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Colorado Supreme Court Holds Alleged Violations of Colorado Fair Housing Act May be Asserted as Affirmative Defense in Residential Evictions

27 Feb 2024, 10:09 am by Evangelina Cantu

The Colorado Supreme Court recently handed down its decision in Miller v. [read post]

Spencer Fane Insights - https://www.spencerfane.com/insights/thought-leadership/

What happens when a criminal defense lawyer does not file an appeal for his client?

27 Feb 2024, 6:49 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

The case is Thomas v. [read post]

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

Law Conflicts & Confidentiality — Scooter Suit Says Conflict Without Wall Merits a Fall, Malpractice Risk and Law Firm Confidentiality Management

26 Feb 2024, 6:44 am by Dan Bressler

” “Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses of the Southern District of New York recently addressed this issue in Bonde v. [read post]

Bressler Risk Blog - http://www.bresslerriskblog.com

New Article: The COVID Cash Transfer Study: The Impacts of a One-Time Unconditional Cash Transfer on the Well-Being of Families Receiving SNAP in Twelve States

25 Feb 2024, 11:23 am by Ezra Rosser

New Article: Natasha V. [read post]

Poverty Law Prof Blog - https://maximinlaw.wordpress.com/

Where a §2255 petition alleges that counsel failed to file a requested notice of appeal, the district court may not summarily dismiss but must undertake a factual inquiry.

21 Feb 2024, 5:46 pm by Colleen Cassidy

In United States v. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

Alexander Ramsay: Unified Patent Court working hard to remedy problems with CMS

13 Feb 2024, 1:33 am by Kluwer Patent blogger

One of the most outspoken opinions came from Sir Robin Jacob on this blog. [read post]

Kluwer Patent Blog - http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/

News Roundup

9 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Shea Denning

See State v. [read post]

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

[Eugene Volokh] "Seven Questions on Section 3: A Response to Professor Kurt Lash"

8 Feb 2024, 9:36 am by Eugene Volokh

Lash's response to the Amar brothers' amicus brief in Trump v. [read post]

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

Federal Jurisdiction and the Limited Liability Company: Should the Diversity Statute be Amended?

7 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm by Meredith R. Miller and Laura Dooley

It also requires consideration of the conventional wisdom about who benefits from litigating in federal court and how that informs litigation strategy, as well as very recent legislative initiatives aimed at unveiling the beneficial owners of LLCs.Federal v. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Court of Appeals reinstates religious accommodation case under Title VII

6 Feb 2024, 8:39 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

Since she worked in a state prison, the concern was that an inmate could grab the hijab and choke her, so DOCCS directed her to submit to a demonstration showing the hijab could be removed without causing her any harm. [read post]

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

A User’s Guide to Trump v. Anderson, Part Four: Trump’s Argument That His Tenure as President Did Not Subject Him to Section 3 Because the President is Not an “Officer of the United States”

3 Feb 2024, 9:52 am by Marty Lederman

Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment provides:No person [1] shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, [2] who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to… [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

[Kurt Lash] Section Three and the "First Insurrection" … That Wasn't

29 Jan 2024, 8:09 am by Kurt Lash

As future framer of Section Three, Senator Jacob Howard explained, from December 20th, 1860, onward "there was flagrant Civil War in the United States. [read post]

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

The Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law, incorporating by reference §29 of the Workers' Compensation Law, provides the exclusive remedies available to a firefighter injured in the line of duty

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

* See Lima v State of New York, 74 NY2d 694 and Theodoreu v Chester Fire Dist., 12 AD3d 499). [read post]

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

The Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law, incorporating by reference §29 of the Workers' Compensation Law, provides the exclusive remedies available to a firefighter injured in the line of duty

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

* See Lima v State of New York, 74 NY2d 694 and Theodoreu v Chester Fire Dist., 12 AD3d 499). [read post]

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

Insurrections in the Nineteenth Century: Real and Imagined

16 Jan 2024, 5:45 am by Mark Graber

The Brandenburg v. [read post]