Testing the limits of FMLA leave

A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled last week that the Family and Medical Leave Act does not provide protection to an employee who took a seven-week trip to the Philippines to participate in a faith healing event with her husband.  Maria Tayag worked as clerk at Lahey Hospital.  Her husband had a number of serious [...]

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Creative Motion Practice

Reading this motion – To compel defense counsel to wear shoes without holes at trial – has got me thinking about all sorts of other motions that I’ve overlooked in the past.  To wit: Motion to require counsel to use mouthwash; Motion to prohibit counsel from wearing that hideous tie (you know which one I [...]

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