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According to new studies, Sepsis kills more than 250,000 Americans each year.  That's roughly the same number of people that die because of hospital and medical errors, which are the third leading cause of death behind only heart disease and cancer.  Yet Sepsis remains a vague and...

This week it was reported that a Congressman sent a letter to a business and added a little “P.S.” at the bottom – with an attached news article – to alert the employer that one of its employees was involved in progressive activism.  The employee wasn't fired but she stated that the...

According to a recent op-ed in the New York Times, some 30 million employees in the United States are currently operating under non-compete agreements.  For those who don't know, employers use non-competes to prevent employees from working for a competitor following their departure from a company.  Non-solicitation agreements - which are...

Fox News has had a rough year, at least from a legal and public relations perspective.  The network's problems have been well documented, including multiple complaints of sexual harassment, several settlements (including a federal investigation into the payments) and the departure of its largest draw, Bill O'Reilly. It was...

It's very likely that you've heard about the recent problems at Fox News with claims of sexual harassment.  This seemed to reach a peak late last month when Bill O'Reilly, the network's main draw, was pushed out after allegations surfaced that the company had paid nearly $13 million to settle claims against him.  

According to a recent article appearing in the Albany Times Union, New York State lawmakers are considering legislation which would allow emerging technology to scan the cell phones of drivers at the scene of accidents.   The technology, which is in the nascent stage, would permit authorities to...

Yesterday, the Second Circuit federal Court of Appeals (encompassing New York) sided with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and affirmed the NLRB's finding that an employee's explicit Facebook post about his boss was protected union or concerted activity and the employee's termination for making the post was, therefore, illegal.  The case...