Written by: Attorney Jacob Oresky The construction industry has one of the highest worker injury rates of any occupation. Injured workers are almost always entitled to Workers’ Compensation which pays for medical expenses and lost wages, however ... [Read more...]
Columns & Commentary
Understanding the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (EEOICPA)
The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act is a federal workers compensation program designed to provide benefits to individuals who contracted an occupational disease through exposure to toxic chemicals or substances while ... [Read more...]
Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation (DCMWC)
The Federal Black Lung Program, administered by the Division of Coal Minne Workers' Compensation, is a federal program that serves coal miners and their survivors who are currently receiving federal workers' compensation benefits, or who have filed a ... [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Public-Employee Speech and the Garcetti Effect
Without a doubt one of the most impactful decisions in recent memory from the United States Supreme Court was its 2006 public-employee, free-speech decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos (2006). In this decision, the Court dramatically reduced the ... [Read more...]
Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Without Actually Driving
Each state has its own Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (”DWI”) statute, each of which may define the elements of the crime differently. For example, in New York, pursuant to the Vehicle and Traffic Law, one may be ... [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Fetal Homicide Laws & Legal Abortion – The Common Denominator
In March, a Texas Court of Appeals issued its decision in Sanders v. State of Texas. In that case, Sanders was convicted of killing Angela Alex and her unborn child. He was convicted based on a Texas law that prohibits intentionally causing the death ... [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Will Michael Jackson’s Estate Serve as Another Example of Inadequate Planning?
The best there ever was and the best there ever will be cannot begin to describe the phenomenon that was Michael Jackson. For over three decades, Michael Jackson redefined the meaning of the word superstar. He was not just a talented singer and ... [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Cultural Fit – Age Discrimination in the Internet Era
Cultural fit. Human resource experts throw those words around casually, even gleefully. Hire for cultural fit and your business will be more likely to function efficiently with happier employees who are well-suited to management and your workplace ... [Read more...]
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life: Should Images of Animal Cruelty Be Protected Under the First Amendment?
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life Should Images of Animal Cruelty Be Protected Under the First Amendment? With the high-profile arrest and conviction of the NFL's Michael Vick, more people than ever are aware of the illegality of dogfighting. And ... [Read more...]
Should Images of Animal Cruelty Be Protected Under the First Amendment?
With the high-profile arrest and conviction of the NFL's Michael Vick, more people than ever are aware of the illegality of dogfighting. And now, the issue is coming before the United States Supreme Court...sort of. Robert Stevens isn't at the ... [Read more...]