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In the Journal of Law and Education last year, Aaron Taylor reviewed data from 16,000 law student respondents to Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) to demonstrate how the notion of merit, as increasingly defined by Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores, ensure that scholarships actually result in being directed to those with the most privileged backgrounds, with a notable racial element to them. [read post]

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Contrasting Petersoo v. Petersoo and Moore v. Apollo Health [And] Beauty Care: Should a Judge or Arbitrator Ever Become an Advocate?

30 Jul 2019, 12:37 pm by Patricia Hughes

This contrasts with Moore v. [read post]

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Case Comment: Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32

30 Jul 2019, 3:54 am by Mark Greaves

Issue 3: Correct approach to severance in restraint of trade cases Prior to Egon Zehnder, the law on severance was unsatisfactory: there were two different approaches found, in particular, in the decisions in Attwood v Lamont [1920] 3 KB 571 (CA) and Beckett Investment Management Group Ltd v Hall [2007] ICR 1539 (CA) [57-73]. [read post]

UK Supreme Court Blog - http://ukscblog.com/

NYC's driver suspension procedure violates due process

25 Jul 2019, 6:18 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

The City loses the case, which provides a good tutorial on how federal due process cases are decided.The case is Nnebe v. [read post]

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

Duck, duck, noninfringement: TM and (c) claims over distinct duck designs fail

23 Jul 2019, 11:23 am by Rebecca Tushnet

Under Satava v. [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

In its first decision on restrictive covenants in more than a century, the UK Supreme Court upholds a 6-month non-compete covenant adopting the more liberal approach to the rules of severance

17 Jul 2019, 6:43 am by Claire Darbourne (UK)

In the case of Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32, the Supreme Court has upheld a 6-month non-compete covenant, adopting the more liberal approach to the rules of severance. [read post]

Global Workplace Insider - http://www.globalworkplaceinsider.com/

Last Week at the Military Commissions: A New Judge Hits the Ground Running

12 Jul 2019, 12:21 pm by Jacques Singer-Emery, Patrick McDonnell

With a new judge presiding, the military commission in United States v. [read post]

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

Court says Trump violated the First Amendment in blocking Twitter dissenters

9 Jul 2019, 7:22 pm by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

The case is Knight First Amendment Institute v. [read post]

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