At a trial beginning this week, an associate is airing a claim that her Garden City, N.Y., law firm discriminated against her by cutting her pay while she was pregnant.
Updated: Attorney General Michael Mukasey told the ABA House of Delegates this morning that “politics must play no role in either the hiring of career [Department of Justice] employees or…
Among those who inhabit Second Life—a virtual world on the Internet where individuals interact through electronic alter egos known as avatars, is the SL Bar Association,…
A New York appeals court has upheld a Rochester law firm’s decision to fire a paralegal who defied a policy that banned smoke breaks for hourly employees.
Although it had been more than a year since Johnnie Jordan worked as a bailiff for suspended District Judge Elizabeth Halverson, he broke down yesterday in a disciplinary hearing in…
A federal judge in Manhattan says a managing partner’s remark that a female lawyer wasn’t sweet enough could be construed as discriminatory animus supporting the woman’s bias and retaliation suit.
Although not recognized as a cause of action in most jurisdictions, “desk rage”—i.e., abusive or threatening conduct at the workplace—is a growing problem and a growing concern to employers and…
A former paralegal’s allegation that he is a “sexual predator” is but one of many “untrue” and “ridiculous” claims in her lawsuit against him and two law firms at which…
After a California judge’s decision to dismiss a defamation claim by actor Rob Lowe and a retaliation claim by his former nanny, Jessica Gibson, both sides proclaimed victory this week…
After recent bad news about the state of New York state and New York City’s finances, officials there are probably watching with interest the current budget crisis in California.
When Garry Malphrus decided he wanted to be a federal immigration judge, no application or interview was required. Having worked in the White House and with D. Kyle Sampson, who…
An Atlanta divorce lawyer has been banned from the entire fifth floor of the DeKalb County courthouse following an incident in which he called an African-American court staffer a “little…
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