In June 2008, I read a one-page article about Twitter in BusinessWeek or some other financial magazine and thought to myself, “This is stupid. Why would anyone want to send text messages to total strangers?”
So I signed up and created @emeyer88. And that was just the start.
My story and a lot of “thank you’s”, after the jump…
Confession: I find bankruptcy VERY boring. And I loathe it. I’m a labor and employment attorney. When partners approach my door with bankruptcy assignments, I pick up the phone and pretend to yell at opposing counsel. So far I’m batting 1000.
But when I learned that the Third Circuit in Rea v. Federated Investors ruled that a private employer may refuse employment to a job applicant who has ever filed for bankruptcy, I mustered up the will power for this blog post.*Checks ESPN.com* Consider it my 2011 bankruptcy contribution.
I’ll break down the court’s ruling after the jump.
What could possibly beat a New Jersey jug handle? Anything really. But will you settle for three short items involving social media and the courtroom? If so, hit the jump. If not, here’s a Wikipedia post about the history of jug handles.
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