Adjunct Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13032202008-10-11T00:03:15-04:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePad897775http://www.feedburner.comFacts and Stats About Union Membership, Unemployment and Moretag:typepad.com,2003:post-562938592008-10-11T00:03:15-04:002008-10-11T00:03:22-04:00The AFL-CIO maintains a wonderful web site which includes facts and stats organized by state with respect to union membership, unemployment levels, bankruptcy and much more. Researchers should find this site very helpful. The site is Fact Sheets, Charts, Graphs...Adjunct LawProfsResearching State Legal Historytag:typepad.com,2003:post-562123242008-10-11T00:02:30-04:002008-10-11T00:02:40-04:00Indiana Law School maintains a wonderful web site which lists links to each state's legislative history. This is certainly a cite you may want to bookmark. To give you an idea, for New York, this web site includes the following:New...Adjunct LawProfsAgency Determination of Fitness Entitled To Deferencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-567936672008-10-10T00:11:08-04:002008-10-10T00:11:16-04:00Bowie v. NYC Civil Service Commission, ___Misc.3d___(Queens Co. Sept. 29, 2008) demonstrates the amount of deference that is given to appointing authorities with respect to a determination of fitness to work. A correction officer sought to vacate a finding that...Adjunct LawProfsMomentum for Employee Free Choice Keeps Growingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-561958182008-10-10T00:10:37-04:002008-10-10T00:10:47-04:00Momentum for Employee Free Choice Keeps Growing is an interesting September 26, 2008 AFL-CIO News Blog article. It reports on some more state officials and some 800,000 working men and woman supporting the Employee Free Choice Bill which would significantly...Adjunct LawProfsMichigan Does Away With LSAT In Some Admissionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-561956582008-10-10T00:10:09-04:002008-10-10T00:10:19-04:00No LSAT Allowed in Michigan Law School’s Special Admissions Program is an interesting September 25, 2008, ABA Journal Blog article. Michigan, one of our nations top law schools is going to do away with the LSAT in its special admissions...Adjunct LawProfsEmployment Lawyers Worst Nightmare-Criminal Contempttag:typepad.com,2003:post-561953282008-10-10T00:09:45-04:002008-10-10T00:09:54-04:00In Re: Ruth Pollack, ___F.Supp. 2d___(E.D.N.Y. Sept. 19, 2008), is a case brought against an experienced employment litigator for criminal contempt by a sittting federal judge after he dismissed the employment discrimination case as a sanction for failing to comply...Adjunct LawProfsGeneral Counsel Issues Memo On Back Pay Liability of Discriminateestag:typepad.com,2003:post-567409152008-10-09T00:31:11-04:002008-10-09T17:30:00-04:00General Counsel Memo No. 09-01, October 3, 2008 entitled Guideline Memorandum Concerning St. George Warehouse is an important GC Memo to be aware of. It spans 11 pages and is intended to provide guidance concerning St. George Warehouse, 351 NLRB...Adjunct LawProfs30th Anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act-A Yale Law School Symposiumtag:typepad.com,2003:post-566384772008-10-09T00:30:50-04:002008-10-09T00:30:57-04:00The Yale Journal of Law and Feminism is putting on a symposium on the PDA. Registration information and a list of speakers is available here. The Symposium celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The Journal will be...Adjunct LawProfsNLRB Reaffirms Single Facility Bargaining Unit Presumptiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-561040522008-10-09T00:30:16-04:002008-10-09T00:30:28-04:00WeCare Transportation, Inc, 353 NLRB No. 9 (Sept. 17, 2008), is an important case because it reaffirms the NLRB's long standing single facility presumption. In any "R" case, the NLRB must determine the appropriate unit. The single facility presumption is...Adjunct LawProfsNLRB Holds Michigan Charter School Is Private Employer Subject To Jurisdiction of NLRBtag:typepad.com,2003:post-565812892008-10-08T01:23:21-04:002008-10-08T01:23:46-04:00Charter School Administrative Services, 353 NLRB No. 35 (Sept. 30, 2008), is an important decision. The issue in the case was whether a Michigan Charter school was an employer subject to the jurisdiction of the NLRB and the Board held...Adjunct LawProfsThe Downside or Upside of the Internettag:typepad.com,2003:post-565823752008-10-08T01:22:51-04:002008-10-08T01:23:00-04:00Legal Blog Watch reports on a blog posting entitled Lawyer's Disciplinary Record Haunts Her Six Years Later which reports on a lawsuit filed by a disciplined attorney because disciplinary records remain online. This brings up an important point. The internet...Adjunct LawProfsEmployee’s claim that her employee organization breached its duty of fair representation rejected as untimely tag:typepad.com,2003:post-561036922008-10-08T01:21:26-04:002008-10-08T01:21:32-04:00Nabors v Town of Somers, 2008 NY Slip Op 06972, decided on September 16, 2008, Appellate Division, Second Department Elizabeth Miller Nabors sued both. her former employer, the Town of Somers, alleging that she had been wrongfully terminated and her...Adjunct LawProfsCalifornia Passes Law Outlawing Sending A Text Message While Drivingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-561035362008-10-08T01:20:38-04:002008-10-08T01:20:55-04:00California law outlaws text messages while driving is a September 24, 2008 A.P. story which reports on a California law that outlaws sending or reading a text message while driving. The penalty? $20.00 for a first offense and $50.00 for...Adjunct LawProfsDisability Discrimination and Social Insurance Programstag:typepad.com,2003:post-566387932008-10-07T00:04:23-04:002008-10-07T00:05:00-04:00Professor Mark Weber, who is one of our nations experts on the IDEA and disability law, just posted an important new law review on SSRN. Its entitled Disability Rights, Disability Discrimination, and Social Insurance and will be published in 25...Adjunct LawProfsHouse Votes To Extend Unemploymenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-566437092008-10-07T00:02:30-04:002008-10-07T00:02:43-04:00Surprise, surprise with all this market turmoil, people are loosing their jobs. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the House voted to extend unemployment benefits. However, it may not pass in the U.S. Senate. An Oct. 6, 2008...Adjunct LawProfs