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Jury may find DA's office did not accommodate plaintiff's disability: Tafolla Part II.

22 Aug 2023, 6:00 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

Defendants did not fully grant plaintiff's accommodation request, dated December 10, 2013, because supervisor Carroll did not view the five-pound restriction as distinct from the bending restriction. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

Court Addresses Social Host Liability Issues For Homeowners Where Minor Allegedly Drank Alcohol in the Home and Was then Injured

22 Aug 2023, 5:00 am

Homeowner, Frank The Tank, Incurs Social Host LiabilityIn the case of Szydlowski v. [read post]

Tort Talk - http://www.torttalk.com/

Fed. District Court of Pennsylvania Denies Retaliation, Takings and Equal Protection Claims Arising from Rezoning of Coal Company’s Property

22 Aug 2023, 3:13 am by Patricia Salkin

Based on the aforementioned, the motion to dismiss was granted, the plaintiff’s federal civil rights claims were dismissed, and the plaintiff’s state-law tort claims were remanded to state court for any further proceedings. [read post]

Law of the Land - https://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/

Fifth Circuit Upends 30 Years of Title VII Precedent, Making it Easier for Employees to Bring Discrimination Claims

21 Aug 2023, 2:57 pm by Stephen Fox, Jonathan Clark and Alexandria Amerine

The case is Hamilton et al. v. [read post]

Labor & Employment Law Blog - http://www.laboremploymentlawblog.com/

SCOTUS denies motion of Republican State Attorney Generals to participate in oral argument in case challenging constitutionality of CFPB’s funding

21 Aug 2023, 2:46 pm by John L. Culhane, Jr., Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Michael Gordon and Alan S. Kaplinsky

Supreme Court has denied the motion filed by the 27 Republican State Attorney Generals who filed an amicus brief in support of Community Financial Services Association in CFSA v. [read post]

CFPB Monitor - http://www.cfpbmonitor.com

[Eugene Volokh] Excluding Farmer's Market Vendor for Refusing to Host Same-Sex Weddings on Its Land Violates Free Exercise Clause

21 Aug 2023, 2:14 pm by Eugene Volokh

V. [read post]

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

Why condemnors should pay property owners’ attorney fees in eminent domain cases (and a 50-state survey on the issue)

21 Aug 2023, 1:07 pm by Matthew Ackerman

United States v. [read post]

Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski Journal - https://ackerman-ackerman.com/journal/

Expert or Arbitrator? Resolving Purchase Price Adjustment Disputes

21 Aug 2023, 12:51 pm by Stephen LaSala and Lauren Ash

Media Holdings, LLC v. [read post]

Corporate Securities Law Blog - http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/

Atari’s Trademark Troubles with Redbubble

21 Aug 2023, 11:52 am by Ashley E. Holland

SA v. [read post]

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

Fifth Circuit invalidates decades-old precedent requiring an “ultimate employment decision” for disparate-treatment claims under Title VII

21 Aug 2023, 11:00 am by Emily Harbison and Cheryl Blount

On August 18, 2023, the Fifth Circuit sitting en banc in Hamilton v. [read post]

Employment Law Watch - http://www.employmentlawwatch.com/

Negligent Entrustment: Is a Parent of an Underage Driver Responsible in a Car Accident?

21 Aug 2023, 10:53 am by Tobin Admin

Bassett v. [read post]

Tobin Injury Law Blog - https://www.tobininjurylaw.com/blog/

Trials of Ukrainian Prisoners of War in Russia: Decay of the Combatant’s Immunity

21 Aug 2023, 7:01 am by Maksym Vishchyk

” Second, combatant’s privilege does not preclude prosecution for ordinary crimes unrelated to war, e.g., homicide, drug-trafficking, robberies and “pre-capture terrorist offenses not related to the conflict” (Martinez (2019) 83 referring to U.S. v. [read post]

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

When Is It Too Late to Sue for Shareholder Oppression?

21 Aug 2023, 4:34 am by Peter Mahler

Franklin v Hafftka, 140 AD3d 922, 924). [read post]

New York Business Divorce - http://www.nybusinessdivorce.com/

Congressional Power to Waive or Modify Supremacy Clause Immunity

21 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf

Haywood v. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Due Process and Equal Protection Claims Arising from Denial of Comprehensive Re-Zoning

21 Aug 2023, 3:11 am by Patricia Salkin

Property, LLC v Butler County, OH, 2023 WL 3270901 (6th Cir. [read post]