Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Can't Stand 2 More Weeks of This Supervisor - Workplace Coach Blog

How to get a great new job, when you suddenly quit.

Can an employee leave without 2 weeks' notice & claim the workplace was so intolerable that s/he had no choice?

Politics | Politics

Legacy of the Court-Packing Plan; A quarter-century after F.D.R. began his unsuccessful battle over the Supreme Court. t

A Lewis article examines Ct in light of F D Roosevelt's unsuccessful '37 Ct-packing plan; finds Ct's independence secure despite changes in nature of its business and attitudes of justices

Funny how they have defined this as “Court Packing” for 83 years until the current Democrats say that is not the definition.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Do Employer Owe Employees Paid Sick Leave When They Self-Quarantine - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: After I spent a weekend bar hoping, I felt remorseful, and self-quarantined so I wouldn’t bring COVID into my …

An employee makes high-risk choices, then does the right thing & stays home; does his employer owe him paid sick leave?

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

I've Been Told Never To Fire An Employee On A Friday; But I Really, Really Want to - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: I’ve been told to never to fire an employee on Friday, but I really don’t want this employee back …

Should you fire an employee on a Friday, or not? What are the risks? The reasons?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

My Employer Asks Personally Invasive Questions; Do I Have to Answer? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: My employer emailed me a health status questionnaire that’s due Friday. I’m used to and feel okay about questions …

Being asked personally invasive questions by your employer -- do you need to answer?

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

I Don't Want to Wear a Face Mask; Can My Employer Make Me? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: My employer’s “back to the office” email informs us we’re required to wear face masks anytime we’re not at …

Can an employee refuse to wear a face mask or will the employer fire him/her for not wearing a face mask?

News | News

Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law,...

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Employees & Their Families Sue Employers Over COVID-19 Exposure - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: My partner and I have owned and operated our business for twenty-three years.  When the pandemic first hit, we …

What are the risks; what do employers/businesses need to do; what are the chances of the lawsuit winning?

Politics | Politics

Alexandria rape suspect freed due to coronavirus kills accuser: police

Police in Virginia say that a rape suspect who was released from jail in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic went on to kill the woman who had accused him.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Employees Push Back Against Returning to Work, Choosing Unemployment - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: We didn’t expect the pushback we got from two of our furloughed employees when we called them back to …

The COVID reality, employees choose unemployment over work, what happens to them; what their employers have to consider.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

6 ?s to Answer Before Returning Your Workplace to a "New Normal" - Workplace Coach Blog

You’ve been operating your company with a skeleton crew. In less than ten days, you plan to resume “new-normal” operations. Before you welcome your furloughed employees back to the workplace, make sure you can answer these six questions. Can you imp

?s to answer for your employees & your company

Science & Technology | Technology

Apple will soon let developers challenge App Store rules | TechCrunch

Apple has announced an upcoming change to App Store rules that could mark a major shift in how the marketplace operates. Developers will soon be able to challenge not just the rejection of an app, but the rule that prompted that rejection. Bug fixes will

Science & Technology | Technology

Big Tech's Section 230 law: What it is and why some want it changed

The Justice Department is hosting a workshop to examine the scope of the Big Tech protection law known as Section 230.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

Brooklyn grand jury fails to indict woman accused of anti-Semitic attack

Jasmine Lucas, 24, was held for seven days in Rikers Island on a charge of second-degree robbery as a hate crime after her New Year’s Day arrest in Williamsburg.

I'm late on this one. I thought I posted it. Either way, this is horrendous. How long until NYC, and the rest of America, becomes like France for Jews? The message here is that if you're attacked by someone higher on the intersectional hierarchy, the attacker won't be prosecuted.

Science & Technology | Technology

Web scraping is now legal - Towards Data Science

In late 2019, the US Court of Appeals denied LinkedIn’s request to prevent HiQ, an analytics company, from scraping its data. The decision was a historic moment in the data privacy and data…

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority

How the Palestinians Manipulate the International Criminal Court Against Israel | HonestReporting

A sustained campaign has turned the ICC against Israel, and made it into a political tool, despite its lack of jurisdiction, and against the intentions of the court's founders.

