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How a Quirk of the Equal Pay Act Causes Some Women to Miss Out

by Christine Clarke

  • February 19, 2014

President Obama promised in his 2014 State of the Union address to fight unequal pay between men and women in America. While the statistics are often debated, there is no question that women in the US…

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Should Lawyers Unionize?

by Christine Clarke

  • January 8, 2014

A recent article in Salon argues that the reason unionization is so low (and, consequently, wages are so low) in the US is that white collar Americans insist on thinking of themselves as management, even…

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Can I Be Fired For Being a Brony? Yes, Among A Million Other Things

by Christine Clarke

  • October 10, 2013

A Brony got fired, causing Gawker and Reddit commenters much consternation, and, of course, counter-consternation from people talking about “protected classes” and “at will” employment and other legalish things. So what’s the final word? Is it…

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DEA Uses NSA Intercepts to Nab People, Directs Officers/DAs to Launder the Information

by Christine Clarke

  • August 7, 2013

You may recall an article I wrote a while back arguing that the NSA’s data collection programs, including PRISM, might well end up being used to prosecute “U.S. persons” for domestic crimes, rather than simply…

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Employment Law in a Recession: Gawker’s Unemployment Stories Analyzed

by Christine Clarke

  • March 14, 2013

Gawker runs a weekly Unemployment Stories series of letters from readers. The stories are touching and informative. Some themes have been discussed elsewhere ad nauseum–the longer one is unemployed, the less likely one is to…

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Facebook Class Action Email Explained

by Christine Clarke

  • January 30, 2013

Last week you may have received an email (and you may have thought it was spam) titled “Legal Notice of Settlement of Class Action.” It warns you in incomprehensible jargon that you have a bunch…

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How the New Whistleblower Law Might Help the Administration Keep a Lid on Leaks

by Christine Clarke

  • January 17, 2013

The Obama Administration has been notoriously hostile toward leaks and has been accused of doing “more than any modern executive to wage war on whistleblowers.” Why, then, would the Administration go out of its way to not only sign the Whistleblower…

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