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Lessons From a Hotel Lobby: Ask Wise Questions Before Terminating Employees
In 1975, Michael Maslanka dropped out of college and worked as a hotel desk clerk. Maslanka is an employment lawyer now, but he's never forgotten the lessons he's learned from his hotel boss. Here's one of the lessons that will help corporate counsel when it comes to deciding whether to impose the equivalent of capital punishment in employment: termination. It starts with what Maslanka calls "principled compassion" and the questions to ask to find if termination is warranted.What I Learned in a D.C. Hotel
We think we shape life. That's wrong. Life shapes us. All readers know how they first learned this. Here's my story, one that will help corporate counsel when it comes to deciding whether to impose the equivalent of capital punishment in employment: termination.Legal Wrangling Stalls 9/11 Workers' Suits
More than five years after terrorists took down the World Trade Center, the stalemated litigation over compensation for workers who suffered respiratory ailments clearing the disaster site has been so hard-fought that not a single case has been settled under a $1 billion captive insurance fund established by the federal government. At a recent status conference, Southern District of New York Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said he was determined to put the city's "feet to the fire" and "move this case."Alito, in First Opinion as a Justice, Backs Criminal Defendants' Right
Justice Samuel Alito Jr. penned his first opinion on the Supreme Court last Monday, holding that states may not prevent criminal defendants from introducing evidence at trial that another person committed the crime.Internet Sources: Authentication & Admissibility
With such daily reliance on Web sites, the substance of which may not be verifiable, it is not surprising that issues of evidentiary authentication and admissibility of Internet sources under the Federal Rules of Evidence are coming under judicial review. The reliability of information contained on a large number of sites and the ability of sites, whether completely accurate or not, to shape certain perceptions have given rise to questions about dependability in a legal context.Aim Before Firing: Apply Principled Compassion to Termination Decisions
We think we shape life. That's wrong. Life shapes us. All readers know how they first learned this. Here's my story, one that will help corporate counsel when it comes to deciding whether to impose the equivalent of capital punishment in employment: termination.Trending Stories
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