Labor & Employment Law

Why I voted Yes on the SLA name change
A few years ago I was asked to speak at an Enterprise Information Management conference in San Francisco. It was very exciting, the first time I had been asked to speak somewhere. I was slated to speak on the second day, but after attending the first day of sessions I was very nervous...

Read Some Gawdawful Rubbish Like You Always Do
Here's a tidy cover for this untidy sausage platter. Consider the potential evil of librarians (HT: Ann Bartow at Madisonian): And now, lifting the lid: If you speak three languages, you're trilingual; if you speak two languages, you're bilingual; if you speak only one language, you're an American, and "neurally disadvantaged" compared to much of the world...

Second Circuit Issues Notable Ruling on Defense Advocacy at Sentencing
Guest contributor David Johnson, Esq., writes: The right to have one?s lawyer speak (and speak, and speak . . .) at sentencing has been given some lifeblood in United States v. Gutierrez, 2009 WL 323271 (2d Cir...

DHS Ruled Mother Unfit Because of Her Inability to Speak English
Time Magazine: Can a Mother Lose Her Child Because She Doesn't Speak English?, by Tim Padgett with Dolly Mascareñas / Oaxac Can the U.S. government take a woman's baby from her because she doesn't speak English? That's the latest question...

Parker: Speak Correctly
May Sarah Palin be fearless in Thursdays debate and speak her true mind.

Nothing About Us Without Us
A fundamental tenet of the contemporary disability rights platform is "self-advocacy" -- letting people with disabilities speak for themselves, rather than having others speak for them...

Criminal Law
If you have been arrested or mistreated by police you should speak to a criminal law attorney.