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Matter of Newman v City of Tonawanda 2022 NY Slip Op 03834 Decided on June 10, 2022 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. [read post]

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

A firefighter injured on the job unable to work "regular 10-24 hours shifts" is entitled to General Municipal Law §207-a disability leave benefits absent being offered the full-time equivalent of shorter shifts or light-duty

17 Jun 2022, 9:08 pm by Public Employment Law Press

Matter of Newman v City of Tonawanda 2022 NY Slip Op 03834 Decided on June 10, 2022 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. [read post]

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

A grievance complaint filed with the assessor or board of assessment review at the administrative level by a net lessee who is contractually obligated to pay real estate taxes on the subject property satisfies RPTL 524 (3) and has standing to challenge the assessment

17 Jun 2022, 9:07 pm by Public Employment Law Press

Matter of DCH Auto v Town of Mamaroneck 2022 NY Slip Op 03929 Decided on June 16, 2022 Court of Appeals Wilson Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. [read post]

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

A grievance complaint filed with the assessor or board of assessment review at the administrative level by a net lessee who is contractually obligated to pay real estate taxes on the subject property satisfies RPTL 524 (3) and has standing to challenge the assessment

17 Jun 2022, 9:07 pm by Public Employment Law Press

Matter of DCH Auto v Town of Mamaroneck 2022 NY Slip Op 03929 Decided on June 16, 2022 Court of Appeals Wilson Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. [read post]

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

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Allows Arbitration of Individual PAGA Claims

15 Jun 2022, 2:14 pm by James W. Ward

Ward. [read post]

HR Watchdog - http://hrwatchdog.calchamber.com/

Tort Litigation against Transnational Companies in England

7 Jun 2022, 11:45 am by Mukarrum Ahmed

A/HRC/17/31 (2011)) Post-Brexit, the broader availability of the doctrine of forum non conveniens may help the English courts to ward off jurisdictional challenges against parent companies for damage caused by their subsidiaries at the outset. [read post]

Conflict of Laws .net - https://conflictoflaws.net

Against Public Policy

6 Jun 2022, 3:39 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

” (Ward v San Diego County Dept. of Social Servs., 691 F Supp 238, 240 [SD Ca 1988].) [read post]

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog - http://blog.bluestonelawfirm.com/

CA Supreme Court Rules Meal, Rest Break Premiums Are Wages

1 Jun 2022, 11:41 am by James W. Ward

Ward. [read post]

HR Watchdog - http://hrwatchdog.calchamber.com/

Beards and Brady (i.e., religious freedom and criminal procedure)

27 May 2022, 1:54 pm by Andrew Hamm

Ward, Lester Smith maintains that the Georgia Department of Corrections is not following the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Holt v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Compilation of Countries’ Statements Calling Russian Actions in Ukraine “Genocide”

20 May 2022, 9:30 am by Elizabeth Whatcott

” April 4: The Speaker of the Albanian Parliament Lindita Nikolla states: “The mass killings of innocent people in Bucha and other regions of Ukraine show that the violence of the Russian army is escalating into forms of genocide. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

[Eugene Volokh] Calling Someone "White Supremacist" Based on Comments in Heated Online Debate Is Opinion, and Thus Not Libel

17 May 2022, 2:27 pm by Eugene Volokh

(Ohio 1995) (accusations of bigotry and homophobia in newspaper opinion piece were nonactionable); Ward v. [read post]

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