2012-02-17T19:58:18Z Daily news and information for legal professionals, brought to you by FindLaw.com. Movable Type Enterprise 4.24-en http://images.findlaw.com/logo/logo_lp_rss.gif tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/in_house//11.29239 2012-02-21T13:05:11Z 2012-02-17T19:14:25Z Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. When Congress passed the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 in November, most of the focus was on tax credits extended to those who hire veterans. But the bill also included a lesser-known provision that expands a veteran's ability to sue for discrimination. That provision amended the Uniformed Services...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/JWU2oubPs5E" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/in_house/2012/02/veterans-can-now-sue-for-hostile-work-environment.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/strategist//8.29266 2012-02-21T13:03:41Z 2012-02-17T19:58:18Z Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. Despite the possibility being years off, there are already questions about whether Justices Ginsburg and Breyer will retire if President Obama wins a second term in November. Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog has even added to the speculation. He thinks Justice Ginsburg is the more likely candidate, and predicts she'll retire...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/07ZOBBaOAZQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2012/02/could-kamala-harris-be-obamas-next-supreme-court-nominee.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/technologist//10.29237 2012-02-21T13:03:32Z 2012-02-17T19:12:15Z Cynthia Hsu, Esq. The Dropbox app for the iPhone is useful. That is, if you use Dropbox already. In order to review the Dropbox app, you need to be familiar with the computer program itself. And what the company offers. It's essentially a free cloud-based storage system for computer files. It's useful in...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/6D8eHhlIugE" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/technologist/2012/02/dropbox-for-iphone-is-good-for-attorneys-who-are-already-dropbox-fans.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.29261 2012-02-21T13:03:07Z 2012-02-17T19:08:52Z Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. Holiday party debauchery is nothing new for the scores of BigLaw associates out there. In fact, it's practically a rite of passage. But judges? They've got reputations to uphold. Except when they're drinking, that is. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Marquis Jones, Jr. would be proof of this fact. He's...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/Lm57J8_0S0E" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/nj-judge-was-full-of-holiday-spirit-alcohol-when-groped-court-staff.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/first_circuit//34.29269 2012-02-17T20:06:38Z 2012-02-17T20:31:19Z Dyanna Quizon, Esq. The First Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments last week in the bribery and extortion case of attorney Robert S. Ciresi. Ciresi, a former North Providence town attorney, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison last year for his role in facilitating bribes for three former...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/-O6RoE0BOQg" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/first_circuit/2012/02/first-circuit-hears-appeal-in-lawyer-robert-ciresis-bribery-case.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/fourth_circuit//25.29327 2012-02-17T20:06:27Z 2012-02-17T18:49:44Z Robyn Hagan Cain If you can’t get your fill of the law practicing before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, perhaps you would like to leave your office for a field trip to the federal archives. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) keeps most federal records at the NARA facilities in Washington,...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/woIjpuE5ZX4" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/fourth_circuit/2012/02/federal-judicial-center-guide-wins-thomas-jefferson-award.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/sixth_circuit//21.29323 2012-02-17T20:05:50Z 2012-02-17T18:36:50Z Robyn Hagan Cain True story: In college, one of our friends received a Dear John letter from his live-in girlfriend, explaining that she had married another man a year earlier to help him get his Green Card and had subsequently fallen in love with her husband. Our friend, unwittingly, was the mister-ess in...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/gZuFKF6TXMg" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/sixth_circuit/2012/02/ag-has-discretion-in-green-card-marriage-joint-petition-waivers.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/ninth_circuit//24.29337 2012-02-17T23:05:48Z 2012-02-17T22:50:10Z Robyn Hagan Cain Publicity, according to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is a two-way street. This week, the Ninth Circuit rejected a motion to eliminate a prosecutor's name from an opinion that alleged the attorney had engaged in prosecutorial misconduct. The prosecutor in question is Arizona Assistant U.S. Attorney Jerry Albert, who...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/nEkwXJA7Rt4" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/ninth_circuit/2012/02/no-sympathy-for-prosecutorial-misconduct-discretion-plea.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/dc_circuit//29.29280 2012-02-17T20:05:39Z 2012-02-17T19:42:11Z Dyanna Quizon, Esq. One side thought it was helping to prevent driver fatigue and improve highway safety. The other side thought the action was overblown and unnecessary. Now, the tension over a government rule changing the hours-of-service regulations for commercial truck drivers may be headed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/kvxdfRf5tlM" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/dc_circuit/2012/02/what-driver-fatigue-trucking-cos-appeal-hours-of-service-rule.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/tenth_circuit//31.29329 2012-02-17T22:03:05Z 2012-02-17T20:26:07Z Robyn Hagan Cain The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its final word on the Roadless Rule, denying en banc rehearing in the matter this week; now it’s up to the Supreme Court to strike the Clinton-era law. The Forest Service initially adopted the Interim Roadless Rule, an 18-month moratorium on road...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/5IX1nKLNuig" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/tenth_circuit/2012/02/tenth-circuit-no-en-banc-rehearing-for-roadless-rule.