Albertsons, LLC, a national grocery chain, will pay $8.9 million and furnish other relief to settle three employment discrimination lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor tunity Commission…
We previously discussed the journey of the Franken Amendment through the halls of Congress. (The Amendment would prohibit the award of DOD funds to any Federal contractor that forces its employees…
Late last month, Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY), along with original cosponsors Hank Johnson (D-GA), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Michael…
One bill remains outstanding as a part of the final appropriations process for FY 2010 - the Department of Defense (DOD) appropriation - the bill to which the Franken Amendment was attached. The…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is looking at getting an extra $23 million dollars to help tackle the growing backlog of cases at the at the agency. According to the National Law Journal,…
Trial Tool: Accident Sketch
I recently found a great tool for creating accident scene drawings. Its called
“Accident
Sketch.” It allows you to easily create pretty professional looking depictions of an accident site. You can then save the drawing as a pdf and can create tiff or other picture files if you have a tool like Grab for Mac (comes free on every machine) or a Windows equivalent. This makes it a great tool for creating easy and cheap trial aids.
Check it out here: http://draw.accidentsketch.com/
“People Holding Hands in the Desert”
This video gets at a question that I have wondered quite alot about myself. Does anyone actually do anything with LinkedIn other than invite other people to LinkedIn?
The National Law Journal has a good article this morning by Robert Niccolini regarding the ongoing split in the circuits on the issue of so-called “cat’s paw” theory of liability in employment…
The shift from desktop- and server-based software to what is alternately referred to as “Software-as-a-Service” (SaaS) or “the cloud” is one of the most significant transitions to occur in computing in the last 20 years. Although the benefits offered by SaaS are numerous, there are risks and legal implications of this paradigm shift that should be understood and mitigated by all lawyers considering moving their data into the cloud.
About Chris
Christopher McKinney is a trial lawyer representing people and businesses in employment-related civil rights cases. He writes and is a frequent speaker on legal issues, using legal technology, and personal productivity.
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