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2 Mar 2011, 11:34 am by ---------------------------------
“The Monkey and the Cat” was a fable written by 17th Century French Poet, Jean de La Fontaine. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:21 am by admin
For those of you not completely up-to-speed on your 17th Century literature, the “cat’s paw” theory is based on a story by Jean de La Fontaine entitled The Monkey and the Cat. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 9:22 pm
The Supreme Court held:that if a supervisor performs an act motivated by anti military animus that is intended by the supervisor to cause an adverse employment action,3 and if that act is a proximate cause of the ultimate employment action, then the employer is liable under USERRAThe court did say that the biased supervisor has to have some causation for the negative employment decision or the "motivating reason" standard fails.Bonus: Those of us unfamiliar with Aesop now know the meaning… [read post]
26 Feb 2011, 3:02 am by Jack D
Le directeur de la publication est Jean-Jacques Fontaine. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 12:32 pm by Colin Miller
” The “cat’s paw” doctrine derives its name from a fable, made famous by La Fontaine, in which a monkey convinces an unwitting cat to pull chestnuts from a hot fire….As the cat scoops the chestnuts from the fire one by one, burning his paw in the process, the monkey eagerly gobbles them up, leaving none left for the cat….Today the term “cat’s-paw” refers to “one used by another to accomplish his purposes. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 8:13 pm
According to Landon’s parents Lauren Zimmerman and Jeremy Fontaine, the retailer was grossly negligent because it failed to warn that the Simplicity Ellis Deluxe 4-in-1 Convertible Sleep System crib that it was selling had “dangerous and defective characteristics. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 5:04 am by Rumpole
Fontaine said about 65 percent of Florida inmates have substance abuse problems. [read post]
4 Dec 2010, 6:47 am by annalthouse@gmail.com (Ann Althouse)
So I wallowed in the old-fashioned acting, especially Joan Fontaine moving her eyebrows asymmetrically in a way that only a comic actress today would use... [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 1:15 pm by Ryan Bowers
  Other states that appear to have similar cases on point are Massachusetts (Fontaine Bros., Inc. v. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 6:05 pm by Social Sciences Faculty Librarian
Almeida Self-perceived stability and change in children’s competence Christiane Vandenplas-Holper, Isabelle Roskam and Anne-Marie Fontaine Expression of self-concept and adjustment against repeated aggressions: the case of a longitudinal study on school bullying Barbara Houbre, Cyril Tarquinio and Jean-Baptiste Lanfranchi Do age and gender make a difference in the relationship between intellectual styles and abilities? [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 7:03 am by KIMBERLY ATKINS
Washington - In the 17th century, writer Jean de La Fontaine wrote a fable about a clever monkey who persuaded a cat to fetch chestnuts from a hot fire. [read post]
7 Nov 2010, 6:32 pm by Lisa McElroy
  As Lyle explained here, Staub involves  the “cat’s paw” theory, which Lyle had described so beautifully:  “The theory at issue in his case goes by an informal label with origins in the 17th Century and a French poet, Jean de la Fontaine. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 10:25 am by Tiffany Chiao
Le Temps, October 5, 2010 by Sandra Titi-Fontaine http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/86f3d78e-cffa-11df-9d5c-57a960ceb815/L “Most of the deaths are due to extreme poverty and a lack of health centers that have been worsened by the conflict,” argues Patrick Vinck. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 5:45 am by Jon Hyman
The “cat's paw” derives from a 17th century fable by French poet Jean de la Fontaine. [read post]
29 Oct 2010, 5:54 pm by Lyle Denniston
Background Vincent Staub’s problems, leading to his firing as an employee of the Proctor Hospital in Peoria, go back to the year 2000, but the theory at issue in his case goes by an informal label with origins in the 17th Century and a French poet, Jean de la Fontaine. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 10:40 am by Dan Markel
 Coming up this afternoon: Jack Chin (right now); Wayne Logan; Richard Myers, Bernard Harcourt, Sharon Dolovich, Reid Fontaine, me, and Doug Berman. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 6:49 pm by Dan Filler
Louis John de Figueiredo from UCLA Elon Michael Rich from Capital Robert Parrish from Indiana - Bloomington (moving to tenure track) Florida State Reid Fontaine from Arizona (from psych dept. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 5:19 pm by Dan Markel
Kudos to ACS, my dean (Don Weidner), my colleagues Susan Bandes, Reid Fontaine and Wayne Logan, and our wonderful support staff for making this happen. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 5:26 am by David G. Badertscher
Consultants Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass discuss how to optimize your chances of getting multiple offers to come around the same time, and what to do if you find yourself in such a happy position.Visit lawjobs.com News & ViewsThe Careerist: So That's What Men Do! [read post]