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Thursday, March 19, 2026
Lawsuits aren't lottery tickets. Or at least they shouldn't be.
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Too often, plaintiffs' lawyers file thin, borderline frivolous employment claims hoping for a quick nuisance-value settlement. The math ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
5 steps for an employer to win an off-the-clock overtime claim
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Jerry Merritt, an agency manager for the Texas Farm Bureau, claimed 816 hours of unpaid overtime. Even assuming he had been misclassified as...
Monday, March 16, 2026
Bribery scandals don't start with bad employees; they start with bad culture
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When a bribery scandal hits a company, the corporate response is almost always the same: These were bad employees acting on their own. Maybe...
Friday, March 6, 2026
WIRTW #792: the 'CBC' edition
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Happy staff brew better beer. It's obvious when you think about it. A team that feels respected, valued, and heard shows up differently....
Thursday, March 5, 2026
A dollar saved, a tip credit destroyed
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Sometimes a case turns on complex legal questions or convoluted fact patterns. Other times it turns on something far simpler—like a single d...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
There are no “quick favors” in wage-and-hour law
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"Can you just help with this for a minute?" That's how off-the-clock cases start. Not with an intent to steal wages, but with ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Litigation is a strategy, not a reflex
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When an employee walks out the door holding your company's stuff hostage, you have two problems: (1) your property, and (2) the story yo...
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