News | Jewish Community

Judaism, Jails and Justice: A Conversation With Judge Jack B. Weinstein

The 98-year-old federal jurist speaks about criminal justice, the Aleph Institute, and the Rebbe’s influence on his life and work

Pets & Animals | Animals

Animal cruelty now a federal crime after Trump signs bipartisan bill into law

A bipartisan bill that makes animal cruelty a federal crime has passed Congress, and the president signed it into law on Monday. 

It is about time they passed this law.

News | In The News

The tests that determine drunk driving are often unreliable, and judges are starting to question them

Alcohol breath tests, used by police stations across the country to convict drunk drivers, often produce inaccurate results, a New York Times investigatio...

Science & Technology | Technology

Yahoo data breach settlement: How to claim $358 or credit monitoring - CNN

Was your Yahoo account among the 3 billion struck by multiple data breaches between 2013 and 2016? You might be eligible for a $358 payout or two years of free credit monitoring.

Visual Arts | Photography

Photography Cheat Sheet: Privacy and Copyright for Photographers

Today's photography cheat sheet is all about the rights and responsibilities of photographers when it comes to matters concerning copyright and privacy.

This is a great guide!

Politics | Politics

“He Said Not to Tell Anyone”: How Trump Kept Tabs on Jeffrey Epstein

In the months before he ran for president, Donald Trump was in conversation with National Enquirer owner David Pecker about his old acquaintance, Jeffrey Epstein, and how his sexual abuse scandal might affect the Clintons.

Pets & Animals | Animals!

Feds announce new guidelines for service and emotional support animals on planes - CNNPolitics

Airlines are prohibited from banning specific breeds of dogs on board flights as service or emotional support animals, the US Transportation Department said Thursday, amid controversy over safety and passengers abusing the policies for emotional support a

Politics | Politics

Is This the End of Office of Special Counsel?

Ordinary prosecutors are not allowed to comment about why they decided not to prosecute the subject of an investigation. The Mueller Report, when made public, violated that salutary tradition. It contained negative information about people, including the

Politics | BDS

Ilhan Omar Is Wrong. Here Is Why Anti-BDS Laws Are Perfectly Constitutional.

Jew-hater extraordinaire Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) — she of "Jews have dual loyalty" and "support for Israel is only due to monetary interest" fame — is at it again.

News | Interesting Stories

Hotels Face Growing Backlash Against Resort Fees

Government officials and hotel booking sites have opened two new fronts in the war against hidden resort fees. Consumer Reports explains.

Politics | Politics

Flight Logs Put Clinton on Pedophile Billionaire’s Sex Jet

Bill Clinton took repeated trips on the " Lolita Express"—the private passenger jet owned by billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—with an actress in softcore porn movies whose name appears in Epstein's address book under an entry for &q

Politics | The "Squad"

AOC to face lawsuit over blocking Twitter users, following appeals court ruling on Trump | Fox News

Former Democratic New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind told Fox News on Tuesday he's preparing to sue Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for blocking users on Twitter based on their personal viewpoints, following a federal appeals court ruling barring Pres

The petulant little bartender does block anyone she doesn’t agree with, including news sources that don’t pay fealty to her or provide a differing ideological viewpoint.

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority

Dershowitz: Trump's ambassador is right on Israel's annexation. His posturing, pro-Palestinian critics are wrong

David Friedman is right: International law supports Israel retaining some of the West Bank. I should know – I helped draft it.

Politics | Op-Ed

Mueller sets a new standard for innocence: Prove you did not commit a crime - Conservative Review

It was never Mueller’s job to prove a negative.

