On Her Shoulders Podcast Season 2, Episode 3: Every Voice Deserves to be Heard (w/ Casey Clark and Julie Fogh)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 269: Improving Communication When Wearing a Mask (w/Cathlyn Melvin)
Contractors operating in Pennsylvania must honor customers’ cancellation requests, regardless of whether those requests are made verbally or by another medium. A contractor’s failure to honor such a request will expose them...more
While every mediator approaches mediation a little differently, there is more to this process than simply trying to help the parties reach a compromise that settles the issues between them. Whether you’re an attorney who...more
All work is accomplished by way of communication. Supreme Court decisions are not issued unless lawyers effectively communicate through written briefs and oral arguments, and Justices (and their law clerks) draft the opinions...more
The third quarter of 2023 has been pretty exciting as far as employment lawyers are concerned. Substantial regulations have been proposed and the pressure from federal agencies continues to rise. We will talk about some of...more
A person receives real estate with oral instructions to transfer it to another person. Is that transfer enforceable when the instructions are not in writing? No, it is not enforceable according to In re Estate of Finney,...more
Offshore Trust and Estate Litigation Update Series – Part II - Following on from Part I of this series which summarised the Cayman Court’s consideration of a trustee’s application for the “blessing” of a “momentous...more
On January 9, 2023, the Supreme Court held oral arguments on a significant issue regarding the application of the attorney-client privilege in a case called In re Grand Jury, Docket No. 21-1397, 598 U.S. ___ (2023). In re...more
A federal court in New Jersey has denied a franchisor’s motion for summary judgment on its claim for breach of contract by its franchisee, finding that the franchisee raised issues of material fact regarding whether it had...more
On January 23, 2023, the United States Supreme Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted in a case that asked the Court to consider how to determine the application of attorney-client privilege to...more
Legal LunchboxFree lunch and 1 CLE hour of civil trial certification credit Effective Communication in Mediation Presented by Blane McCarthy, Miles Neutral and Jacksonville Bar President-Elect 2022-2023...more
We all spend a lot of our lives at work. We have acquaintances, we build teams, and we sometimes make friends at work. It can be particularly difficult for supervisors to manage communication with people whom they also treat...more
Notice provisions outlining the proper method for conveying key information are omnipresent in commercial contracts, but they are also frequently overlooked. This combination makes such provisions a common source of...more
Winstead Shareholder Corinne Smith speaks to Casey Clark and Julie Fogh, Co-Founders of Vital Voice Training. Corinne, Casey and Julie talk about their unique approach to voice training and their mission of using executive...more
The EEOC has recently filed an action in the Western District of Wisconsin entitled EEOC v. Baumann Farms, LLP alleging that the employer has an “English-only policy that discriminates against non-English speaking Hispanic...more
We always suspected that the Amazon Echo resting quietly in your family room was more insidious than it seemed. Now we have confirmation. We know that the Echo can hear us. We also know that it records private conversations...more
On December 15, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of our clients, holding the Massachusetts Wiretap Statute (Mass. Gen. L. ch. 272, § 99) unconstitutional...more
In a 30-day period, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has released guidance in three ways regarding certain views on the important role and potential liability risks of chief compliance officers (“CCOs”)....more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're talking with 1L student, freelance writer, and editor Cathlyn Melvin about some techniques for projecting your voice in class -- a particularly relevant issue these...more
I continue to be quite surprised at the lack of understanding that people have about personal assistants such as Alexa and Echo. It seems logical to me that when you yell out “Alexa, turn on the lights!”...more
As our court system looks at the possibilities for trials under the current pandemic conditions, it seems like we face a choice: Restart trials in person, with distance, disinfectants, masks, and barriers; or move the process...more
During the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, we were bombarded by communications from brands and companies, and that experience once again demonstrated that words matter. Early in April 2020, Sarah Larson and I...more
The state of New York is one of the biggest epicenters for the coronavirus illness in the United States. What has become a ritual within many states, and at the White House level as well, is the “Daily Briefing.” All of the...more
Not all agreements need to be in writing to be enforced. Indeed, unless there is an applicable Statute of Frauds, oral agreements are enforceable. But what if the parties to an agreement — a formal contract — don’t sign? ...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued revised guidance for mandatory chief compliance officer annual compliance reports for futures commission merchants and swap dealers. However, the proposed recommendations are...more
There is one habit of attorneys that promotes precision in analytical thinking, but often interferes with the ability to clearly communicate with the audience. That habit is the tendency to divide points into sub-points, and...more