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As other posters note, sometimes an employer will give severance but only if they are required by statute law in their state, or if they promised severance as a benefit. Severance is not lotto. Point of severance is to help a terminated employee get back on their feet. http://smallbusiness.findlaw.c... http://www.nolo.com/legal-ency... http://www.gss-law.com/Article... https://www.ohiobar.org/forpub...

> Personally in a situation like that I'd be really tempted to do as other have suggested and take it, but then act like a completely forgetful idiot whenever I'm called in and generally be completely useless. Realistically I'd probably strike the availability cause in the contract and sign it. If they countersigned, great I get money with no strings, if they refuse I'd walk without the extra money because I don't need those conditions over my head.

Smart call. Take the money. And it depends on the terms: an occasional phone chat isn't unreasonable, but in practice when you leave a job your mind turns to mush anyway.

Not that this "study" qualifies per se, but courts have upheld the constitutionality of sobriety checkpoints as long as certain requirements are met by the law enforcement agency/agencies.

See HERE:

Q: Are sobriety checkpoints constitutional?
A: Yes. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the validity of sobriety checkpoints in Michigan v. Sitz, even though the law generally forbids law enforcement officers from stopping drivers unless there is a suspicion that the drivers have violated the law. In the Michigan v. Sitz case, the Court found that the intrusion and inconvenience of to individuals who are stopped is outweighed by the government’s interest in curbing drunk driving.

Q: What procedures must law enforcement officers follow to make sure sobriety checkpoints are legal?
A: In the same year the Sitz case was decided, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published recommended procedures for D.U.I. roadblocks. For a D.U.I. checkpoint to be legal, law enforcement must follow guidelines regarding such issues as the location, operation and publicity of the checkpoint, and the extent to which a checkpoint officer has discretion to act.

Well, didn't Sarah Palin trademark her name?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/sarah-palin-trademark-name_n_880554.html

See also
https://www.ohiobar.org/forpublic/resources/lawyoucanuse/pages/lawyoucanuse-268.aspx

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/celebrity-trademark-watch-marilyn-elvi-23734/

A trademark is abandoned, and the owner no longer has exclusive trademark protection, if the owner of the mark deliberately stops using the mark in commerce, makes no attempt to preserve the mark, or fails to monitor proper use of the mark for a continuous period of three years or more.

it's the age of the internet. There is no reason to be wrong about facts.
http://www.ohiobar.org/Pages/LawYouCanUseDetail.aspx?itemID=477

Actually, it would be the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court of Ohio that would handle such a complaint. The ABA is a voluntary professional organization that has no such power over attorneys. (Although they are involved in drafting the Model Code of Professional Responsibility).

OSBA article explaining how to file a complaint against an Ohio attorney.

Here is the contact page for the State Bar of Ohio and here is the same for the State Bar of Washington.

You may want to drop them an email or make a phone call and see if they are looking into this.

It depends on the state you're in, and in some cases you are liable while in others you're not liable. Don't you just love the clarity of the law?

Check out what the Ohio Bar Association says about parental liability in Ohio.

If the cops bust you, and you have an encrypted hard drive and you don't hand over the password, you will be charged with obstruction of justice. The maximum sentence of obstruction of justice is the same as the crime you are trying to avoid. So it really doesn't help you avoid anything.

http://www.ohiobar.org/pub/lycu/index.asp?articlei d=138

Try Casemaker.

There was a free trial a while back...

These to companies have a lock on the electronic info, it would seem.

No, they don't. There are alternatives.