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By Mitchell H. Rubinstein

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 01:00:00

Liberal Treatment of Pro Se Plaintiffs In Employment Discrimination Cases

Posted on April 11, 2008
Correa v. White, ___F.3d___(7th Cir. March 4, 2008), is a short but important 7th Circuit decision that demonstrates how courts bend over backwards not to dismiss cases involving pro se litigants. As the court reasoned: Ms. Correa?s brief does not...

Many Muslims Turning To Home Schooling

Posted on April 11, 2008
Many Muslims Turning to Home Schooling is an interesting March 26, 2008 New York Times article. The article documents that many muslims are having their children home schooled for religious and cultural reasons. As the article states: Like dozens of....

Stanford Law School's Supreme Court Clinic

Posted on April 11, 2008
Already viewed as one of the best law schools in the country, things just seem to be getting better for Stanford Law School. A March 31, 2008 National Law Journal article entitled Stanford's Supreme Court clinic setting a record describes...

Chicago Pulls Internet out of Most Classrooms

Posted on April 11, 2008
The University of Chicago Law School is pulling internet access out of most of its classrooms. (I heard about this from a colleague, who is an alum, as well as from TaxProf). I wonder how the faculty feel about this?...

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Book Review Highlight The Discipline Book By Harvey Randell and Eric D. Randall

Posted on April 10, 2008
As readers of this blog know, every so often I review books or articles that I have read. I call my review a book review highlight because my comments is not intended to be a comprehensive law review of a...

Law Professor Blog Rankings

Posted on April 10, 2008
Blog Czar Dean Paul Caron who is a co-owner of the law professor blog network and editor of the TaxProf Blog posted on April 8, 2008 a listing of the top 35 law professor blogs ranked by traffic, available here....

Hein Online Now Indexed On Google Scholar

Posted on April 10, 2008
Cleveland State Law Library has indicated that Google Scholar has started to Index Hein OnLine. This is wonderful news. Hein Online includes most school's law review and journal articles. If you have not used Hein Online, its service is wonderful...

Whittier Law School Appears Headed Towards Full ABA Accredition

Posted on April 10, 2008
We have previously followed Whittier Law School's ABA accreditation problems. They have been on probation for a number of years and at one point, they were in jeopardy of loosing their provisional accreditation. However, a March 14, 2008 letter from....

Blawgs? 101: Incorporating Legal Blogs into Your Practice

Posted on April 09, 2008
Attorney Greg May over at the California Blog of Appeal recently presented a seminar on ?Blawgs? 101: Incorporating Legal Blogs into Your Practice to the Business Litigation Section of the Ventura County Bar Association. You can read about it on...

2d Cir. Holds That Anti-Harrassment Policy Violates NLRA

Posted on April 09, 2008
UAW v. NLRB, ___F.3d ___(2d Cir. March 20, 2008), is an important 2d Circuit decision which reversed the decision of the NLRA and concluded that the employer's anti-harassment policy violated the NLRA. As the court reasoned: An employer may not...

Starbucks Ordered To Pay 100 Million For Tip Pooling

Posted on April 09, 2008
The March 21, 2008, New York Law Journal ran an interesting article entitled Starbucks Ordered to Pay $100 Million for Tip-Pooling. The article reports that the coffee chain was liable for requiring hourly employees to share tips with supervisors. It...

Is the Supreme Court Pro-Business?

Posted on April 09, 2008
Univ of Chicago Law Professor Eric Posner published an interesting March 17, 2008 article in Slate questioning whether the Supremes are pro-business. Professor Posner is critical of a March 16, 2008 New York Times article written by Jeffrey Rosen, available...

Volunteer Police Officers Do Not Have Any 1st Amendment Right To Collectively Bargain Or Any Due Process Rights

Posted on April 08, 2008
Griffith v. Lanier, ___F.3d___(D.C. Cir. April 4, 2008), is an important employment law case because it demonstrates once again that volunteers are not treated as employees under our nation's employment laws. Plaintiffs brought a First Amendment challenge to volunteer police...

Mother-in-Law Not An Employee Under NYS Human Rights Law

Posted on April 08, 2008
No, the mother-in-law was not suing for discrimination; rather a former employee was suing for pregancy discrimination under the New York Human Rights Law. The New York Human Rights Law, like many employment statutes have numerosity requirements; to wit the...

The Blind Still Have Difficulty Finding Jobs Despite The ADA

Posted on April 08, 2008
With the seating of Gov. David Patterson, the nation's first legally blind Governor, the issue of discrimination against blind people has come to the forefront of national attention. The March 16, 2008, AP ran a story entitled "Employer Bias Thwarts....

