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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

24 May 2024, 7:49 am by John Elwood

Heller and [New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v.] [read post]

Privacy rights: Children rescued at Dover and unlawful photographs – Zoe McCallum

24 May 2024, 7:17 am by INFORRM

As a means of invading privacy, a photograph is particularly intrusive” (Douglas v Hello! [read post]

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Holding that substantial evidence supported the New York City Teacher Retirement System's Medical Board's determination that Petitioner's injury "was not caused by an 'accident' within the meaning of the statutory scheme", the Court of Appeals noted that was declining to adopt a rule that "purposeful conduct by coworkers" can never be the basis for an award of Accidental Disability Retirement

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

Stated differently, an accident is "a sudden, unexpected event that was not a risk inherent in the work performed" (Matter of Kowal v DiNapoli, 30 NY3d 1124, 1125 [2018]; Matter of Kelly v DiNapoli, 30 NY3d 674, 678, 682, 684-685 [2018]). [read post]

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Holding that substantial evidence supported the New York City Teacher Retirement System's Medical Board's determination that Petitioner's injury "was not caused by an 'accident' within the meaning of the statutory scheme", the Court of Appeals noted that was declining to adopt a rule that "purposeful conduct by coworkers" can never be the basis for an award of Accidental Disability Retirement

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

Stated differently, an accident is "a sudden, unexpected event that was not a risk inherent in the work performed" (Matter of Kowal v DiNapoli, 30 NY3d 1124, 1125 [2018]; Matter of Kelly v DiNapoli, 30 NY3d 674, 678, 682, 684-685 [2018]). [read post]

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

It Takes A Lot To Adequately Plead Judiciary Law 487 Claims

24 May 2024, 3:58 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

Grasso v Guarino 2024 NY Slip Op 02692 Decided on May 15, 2024Appellate Division, Second Department illustrates the quanta of allegations necessary to state a cause of action in Judiciary Law 487 claims. [read post]

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Recent Litigation Offers Guidance for Employers Amid Ongoing DEI Backlash

24 May 2024, 2:01 am by H. Juanita Beecher, FortneyScott

In Duvall v. [read post]

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Recent Litigation Offers Guidance for Employers Amid Ongoing DEI Backlash

24 May 2024, 2:01 am by H. Juanita Beecher, FortneyScott

In Duvall v. [read post]

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Landlord Law Newsround #340

24 May 2024, 1:49 am by Tessa Shepperson

This goes to show that landlords need to absolutely meticulous and diligent about serving the correct documentation at the correct time and not only that, but how the documentation needs to be served which if often what is stated by law or is written in the tenancy agreement. [read post]

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Third District Reverses Order Prematurely Discharging CEQA Writ for Failure to Address Objections That Certified Revised EIR Was Still Noncompliant, Holds Project Opponents Could Properly Opt to Raise Challenge Through Objections to Return Without Filing Separate Action

23 May 2024, 4:54 pm by Arthur F. Coon

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Defamation Claim Proceeds Against YouTuber’s Denialism–Robertson v. Upchurch

23 May 2024, 2:13 pm by Eric Goldman

” Case citation: Robertson v. [read post]

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Court rules for South Carolina Republicans in dispute over congressional map

23 May 2024, 1:23 pm by Amy Howe

And nearly a quarter-century ago, Alito noted, the Supreme Court suggested that one way for plaintiffs to clear the “high bar” for racial gerrymandering cases would be to submit their own map, showing that a legislature could have drawn a different map that achieved the state’s political goals but without relying so heavily on race. [read post]

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Speck v. Bates: Federal Circuit’s Two-Way Test for Pre-Critical Date Claims Limits Belated Interferences and Derivation Proceedings

23 May 2024, 11:21 am by Dennis Crouch

Corbett v. [read post]

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New York State's Court of Appeals clarifies the operation of the rebuttable presumption set forth in the State's Workers' Compensation Law §21(1), which provides that when an injury arises in the course of a worker's employment it is presumed to arise out of that worker's employment

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

Rosenbluth, for appellant New York State Workers Compensation Board. [read post]

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New York State's Court of Appeals clarifies the operation of the rebuttable presumption set forth in the State's Workers' Compensation Law §21(1), which provides that when an injury arises in the course of a worker's employment it is presumed to arise out of that worker's employment

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

Rosenbluth, for appellant New York State Workers Compensation Board. [read post]