Category Archives: Constitutional Law
Are Bloggers’ Free Speech Rights Under Attack?
The National Law Review recently published an article by Jesse L. Jenike-Godshalk of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP regarding Blogger’s Free Speech: A recent legal opinion has some concerned about just how broad free speech rights may be for bloggers who are not associated with institutional media, such as newspapers and television stations. In Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, No. …
High Court: Police Tracking of Suspect Via GPS Requires Warrant
Recently found in The National Law Review an article by Rachel Hirsch of Ifrah Law regarding a recent High Court Decision Requiring a Warrant: Last November, we discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s oral argument in United States v. Jones, which posed the question of whether police need to obtain a warrant before attaching a GPS device to a suspect’s vehicle during a …
Ford Motor Credit Company v. Chesterfield County: Reading Constitutional Fairness And Supply Side Economics Into The Virginia Tax Code
Recently posted in the National Law Review, Winner of the Winter 2011 Student Legal Writing Contest, Adam Blander of Brooklyn Law School wrote an article regarding the recent decision of Ford Motor Credit Company v. Chesterfield County: In the recent decision of Ford Motor Credit Company v. Chesterfield County,[1] the Virginia Supreme Court held that the gross receipts of a taxpayer’s local business branch …
Under The Radar–The Supreme Court, Commercial Speech and the First Amendment
Recently posted in the National Law Review an article by attorney Charles M. English of Ober | Kaler regarding U.S. Supreme Court’s view of the First Amendment as applied especially to political speech: Over the past several years, a great deal has been written about the . In both the 2010 and 2011 terms the Court in dramatic and well-publicized cases …
U.S. Supreme Court Stresses Importance of Commonality in Decertifying Massive Sex Discrimination Class of 1.5 Million Wal-Mart Employees
Barnes & Thornburg LLP‘s Labor and Employment Law Department recently posted in the National Law Review an article about the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversing the largest employment class certification in history In Wal-Mart, Inc. v. Dukes, reversing the largest employment class certification in history, the U.S. Supreme Court appears to have limited the circumstances in which federal courts can …
Employers are Watching Your Facebook: Worker Privacy Significantly Diminished in the Digital Era
Congrats to Michael Carlin of University of Minnesota Law School winner of the Spring 2011 National Law Review student legal writing contest winner! Michael’s topic explores the legal basis for privacy in and out of the workplace, specifically off- duty employee monitoring in the private sector. Introduction As surveillance technology improves, employers increasingly monitor their employees, …
Racial Discrimination and the Hostile Work Environment: Employers May Be Responsible for the Actions of Their Customers and Vendors
Recently posted by Robert Neiman of Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein P.C.: details of a recent Seventh Circuit Appellate court ruling that a nursing home, by catering to a resident’s preference for white nurses, had created a hostile work environment for its employees based upon race. All employers know that they must protect their …
Out of Work? Out of Luck
Great posted added today at the National Law Review about the EEOC’s hearing about the impact of employers considering only those currently employed for job vacancies. EEOC Examines Employers’ Treatment of Unemployed Job Applicants at Hearing WASHINGTON—In a public meeting held today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) examined the impact of employers considering …
Georgia Voters Approve Dramatic Changes to Employment Restrictive Covenant Laws
This week’s featured blogger at the National Law Review is Jon M. Gumbel of Ogletree Deakins. Jon writes about how this month’s elections in Georgia approved a measure which would amend the Georgia constitution to dramatically alter the law as it pertains to employee non-compete, customer non-solicitation, confidential information and similar contractual provisions between Georgia …
Public Defenders as Effective as Private Attorneys
This week’s featured blogger at the National Law Review is Tom Jacobs of Miller-McCune - who discusses a recent study done comparing the relative effectiveness of public defenders and private attorneys in the Cook County criminal court system. The research team led by Richard Hartley of the University of Texas at San Antonio came up with some interesting and somewhat startling results. Read …
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