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[This is because, such a rule is] crucial for preserving the [public] interests associated to it and takes precedence over the individual interests with which it conflicts as it falls naturally within the realm of public policy, whose scope, understanding, boundaries and reach are determined in light of those essential factors of society so that public interest is prioritized and given precedence over the interests of certain individuals. [read post]

Conflict of Laws .net - https://conflictoflaws.net

Why is Exxon suing climate change activist shareholders?

26 May 2024, 2:45 pm by Steve Bainbridge

Hoddeson v. [read post]

ProfessorBainbridge.com - http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/

Arizona dispatch: students from 70 law schools and universities debate 20 proposed amendments to the US Constitution at model convention

26 May 2024, 10:17 am by JP Leskovich | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US

US and Oklahoma v. [read post]

JURIST - Paper Chase - https://www.jurist.org/news/

[Eugene Volokh] No Pseudonymity in Race Discrimination Lawsuit over Academic Dishonesty Finding

25 May 2024, 1:57 pm by Eugene Volokh

From Doe v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Weekend Roundup

24 May 2024, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani

Purcell, New York Law School, looks back to Charles Evans Hughes's Supreme Court of the United States for inspiration on how Chief Justices can induce the resignations of Associate Justices (The Hill).Barbara Lauriat, Texas Tech University School of Law, has published Robinson & Roberts v. [read post]

Legal History Blog - http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

Saving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (and the Constitution) from the Courts

24 May 2024, 6:51 pm by Christine Kexel Chabot

Shugerman, SEC v. [read post]

Faculty Blog - https://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/

Louisiana governor signs bill making abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances

24 May 2024, 3:37 pm by Yosi Yahoudai

Medication abortion, which makes up the majority of abortions obtained in the United States, emerged as a national political flashpoint after the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. [read post]

J&Y Personal Injury Blog - https://jnylaw.com/blog/

Lawdragon Names Nine Seeger Weiss Partners to 500 Plaintiff Financial Lawyers List

24 May 2024, 11:03 am by Seeger Weiss

For over a decade, partner Shauna Itri has led litigation teams in complex fraud cases in both state and federal courts. [read post]

Seeger Weiss LLP Blog - https://www.seegerweiss.com/news/

Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

24 May 2024, 7:49 am by John Elwood

Heller and [New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v.] [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

The Long-Standing Rosen-Durling Test used to Assess Nonobviousness of Design Patents is OVERRULED

24 May 2024, 7:38 am by Gregory Lars Gunnerson

The reasoning of Whitman Saddle carries over to the modern § 103 standard of obviousness. [read post]

Filewrapper.com - https://www.filewrapper.com/

Privacy rights: Children rescued at Dover and unlawful photographs – Zoe McCallum

24 May 2024, 7:17 am by INFORRM

Asylum seeking children have suffered on the journey to Europe (typically many months over land, often in smothering darkness in the back of a lorry). [read post]

Inforrm's Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/

Assessing the Intelligence Community’s Policy Framework for Commercially Available Information

24 May 2024, 6:05 am by Emile Ayoub

For instance, in 2018, the Supreme Court held in Carpenter v. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

Holding that substantial evidence supported the New York City Teacher Retirement System's Medical Board's determination that Petitioner's injury "was not caused by an 'accident' within the meaning of the statutory scheme", the Court of Appeals noted that was declining to adopt a rule that "purposeful conduct by coworkers" can never be the basis for an award of Accidental Disability Retirement

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

Stated differently, an accident is "a sudden, unexpected event that was not a risk inherent in the work performed" (Matter of Kowal v DiNapoli, 30 NY3d 1124, 1125 [2018]; Matter of Kelly v DiNapoli, 30 NY3d 674, 678, 682, 684-685 [2018]). [read post]

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

Holding that substantial evidence supported the New York City Teacher Retirement System's Medical Board's determination that Petitioner's injury "was not caused by an 'accident' within the meaning of the statutory scheme", the Court of Appeals noted that was declining to adopt a rule that "purposeful conduct by coworkers" can never be the basis for an award of Accidental Disability Retirement

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

Stated differently, an accident is "a sudden, unexpected event that was not a risk inherent in the work performed" (Matter of Kowal v DiNapoli, 30 NY3d 1124, 1125 [2018]; Matter of Kelly v DiNapoli, 30 NY3d 674, 678, 682, 684-685 [2018]). [read post]

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

Recent Litigation Offers Guidance for Employers Amid Ongoing DEI Backlash

24 May 2024, 2:01 am by H. Juanita Beecher, FortneyScott

In Duvall v. [read post]

Human Resources News - https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/