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Employer Has No Affirmative Duty to Trigger Condition Precedent?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
As the economy continues to struggle, and businesses shutter, more employers may start offering employees retention bonuses to keep a skeleton staff on board...
Vet's $4.4 Million Hostile Work Environment Judgment Denied
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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion this week finding that a district court did not abuse its discretion in vacating a front pay...
Sixth Circuit Upholds Upward Variance for Threat Against Judge
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We know that it's cliché, but the saying that "two wrongs don't make a right" rings true in today's upward variance case from the Sixth Circuit Court of...
Sixth Circuit Reverses Course on Consecutive Sentences
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We all know that a Supreme Court opinion trumps a circuit opinion. To make that point crystal clear to litigants, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an...
Shocker: Thomas Cooley Law School Wins Again
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Thomas M Cooley Law School has one helluva a bit of a public relations problem. The school has dealt with the inflated “independent law school rankings” (which...
Attorney Calls Shenanigans on Ethics Commission, Wins Appeal
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Kentucky Attorney John Berry was irked when the Kentucky Legislative Commission excluded the public from a hearing about allegations against Senate President...