By Martin E. Sullivan – Actress Jennifer Esposito put CBS and the world on notice of her medical condition when last year she announced on the Late Show with David Letterman that she was diagnosed (in 2009) with celiac disease. Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune disorder (more…)
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27
Mar
2012
This Digital Life: Social Media Privacy
By Christina Paquette – In the digital age, job applicants, like everyone else, are probably aware that prospective employers sometimes review information applicants make available publicly through sources like Google, Facebook or Twitter. Yet, increasingly employers are going beyond what is in the public realm and demanding (more…)
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09
Feb
2012
Court Strikes Down Prop. 8
By Christina Paquette – On February 7, 2012 a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck down Proposition 8 – a ballot measure passed in 2008 that amended California’s constitution to limit marriage to heterosexual couples. The Court ruled that Prop. 8, (more…)
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28
Oct
2011
Tricks Not Treats: Halloween-Related Lawsuits
By Christina Paquette – Halloween season is a special time of year for the law. As one court put it, “[A]t trick-or-treat time, th[e] duty [of care] is modified. Our society encourages children to transform themselves into witches, demons, and ghosts, and play a game of threatening (more…)
Read moreIn a previous blog entry, we discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 26, 2011 decision which approved Arizona’s requirement that employers use E-Verify. (See “The U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Arizona’s E-Verify Requirement”). E-Verify is an internet system that allows employers to determine employees’ eligibility to work in (more…)
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