Michigan Employment Law Blog
Act with decency during tough times
In the past two days, Americans have turned from a people in denial to a people under siege. In our lifetimes, we have not seen workplaces, schools, professional sports and concerts so dramatically affected except for a few days after September 11, 2001. We can...
Nacht & Roumel Settle Sex Abuse Cases
Attorneys Nick Roumel and Amanda Ghannam have resolved a claim by a 9 year old girl, against a charter school academy, who reported that she was sexually harassed and assaulted at school by an older classmate. Despite complaints from the girl’s mother, the school...
Young Workers Seeking Mental Health Accommodations
One of the things we do at NachtLaw is counsel students and employees grappling with mental health disability. Increasingly, as the linked article below shows, workers are not afraid to seek accommodations. Historically, the fear of stigma prevented many employees...
Police threatening to shoot the very children they are supposed to protect at school
I read this piece in The Washington Post, ‘You’re going to get shot’: Video shows school police officer threatening student leaving campus with excused absence', today about police threatening to shoot the very children they are supposed to protect at school and I got...
Iranian Americans describe ordeal of detention at U.S.-Canada border
The Government cannot legally look for sleeper cells of potential terrorists by detaining US citizens of Iranian origin randomly without evidence giving them suspicion.
Harvard Professor indicted for lying about Chinese research funding
I have previously blogged about the recent interest of the federal regulatory and law enforcement community in scholars who collaborate with Chinese institutions. January 2020 has increased the public profile of these investigations with the felony indictment against...
What unites us is much greater than what divides us
One thing I hear routinely from people of all political stripes is how disappointed they are in the United States of America. The nonstop drumbeat of negativity dominates the news, the politics and of course, the social media. The outrage and fury emanating from...
What is the role of schools, coaches and teachers in policing conduct of students?
What is the role of schools, coaches and teachers in policing conduct of students? The answer is changing as Americans expect schools to provide a safe environment for kids.
Restrictive Immigration policy towards Chinese graduates of US universities hurts our national interest
The US and China are increasingly in a Cold War. Our political systems differ dramatically. Tensions in geopolitical influence and specifically economic and military competition in the Pacific are significant. Recently, intellectual property theft and trade practices make the headlines. The competition between the two countries is real and serious.
Appellate Victory
Yes, Nacht & Roumel, P.C. does criminal law too. Attorney Nick Roumel just won a case in the Michigan Court of Appeals, reversing the trial court’s award of nearly $300,000 in restitution based on a guilty plea to a single count of attempted unauthorized practice...
