Classification of obesity as a “disease” has huge employment law implications
News broke yesterday that the American Medical Association voted to re-classify obesity from a condition to a disease . Conventional wisdom...
Paula Deen gave the worst deposition ever
By Jon Hyman
Until now, celebrity chef Paula Deen was best known for high cholesterol and high incidence of diabetes. After this week, however, she might...
Employment Law Blog Carnival: The Summer Blockbuster Edition
By Jon Hyman
It’s hard to believe, but the summer blockbuster—the high budget, slickly marketed, big action, and bigger box-office-return movie that has ...
He’s a lumberjack and, apparently, he’s not okay
By Jon Hyman
An employee who posed in Playgirl magazine is suing his former employer for sexual harassment, reports ABC News . 18 years ago, Daniel Sawk...
Fox Searchlight case confirm that unpaid interns are a dying breed
By Jon Hyman
Out of the millions of page-views this blog has received over the six-years of its existence, the most popular post (by an almost three-to-o...