Legal Research

DC government employees fired for viewing porn at work
The Washington Post has an article that says 9 employees were fired, and many more sent warnings and reprimands. They had clicked on the sites thousands of times per year. There was a policy in place that prohibited such conduct...

"Firing of library worker causes uproar; Aide's dismissal after she alerted police to a patron allegedly viewing child porn has roiled the Central Valley town of Lindsay"
"Firing of library worker causes uproar; Aide's dismissal after she alerted police to a patron allegedly viewing child porn has roiled the Central Valley town of Lindsay": This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times...

Where would you be without porn
I have always said that whether you consume no porn, lots of porn, or just the right amount of porn, you owe the porn industry a heartfelt “thank you.” When discussing this, I always start with the VHS player, which beat out Beta because the adult movies were all on VHS, and trace the [...

Librarian Wins Couch Potato Award
In NYC, a Manhattan librarian, Stan Friedman, won the ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch Potato Competition which began on New Year's Day. After 29 hours of continuous sports viewing, in Times Square, Friedman won a $5,000 prize package including a huge TV, a cozy recliner and a trophy with a potato on it...

Leading pornographer lecturing Google & Yahoo about cleaning up online pornThe Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog
So here we have one of the world?s leading pornographers lecturing Google & Yahoo about doing more to protect kids for online porn. Just bizarre. Next thing you know, Larry Flynt and Hugh Hefner will be lecturing pay TV operators for not doing enough to stop people from viewing adult VOD channels! But before Mr...

Security officer stabbed by bar patron www.privateofficer.com
Security officer stabbed by bar patron www.privateofficer.com SAN ANTONIO TX Sept 24 2008 By: Rick McCann Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers http://www.privateofficer.com/ — A patron who was told to leave a downtown bar hours earlier stabbed a security officer late Monday...

Tanning Salon Defamation
WDIO-TV pays undisclosed settlement after reporting false information about a business owner.

Wendy's International Inc.
allegedly fired illegal immigrant employees after missing a deadline to obtain legal status.

Suspended and Fired
Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement.