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The plaintiff, an administrative dean at a high school located in Brooklyn, commenced this action against the defendants to recover damages for personal injuries she allegedly sustained in October 2009 when she was attacked by a student in a hallway at the school. [read post]

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Court granted school district's motion for summary judgment dismissing the petitioner's complaint based on the school district argument that it could not be held liable as the school district did not owe a special duty of care to the petitioner

28 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

The plaintiff, an administrative dean at a high school located in Brooklyn, commenced this action against the defendants to recover damages for personal injuries she allegedly sustained in October 2009 when she was attacked by a student in a hallway at the school. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Could the Consumer Protection Finance Bureau (CFPB)’s Victory in the Supreme Court Last Week Boomerang to Disempower the Bureau and Invalidate its Regulations? Not if the Case is Read Carefully and Properly: A Response to Professor Hal Scott’s Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

22 May 2024, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar

It’s true that CFPB v. [read post]

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Spousal support claims abates upon the death of either party. Bomer v. Dean, 195 A.D.3d 1518 (N.Y. App. Div. 2021)

20 May 2024, 3:27 pm by Stephen Bilkis

In Bomer v. [read post]

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Blog Post: ICE "Knock and Talk" Arrests Unconstitutional: Sorto-Vasquez Kidd

20 May 2024, 11:41 am by Daniel M. Kowalski

Wright II granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment in a set of claims concerning ICE’s “knock-and-talk” practice in Kidd v Mayorkas , a class action lawsuit challenging ICE’s deceptive home arrest practices in Los Angeles and the surrounding region. [read post]

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[Josh Blackman] An Interview with Judge Matthew Solomson About the Columbia Boycott

20 May 2024, 5:00 am by Josh Blackman

When Jewish students went to the Office of the Dean of Students, which is co-located with the Office of Community Engagement, Equity, and Belonging, the doors were locked for the administrators' "protection" and the students were not permitted to seek refuge there. [read post]

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Damages for emotional distress are not available under Title II of the ADA, which tracks the remedies, procedures, and rights available under the Rehabilitation Act.

17 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit August Term 2023 Argued: March 19, 2024 Decided: May 10, 2024 No. 23-1217 JASON DOHERTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. [read post]

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Damages for emotional distress are not available under Title II of the ADA, which tracks the remedies, procedures, and rights available under the Rehabilitation Act.

17 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit August Term 2023 Argued: March 19, 2024 Decided: May 10, 2024 No. 23-1217 JASON DOHERTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. [read post]

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Defendant school deemed to have "constructive notice of a condition and a reasonable time to correct or warn about its existence" that caused an injury to a teacher

15 May 2024, 10:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

" Viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff as the nonmovant (see Vega v Restani Constr. [read post]

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Defendant school deemed to have "constructive notice of a condition and a reasonable time to correct or warn about its existence" that caused an injury to a teacher

15 May 2024, 10:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

" Viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff as the nonmovant (see Vega v Restani Constr. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

15 May 2024, 7:41 am by Eric Goldman

In Sohm v. [read post]

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The concept of the separation of powers indicates no single branch of government may assume the power of another branch of government

15 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Once appointed, a member "may be removed by majority vote of [defendant] for substantial neglect of duty, misconduct in office, violation of the confidentiality restrictions set forth in [Executive Law § 94], inability to discharge the powers or duties of office or violation[s] of [Executive Law § 94]" (Executive Law § 94 [4] [c]).Prior to appointment, all nominations are reviewed by the independent review committee (hereinafter IRC), which consists of the deans of… [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

The concept of the separation of powers indicates no single branch of government may assume the power of another branch of government

15 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Once appointed, a member "may be removed by majority vote of [defendant] for substantial neglect of duty, misconduct in office, violation of the confidentiality restrictions set forth in [Executive Law § 94], inability to discharge the powers or duties of office or violation[s] of [Executive Law § 94]" (Executive Law § 94 [4] [c]).Prior to appointment, all nominations are reviewed by the independent review committee (hereinafter IRC), which consists of the deans of… [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] Free Speech Unmuted: Campus Speech, with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law)

7 May 2024, 3:38 pm by Eugene Volokh

Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky—who is also a noted scholar of constitutional law and academic freedom—joins Jane Bambauer and me to discuss student speech controversies (including the one that was literally in Erwin's back yard), as well as faculty academic freedom in scholarship, public commentary, and teaching.The post Free Speech Unmuted: Campus Speech, with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law) appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]

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Of Mass Torts, Multidistrict Litigation, and Collateral Estoppel: Notes on Justice Thomas’s Dissent from the Denial of Certiorari in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott

6 May 2024, 9:00 pm by Laura Dooley and Rodger Citron

However, to paraphrase Justice Stephen Breyer, writing in Heffernan v. [read post]

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