer was cross examining the Israeli witness. Asking about the witness’ lunch meeting at Bodacious
The decision in Gross is not grounded in reality. Gross v. FBL Financial Services does not reflect how discrimination and bias actually work. Gross is the US Supreme Court’s recent decision on age discrimination. For various reasons, it will probably also apply to discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, also. Harold Goldner