News | The News

It’s Barr’s ‘Baby’ Now, Not Mueller’s

For nearly two years, Robert Mueller worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as a special counsel appointed by then-Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Despite the Left’s attempt to deify Robert Mueller as an omnipotent figure somehow unbound by the

News | News

Chalking tires to enforce parking rules is unconstitutional, court finds

A federal appeals panel ruled in a Michigan case that a parking officer who marks your tires with chalk is trespassing.

News | The News

Washington Man Refused To Let Cops Into His Home Without A Warrant. He Was Convicted Of Obstruction.

While the media decries the fact that President Donald Trump won’t be charged with obstruction for tweets critical of the investigation into the nonexistent crime of collusion, a man in Washington state knows what it’s like to be convicted of obstruct

Leftists would happily turn the United States into a police state.

Business & Finance | Marketing

Creating Content That Doesn’t Require Your Legal Department

Over the years, I have worked with companies who are used to having their legal department review all of their content before it’s released to the public. When I tell them that by shifting what they write about, they can ultimately speed up their intern

Politics | Politics

Trump’s golf course employed undocumented workers — and then fired them amid showdown over border wall - The Washing

About a dozen employees, some of whom had worked at a Trump golf course in New York for years, were let go Jan. 18.

News | Interesting Stories

Girl Scouts sue Boy Scouts over program's name change

The Girl Scouts of the United States of America filed a trademark infringement lawsuit Tuesday against the Boy Scouts of America for dropping the word "boy" from its flagship program in an effort to attract girls.

Oh, the irony. This is what the Boy Scouts get for trying to be more inclusive.

Politics | Politics

Chevron Ecuador Case: Its Attempted Shakedown Had Many Stakeholders | National Review

A rock star, an aide to Andrew Cuomo, journalists, and Ecuadoran government officials had stakes in a shakedown of the oil company. It almost worked.

News | The News

9 Serious Problems With All The Accusations Made Against Kavanaugh

There are multiple red flags with the newest allegations of sexual misconduct that were made on Wednesday against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Politics | POLITICS

Here Are Trump's Two Best Defenses To The Cohen Campaign Finance Allegations

President Trump is the world’s worst client. He speaks when he should shut up; he doesn’t listen to his lawyers; he takes action that exacerbates legal difficulties.

Science & Technology | TECH

How doorbell cameras are creating dilemmas for police, neighborhoods

Police departments want to know about crimes, suspicious activities caught on home security cameras before homeowners post videos on social media.

News | Abortion

Trump Blows Away a Penumbra

Liberals are hysterical because a long era of judge-made law may be about to end.

It’s time to end Roe. The states should be making the decision. The left’s hysteria about this is absurd.

Politics | Politics

In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’

The Danes, who have struggled to integrate non-Western families, are getting tough: From age 1, immigrant children will receive mandatory instruction in “Danish culture.”

Politics | Politics

Q&A: Do migrants who enter illegally get 'due process'?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claims this week on Twitter that America's immigration problems could be solved by "simply" stopping migrants at the border and denying their access to a judge after entering the country illegally.

Politics | Politics

Supreme Court rules in favor of Ohio 'voter purge'

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio’s "use it or lose it" practice of cleaning up its voter rolls. 

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Should You Form An LLC Or An S-Corp, And What's The Difference?

Deciding how your business gets taxed is an important but sometimes complicated question for new business owners.

Politics | Politics

Five takeaways from Trump adding Giuliani | TheHill

The president has turned to the former New York City mayor for help with the Russia investigation.

News | Interesting Stories

State launches Aetna probe after stunning admission - CNN

California's insurance commissioner has launched an investigation into Aetna after learning a former medical director for the insurer admitted under oath he never looked at patients' records when deciding whether to approve or deny care.

Politics | From CNN

Charge upgraded against suspect in Charlottesville rally killing

An Ohio driver accused of plowing into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one woman, is facing an upgraded murder charge.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

How to break a lease: Pros and cons of breaking your rental contract — and tenants’ legal rights

Want to break an apartment lease agreement? Here's what to know about leaving your apartment — without hurting your credit score or having your landlord take you to small claims court.

