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Is Maryland a Comparative Negligence State?

11 Feb 2020, 12:10 pm by ricelawmd_3p2zve

Contributory negligence was also adopted in the United States to protect big business interests from worker claims in the days before workers’ compensation existed. [read post]

Law Offices of Randolph Rice Blog - https://ricelawmd.com/blog/

Symposium: Does the president have the right to fire the director of the CFPB without cause?

11 Feb 2020, 10:00 am by Alan Morrison

The same problem faced the court recently in United States v. [read post]

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

A Legal History of Intimate Deception About Race

11 Feb 2020, 9:07 am by Jill

The United States Supreme Court held in Palmore v. [read post]

Legal History Blog - http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

An Employee Not Actually Engaged in the Company’s Core Function—its Primary Revenue Generator—Can Be Administrative Exempt

11 Feb 2020, 7:49 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP

In Bigger v. [read post]

The Wage and Hour Litigation Blog - http://www.wagehourlitigation.com

What’s On Their Minds: Should Prior Acquittal Evidence be Admissible in Subsequent Criminal Trials? State of Ohio v. Michael Smith

11 Feb 2020, 7:48 am by MBettman

State v. [read post]

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

[Eugene Volokh] N.Y. Court Refuses to Order Yemeni Father to Return Children to U.S.

11 Feb 2020, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh

In Karimah K. v. [read post]

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

Symposium: Justices to consider constitutionality of CFPB structure

10 Feb 2020, 8:30 am by Amy Howe

The congressional commission that investigated the 2008 financial crisis concluded that the United States’ consumer-protection system was “too fragmented to be effective. [read post]

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

Law and Media Round Up – 10 February 2020

9 Feb 2020, 4:05 pm by INFORRM

Graffiti was sprayed on the front gates and intercom unit, with the house sign beside it defaced with red spray paint. [read post]

Inforrm\'s Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/

Hard Bargaining in The College Admissions Scandal Case

9 Feb 2020, 7:53 am by John Floyd

In 2013, a New York federal district court in United States v. [read post]

Criminal Jurisdiction - http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog

NY Appellate Court Holds Short Term Rental of One-Family Dwelling was Not a Legally Conforming Use

8 Feb 2020, 11:09 am by Patricia Salkin

Cradit v. [read post]

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

Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter

7 Feb 2020, 4:49 pm by INFORRM

Decisions this Week United StatesState of Minnesota v. [read post]

Inforrm\'s Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/

Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

7 Feb 2020, 1:41 pm

| The IPKat congratulates two new IP silks | A Creative Commons-Licensed Work Walks into a Copy Shop - Great Minds v. [read post]

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

State Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Expert Was Not Qualified to Testify

7 Feb 2020, 8:00 am by Robert Kreisman

Youngblood v. [read post]

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

The Quarantine Power: A Primer in Light of the Coronavirus Situation

7 Feb 2020, 6:22 am by Robert Chesney

Contemporary observers saw the value of the quarantine authority in cases of novel disease outbreaks that originate overseas but eventually find their way to the United States in contexts unrelated to war. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Recent decisions: Invocation of spousal privilege is not a violation of the duty to cooperate, off duty misconduct, progressive discipline, and the effect of the absence of an explicit just cause provision in the cba.

6 Feb 2020, 11:34 am

” [Grievant] was entitled to, “...all the rights and privileges guaranteed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma and the Constitution of the United States of America. [read post]

Arbitration Matters - https://arbitrationmatters.blogspot.com

Thursday round-up

6 Feb 2020, 8:32 am by Kalvis Golde

Wayfair: the potential for “billions in new revenue” for state and local governments via sales taxes levied on online merchants like Amazon, but also complications from “businesses making mathematical errors, given the complexity of sales taxes across the United States. [read post]

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

Implementation Regulations on the Horizon Under Section 1071 of Dodd-Frank

5 Feb 2020, 12:13 pm by Jacklyn Fetbroyt

No. 4:19-cv-02572-JSW, United States District Court for the Northern District of California. [read post]

Business Litigation Trends For Lawyers - https://www.businesslitigationtrends.com/

State v. RG – Involuntary Medication of Incompetent Defendants

5 Feb 2020, 6:31 am by James S. Friedman, LLC

Last year, in State v. [read post]

New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney Blog - http://www.newjerseycriminaldefenseattorney-blog.com/

Oral Argument Preview: What Triggers Waiver of Doctor/Patient Privilege in Custody and Spousal Support Dispute? Belinda J. Torres Friedenberg v. Keith A. Friedenberg, et al.

5 Feb 2020, 4:55 am by MBettman

Gill v. [read post]