A lawmaker sits silently during a high-profile speech. He holds up a simple sign protesting a racially offensive depiction of a former president by the current president. No shouting. No profanity. Just a message: this is wrong.
Within minutes, he’s escorted out.
Now take off the Capitol dome and put that scene in your workplace.
Marijuana has been and is presently classified as a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), defined as having high abuse potential with no accepted medical use (Schedule I also includes heroin, LSD and MDMA (commonly known as “ecstasy”)). First recommended by the Biden Administration in 2023, on December 18, 2025, President
We tell ourselves a comforting lie about bad behavior around sports.
It’s just passion.
Just rivalry.
Just trash talk.
Until it’s racism.
Until it’s misogyny.
Until it’s culture.
Two recent soccer incidents make this point.
In a Champions League match, Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior alleged that Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni directed a racist taunt at
Rock ‘n’ roll has a long history of protest music.
Right now, the amps are pointed squarely at ICE.
Springsteen has
States have enacted various employment-related laws that took effect in 2026. These laws cover various topics such as gig worker and whistleblower protections, employment contracts, data privacy, and workplace and pay transparency. This post includes a survey of some of the more notable laws that are now in place but does not include all such
In Fletcher v. Experian Inform. Solutions, Inc., No. 25-20086 (5th Cir. Feb. 18, 2026), the Fifth Circuit enters a $2,500 sanction against a lawyer who filed a brief with “quotations, citations, and assertions that were not supported by the underlying case law” and were, to all appearances, AI-generated. The opinion drops some hints about
While not California specific, a first-of-its-kind ruling in federal court establishes that a client’s use of AI-generated chat content is not protected by an attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine. You can find a summary of the case, United States v. Heppner, a criminal securities fraud case, here. This is important because HR professionals,
For years, BrewDog invited fans to become “Equity Punks.” Not just customers. Owners. Across seven crowdfunding rounds, roughly 220,000 investors poured in about £75 million (that’s more than $100 million).
“Well
The NSW Parliament has narrowly passed the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Digital Work Systems) Bill 2025, introducing the most significant update to the State’s WHS framework in more than a decade. The reforms, an Australian first, respond to the rapid expansion of AI‑enabled management tools, algorithmic scheduling, digital surveillance technologies and automated decision‑making systems
Ten years ago, I discussed how smartphones made recording conversations easier for employees.
That post seems quaint compared to today’s technology—like that iPod I saw in a museum (and pictured here).
Now employers need to worry about devices like Plaud—sleek call recorders and AI note-takers—and Ray‑Ban Meta glasses, which record audio and video