What was your worst day at work? Does it top the day that Cleveland criminal defense attorney Aaron Brockler had this past Tuesday?
I'll let Cleveland.com explain what happened:
A Warrensville Heights man shocked a courtroom full of spectators Tuesday when he sucker-punched his own defense attorney after a judge sentenced him to 45 years in prison…. Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputies took down David Chislton after the 42-year-old struck lawyer Aaron Brockler in the face with both of his handcuffed fists.
A courtroom deputy's body camera recorded the attack.
Brockler, who suffered injuries to his face and a possible concussion, at least kept his sense of humor, joking to reporters,"It was pretty fun."
File this one under why I don't practice criminal law.
Here's what I read this week:
Discrimination
- Court Says Employers Must Accommodate Religious Beliefs But Not All That Much — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- Sexual harassment avoidance training: “If anyone feels they know it all and don’t need this, think again” — via FisherBroyles
- Is Artificial Intelligence Sexist and Racist? — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- Mark Cuban Could Be Deposed In Former Employee's Discrimination Case — via Deadspin
- How To Tell If You Were Targeted For Layoff Due To Age — via Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
HR & Employee Relations
- Why You Should (Almost) Always Offer Severance Pay — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas
- Why You Need to Say “No” to “No-Poaching” Agreements — via The Emplawyerologist, Janette Levey Frisch
- Sixth Circuit Greenlights Employer’s Broad Attorney Fee Provision — via Trade Secrets and Noncompete Blog
- Cameras in the workplace: Privacy Law and inadvertently catching your employees in the act — via Employment & Human Rights Law In Canada
- Firings and lawsuits follow discovery of secret bugging devices at law firm; ‘It’s very John Grisham’ — via ABA Journal Daily News
- Managing Social Anxiety as a Remote Worker — via 1 Million for Work Flexibility
- Forgive these overdue thoughts on forgiveness — via A Dose of Dodosh
Technology & Cybersecurity
- Sedona Conference Publishes 2nd Edition of its Primer On Social Media — via Ride The Lightning
- HuffPost Fires Social Media Editor For Being Incredibly Racist On Social Media — via Deadspin
- Emoji are showing up in court cases exponentially, and courts aren’t prepared — via The Verge
- Lawyers’ Duty to Google: Not Changing Anytime Soon — via Attorney at Work
- Top Five Most Common Cybersecurity Attacks and How to Prevent Them – Part 1: Email Spoofing and Wire Fraud — via Carpe Datum Law
- The Anatomy of a Lazy Phish and Human Negligence to Blame for the Majority of Insider Threats — via Dark Reading
- Best Cybersecurity Practices for Healthcare Organizations – Loss or Theft of Devices — via Data Privacy Monitor
Wage & Hour
- How to Conduct an Internal Wage and Hour Audit — via HR Hero Line
- We Accidentally Overpaid an Employee—We Can Just Take It Out of the Next Paycheck, Right? — via Wage & Hour Defense Institute
- Employer's blended overtime rate violated FLSA, 4th Cir. says — via HR Dive
- U.S. Department of Labor Updates Its Guidance on “Side Work” and the FLSA’s Tip Credit — via Wage & Hour Defense Blog
- “Flooding” Tactic Creates New Risk for Using Mandatory Arbitration Agreements with Independent Contractors — via Who Is My Employee?
- Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Already Lining Up To Weaponize Latest SCOTUS Ruling Against Gig Economy Companies — via Gig Employer Blog
- Paid Family Leave: Evolving Rapidly in the U.S. — via EntertainHR
- VP of HR Sued Over 401(k) Operational Error — via E is for ERISA
Labor
- This MLB power couple is fighting to save 200 union jobs — via Workplace Fairness
- It Takes a Village to Defeat a Union — via AlabamaAtWork
- How Will The NLRB’s New Investigation Procedures Affect Your Cases? — via Matt Austin Labor Law
OSHA & Safety
- The Henry Pratt Co. tragedy and six ways employers can avoid gun violence in the workplace — via Eric Meyer's Employer Handbook Blog
- Forklift Injury Sets Back Employer $164K in Fines — via Joe's HR and Benefits Blog
- Another caution for employers in medical marijuana states — via Robin Shea's Employment & Labor Insider