"Bullying" Is Becoming Part of the Zeitgeist

Early in the second year of writing this blog, I had what I think was my first recognition of bullying as an "issue" in the employ...

ENDA "Lite" On the Way?

Federal legislative action in employment law matters, actually on most things, is pretty much a non-starter these days.  But that does not m...

Why You Spell Out Amounts in Agreement

Since I try to avoid legalese where ever possible and eliminate as much unnecessary verbiage from agreements I prepare, I frequently look at...

Arbitration (Is Not the Same as) Courts of Conciliation

In my first year of law school at the University of Texas, we had a class called "Introduction to the Study of Law." My section wa...

Jury Waivers Treated Same As Arbitration Agreements by Texas Supreme Court

I would have been surprised if the decision went the other way, but today the Texas Supreme Court affirmed that an at will employee who sign...

Thinking About A Different World Under the NLRA

I have been quite busy lately but finally began catching up on some past reading and one of the first things was the most recent edition of ...