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26 Oct 2012, 5:00 am by Jon Hyman
Employment Law Update NLRB welcomes “micro-unions” — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered The Real Reason Walmart’s Social Media Policy Survived and Costco’s Didn’t (Hint: It’s Not “Defamation”) — from Augmented Legality The RSS feed for this site has changed. [read post]
11 Oct 2012, 8:00 am by Ken
Walter Olson of Overlawyered has a roundup of stories, both at his own site and at Maryland for all Families, where he is an advocate for equal marriage rights in Maryland and an vocal opponent of the anti-gay-marriage referendum that Dr. [read post]
28 Sep 2012, 5:07 am by Jon Hyman
Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination Changing Attitudes: Why Employers Need to End Pregnancy Discrimination — from TLNT Employer’s “Shockingly Thin” Response to Anonymous Harassment = $3.5 Million in Punitive Damages — from Lorene Schaefer’s WinWinHR EEOC Announces Plan for Class Warfare — from Molly DiBianca’s Delaware Employment Law Blog EEOC’s Multifaceted Effort To Aggressively Target Employer Policies… [read post]
8 Sep 2012, 2:57 am by SHG
  In a Cato video, Walter Olson gives a good overview of some of the more outrageous uses of forfeiture. [read post]
7 Sep 2012, 5:16 am by Jon Hyman
— from Harvard Business Review Employee Background Checks and the Fair Credit Reporting Act — from Minnesota Employer My coworker is making me sick — from Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas Great moments in financial employment regulation — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Man Fired for 49 Year Old Conviction: Who’s to Blame? [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 5:00 am by Gerald Russello
It has been a great week co-guest blogging here, and thanks to Walter Olson for making it happen and to my co-guest blogger James Maxeiner. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 7:35 am by Sam Glover
Hodnicki’s take: goo.gl/g0jCC & @kevinokeefe‘s take: goo.gl/15VHV — Jason Wilson (@jasnwilsn) August 30, 2012 I think Walter Olson started this discussion with a provocative post for the Atlantic, but here are some choice quotations from the above bloggers: From Kevin O’Keefe (Real Lawyers Have Blogs): Law blogs are completely diminishing the function of law reviews. [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 3:00 am by James Maxeiner
He sees law schools, as Walter Olson does, as “Schools for Misrule. [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 5:05 am by Jon Hyman
Make sure you allow exceptions for religion — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider 11th Circuit: Employer's "Wellness" Program Did Not Violate the ADA — from The Personnel Files Working from home may be ADA right — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Social Media & Workplace Technology Bad Decisions Make for Great Stories — from Jessica Miller-Merrell’s Blogging4Jobs $4.5 Million Reasons for… [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 7:14 am by Ron Coleman
 But if anyone that crust does read this blog and has any insights, let Walter know. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 4:55 am by Jon Hyman
Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination Sexual orientation and reverse discrimination — from EmployerLINC Harassment complaints by male Homeland Security employees — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Can a Netflixian Approach to Selection Decisions Eliminate Discrimination? [read post]
16 Aug 2012, 3:54 am by Walter Olson
Bloomberg’s Ed Adams is kind enough to remember: Zimmerman Backing Off ‘Stand Your Ground’ Defense bit.ly/TC6yAR Walter Olson called it back in April youtu.be/y5h-f4h4Fvk — Edward Adams (@edadams) August 14, 2012 Specifically, as AP now reports, “attorney Mark O’Mara now confirms that ‘The facts don’t seem to support a “stand your ground” defense,’” and that he will instead be advancing a conventional… [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 9:00 pm by Adjunct LawProfs
is an interesting July 5, 2012 article from The Atlantic by Walter Olson. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 8:12 am
Walter Olson at Overlawyered in getting into putting together Maryland most legal related links The Anne Arundel County chief of police will retire August 1, it was announced just as the state prosecutor was wrapping up his investigation of the police chief for his role in County Executive John Leopold's alleged abuse of power scandal. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 8:43 am by Walter Olson
“Legal commentator Walter Olson sounded the battle cry in his recent post: ‘Abolish the Law Reviews! [read post]