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The decisions states that these part-time employees, presumably appointed to positions jurisdictionally classified as positions in the noncompetitive class, were not represented by an employee organization. [read post]

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

[Sasha Volokh] How ambiguous a statute may Congress pass?

31 Aug 2015, 10:50 am

I’ve recently been blogging about my new article, The Inherent-Powers Corollary: Judicial Non-Delegation and Federal Common Law, which I’ve posted to SSRN. [read post]

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

Lawsplainer: How Did the Fifth Circuit Narrow Student Free Speech Rights?

24 Aug 2015, 3:29 pm by Ken White

Second, Judge E. [read post]

Popehat - http://www.popehat.com

A premature requiem? Proving acquired distinctiveness of shape marks

9 Aug 2015, 4:01 pm

Conventional wisdom has it that the product shape has no prospect of registration in light of the advice given to the CJEU by the Attorney General, but trade mark enthusiast and seasoned practitioner Roland Mallinson (Taylor Wessing LLP) wonders whether this view is wrong. [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

Thursday round-up

5 Aug 2015, 10:02 pm by Amy Howe

Robin McDonald reports that “[e]ight veteran prosecutors” have filed an amicus brief in support of the death-row inmate in Foster v. [read post]

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

Johnson: Remembrance Of Illegal Sentences Past

1 Jul 2015, 2:32 pm by Steve Sady

In United States v. [read post]

Ninth Circuit Blog - http://circuit9.blogspot.com/

The Laptop, ColorTyme Rental and Grand Larceny

1 Jul 2015, 5:17 am

Taylor, 256 Va. 514, 506 S.E.2d 312 (Virginia Supreme Court 1998). [read post]

CYB3RCRIM3 - http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com/

Opinion analysis: The Court strikes down the ACCA’s residual clause as vague. But is the real problem the “categorical” approach?

29 Jun 2015, 7:55 am by Rory Little

Significantly, Justice Scalia begins by noting that the Court ruled twenty-five years ago in Taylor v. [read post]

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

United States: The Tattoos, Rap Lyrics, the First Amendment and Racketeering – Susan Brenner

12 Jun 2015, 4:59 pm by INFORRM

Indeed, in State v. [read post]

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Courts apply a “two-part” test to determine if a dispute founded on an alleged violation of a collective bargaining agreement is arbitrable

9 Jun 2015, 4:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press

The Commission's resolution was approved by the State Civil Service Commission in February 2011. [read post]

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

Courts apply a “two-part” test to determine if a dispute founded on an alleged violation of a collective bargaining agreement is arbitrable

9 Jun 2015, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

The Commission's resolution was approved by the State Civil Service Commission in February 2011. [read post]

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

Courts have the power and the duty to make certain that an administrative official or body has not acted in excess of the grant of authority given by statute

7 Jun 2015, 11:52 am by Public Employment Law Press

World Airways v New York State Human Rights Appeal Bd., 61 NY2d 542 and Baer v Nyquist, 34 NY2d 291. [read post]

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

Courts have the power and the duty to make certain that an administrative official or body has not acted in excess of the grant of authority given by statute

7 Jun 2015, 11:52 am by The Public Employment Law Press

World Airways v New York State Human Rights Appeal Bd., 61 NY2d 542 and Baer v Nyquist, 34 NY2d 291. [read post]

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