Politics | Politics

Mystery Solved: Now We Know Why Comey Did Nothing About Hillary

It's no wonder James Comey refused to press charges against Hillary Clinton for her egregious security breaches: He may have been guilty of the same thing.

Entertainment | Celebrities!

Bill Cosby Mistrial: Legal Experts Debate How It Happened and What's Next | Hollywood Reporter

"Are either of you surprised? Can’t say I am," says THR senior editor Eriq Gardner as a trio of trial watchers discuss the reasons for the hung jury, the celebrity factor and whether a retrial makes sense: "It’s always nearly impossible

This is a total travesty. I like entertainment and follow celebrities, but this jury seemed blinded by celebrity.

Politics | Politics

If the president says it, is it no longer classified? - CNNPolitics.com

Was it legal for President Donald Trump to disclose classifed information to Russian officials?

News | Interesting Stories

Exclusive - Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities

The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Uber Technologies Inc's use of a software tool that helped its drivers evade local transportation regulators, two sources familiar with the situation said.

Politics | Politics

James Comey Says Confidential Hillary Clinton Emails Were Sent to Anthony Weiner

Comey also defended his decision to re-open the Clinton email investigation

Politics | Politics

James Comey: Loretta Lynch's tarmac meeting with Bill Clinton was the turning point in the email investigation

FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday said former Attorney General Loretta Lynch's tarmac meeting...

Sports | Cycling

This Has Got To Stop!

Two cyclists are killed every day in the U.S. at the hands of drivers. We looked at data from riders like you, the media, and law enforcement to find out what we can do about it.

I am sick and tired and disgusted with asshole drivers.

Politics | Politics

Monitoring May Have ‘Incidentally’ Picked Up Trump Aides, House Member Says

The White House seized on the comments as evidence of wiretapping, but the remarks indicated that the intelligence targets were foreign officials, not President Trump.

Politics | Politics

Here’s what Trump was thinking when he made those bombshell wiretapping allegations

President Trump made headlines on Saturday after he sent a series of explosive tweets claiming that the phones in his Manhattan skyscraper were tapped by former President Barack Obama during last year’s campaign. On Sunday, the White House released a st

Politics | Politics

Donald Trump’s inauguration cake is a lesson in intellectual property law — Quartz

Cake hasn't been controversial since the 1800s when French queen consort Marie Antoinette allegedly declared France's poor, who had no bread, should eat brioche instead (in English: "let them eat cake"). But at US president Donald Trump's ina

Not sure if this should be in politics...but I don't have a baking or intellectual property category.

Politics | Obamacare

Stop pretending that Obamacare can save everyone

Repealing it wouldn’t be immoral, as many liberals argue.

Politics | Politics

Rep. Gowdy Demands Comey Explain Why Clinton’s False Statements Aren’t Evidence of Guilt

Rep. Gowdy Demands Comey Explain Why Clinton’s False Statements Aren’t Evidence of Guilt At a congressional hearing Thursday, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) grilled ...

Politics | Politics

FBI Leaks: Clinton Foundation Probe a 'Very High Priority,' Will Likely Lead to an Indictment

The FBI is in revolt and leaking like faucets a few days out from the election.

Politics | Politics

What to Know About the New Clinton-Related Emails

The revelation that the FBI is working to review a cache of newly discovered emails potentially tied to the agency’s probe of Hillary Clinton’s private email server has jolted her campaign and put FBI Director James Comey in the crosshairs

Politics | Politics

Clinton emails: 'Quid pro quo' bid to bury Benghazi message - BBC News

The State Department denies one of its officials pressured the FBI to change the classification of a Hillary Clinton email in a "quid pro quo".

Politics | Politics

Yes, Hillary Wants to Get Rid of the Second Amendment

A “gun violence prevention proposal” such as Hillary’s is simply a smokescreen over the ultimate aim of gun confiscation.

