Stacy Bailey is a former Teacher of the Year at Charlotte Anderson Elementary in Arlington, Texas. In 2017, the school placed her on an eight-month administrative leave after she showed students a picture of her soon-to-be-wife. This adverse employment action

New York, we have a problem. A New York judge has ruled that a New York skyscraper is too tall and must be shortened. The building, 200 Amsterdam, which is close to Lincoln Center and Central Park, was to be

One would think that a homeowner would have the right to try to prevent errant golf balls from coming into his back yard. However, a New Jersey Judge has held that a homeowner still needs to abide by zoning and

A plaintiff has the obligation to properly serve a lawsuit upon a defendant. The method by which a lawsuit must be served is governed by each state’s statutes and these statutes are strictly construed. In Florida, service of process is

Cleveland, Ohio attorney Anthony Baker was handed a “Bart Simpson-esque dose of punishment” by Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst.  Baker threw a tantrum and stormed out of the courtroom during jury instructions on the final day of a trial. He

Bojangles’ slogan was once “Ain’t no party like a Bojangles’ Party.”  A supervisor at a North Carolina Bojangles may have taken that slogan a bit too far.  Stacie Harris, a manager for 10 years at Bojangles, alleges that she complained

The Houston Astros’ problems continue to mount. The Astros’ cheating scandal has been well documented and any punishment that the team receives from Major League Baseball is well deserved for violating the sanctity of the game.  The Astros have recently

An attorney who worked for the Miami Heat has sued the basketball team.  Vered Yakovee claims in a federal court lawsuit that she was harassed by her superior and then fired for taking maternity leave. Vered Yakovee is suing the

Is it fair for high school female athletes to compete against transgender athletes?  That is what a federal judge in Connecticut will determine.  Three female high school runners in Connecticut have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block transgender athletes

The daughters in Fiddler on the Roof sing, “Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match. Find me a find. Catch me a catch.” What happens, though, when you hire a matchmaking service and they fail to find you a find, or

The Houston Astros are entangled in a cheating scandal for stealing the opposing team’s pitching signs during the 2017 season in which the Astros won the World Series.  As a result, managers, coaches, and general managers who were with the

We all love Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, so it is so sad to see that the company has been sued.  James Ehlers is an environmental activist and filed the lawsuit in October alleging false advertising on the product labeling

Zion Williamson was the top draft pick in the 2019 NBA draft and is a foward for the New Orleans Pelicans. His rookie season was delayed due to injury and he has just recently begun his NBA career.  In addition

A New York Judge has ruled that actor Alec Baldwin’s critical comments of another man’s driving are not slander. This dispute began in November 2018 when Baldwin and Wojciech Cieszkowski got into a publicized dispute over a Manhattan parking spot.

We have all seen racy pictures of male firefighters.  Secretaries at a law firm I used to work at had firefighter calendars at their desk.  Indeed, firefighters are stereotypically well built and often have model-like looks to go with their

Lisa Vanderpump is a popular restaurant owner in Beverly Hills and a former star of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  She also owns a non-profit, Vanderpump’s Dog Foundation, which works “on both a domestic and international front to help create

A resident of Il Regalo Circle in Naples, Florida thought he was an artist and decided to give the outside of his home a makeover by “splash painting” the entire exterior, landscaping, vehicles, and mail boxes.  Geoffrey Liebman, the homeowner

Denise Richards is a star on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  She is an actress and model and is perhaps most famous for being married to Charlie Sheen for 5 years.  She and her current husband, Aaron Phypers, have been

The number of lawsuits based upon the Americans with Disabilities Act have increased in the last decade. A lawsuit filed in federal court lawsuit by Yaroslav Suris is certainly one of the more unique cases based upon this law. Mr.

The Grammy Awards will be given out to music’s biggest stars in just a couple of days. The Grammy Awards are presented by the Recording Academy. Yesterday, the Recording Academy’s former CEO has filed a discrimination complaint with the EEOC

Virtually every successful rock and roll band has had its internal squabbles.  Now it is Aerosmith’s turn (it’s not their first rodeo either).   Aerosmith has been one of America’s most successful bands of the last 50 years with hits like

Homeowners thought they were buying into luxury at the Ibis Golf and Country Club, located in Palm Beach County, with houses approaching $1 million and three golf courses designed by the Jack Nicklaus family.  However, these homeowners did not know

An airline passenger certainly should not expect to be harassed by an employee of the airline.  That is exactly what a San Diego woman alleges happened when she flew an American Airlines flight from San Diego to Chicago.  She claims

Condominium associations and homeowners’ associations have declarations, bylaws, and rules and regulations that must be followed.  The law in Florida is that associations must treat each of their homeowners equally. If they do not, the homeowners can assert that the

The average major league baseball salary in 2019 is $4.36 million.  Mike Trout of the California Angels recently signed a 12-year contract worth $426,500,000.  On the other side of the spectrum are minor league baseball players.  While they are doing

They definitely did not teach sword fighting in law school.  Despite this, a lawyer in Iowa, Matthew Hudson, is up against a litigant in a family dispute who has asked his judge to let the parties “resolve our disputes on

The Ohio State University and sports website, Overtime Sports, are involved in a heated federal court litigation over Overtime Sports’ logo.  Overtime Sports uses a black and white rounded “O” as its logo, which Ohio State claims is too similar