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On September 6, 2017, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc (the full court -- not just a three judge panel) ruled that a Michigan county commission could start meetings with Christian invocations. This is a minor but potentially serious change in the...
In the world of Google, all it takes is one false accusation to ruin a healthcare professional’s career. An investigation by a licensing board, for example the Michigan Board of nursing, is also more likely to show up online. You can take every effort to avoid...
Many longtime workers claim that they are being targeted for layoffs because of their age or health status, but federal law is often of little help. We pursue age discrimination lawsuits in Michigan and Ohio and we use both federal and state laws as tools. The article...
It may surprise many of our readers but, astonishingly, it is still legal to fire someone because he is gay in much of the United States -- including Ohio and Michigan. A federal appeals court in Chicago recently interpreted the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to state that...
Automatic tickets are cost effective for communities but feel Big Brother-ish to drivers. I first encountered them in Arizona almost ten years ago, which I found odd as I associate the West with more individual freedom and mistrust of government. The legal issue...
Even though one in five Americans struggle with mental health issues each year, negative stereotypes persist and those who struggle receive little compassion. Many people hide these struggles from employers. The response of one employer to a request for mental health...
Bettina Winkler was a middle schooler who was denied admission to Notre Dame Prep, a private Catholic high school in Pontiac, Michigan. She was the only student who had attended their middle school denied admission to the high school. Administrators allegedly told...
It is no longer a world in which a person starts working at a company in his or her 20s with an expectation of working there until retirement. It is more likely nowadays for a person to have several employers throughout his or her career. However, sometimes the...
The rule of law and of respect for rights is built on the ideas that form the basis of the United States and western civilization. These ideas are neither liberal nor conservative. They are American. In this important column, David Brooks defends teaching western...
A decision out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit sets the stage to prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. Several other federal courts have recently reached opposing decisions, so the issue may be heading for the Supreme Court....