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/third_circuit//33.29294 2012-02-17T20:02:20Z 2012-02-17T19:52:42Z Robyn Hagan Cain Wilmington is suspending and revising its Instant Ticketing Program after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the program violated due process rights. Last year, the Third Circuit ruled in favor of plaintiffs Christine Dowd, Damon Morris, and Roy Morris, finding that a 2008 New Castle ordinance establishing a...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/2SdVhczx-T8" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/third_circuit/2012/02/wilmington-suspends-instant-ticketing-program.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/official_findlaw_blog//61.29321 2012-02-17T23:02:10Z 2012-02-17T20:38:25Z Andrew Chow, JD http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-chow/6/859/99a We continue our Friday round-up of what is newest, best and brightest at FindLaw.com. Below, you will find this week's offerings from various areas of FindLaw's unique content, including: core legal content, blogs, news and case law. Take a look at what's new: FindLaw Consumer Blogs Top 5 Crimes Not...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/8-qniOeeyfo" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/official_findlaw_blog/2012/02/new-at-findlaw-mardi-gras-crimes-and-the-advantages-of-coworking.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/california_case_law//36.29340 2012-02-17T23:01:43Z 2012-02-17T22:38:50Z Robyn Hagan Cain There are unpleasant issues that come to mind with the phrase, “hot tub time machine.” First, there’s the epic cinematic failure, featuring John Cusack, which we unfortunately watched last year. Second, there’s the first-world problem of landlords adjusting hot tub heating times in apartment buildings to save money, without passing...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/bQebio8yB4g" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/california_case_law/2012/02/landlord-wins-hot-tub-time-machine-dispute.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/eleventh_circuit//32.29314 2012-02-17T17:25:59Z 2012-02-17T17:31:56Z Robyn Hagan Cain It’s been a busy week for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. After an attempted filibuster, the Senate confirmed Judge Adalberto Jordán for a seat on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday. Thursday, President Obama followed up Judge Jordán's confirmation with a new Eleventh Circuit nominee, Atlanta Attorney...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/XRKyMsd4SWc" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/eleventh_circuit/2012/02/obama-nominates-jill-pryor-for-the-eleventh-circuit.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/second_circuit//30.29315 2012-02-17T17:25:23Z 2012-02-17T17:26:03Z Robyn Hagan Cain It sounds like the kind of bitter battle that you would read about in a comic book. Man versus self. Stan Lee versus … Stan Lee. Except here, Plaintiff Stan Lee is actually Stan Lee Media Inc., (SLMI) the struggling, once-bankrupt company that comic creator extraordinaire Stan Lee founded in...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/vlc0hbjE2JA" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/second_circuit/2012/02/can-struggling-company-win-marvel-ous-stan-lee-lawsuit.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/supreme_court//37.29317 2012-02-17T20:02:15Z 2012-02-17T19:13:16Z Robyn Hagan Cain In Portlandia, Fred Armisen’s hilarious series about Oregon’s most famous city, Armisen claims that the dream of the ’90s is alive in Portland. He supports this theory with statements like, “Portland is where young people go to retire,” and “In Portland, you don't have to [give up clowning.]” Similarly, Supreme...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/D2TNrtsqKC0" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/supreme_court/2012/02/in-cleveland-you-could-be-a-federal-judge.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/fifth_circuit//35.29296 2012-02-17T15:09:13Z 2012-02-17T01:24:33Z Robyn Hagan Cain Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judge Jerry Smith indicated yesterday that the Texas primary election scheduled for April 3 will likely be delayed because the Texas redistricting map conflict has not been resolved, reports The New York Times. While a new date has not been set, the court asked the...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/ttxWn7VflLQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/fifth_circuit/2012/02/kingmaker-or-clown-texas-redistricting-turmoil-continues.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/greedy_associates//9.29312 2012-02-17T13:02:23Z 2012-02-17T00:43:22Z Andrew Chow, JD http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-chow/6/859/99a Cleveland rocks. And young lawyers who want their work-life balance to rock should seriously consider moving there, Justice Antonin Scalia recently advised. Justice Scalia made that comment about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame city in a speech at the University of Chicago Law School, the Chicago Sun-Times reports....... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/wnDqdpuR-vc" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2012/02/scalia-tells-young-lawyers-move-to-cleveland-work-less-chill-out.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/ninth_circuit//24.29299 2012-02-16T23:30:41Z 2012-02-16T23:26:01Z Robyn Hagan Cain On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court decision to dismiss a case against Hewlett-Packard, finding that the district court did not err in requiring Plaintiffs to allege the existence of an unreasonable safety defect. Cass Wilson sued Hewlett-Packard (HP) alleging that the computer giant concealed...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/8qsmIkqpiE0" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/ninth_circuit/2012/02/plaintiff-must-allege-unreasonable-safety-hazard-in-clra-claim.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2012:/california_case_law//36.29306 2012-02-16T23:16:16Z 2012-02-16T23:15:09Z Robyn Hagan Cain Earlier this month, Los Angeles County Children's Court Presiding Judge Michael Nash opened the super-secret juvenile courtrooms to the press, except in cases in which an open hearing would be harmful to the child involved, reports the Los Angeles Times. Judge Nash believes the move will bring accountability to court...... <br/> <br/> Click through to keep reading this post on FindLaw.com...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindLawLPNews/~4/ovXwhIbsmhI" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/california_case_law/2012/02/appellate-panel-keeps-media-access-to-childrens-court-proceedings.html