Monthly Archives: February 2024
Family Business Dispute Causes Restaurants to Close After Decades in Operation
Family-owned restaurants that have operated in the same location for as long as anyone in the neighborhood can remember are a source of feelings of community for the customers, and even more so for the owners. This is why so many children of the 80s agree that the book Little Nino’s Pizzeria, by Karen… Read More »
Video Game Company Pays $54 Million Settlement After Numerous Employees Allege Discrimination
Sometimes the jobs that look like the most fun are the most unpleasant places to work. When you visited Disneyland as a child, you probably dreamed of working there as a costumed character. Of course, having to wear full-body costumes in the summer heat to portray an anthropomorphic animal character is enough to deter… Read More »
Business Adviser Sues Recording Artist for Nonpayment of Contractual Obligations
Some recording artists save their best riffs for songs about how, in the entertainment industry, talk is cheap, everyone is fake, and everything is a lie. Just by reading the titles of “The Stroke” by Billy Squier and “Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd will have their riffs stuck in your head, with no… Read More »
School District Employee Files Racial Discrimination Lawsuit After Losing Out on Promotion in Favor of Less Qualified Employee
If you have a public sector job that you have held for more than a few years, you are in a better position than most people. You have more job security and more generous health insurance benefits than most people have, and you might even have a retirement pension; this counts as an embarrassment… Read More »
