Punish– discipline; penalize; To make someone suffer for doing something wrong by hurting them, forcing them to pay money, or sending them to prison Temporary worker– A person who has a job for only a short time; ...
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This information sheet answers some questions about what the law says on consenting to sex. Specifically, it deals with questions about situations when you might feel unsure about whether you've agreed to sex or when you feel something is wrong but you're not sure about it. If this ...
To use slightly blunter language, disability can be seen as a convenient label for social discrimination: a social phenomenon rather than something directly arising from each individual’s impairment. It also means that society can deliberately ignore the individual and the individual impairment, prefer...
The way government does this is straightforward. First, it makes it illegal to do something commonplace without a license—which means agents can obtain a warrant for your property over the “crime” of being unlicensed. That’s what happened in P’Nut’s case: The New York Department of En...
I argue that, not only is it unjust, it is also both a cause and a consequence of harmful stereotypes and prejudices about male and female sexuality: (1) men are ‘always up for sex’; (2) women’s sexual purity is more important than men’s; (3) sex is something men do to ...
However, if they wait too long, they may find the domain name was reserved by someone else. Some athletes have had the domain name for their own name reserved by someone else and when trying to secure that name, the original owner tries to sell it to the athlete for sometimes tens of ...
He alleged that respondent “intentionally entered the wave and intentionally cut off appellant’s path of travel, thereby forcing appellant to exit the wave.” He further alleged that respondent’s “failure to use a leash to control [his] longboard” and his use of a “sharpened and deadly...
One client wants to sue, the other does not. Can same attorney represent them both? This was a solid answer, based on the hypothetical where: “Leda is adamant about bringing a lawsuit, but Paul is unsure about whether he wants to be a plaintiff in litigation.” Note, the clear inferenc...
And, there isn’t anything automatically illegal about firing someone on their day off, unless something else is going on. Continue reading → Posted in: Employment Law and Family and Medical Leave Act Updated: September 11, 2017 8:34 pm September 11, 2017 Let’s Do This By The Erlich...