Business Law 101

Religious organizations are headed to SCOTUS a 2nd time over a New York law that requires their group health insurance to cover abortions if their charity work involves serving the general public.   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas. I’ve a...

SCOTUS recently found that you have no legal interest in another person’s visa application, even if they are a relative – which means you have no constitutional right to bring a non-citizen spouse to the USA. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured profe...

SCOTUS recently declined to hear several 2nd amendment cases, instead resolving them with technical rulings, such as the famous Illinois assault weapons ban. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas. I’ve also wri...

SCOTUS surprised many people when the dominantly conservative court sidestepped on government-mandated Big Tech censorship during COVID. Learn more on Business Law 101! Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas. I’ve also written several non-fictio...

SCOTUS has rejected the latest round of COVID19 vaccine appeals, in this case brought by a nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas. I’ve also written several non-fiction...

In a story that would be suited for a made-for-TV movie, 70 defendants have been charged with stealing money from a federal COVID relief fund under the guise of feeding hungry children. Some of these now face charges for bribing and surveilling a juror. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Clare...

In another recent blow to the administrative state, SCOTUS ruled the statute of limitations for suing under the Administrative Procedures Act doesn’t start until you’re hurt by the agency’s action. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the...

Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge of defrauding the US government after repeated serious safety issues with its 737 Max airplanes. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas. I’ve also written sever...

Zackey Rahimi went to the Supreme Court for the 2nd time trying to get his right to own guns restored after he was involved in 5 shootings in a month while under a domestic violence protective order. Find out how it went on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured prof...

SCOTUS limited the power of Administrative Law Judges, and in so doing dealt a blow to federal agencies that create, enforce, and manage disputes with their own regulations. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thoma...

SCOTUS found that a 2017 law meant to require corporations to pay taxes on overseas income applies retroactively, even to individual small-dollar investors who have never received any income. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the Unive...

A judge in Tyler, TX has ruled against the U.S. State Department, allowing a lawsuit alleging that they are funding repressive media technologies, like Newsguard, that illegally favor leftist publications.   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thoma...

Since restricting bump stocks was popular with both political parties, the SCOTUS decision to reverse that ruling became quite high-profile, but it is consistent with other administrative law decisions of the current court. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am...

Elon Musk was accused of buying votes when he held a raffle for swing-state voters who signed a petition to support the first and second amendments during the election. The lawsuit has been tossed out of court. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured pro...

Voting machine company Smartmatic sued Newsmax for defamation over their stories claiming the 2020 election was stolen, but is now reducing their damages claim after 3 top executives were indicted for bribing an elections official in the Philippines. Get the story on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Clare...

Under the CISG, the buyer has to inspect the goods and report any problems with the product within two years of receiving it. I’m sure you can think of lots of reasons the seller might hate that – I get into one this week on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured pro...

In a contract, a seller and a buyer have parallel statutory rights – but the Trico case questioned what happens to those rights when the goods in question are still in transit. Learn more on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Th...

The legal saga of Starbucks’ Memphis Seven, who came to represent the coffee shop employees attempts to form a union in the media, is at an end. I lay it out for you this week on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas. I’ve a...

Pay transparency laws are just another example of the ongoing attempt by the government to involve itself unnecessarily in the hiring and employment process. If the information is that critical for potential employees, employers would already be providing it to applicants.   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Managem...

So, what happened to the statute of limitations in the dead lobsters case? I get into it, this week on Business Law 101.   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas. I’ve also written several non-fiction political commentary books: Bad Deal for Ame...

RFK Jr. has been involved in a series of lawsuits involving getting his name on and off of various state ballots throughout the country, but perhaps none so dramatic as his will they/won’t they with the state of New York. Learn about it on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and a...

When you’re the buyer in a contract you have the right to inspect the goods before you accept them – but you need to be careful about how you do so. I talk about a seafood company that got into hot water with dead lobsters, this week on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a...

3rd party candidates Cornel West and Claudia de la Cruz have been blocked from appearing on the 2024 presidential ballots by the Georgia Supreme Court. Why does that matter? Find out on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas....

Under the Code, you generally assume both parties are operating in good faith and will perform the duties of the contract. But… what if that’s not the case? Find out this week on Business Law101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am a tenured professor at the University of St. Thomas. I’ve al...

Trump’s campaign has been ordered to stop using music by Isaac Hayes, the latest in a line of legal issues they’ve had with music licensing. There’s an actual process for using music in a political campaign, and I get into it this week on Business Law 101!   Thanks for joining me for this episode! I’m a Houston- based attorney, run an HR Consulting company called Claremont Management Group, and am...