Politics | Obamacare

Judge strikes down Obama health law insurance subsidy in victory for House GOP - The Washington Post

Decision stayed pending certain administration appeal to D.C. circuit court

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Startups are Personal, Part VIII: Protect Your Intellectual Property From the Start - Forbes

We end our lessons learned series (co-authored by me and Mike Willee) with our favorite topic, intellectual property (IP). Many entrepreneurs fail to recognize the importance of IP—let alone the value of an IP protection plan in the earliest stages of t

Sports | Cycling

The Free Rider Myth - Who Really Pays for the Roads?

The idea that people riding bikes don't pay for the roads is pervasive, and completely untrue.

The time has come for people who use the stupid uninformed argument that cyclistS don't pay for the roads to STFU.

News | Interesting Stories

LA Parking Restrictions Also Confusing To City Parking Engineers

A parking management engineer says they do not have a "comprehensive database" of which parking restrictions correspond with which streets.

Family & Parenting | Kids

California Student Data Release: Court Changes Course | Patch

Pleasanton, CA - Parents worried about the release of sensitive records sent an avalanche of objection letters to the court.

News | Interesting Stories

Knife Found Buried on OJ Simpson's Estate Years Ago Finally Turned Over to LAPD

The bloody knife reportedly found on O.J. Simpson's estate was stored in a police officer's house for years.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Justice Clarence Thomas breaks 10-year streak, asks question in court - CNNPolitics.com

For the first time in a decade, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke during oral arguments.

I haven't posted in this category for a long time. But not as long as Clarence Thomas went without asking a question in court!

News | Interesting Stories

Apple says investigators ruined best way to access terrorist data - CNET

A backup feature might have provided the FBI with a way to access data from the iPhone of a San Bernardino terrorist. But a change to the Apple iCloud password foiled that idea.

News | News

Heavily armed Louisiana police captain taunts local gangsters in video

A Louisiana police captain sent out a blunt message Wednesday for members of a local street gang. 'You will be hunted. You will be tracked,' Captain Clay Higgins (pictured) said.

Science & Technology | Technology

Apple Unlocked iPhones for the Feds 70 Times Before - The Daily Beast

A 2015 court case shows the tech giant was willing to play ball with the government before—and is only stopping now because it might ‘tarnish the Apple brand.’

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

A 19-year-old made a free robot lawyer that has appealed $3 million in parking tickets

It's a simple bot that helps with court appeals — but could it replace the need for human lawyers?

Science & Technology | Technology

NSA chief: ‘Paris would not have happened’ without encrypted apps

National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers warns that encryption is making it “much more difficult” for the agency to intercept the communications of terrorist groups like the Islamic State, citing November’s Paris attacks as a case where

Family & Parenting | Kids

10 million California student records about to be released to attorneys - San Jose Mercury News

In a massive data release, California public-school records on about 10 million students -- including their Social Security numbers -- are about to be handed over to attorneys for a group suing the state, with both parties blaming the other for the impend

Thx Nick for giving me the heads up on this.

Politics | Politics

What Justice Scalia’s death means for pending Supreme Court decisions

Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s conservative firebrand, died Saturday, leaving the fate of a controversial and high-stakes term very much up in the air.

News | Interesting Stories

Wife crashes her own funeral, horrifying her husband, who had paid to have her killed - The Washington Post

"Surprise," she said. "I'm still alive." Now he's in jail.

Politics | Politics

APNewsBreak: US declares 22 Clinton emails 'top secret'

The Obama administration confirmed for the first time Friday that Hillary Clinton's unsecured home server contained closely guarded government secrets, censoring 22 emails with material requiring one of ...

News | News

Radical romance: SoCal jihadists committed to terror 2 years ago, says FBI boss Comey | Fox News

FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that husband-wife team that carried out the San Bernardino, Calif., terror attack appeared to have been “radicalized” at least two years earlier, before they even started dating online.

Politics | Politics

House passes bill that could limit Syrian refugees - CNNPolitics.com

The House easily passed a bill Thursday that would suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the U.S. until key national security agencies certify they don't pose a security risk.