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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Rejects Ex-Detainee’s Suit Against Ashcroft and Mueller
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
A split (5-4) Supreme Court ruled today in Ashcroft v. Iqbal that allegations in an ex-detainee's complaint against former AG Ashcroft and FBI Director Mueller for constitutional torts while in custody after 9/11 were…
Legal Profession Blog
Important Decision On Bar Confidentiality
The Louisiana Supreme Court has dismissed disciplinary charges against two attorneys who had been charged with violating bar rules mandating confidentiality of disciplinary proceedings . The court held that the rule…
Labor Law Prof Blog
A Union Win in the Locke Case
The Supreme Court has just issued its decision in Locke v. Karass (see here for our description of the case and here for our take on the oral argument). Although…
Legal Profession Blog
Sixth Circuit Throws Out Fieger Suit
In a 2-1 opinion issued today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit remanded with instructions to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Geoffrey Fieger and Richard Steinberg…
Structured Settlements 4Real® Blog
NSSTA Member’s Obsession With JG Wentworth Reflects Inconsistent Message To Trial Lawyers, Judges and Stakeholders
By John Darer
by John Darer® CLU ChFC CSSC Dovetailing from Patrick Hindert 's 5 part series about JG Wentworth's statistically irrelevant survey of 116, he's now set forth his intentions to begin…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Oral Argument Transcript Analysis of Ysursa
What follows are some of my initial impressions after reading through today's oral argument transcript in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Association, concerning the right…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Hutchison on Labor Preemption and Free Speech Rights
Harry Hutchison (George Mason) has just posted on SSRN his article (forthcoming Seton Hall L. Rev.) Liberty, Liberalism, and Neutrality: Labor Preemption and First Amendment Values. Here's an excerpt from…
Labor Law Prof Blog
9th Cir: Garcetti Poses Mixed Question of Law and Fact
Thanks to Ross Runkel for providing this summary of an interesting new Garcetti public employee free speech case, Posey v. Lake Pend (9th Cir 10/15/2008), considering whether the determination of…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Public Employee Enjoys Rare First Amendment Retaliation Success
From mlive.com, comes this First Amendment retaliation case that reminds me of the old days of public employee free speech rights before the Garcetti decision of the U.S. Supreme Court…
The Right Coast
Crosses OK Tom Smith
One year for reasons I don't remember, I taught a class on the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Larry Alexander lent me his materials and I made the students…