Harvard Law To Waive Tuition For Third Year Students Who Commit To Public Interest

Posted on April 08, 2008
The March 18, 2008 New York Times ran a very interesting article by JONATHAN D. GLATER entitled Harvard Law, Hoping Students Will Consider Public Service, Offers Tuition Break In this article, the author describes Harvard's plan to encourage students to...

South Texas College of Law Trial Advocacy Program Earns 100th Win

Posted on April 08, 2008
South Texas College of Law's trial advocacy team won the 21st Annual August A. Rendigs, Jr., National Products Liability Moot Court Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 5, giving that program its 100th national advocacy competition title. South Texas College...

Board Issues A Major Decision On Employee Work Stoppages

Posted on April 07, 2008
Industrial Hard Chrome, 352 NLRB No. 47 (March 31, 2008) is a major NLRB decision concerning workstoppages that has gone unnoticed. The two Member Board affirmed the ALJ's determination that the employer violated Section 8(a)(1) after they undertook a legal...

Autism Blogger Subpoenaed

Posted on April 07, 2008
Neodiversity blog which discusses Autism, including the controversary over the use of certain vaccines. According to the legal papers filed in opposition, the subpoena was issued a few hours after she discussed Vaccine Injury Compensation Program cases in which Mr...

FT Law Professor Laterals

Posted on April 07, 2008
Professor Paul Secunda (Mississippi) recently posted an excellent Essay on SSRN entitled Tales of a Law Professor Lateral Nothing. Profs who are thinking about making a move will want to check this excellent essay out. Paul's Abstract provides: This Essay...

Lawyers With Demons

Posted on April 07, 2008
Combating Private Demons (free registration required) is an interesting March 14, 2008 New York Law Journal article which is about depression suffered by many lawyers. As the article states: We're supposed to be the ones in charge," said Mr. Lukasik,...

MEMBER PETER C. SCHAUMBER DESIGNATED NLRB CHAIRMAN

Posted on April 06, 2008
Surprise, suprise, President Bush designated the one Republican on the two Member labor Board as Chairman. Details can be found on the Board's web site. Mitchell H. Rubinstein

Blogging Tips

Posted on April 06, 2008
The March 20, 2008 New York Times ran an interesting article about blogging entitled So You Want To Be A Blogging Star which included some common sense advice. The articles offers the following advice: Don?t expect to get rich Fit...

Foley & Lardner A Defendant In An Employment Discrimination Suit Involving Interesting Discovery Issues

Posted on April 06, 2008
Foley & Lardner, LLP, a large general practice law firm is itself a defendant in a employment discrimination law suit. In an of itself, that would not be much news. What is interesting about this story is that a fired...

Disciplining Doctors in New York State

Posted on April 05, 2008
Disciplining Doctors in New York State by Adjunct Law Professor Mary Noe (St. John's), is an interesting March 18, 2008 New York Law Journal article about professional discipline of doctors. These types of discipline cases are important for employment lawyers...

Interesting Article About Justice O'Connor Riding The Circuits

Posted on April 05, 2008
The April 2008 ABA Journal has an interesting article by Richard Brust entitled "A Cowgirl Rides The Circuits" which is about Justice O'Connor's appearances in the 2nd and 9th Circuits by designation since her retirement from the high court. She...

Man Files Tort Action Against Club Based On Lap Dance Injury

Posted on April 04, 2008
Sometimes you just cannot make certain stories up. A March 17, 2008, AP article entitled "Man Files Suit, Claim Lap Dance Injury" is about just that, a man who was injured during a lap dance at a New York club....

Texas Tech Symposium: Convicting the Innocent

Posted on April 04, 2008
Texas Tech Law Review will host a symposium tomorrow titled "Convicting the Innocent." Here is a preview: For many years the concept of an innocent person being convicted was thought to be a theoretical possibility that rarely, if ever, happened....

William & Mary Adjunct Contributes to New Kosovo Constitution

Posted on April 04, 2008
Christie S. Warren, an Adjunct Professor of Law at William & Mary, will participate in the signing ceremonies next Monday for the newly certified Kosovo Constitution. Warren, director of the William & Mary?s Program for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict...

2d Recognizes Association Discrimination Claim

Posted on April 04, 2008
Holcomb v. Iona College, __F.3d__(2d Cir. April 1, 2008), is an important decision.Download 063815cv_opn1.pdf In a case of first impression, the court recognized a cause of action for discrimination on the basis of association. A white plaintiff asserted that the...

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