William R. Amlong Law Blog

Posted by: William AmlongOriginally posted on Workbeat.net, February 23, 2009Topic: Overtime There are honest car guys/gals. The Amlong Firm represents a number of them.Honest car salespersons - the brunt of jokes about trust, based on the behavior of their less savory colleagues, the target of plaid-suit caricatures stemming from the same stereotype - need love too. And legal protection.Crooked car dealers, infamous for gypping their cu... Read More

Posted by: William AmlongOriginally posted on Workbeat.net, June 13, 2008Topic: Etcetera      Among the idiosyncracies of The Amlong Firm are its penchant for feline associates. In other words, cats in the office.     It began simply enough in the late 1990s. My wife and law partner, Karen Coolman Amlong, telephoned me in my car one Saturda... Read More

Posted by: William AmlongOriginally post on Workbeat.net, June 02, 2008Topic: Discrimination "Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects."- Capt. Renault in Casablanca (Warner Bros. Pictures 1942)"There are no Jews, only Moroccans."- King Mohammed V to the Vichy French governorThere were two views of how to run Morocco during World War II. There are two views about how to approach necessar... Read More

Posted by: William AmlongOriginally posted on Workbeat.net May 01, 2008Topic: Discrimination      The Jim Crow era is over, and with it the flagrant bigotry that emboldened segregationist employers to post job notices that included the advice that "No coloreds need apply."     Unfortunately, the "no-coloreds" mindset not only lingers as the Ghost of Discrimination Past, but has morphed... Read More

Pumping iron, busting stereotypes, growing from ignorance Posted by: William R. AmlongMarch 13, 2008Topic: Busting Stereotypes Pumping iron, busting stereotypes, growing from ignoranceWant to smash a stereotype. Hit it with a dumbbell.Most of The Amlong Firm's lawyers and staff turned out in West Palm Beach Saturday night to watch Stephen L. Freeman, our 49 year old Case Manager, compete in his first body building contest. Stephen finish... Read More