The largest private employer in the United States, Walmart, has announced plans to increase the minimum wage of its employees to $10.00/hour. This announcement is an interesting one, as far as the law is concerned. First, Walmart challenged the certification of a class-action lawsuit by all current and former female employees in front of …
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A week ago today, Brad Knudson posted the YouTube video embedded below in response to a bullying incident where two twin boys in his Minnesota home town bullied his adopted, African-American daughter via a series of offensive and racist SnaptChat Videos. The bullies sent four videos, he saved on by videotaping it. The video, …
Continue reading Father of Snapchat Bullies Loses his JobCongress is out for 54 days so that representatives can head back to their home states and politic for reelection in November. They won’t be back before these elections have passed. Almost immediately after this was announced, Attorney General Eric Holder resigned. On top of that, key members of congress have balked at the President’s …
Continue reading Did Obama Just Play Congress?Welcome back to Talking Law, the show where I, a Georgia licensed lawyer and middle Georgia anytime attorney, answer your legal questions. Today I will discuss the NLRB’s ruling that Northwestern University Athletes qualify to attempt to form the first ever college athletics players’ union. The long-held justification for not paying the players for the …
Continue reading Talking Law – NCAA UnionizationListen Live at 6PM TODAY! CALL IN at 478-227-3879! Tonight is the “Ra Ra Read My Sign” Edition of the David Dorer Show. Our show will start of with special guest, Environmental Scientist and Advocate James Kane (@MountainDefense) enlightening us on the science behind the Duke University fracking tests in Texas that discovered dangerous levels …
Continue reading David Dorer Show – “Ra Ra Read My Sign” EditionThis is my inaugural Daily Docket. I’ll try to do daily analysis of the Federal and Georgia goings-on at the top level of government. I’ll post them in the afternoon after I have an opportunity to glean some insight from the information. This is all done by me — I have no writers. So, all …
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