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8 Jun 2009, 8:06 pm
Sean Higgins warns us of the failure of Europe's cap-and-trade regime:... [read post]
24 Jul 2019, 5:42 am
“Justice Scalia’s most lasting legacy could be his children”: Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner has this report. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 12:37 pm
Sean Higgins' article quotes me today on the lameness of the Reid health bill's allocation of $50 million to liability demonstration projects carefully screened to avoid anything that might bother the trial bar. [read post]
26 Mar 2015, 3:08 am
All by way of the higher goal of nailing more employers [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner; more on the National Labor Relations Board] Tags: immigration law, National Labor Relations BoardNLRB to help illegal workers secure visas is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 11:44 am
Sean Higgins' article quotes me today on the lameness of the Reid health bill's allocation of $50 million to liability demonstration projects carefully screened to avoid anything that might bother the trial bar. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm
[Bainbridge, Hyman] GOP Congress might take aim at a range of current union and NLRB practices including political dues spending without member opt-out [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] Reminder: turning union activity into a protected category under the Civil Rights Act is one of the very worst ideas around [George Leef, earlier on Ellison-Lewis proposal here and here] Scrutiny of occupational licensure intensifies [Ira Stoll] “House Committee Examines EEOC… [read post]
12 Jun 2016, 9:11 pm
The Department of Justice cuts a settlement deal with Bank of America under which the bank agrees to give millions to liberal groups [Sean Higgins/Washington Examiner, Federalist Society blog rounding up criticisms] Seizures under bank structuring law have hit small business owners who deposited cash in under-$10,000 amounts because their insurance policies wouldn’t cover cash-on-hand holdings above that amount [Ali Meyer/Free Beacon, earlier and generally] “It is… [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 8:05 pm
Labor Department wants to shut down consignors-as-volunteers consignment-sale business plan [Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Sean Higgins/Examiner] Operating Engineers Local 17: “Legality of union violence at heart of court case” [Buffalo News] Alternative to “Ban the Box”: revisit extent to which old convictions stay on the books [Eli Lehrer; Baltimore Sun on municipal proposal] Human capital investment by women has narrowed gender pay gap, desire for time… [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 9:05 pm
Some restaurants give it a try” [ABA Journal] “CEOs Beware: You’re Now in the Crosshairs of a Wage and Hour Complaint Under FLSA” [Connecticut Employment Law Blog/Daniel Schwartz, who's just switched law firms] “Court: First Amendment protections don’t allow unions to engage in nuisance lawsuits” [Sean Higgins, D.C. [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm
California tenure lawsuit exposes rift between Democratic establishment and teachers’ union [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] NLRB pushing new interpretation to sweep much outsourcing into “joint employment” for labor law purposes [Marilyn Pearson, Inside Counsel] Restaurant “worker centers” campaign against tipping. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 12:35 pm
Two years after the protracted, bitter battle that pitted Wisconsin Republican Gov. [read post]
21 Dec 2015, 9:05 pm
EEOC (Eighth Circuit) on standard for prevailing-party fee awards in EEOC cases, could mean help for defendants against overzealous government lawyering (and thanks for quote) [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner, earlier here and here] 6-3 win for arbitration and freedom of contract in DirecTV case [Deborah LaFetra/PLF, Daniel Fisher, ABA Journal] WSJ editorial: Bravo to Justice Breyer for upholding as precedent what he’d earlier dissented from on substance [Texans for… [read post]
7 Mar 2016, 9:05 pm
Immigration-related rules on the one hand, national-origin discrimination rules on the other: “Employers could get sued for following the law” [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] Should anyone doubt labor relations as an academic field tilts way left, here are numbers [Mitchell Langbert, Econ Journal Watch] Connecticut high court opens door to letting kids of dismissed workers sue employers for lost consortium, on top of suits filed by the parents themselves [Daniel… [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm
Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a district court that it should not have to reveal its own policies regarding criminal background checks because that information is not relevant to the discrimination cases it files against private companies. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 3:21 am
Following election results, lawprofs’ idea of persuading SCOTUS to kill state right-to-work laws is looking kinda dead [James Sherk, National Review] Sixth Circuit panel, reversing decision below, says law authorizes Kentucky counties to enact county-wide right-to-work statutes [Lexington Herald-Leader] “Congressional Budget Office: Canceling overtime rule would boost family earnings” [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] “Another Lesson from Bastiat:… [read post]
10 Jan 2016, 9:05 pm
“Outdoor guides to Obama: Take a hike” [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner; Labor Department imposes higher federal-contractor minimum wage on outfitters operating in national parks, though they do not fit conventional definition of contractors] Los Angeles: “Gov’t Emails Cast Doubt On Berkeley Minimum Wage Study” [Connor Wolf, Daily Caller] Video: David Boaz (Cato) debates Chai Feldblum (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) on identity in the… [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
More: Sean Higgins, John Fund; Proposed anti-soft-drink laws favored by Michael Bloomberg & Co. have been mostly shot down, but New York Times eager to credit politicians anyway for the drop [more: Jacob Sullum]; We interrupt the campaign season propaganda-fest with news of an actual issue sighting, on regulatory reform [Ira Stoll, Veronique de Rugy on Jeb Bush plan] After Obama initiative to eliminate red tape, agencies added $14.7 billion in regulatory costs [Sam Batkins,… [read post]
13 Jun 2016, 3:43 am
[Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] Tags: labor unions, Seventh Circuit, Supreme Court Will right to work laws survive in a post-Scalia Court? [read post]
17 Jul 2015, 12:47 am
Posner Roger Alford, reviewing Litigating War: Mass Civil Injury and the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, by Sean D. [read post]
21 Oct 2016, 4:49 am
Additional coverage comes from Matt Ford at The Atlantic, Sean Higgins at The Washington Examiner, Tamar Hallerman at AJC.com, David Cohen at Rolling Stone, and Todd Ruger at Roll Call. [read post]
