While I was sitting at the Spring Nationals of the National Hot Rod Association ( NHRA) at the Purple Raceway in Baytown Texas, I wondered as the cars revved up their engines to extremely high decibals who has liability for potential hearing injury to the 200,000 spectators, many of whom appeared to be oblivious to… Continue Reading »
Remember back to when your Mom would say, “if you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anthing at all.” Well that key advice is still relevant and applicable today, especially in the world of social media. Facebook posts, twitter, blogs and anonymous posting sites are like honey to a bee when it comes to the… Continue Reading »
The news this past week on the Texas gambling movement is that the Texas legislature will potentially revist the issue of gambling in Texas. I have been hearing about gambling in Texas since the day I was born. There is always a rumor here or there that it might happen and then nothing happens. So I,… Continue Reading »
One of the biggest mistakes that an employer can make is failing to conduct a fair and unbiased investigation when a supervisor is accused of wrongdoing by an employee. In many years of consultations with employers, I have found that companies often rely on Human Resources to provide the unbiased review of supervisor conduct to… Continue Reading »
A new survey released by the Pew Institute shows that for the first time in four decades of polling, the majority of Americans (52%) are in favor of legalizing the use of marijuana. As of the writing of this article, eighteen states have legalized some form of pot as shown in Rolling Stone’s Nifty Pot Map of the… Continue Reading »
Philadelphia customers sued Comcast Corporation arguing Comcast’s complete control over cable service in parts of Philadelphia allowed Comcast to raise prices unfairly. The customers had several different theories as to how they were harmed by Comcast’s monopoly of the cable service business. The United States Supreme Court held the customers were not a proper class… Continue Reading »
Gary Klein worked as a floor hand on a drilling rig for Nabors Drilling USA L.P. (Nabors). Nabors asked him to sign an acknowledgment, as a condition of his employment, that he would agree to bring all disputes through the Nabors Dispute Resolution Program (Program). At some point Nabors fired Mr. Klein. Believing that he was fired… Continue Reading »
