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Argument analysis: Justices unsure whether to resolve case about standard of review for findings of insider status

1 Nov 2017, 4:26 am by Ronald Mann

Bank National Association v. [read post]

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

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice-Wrongful Death Verdict for Hospital

30 Oct 2017, 8:00 am by Robert Kreisman

Judith Caldwell v. [read post]

Chicago Medical Malpractice Attorney Blog - http://www.robertkreisman.com/medical-malpractice-lawyer/

Law and Media Round Up – 30 October 2017

29 Oct 2017, 5:31 pm by INFORRM

Canada The CBC reports that lawyers acting for Patrick Brown, the Conservative Leader, have dismissed a libel notice from Premier Kathleen Wynne saying that his statements were not defamatory. [read post]

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What’s On Their Minds: Court Tackles Substantial Factor Causation in Asbestos Exposure Case. Mark Schwartz, Individually and as the Executor of the Estate of Kathleen Schwartz, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc. et al.

28 Oct 2017, 10:03 am by MBettman

Rost v. [read post]

Legally Speaking Ohio - http://www.legallyspeakingohio.com

Sex-plus claim based on ‘single mother’ comments fails but retaliation claim advances

26 Oct 2017, 5:03 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]

WKL&B WOrkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

Argument preview: Bankruptcy case will have justices pondering standard of review for mixed questions of law and fact

24 Oct 2017, 7:48 am by Ronald Mann

Bank National Association v. [read post]

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

No regarded-as disabled claim for employee required to undergo medical exam after unusual behavior

24 Oct 2017, 6:11 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]

WKL&B WOrkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

Law and Media Round Up – 23 October 2017

22 Oct 2017, 4:16 pm by INFORRM

CBC News reports that lawyers for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne have issued notice of a libel suit against PC Leader Patrick Brown over comments he made suggesting she was on trial. [read post]

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NLRB properly decided that its new standard for deferring to arbitral decisions should only be applied prospectively

19 Oct 2017, 6:21 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]

WKL&B WOrkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

Oral Argument Preview: Court Tackles Substantial Factor Causation in Asbestos Exposure Case. Mark Schwartz, Individually and as the Executor of the Estate of Kathleen Schwartz, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc. et al.

11 Oct 2017, 8:00 am by MBettman

Horton v. [read post]

Legally Speaking Ohio - http://www.legallyspeakingohio.com

Reliance on letter from employee’s wife questioning his mental stability not disability bias

11 Oct 2017, 6:02 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]

WKL&B WOrkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

Fired day after genetic testing, following cancer treatment, employee to get trial on ADA claim

2 Oct 2017, 6:42 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]

WKL&B WOrkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

Selected reports posted in Employment Law News by WK Workday

28 Sep 2017, 4:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press

However, in a recent decision, Gruss v. [read post]

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

EEOC fails with novel continuing violation theory in harassment, constructive discharge claims

26 Sep 2017, 7:16 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]

WKL&B WOrkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

Superintendent who would not promote teacher, based on her father’s speech, gets qualified immunity

25 Sep 2017, 6:36 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]

WKL&B WOrkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

Environment roundup

25 Sep 2017, 3:02 am by Walter Olson

Lawyers with contingency-fee role in AGs’ carbon campaign join Hagens Berman [Scott Flaherty, American Lawyer; earlier on climate lawyers on contingency fee here and here] Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, 2008, includes entries on urban planning by Mark Pennington and on eminent domain and takings by Karol Boudreaux; California legislature’s $1.5 billion green Christmas tree includes bill “aimed at helping a union looking to organize workers who assemble Tesla electric cars in… [read post]

Overlawyered - http://overlawyered.com/

Changing job criteria in middle of hiring process supports pretext inference in nonselection claim

21 Sep 2017, 6:36 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]

WKL&B WOrkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

To assess debtor’s intent in omitting civil claims in bankruptcy, consider everything

20 Sep 2017, 7:07 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]

WKL&B WOrkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

Abusive treatment of subordinates, not employee’s PTSD, was cause of firing

20 Sep 2017, 7:03 am by Joy Waltemath

By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. [read post]