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A Peek Into the Long Tail of Facebook’s Litigation Docket

22 May 2024, 10:13 am by Eric Goldman

Facebook Online Game Network Isn’t Company Town–Estavillo v. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Litigation against a School District and its Board resulting from merger of two school districts deemed timely and may be maintained notwithstanding the fact that the succeeding entity came into existence as a result of the centralization of the two school districts

21 May 2024, 8:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

No. 3 of Town of Oyster Bay , 54 Misc 2d 315, 323-324 [Sup Ct, Nassau County 1967]). [read post]

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

Litigation against a School District and its Board resulting from merger of two school districts deemed timely and may be maintained notwithstanding the fact that the succeeding entity came into existence as a result of the centralization of the two school districts

21 May 2024, 8:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

No. 3 of Town of Oyster Bay , 54 Misc 2d 315, 323-324 [Sup Ct, Nassau County 1967]). [read post]

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

In the May 27, 2024 issue of The New Yorker

20 May 2024, 5:22 pm by Howard Bashman

In the May 27, 2024 issue of The New Yorker: In the Talk of the Town section, Margaret Talbot has a Comment titled “Donald Trump’s Abortion Problem at the Polls; Since Roe v. [read post]

How Appealing - http://howappealing.abovethelaw.com

Employee challenged the New York City Department of Education's directive requiring him to submit to a medical examination pursuant to Education Law §2568

20 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

This provision, and not Civil Service Law § 72, applies under the circumstances because a more general statute generally must yield to a more specific statute (Matter of Zelazny Family Enters., LLC v Town of Shelby, 180 AD3d 45, 48 [4th Dept 2019]; McKinney’s Cons Laws of NY, Book 1, Statutes § 397). [read post]

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

Employee challenged the New York City Department of Education's directive requiring him to submit to a medical examination pursuant to Education Law §2568

20 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

This provision, and not Civil Service Law § 72, applies under the circumstances because a more general statute generally must yield to a more specific statute (Matter of Zelazny Family Enters., LLC v Town of Shelby, 180 AD3d 45, 48 [4th Dept 2019]; McKinney’s Cons Laws of NY, Book 1, Statutes § 397). [read post]

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

FORT LAUDERDALE BUSINESS LITIGATION: THIRD-PARTIES ENFORCING RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

15 May 2024, 1:27 am by Mavrick Law Firm

Bochese v. [read post]

Florida Business Litigation Lawyer Blog - https://www.mavricklaw.com/blog/

The New York State Adirondack Park Agency may not deny a permit application without holding an adjudicatory hearing

10 May 2024, 9:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Although this Court's review is limited to reviewing facts contained in the record (see Matter of Jorling v Adirondack Park Agency, 214 AD3d 98, 101-102 [3d Dept 2023]), we find that respondents' footnote was a permissible statement and argument encompassing the applicable statutory and regulatory authorities governing the handling of an incomplete permit application (see Reed v New York State Elec. [read post]

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

The New York State Adirondack Park Agency may not deny a permit application without holding an adjudicatory hearing

10 May 2024, 9:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Although this Court's review is limited to reviewing facts contained in the record (see Matter of Jorling v Adirondack Park Agency, 214 AD3d 98, 101-102 [3d Dept 2023]), we find that respondents' footnote was a permissible statement and argument encompassing the applicable statutory and regulatory authorities governing the handling of an incomplete permit application (see Reed v New York State Elec. [read post]

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

NYS Supreme Court's vacating an arbitration award on the ground that the arbitrator disregarded applicable substantive law held error

10 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Indeed, even in circumstances where an arbitrator makes errors of law or fact, courts will not assume the role of overseers to conform the award to their sense of justice" (Matter of New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Assn. v State of New York, 94 NY2d 321, 326 [1999]). [read post]

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

NYS Supreme Court's vacating an arbitration award on the ground that the arbitrator disregarded applicable substantive law held error

10 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Indeed, even in circumstances where an arbitrator makes errors of law or fact, courts will not assume the role of overseers to conform the award to their sense of justice" (Matter of New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Assn. v State of New York, 94 NY2d 321, 326 [1999]). [read post]

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

[Eugene Volokh] Court Orders Unsealing of Documents in Lottery Winner's Lawsuit

8 May 2024, 1:58 pm by Eugene Volokh

Town of Lisbon, 78 F.4th 38 (1st Cir. 2023); Doe v. [read post]

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

Grant’s Pass, Homelessness, and the Constitutionality of Anti-Sleeping and Anti-Camping Ordinances

6 May 2024, 8:44 am by Jeff Welty

Johnson v. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

From Stolen Heritage to Restitution: The Story Behind Looted Art

6 May 2024, 8:39 am by centerforartlaw

Until 2016, different jurisdictions in the United States had different rules regarding art confiscated due to Nazi persecution. [read post]