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Navigating Compliance: How the Naranjo Decision Benefits California Employers

10 May 2024, 5:37 pm by Anthony Zaller

While this ruling alleviates some of the complexities surrounding California’s stringent labor laws, it also serves as a reminder that vigilance in wage and hour issues remains crucial. [read post]

California Employment Law Report - http://www.californiaemploymentlawreport.com/

The New York State Adirondack Park Agency may not deny a permit application without holding an adjudicatory hearing

10 May 2024, 9:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Respondent Lake George Park Commission (hereinafter the LGPC) is responsible for the management of Lake George and surrounding park areas including the wetlands situated therein (see ECL 43-0101), and is located within the Adirondack park and, therefore, within the purview of the APA.In this capacity, the LGPC has conducted extensive removal and remediation projects targeting Eurasian watermilfoil (hereinafter EWM), an aquatic invasive plant that was first identified in Lake George… [read post]

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The New York State Adirondack Park Agency may not deny a permit application without holding an adjudicatory hearing

10 May 2024, 9:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Respondent Lake George Park Commission (hereinafter the LGPC) is responsible for the management of Lake George and surrounding park areas including the wetlands situated therein (see ECL 43-0101), and is located within the Adirondack park and, therefore, within the purview of the APA.In this capacity, the LGPC has conducted extensive removal and remediation projects targeting Eurasian watermilfoil (hereinafter EWM), an aquatic invasive plant that was first identified in Lake George… [read post]

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

Of Mass Torts, Multidistrict Litigation, and Collateral Estoppel: Notes on Justice Thomas’s Dissent from the Denial of Certiorari in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott

6 May 2024, 9:00 pm by Laura Dooley and Rodger Citron

Second, although in theory MDL cases return to their home districts for trial, many MDL cases end, either through global settlement, a dispositive pretrial motion, or other maneuvers around Lexecon Inc. v. [read post]

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Why Even Ostensibly Peaceful Expressive “Encampments” at Universities Are Not Immune From Restrictions Under the First Amendment, With Special Attention to Some Analogies to Abortion Clinics

1 May 2024, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Alan E. Brownstein

His most famous piece is “4’33”,” which directs us to listen in silence to surrounding noise for exactly that amount of time.I had to tell the students we could not listen to that piece that afternoon because the surrounding noise would have been not birds or people walking by in the hallway but infuriated chanting from protesters outside the building. [read post]

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CAFC Affirms TTAB: Opposer's Testimony Declaration Deemed Timely and Sufficient to Prove Priority

1 May 2024, 4:12 am

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The TTABlog - http://thettablog.blogspot.com/

California climbers train for Mt. Everest from the comfort of their own beds

29 Apr 2024, 3:00 am by Yosi Yahoudai

For some old-school purists, eliminating the long walk borders on sacrilege, said Will Cockrell, a journalist whose recent book, “Everest, Inc. [read post]

J&Y Personal Injury Blog - https://jnylaw.com/blog/

Pretty Legal Liars: Polygraph Pre-Employment Screening and Admissibility

28 Apr 2024, 6:31 pm by Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1993). [read post]

Law, Technology & Arts Blog - http://wjlta.wordpress.com/

Ninth Circuit Upholds “Sign-in-Wrap”–Keebaugh v. Warner Bros.

27 Apr 2024, 10:13 am by Eric Goldman

Entertainment, Inc., No. 22-55982 (9th Cir. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Are Pig Kidneys Patentable? The Legal Landscape Around The First Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney Transplant

20 Apr 2024, 8:18 pm by Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

However, the legal landscape surrounding this science is far from settled. [read post]