Law Talk: Constructive Discharge

We talked about “constructive discharge,” a part of employment law where, if work demands become intolerable, you may be able to quit and sue the employer (or not). We also talked about a case going to the U.S. Supreme Court where one’s freedom of speech rights collide head-on. With the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s mandate not to register trademarks which are “scandalous, immoral, vulgar,” etc. (Warning: this involves a variation of the F word, which was spelled but not pronounced during the show). We also went over some pitfalls for the unwary with respect to “slip and fall” personal injury cases – and why some municipalities lose these cases even though the law is stacked in their favor (Hartford just got hit for a half-million dollar verdict on a case which it should easily have won…).