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Employers are encouraged to audit their salary structure and recordkeeping practices and policies to ensure compliance with the law before it takes effect. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 12:25 pm by John Elwood
In a dissent from denial of cert. that wound up just one vote short, Justice Antonin Scalia, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, urged that “nothing in our precedents clearly establishes the[] admissibility [of such recantations] as a matter of federal constitutional law. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 11:52 am by Eugene Volokh
Israel, when faced with the prospect of being arrested for disorderly conduct, observed, “and you would think we would be complaining, but we’re not. [read post]
16 Oct 2015, 10:41 am by Eugene Volokh
One argument that often comes up in such cases is that many Sikhs wear short and blunt knives as their kirpans, taking the view that the kirpan is supposed to be a symbolic weapon, not a usable one; it’s possible that exempting such knives — even if they technically violate the law or a government agency rule — wouldn’t really undermine the interest in fighting crime. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 7:56 am by Jim Sedor
The attendees are not charged admission or a per-plate fee. [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 2:11 pm by WOLFGANG DEMINO
Procedural history The Clients sued appellees, asserting the following claims and requesting the following remedies in their fifth amended petition: (1) barratry and fee forfeiture, (2) breach of fiduciary duty, (3) fraud by nondisclosure, omission, or concealment, (4) rescission, (5) unjust enrichment, (6) legal malpractice, (7) conspiracy, (8) violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, (9) suspension from the practice of law and revocation of… [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 2:11 pm by Wolfgang Demino
The high court has recently addressed other issues affecting the practice of law, including the enforceability of attorney-client arbitration agreements and attorney immunity to civil suits by opponents in prior litigation. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 3:00 am by LaToya Powell
[Editor’s note: This post appeared last week on the School of Government’s civil law blog. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 7:20 am by Joy Waltemath
Strict scrutiny does not permit a court to accept a school’s assertion that its admissions process uses race in a permissible way without closely examining how the process works in practice, yet that is what the lower courts did in their rulings, the High Court observed in the majority opinion written by Justice Kennedy. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 7:06 pm by Cynthia L. Hackerott
Depending on the specific foundation, such a ruling could be useful in attacking affirmative action in other areas, including employment and government contracting. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 6:52 am by Schachtman
The Requirements Associated With Producing A Report Rule 26 is the key rule that governs disclosure and discovery of expert witnesses and their opinions. [read post]
27 Jun 2015, 2:50 pm by MOTP
Is it desirable, as a matter of public policy governing the practice of law, to remove barratry claims, legal malpractice claims and other claims of wrongful conduct brought against attorneys from the court system and divert them into private arbitration? [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 12:00 pm by John Ehrett
Florida, a court may impose a per se rule precluding the application of equitable tolling to a 28 U.S.C. [read post]
19 Jun 2015, 12:13 pm by John Elwood
Judge Prado wrote in a concurring opinion that the Fifth Circuit’s approach is contrary to the text of the plain-error rule, Supreme Court precedent, and the practice o [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 11:56 am by Ken White
In some states the statute only lets you file the motion if you're being sued for your speech to the government, like the classic case of a citizen complaint about a nearby property development. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 4:57 am
Defendants filed an amended version of their motion to exclude the testimony of Drs. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 4:06 am by Amy Howe
  And Richard Wolf previews the case for USA Today, describing it as an example of how a “simple case about license plates becomes a crucial test of the First Amendment, pitting freedom of speech against government authority. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 8:06 am
Despite the difficult situations that they face, it is essential that all counter-insurgency forces across the world uphold the rule of law, in accordance with international human rights obligations. [read post]