Can my employer fire me for using medical marijuana?

Marijuana, medical and otherwise, is causing a pattern of indecision among employers. Historically, most employers require a drug test before hiring candidates. Some also do spot tests during employment or following a safety incident. But as the number of medical...

Lesson From Our Past: Walk Humbly

I represent a client in Massachusetts and I took a day to see a bit of Boston. The Old North Church held a lantern to warn of the British troops headed to destroy Rebel gunpowder stores in Concord in April 1775. Paul Revere got the message to the militia in Lexington...

#MeToo includes #AllOfUs

The #MeToo movement started in 2017 with a group of actresses coming forward about the misdeeds of movie producer Harvey Weinstein. Most observers would agree that one of the most positive results has been that the long-existing issue of sexual harassment and...

Why is due process important?

Why is due process important? After all, It is so frustrating to slow down the execution of the law. Let us suppose an American lawful resident who lives near the southern border and speaks little English, has a beautiful wife whom his neighbor covets. Let us suppose...

Workers are becoming less empowered

The author of this piece “The Roberts Court Protects the Powerful for a New Gilded Age” by Jedediah Purdy, a professor at Duke Law School, puts recent Supreme Court decisions in stark terms. Workers are becoming less empowered, and the Supreme Court is...