Giants' Mays, lawyer Dees to receive honorary degrees (The San Francisco Examiner)

SAN FRANCISCO � Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, along with civil-rights lawyer Morris Dees, will receive honorary degrees at the San Francisco State University commencement ceremony May 23.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]

Iraq shoe-thrower's jail term cut to one year: lawyer (Zawya)

BAGHDAD, Apr 07, 2009 (AFP) - The Iraqi journalist who shot to fame for hurling his shoes at former US president George W. Bush has had his three-year jail term reduced to one year on appeal, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]

Report Finds US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division is Utterly Failing

The New York Times has an important story out this week reporting that an audit of the federal agency charged with enforcing minimum wage, overtime and many other labor laws is failing in that role, leaving millions of workers vulnerable.

In a report scheduled to be released Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office found that the agency, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, had mishandled 9 of the 10 cases brought by a team of undercover agents posing as aggrieved...

Read More...

[Source: HR Lawyer's Blog]

Lawyer: gun not rapper's (The Signal)

The lawyer for Stanley Howse, better known as the rapper Flesh-N-Bone of the platinum-selling rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, told a court Monday that the weapon found by sheriff's deputies in the rapper's Canyon Country home belonged to Howse's wife - a Chicago police officer.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]

Supreme Court: Collective Bargaining Agreements Can Waive Employees' Right to Trial by Jury

In a set back for unionized employees, the Supreme Court holds in a 5-4 decision ( 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett, No. 07-581 (April 1, 2009)) that where a collective bargaining agreement clearly and unmistakably assigns statutory discrimination claims to arbitration, the employee in the bargaining unit loses the right to proceed with an individual civil action and is left with arbitration as his or her only remedy.

The Plaintiffs in this case were members of the Service Employees...

Read More...

[Source: HR Lawyer's Blog]

Saturday is 'Ask Lawyer Day' in Kane (The Beacon News)

The next "Ask A Lawyer" Day will be held in Kane County is Saturday.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]

How to Lose a Job With Twitter.

Twitter is a fantastic tool.  There is currently no better way to make an idiot out of yourself in front of a national audience for 140 characters or less. 

A recent job applicant at Cisco was offered a position that was apparently a pretty good paying job.  So, what does said job applicant do?  Well, go on Twitter and badmouth the job of course.


"Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose...

Read More...

[Source: HR Lawyer's Blog]

Iraq Shoe-throwing Reporter's Sentence Cut To One Year-Lawyer (Nasdaq)

BAGHDAD (AFP)--The Iraqi journalist who shot to fame for hurling his shoes at former U.S. president George W. Bush has had his three-year jail sentence reduced to one year on appeal, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]

Lawyer added to Alamo defense team (Texarkana Gazette)

A third lawyer was added Monday to Tony Alamo�s defense team. Houston attorney Don Ervin joins Danny Davis of California and Texarkana lawyer Jeff Harrelson.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]

Lawyer's Order of Canada stripped (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)

OTTAWA (Apr 7, 2009) -- A former Guelph lawyer who was disbarred in 2007 has been stripped of his Order of Canada.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]

Iraq shoe-thrower's jail term cut to one year: Lawyer (Global TV Regina)

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi court cut the jail term of the TV reporter who shot to fame for hurling his shoes at former U.S. president George W. Bush from three years to one, his lawyer said on Tuesday after an appeal.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]

Lawyer in Canada stripped of top award (The Times of India)

TORONTO: Canada has stripped an Indian born Canadian lawyer of the prestigious civilian award, for his alleged professional misconduct and misappropriation of funds.

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]

Patna lawyer goes to court against Ratan Tata for 'helping' Narendra Modi (The Economic Times)

Patna lawyer goes to court against Ratan Tata for 'helping' Narendra ModiPatna lawyer goes to court against Ratan Tata for 'helping' Narendra Modi

Read More...

[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for lawyer]