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Labor Law Prof Blog
Moss on Prisoners and Students and Workers
Scott Moss (Marquette) has posted on SSRN his forthcoming piece in the UCLA Law Review: Prisoners and Students and Workers - Oh, My! A Cautionary Note About Excessive Institutional Tailoring…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New student note on “Executioner Identities”
Main April 17, 2007New student note on "Executioner Identities"Professor Debby Denno was kind enough to send me an advance (and postable) copy of a new student note soon to appear…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
New York lawyer advertising rules reviewed in court today
New York's new lawyer advertising rules will be the subject of a hearing today before a federal judge in Syracuse. Public Citizen, represented by Greg Beck, is asking the court…
Legal Profession Blog
Character Screening for Fitness to Practice Law and the Playboy “Controversy”
Posted by Alan ChildressOver at Discourse.net, Miami's Michael Froomkin asks, "Does Posing Naked for Playboy TV Have Anything to Do With Your Fitness to Practice Law?" In a word, No,…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Hedge Fund Manager Brings First Amendment Challenge in Massachusetts
A hedge fund manager, Bulldog Investors, has sued the Massachusetts securities regulator, asserting that the state's restrictions on information posted on Bulldog's website violate the First Amendment. The state had…
The Right Coast
Scary RedsMaimon Schwarzschild
Fascinating review by David Bernstein of Martin Redish's book - "The Logic of Persecution" - on the prosecution and blacklisting of Communists in the US in the 1940s and 1950s. …
Labor Law Prof Blog
Preis on Bivens and the State Remedy Mistake and Whither the First Amendment Rights of Federal Employees?
Jack Preis (Brooklyn) has posted on bepress Legal Repository his article entitled: Bivens and the State Remedy Mistake. Although Bivens claims are not bread-and-butter labor and employment, there may be…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Considering faith-based corrections programming
Main February 8, 2007Considering faith-based corrections programmingFriday afternoon I am off to London.... London, Ohio, that is, to participate in this terrific seminar sponsored by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation…
Labor Law Prof Blog
PING: Round-UpURL: http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2007/01/roundup_62.htmlIP: 72.10.36.3BLOG NAME: SCOTUSblogDATE: 01/30/2007 02:46:32 PMAt Workplace Prof Blog, Paul Secunda highlights how last term’s ruling in Garcetti v. Ceballos has affected subsequent lower court rulings in this post. Here, at TaxProf Blog, Paul Caron has posted all of the cert. papers in two tax…
Here's an appellate case from Michael Fox at Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer that illustrates the continuing impact that the recent Supreme Court case of Garcetti v. Ceballos is having…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Secunda Questions Court’s Assumption that Public Employers Have Expressive Association Rights
Paul Secunda has posted a timely article on Rumsfeld v. FAIR. In that case, the Supreme Court assumed, without significant reflection, that a group of public employers (here, public law…