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25 May 2010, 6:20 am by Steven Peck
You should be sure to check your own state law to see what rights they provide. [read post]
24 May 2010, 9:10 pm by cdw
LEXIS 800 (FL 5/20/2010) “Defendant’s double jeopardy rights under U.S. [read post]
24 May 2010, 3:31 pm by Joseph C. DeBlasio
Today the Supreme Court of the United States issued an important decision pertaining to the applicable statute of limitations for a claim of disparate impact discrimination (discriminatory impact without the intent to discriminate) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. [read post]
23 May 2010, 11:36 pm
Taejang Toonglo (Class 46)   Australia Anti-piracy case appeal set for August 2010: iiNet v AFACT (TorrentFreak) Australian Digital Alliance files ACTA comments (Michael Geist)   Brazil The insensitive internet – Brazil and the judicialization of pain - Civil (Rights) Framework for the Internet in Brazil (IP Osgoode)   Canada Canadian Federal Court of Appeal says that music clips can be royalty free (1709 Copyright Blog) Craig on digital locks and the fate of… [read post]
22 May 2010, 8:39 am by Gritsforbreakfast
” While Evins has taken substantial steps toward improving its record of protecting inmates’ civil rights in the past four years, problems still persist at the facility, a recent federal audit shows. ...Investigators with the Texas Youth Commission — the agency charged with oversight of Evins and the state’s nine other juvenile lockups — eventually determined that guards failed to provide adequate supervision on the day Brandon was… [read post]
21 May 2010, 4:38 am by James Hamilton
Information sharing may occur if the PCAOB makes a finding that it is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or to protect investors in U.S. issuers and the foreign authority has provided the assurances of confidentiality requested by the PCAOB, des [read post]
20 May 2010, 9:46 pm by Paula214
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission/Senior Trial AttorneyPractice Area: Employment Discrimination /Civil Rights Favorite NY Restaurant: Abistro in Brooklyn Favorite NY Spa: Bliss Spa/ Spa at Equinox Gym Favorite Legal Themed Movie: North Country (a fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S.) [read post]
20 May 2010, 12:13 pm
(Thank you to IntLawGrrls for inviting me to write a guest post on the most recent nomination to the Supreme Court)Assuming the Senate confirms Solicitor General Elena Kagan (right) following hearings set to begin June 28, 33% of U.S. [read post]
20 May 2010, 10:15 am by Steven G. Pearl
Were we to define employment exclusively according to the common law in civil actions for unpaid wages we would render the commission‘s definitions effectively meaningless.Slip op. at 35-36. [read post]
17 May 2010, 7:46 pm by Maxwell Kennerly
Rather, Loretta Preska, chief judge of the U.S. district court, decided to give the cases to U.S. [read post]
16 May 2010, 10:00 pm
MARCIA COYLE: No, there is a civil commitment procedure that takes place in federal court. [read post]
16 May 2010, 7:41 pm by IP Dragon
On the positive side:An increase in the number of civil IP cases in the courts (would be nice if the report states the numbers);Largest software piracy prosecution in Chinese history in 2009;"Continued and constructive discussions in the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) and the JCCT Intellectual Property Rights Working Group" (this might be a diplomatic way of saying that the U.S. and China are on speaking terms, but nothing concrete has… [read post]
14 May 2010, 9:45 am
"Notably, the U.S. position in this brief stands at odds with that taken in the Military Commissions Act of 2006; in section 5(a), Congress forbade anyone to "invoke the Geneva Conventions or any protocols thereto in any habeas corpus or other civil action ... as a source of rights in any court of the United States or its States or territories. [read post]
13 May 2010, 12:15 pm by Erin Miller
 Wirtz had moved on to Northwestern in 1939 when Rutledge joined the U.S. [read post]
12 May 2010, 4:22 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 45677 (D CT, May 7, 2010), a Connecticut federal district court held that a town and its Historic District Commission lack standing to move to dismiss civil rights claims brought against three members of the Historic District Commission in their individual capacities. [read post]
10 May 2010, 1:16 pm by admin
Click Here North Kansas City, Mo., Metal Engraving Firm to Pay $31,612 to Settle Alleged Violations of Federal ‘Right-to-Know’ Act. [read post]
9 May 2010, 12:43 pm
The Commission found that Guatemala had violated the rights of the victims to redress and judicial process, and the Court, in 2010, agreed. [read post]