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Advising Clients on Weather and the Workplace

Texas Lawyer

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

A business is not a charity. But if someone wants to leave early, let him, and pay him for the day, even if he does not work the full day. He always will remember.

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Sanction Reversed; Filing of Sexually Explicit Chat OKd

Texas Lawyer

Monday, May 20, 2013

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a sanctions order issued by U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes of Houston. The 5th Circuit ruled that a lawyer'sfiling of a "sexually-explicit Internet chat" in an employment case was not sanctionable conduct; rather it was "zealous representation of his client."

Sanction Reversed; Filing of Sexually Explicit Chat OKd

Texas Lawyer

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The 5th Circuit wrote that the district court characterized a lawyer's "unsealed filing of the offending document as a 'vicious, deliberate smear.' Whatever might have been the negative effect on Employee A's public reputation, however, we can discern no improper purpose" in the lawyer's "zealous representation of his client."

Litigator of the Week: Heart of the Matter

Texas Lawyer

Monday, April 8, 2013

Bruce A. Griggs, a partner in Austin's Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, successfully faced the pro-David, anti-Goliath aspects of defending a bank against allegations that it had discriminated against a former employee who had suffered a heart attack, and he did it twice.

Special Report: Labor and Employment

Texas Lawyer

Monday, April 1, 2013

In-house counsel should keep their eyes peeled for other market players' noncompetition agreements, writes Alan Bush. Also in this report, "Take a Hard Look at Policy Manuals After NLRB Decisions" by Art Lambert and "When the 'Harlem Shake' Bumps Against Workplace Policy" by Shannon Green.

Take a Hard Look at Policy Manuals After NLRB Decisions

Texas Lawyer

Monday, April 1, 2013

Social media provides a number of ways for employers and employees to get crosswise. But Art Lambert writes that in-house counsel can help their companies navigate this fast-changing area of the law, even as recent National Labor Relations Board pronouncements are called into question.