How to Keep Your Millennial Employees Happy at Work

A lot of generalizations have been made about millennials, considered anyone reaching young adulthood in the early 21 st century. A l...

After 42 Years, It's Nice to Know That I Might Be Qualified for Something

In this morning's mail box ... Michael, BCG Attorney Search noticed that the following job might suit your qualifications and experienc...

The Concept of Fallow Ground and Other Musings

More than one year has passed since my last post, and the two or three years before were little more productive. Still for some reason, hope...

An Unusual Condition of Employment - You Must Be Armed

A basic tenet of American employment law is that employment is at will, meaning that the employer can set the conditions of employment as lo...

Mandatory Arbitration and the Supreme Court - The First of Potentially Many New Days

As Justice Scalia''s body lies in state in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court this morning, my eye was caught by the first headline...

40 Years at the Bar

I can’t honestly say what I anticipated 40 years ago today when I came to Austin to be sworn in as a member of the Texas state bar. But it i...

Lessons from Just One Day's Daily Labor Report

One of the venerable sources of information for labor and employment lawyer's has been BNA's Daily Labor Report. I can't remembe...

Domestic Violence: A Possible Solution

One of the humbling aspects of keeping an online journal for any period of time, particularly when you are so unwise as to make predictions ...

Getting Rid of the Annual Review

All too often, I have seen the annual performance evaluation show up in a trial as a Plaintiff's exhibit, rather than what you would thi...

Birthdays: Mine and Jottings

If on my 18th birthday, I had been given the following list of what I thought I would be doing on my 65th birthday, I am not sure what my an...