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Should College Athletes be Paid for the Use of Their Likenesses?
Legal Backdrop to Ed O’Bannon’s Lawsuit Against the NCAA and the California Fair Pay to Play Act In 2008, Ed O’Bannon, the former All-American UCLA power forward, happened to see his likeness on a video game which he had never authorized or been compensated for, so he...
Can a City Court Judge Sue the Chief Judge of the State Court System for Disability Discrimination?
A City Court Judge in White Plains filed a lawsuit against the Chief Judge and the Administrative Judge of the New York State court system. She claimed violations of federal discrimination laws against both of them and under state law against one of…
She Got Naked for Trump and Got Fired For It; Now How Will Her Lawsuit Come Out?
Chelsy Zelasko gave an interview and posed for some very suggestive1 photographs which were posted on a website a week before the 2016 election. Although she had previously been a registered democrat, she vigorously advocated for then candidate Trump in the interview,...
Bikini Baristas – Constitutional Law and Female Anatomy Over Coffee
The City of Everett, Washington, got very upset with the so called “Bikini Baristas”, and passed local laws which criminalized the clothing they wear as “lewd conduct”, and enacted a dress code for "Quick-Service Facilities," which was clearly designed to apply to the...
Race Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Brooklyn-Based Real Estate Law Firm, Wenig Saltiel LLP, Its Partners And Of Counsel
Author: Louis M. Leon, Associate Attorney On April 5, 2019, the Law Offices of William Cafaro filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn against Wenig Saltiel LLP, Ira Greene, Jeffrey L. Saltiel, and Meryl L. Wenig (a real estate law firm, its...
How Much You Recover for Sexual Abuse by a Priest May Depend on Insurance Coverage Issues
You can sue a church (or any other institution or business) whether there is insurance coverage or not, so why does this matter? Because some dioceses, like the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, have filed bankruptcy over sexual abuse claims,...
How Did Facebook Get Sued Successfully under the Housing Discrimination Laws without even Being a Landlord?
How Did Facebook Get Sued Successfully under the Housing Discrimination Laws without even Being a Landlord? By passing a law called the CDA1, Congress decided to protect interactive computer services from any liability from material posted by others to promote open...
You’ve Just Been Terminated. Do You Think it Was it Because of Your Age?
There May be a Good Change in the Law on the Horizon Author: Cafaro Verdicts Older people (and “older” is subjective term), who cannot afford the luxury of retirement, are at a much higher risk of being let go. It’s also exceedingly difficult for them to compete in...
The Stormy Daniels Case Made Easy: Contract Law for Porn Stars
In Stormy Daniels v. Donald J. Trump, Michael Cohen, and the LLC that paid her the $130,000 in hush money, in federal court in Los Angeles, she is asking the court to let her out of the non-disclosure agreement she signed. The actual Non-Disclosure Agreement (“NDA”)...
Wish You Had a Case Against Harvey Weinstein? Maybe Not
According to the New York Law Journal, Harvey Weinstein’s accusers will have a difficult time actually recovering payment on their claims[1]. The parent company of Weinstein Co.filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on March 20, 2018. Before that, Eric...
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