Author: The Law Office of Eric R. Brown
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A Pandemic Thanksgiving
I was planning my schedule for the upcoming week a few days ago, and I said to the person that I was speaking to that we probably should stay away from Wednesday since that is a big travel day. Then it dawned on me: like so much else that has changed this year, there won’t…
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The Role And Politics of the Supreme Court
Back in the eighties when I was growing up, few people knew who was on the Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall was a famous justice because of his work on civil rights prior to his appointment. He was the first Black jurist on the court, and he was a lion.Many people had heard of Byron Whizzer…
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Why Wait? The World has changed But Problems Must Be Addressed
I have noticed that since the COVID pandemic crisis began, the nature of my business has changed. I am getting lots of inquiries about employee and employer rights in dealing with the pandemic. What can employees do if they are forced to quarantine? What if they are caregivers for someone who has to quarantine? What…
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Quarantine time over holiday visits
I am writing this as the first snowfall of the season is blanketing my neighborhood. It has got me thinking about the holidays, the election, and what our first and hopefully last COVID winter is going to look like. Like many of you, I have fatigue about the pandemic. I would like to think that…
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Why We Vote in 2020
There is an old adage in politics that folks vote with their pocketbook. I am not so sure that is as true as it might have been once before, but I still think that most people would prefer to have more money in their pockets rather than less. This year’s presidential election has been fought…
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The Cares act & loan forgiveness
Back in March, when the pandemic began taking a toll on cash flow and wages, the federal government actually came through with the CARES Act. More than half a billion dollars available to small businesses through the PPP loan program. Over five million businesses took advantage of the program to shore up their capital needs…
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Minor League Baseball WAges
It’s October. I am sort of enjoying the baseball playoffs. By “sort of,” I mean it is a distraction from the all of the daily disasters breathlessly reported on the news channels. And the quality of baseball, when batters actually make contact with the ball, is pretty good. The game has changed a lot though…
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Judge Barrett’s Labor Ruling History
When I came out of law school, I did not know that I was going to be a labor and employment lawyer. I wanted to work in Major League Baseball. I didn’t have necessary pedigree, though, so I moved on to Plan B fairly quickly. It turns out that Plan B was a pretty decent…
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Exhaustion
I am exhausted. I am exhausted by the Supreme Court fight. I am exhausted over mail-in ballots. I am exhausted about peaceful transitions. I am exhausted about systemic racism, and destruction of cities, and the fate of Roe v. Wade, and Black Lives Matter, and COVID-19, and wearing masks. The answers to each of these…
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Changes in the next season of covid
I am noticing changes in the world of commerce – it isn’t just the leaves that are changing in this COVID autumn. Commerce is slowly opening up. Schools remain open despite predictions that it would be impossible for them to contain the virus. The Big Ten is going to play football after all. It…
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