Democrat and Chronicle: State to review decision on ‘Choose Life’ plates, by Joseph Spector:New York officials plan to review a federal court decision last week that orders the state to permit a “Choose Life” custom license plate after
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Faculty Hiring Announcement: Syracuse
The Faculty Lounge has posted a hiring announcement from Syracuse University. One area of need is civil procedure.–A
Sciatic Nerve Injury Results in $1,690,000 Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed on Appeal
“Sciatic Nerve” “Nerve Injury”…
Visiting elder law clinic professor needed at Syracuse
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION ELDER LAW CLINICSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAWSyracuse University College of Law, Office of Clinical Legal Education, seeks to hire a Visiting Assistant Professor to direct and teach its Elder Law Clinic during the 2011 -2012…
Land Use at ALPS, part I
Well, it was a great weekend at the Association for Law, Property, & Society. Thanks so much to Robin Paul Malloy, the other organizers, and Syracuse and Georgetown for sponsoring the event. ALPS has very quickly become *the* place…
Fear of flying
Having just got back from a whirlwind family airline trip to Syracuse and New York City (LaGuardia), this piece from the Atlantic’s Megan McArdle really about sums up my feelings.These days, if it takes less than twelve hours to drive there,…
News Briefs — November 2, 2010
SYRACUSE (N.Y.): “A private company will take over health care at Onondaga County’s three correctional facilities starting next month in a move that’s expected to save taxpayers $1.5 million over three years. The union representing registered nurses at the facilities said…
Maillard: “Rethinking Children as Property: The Complex Family”
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Kevin Maillard (Syracuse University College of Law) has posted "Rethinking Children as Property: The Complex Family," on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Despite the collective view in law and social practice that it is intrinsically taboo to consider human beings…
Grocery Retailer, Penn Traffic, Files for Bankruptcy With Hopes of Finding a Buyer
Introduction
The Penn Traffic Company, the Syracuse, New York based grocery retailer, filed for Bankruptcy in Delaware on November 18, 2009. According to documents filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, this is Penn…
Long sentence (including big upward variance) for failure to register
Main July 16, 2009Long sentence (including big upward variance) for failure to registerThis local story from New York, which is headlined “Sex offender gets 5½ years for failing to register,” reports on the longest federal sentence I have seen…