Every time I wonder if I'm becoming just a bit paranoid about the ability of government to intrude on our civil liberties and to further erode the Constitution, I'm reminded that just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. By the way, when I...
Year: 2010
Illinois Supreme Court Overturns Damages Cap in Medical Malpractice Matters
You've heard me blog on this before, despite the fact that I'm an employment lawyer, about the nonsense from the insurance industry on the medical malpractice 'crisis.' The insurance liars use doctors and nurses as unwitting pawns to spread lies about how "tort...
Why Arbitration Agreements Are Un-American
I know that I blogged about this before, but the situation is only getting worse because the mood in the country is only getting more paranoid, suspicious and self-interested. Agreements to arbitrate employment rights claims, as well as claims involving many other...
It’s Time to Pierce the Corporate Veil in Discrimination Cases
One of the most frustrating doctrines of law for attorneys representing victims in discrimination and harassment cases is called the "corporate veil," which is a way of colorfully describing the legal "barrier" that exists between a corporation on the one hand its...
Sexual Discrimination in Contractual Relationships
The New Jersey Law against Discrimination (The "LAD") has been described as a "civil rights statute," one of the more far reaching employment statutes in the United States. The mandate from the legislature, consistently reaffirmed by our courts, is to interpret the...