David Yamada, law professor at Suffolk University Law School, has written extensively on workplace bullying. He writes the blog on workplace bullying at Minding the Workplace. He published a seminal paper on workplace bullying in the Georgetown Law Journal in 2008. See that paper here. Mr. Yamada has drafted a model bill entitled,

 A panel discussion in Chicago addressed workplace bullying.  See ABA Journal report.  According to the panel of experts, one-third of employees suffer some workplace bullying.  Dept. of Justice statistics say two million violent crimes occur each year in the workplace.  Workplace bullying is defined as verbal bullying, as well as physical altercations.

The experts