Unions
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Midsize Firms / Regional Firms
Associates At This Law Firm Just Unionized! Will Associates At Other Firms Follow Along?
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
A Less Perfect Union?
The Supreme Court's Janus decision dealt a serious blow to unions. What impact will this decision will have on unions long-term?
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Courts
Supreme Court Ends Terrible Scourge Of Teachers Earning Living Wages
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.01.17
* I like football, I really do. But, uggh. It is getting harder and harder to justify. [Deadspin]
* The only law John Kelly will ever have to understand. [Clickhole]
* I mean… this will never get passed. But, legalizing marijuana and combating the racial injustice of the war on drugs is a great idea. [Huffington Post]
* Things don’t look good for public-sector unions in front of the Supreme Court. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Tips for building a great work style. [Corporette]
* Charting the government’s responsibility for segregation. [Chronicle of Higher Education]
* There’s a club forming for JDs who have been given the boot by President Trump. [Law and More]
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
Workplace Sexual Harassment And Bullying: Can Anything Be Done?
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
Unions Protect Employees And Offensive Employee Conduct, And That's How Unions Work
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.06.17
* Looking back at the
rose, erm, robe ceremony that landed us Neil Gorsuch as the Supreme Court nominee and the mounting lawsuits against President Trump is a fun new Slate podcast. [Amicus]* Not Kellyanne’s first slip of the tongue. [CNN]
* Is Biglaw doomed to the trash bin of history? [Law and More]
* Criminal defense attorneys have a lot in common with those fighting Donald Trump. [Katz Justice]
* Unions are what make factory jobs good jobs. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
* A strategy for opposing Judge Gorsuch’s nomination. [Huffington Post]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.25.16
* A lawsuit by New York Giants player Jason Pierre-Paul against ESPN will go forward. The firework enthusiast is mad ESPN reporter Adam Schefter tweeted out a pic of the x-ray of his hand after an accident last Fourth of July. [The Hollywood Reporter]
* The Kardashians are changing their #sponsoredcontent ways. [Jezebel]
* How lawsuits against Ivy League retirement plans could help you — by William Birdthistle, author of Empire of the Fund (affiliate link). [Forbes]
* A Republican Super PAC is going hard after Fordham Law professor and Congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout. [The Slot]
* “I knew you would pull it off.” When clients help their lawyers with an impressive victory. [Katz Justice]
* Exactly how readable are the decisions from the 2015 Supreme Court term? [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Are immigration glitches hurting American farmers? [Huffington Post]
* Should you feel sorry for Scott Brown because he wasn’t named in a lawsuit? [Law and More]
* This is how the Ivies bust unions. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 7.29.16
* The gender discrimination case filed against Sedgwick is just the tip of the iceberg. There has been an uptick of suits filed against legal employers, and the growing publicity of the cases may lead to even more. [Law.com]
* Political robocalls might be annoying, but U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes has ruled they are protect speech under the First Amendment. [Wall Street Journal Law Blog]
* In a complaint to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the National Weather Service union claims management at the Weather Service illegally surveilled the union’s Facebook activities. [Washington Post]
* The judge dropped the murder charges against Ingmar Guandique who had been faces charges in the death of Chandra Levy. An intern in Washington, D.C., Levy’s disappearance in 2001 sparked national interest. [CNN]
* The Navy is naming a ship after LGBTQ leader, Harvey Milk. Milk served in the Navy, but had to hide his sexuality while he did so. He was active inSan Francisco politics, and was assassinated in 1978. [Huffington Post]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.08.16
* Which law firms fared the best in front of the Supreme Court this Term? [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Charles Fried, Solicitor General under Ronald Reagan, really, really doesn’t like Donald Trump. [Slate]
* Even David Boies couldn’t stop the shipwreck of the S.S. Theranos. [Law and More]
* Here’s what you need to know about the “bomb robot” used to take out the Dallas shooting suspect. [Buzzfeed]
* Union busters seem to be getting some help from the judiciary. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Title IX has been a failure on campus rape. Here’s why. [Deadspin]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.13.16
* The unnamed alleged Bridgegate co-conspirators will stay unnamed a little longer — District Judge Susan Wigenton has postponed the release of the names after Jenny R. Kramer of Chadbourne & Parke filed a motion alleging her client would be caused “immediate and irreparable reputational harm” if his name were released. [Gawker]
* Above the Law all-star Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal is leaving the judiciary for Facebook. [Recode]
* The story of how faulty jury instructions led to a second chance for almost 150 Maryland prisoners sentenced to life in prison. [Highline]
* District Judge Murray Snow found that Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, along with three aides, violated a federal order designed to stop racial profiling. [Talking Points Memo]
* Manufacturing jobs are important, but the real key is union benefits for American workers. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Catholic church be damned, Italy has legalized same-sex unions. [Slate]
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Cars
Management Attorney Allegedly Runs Over Striking Workers, Turns Into Evil Caricature
One Verizon attorney allegedly decided to get his GTA3 on.
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.14.16
* Interesting take on how the union strategy floundered in Friedrichs. [The Seventy Four]
* Think you know the cutting edge of copyright law? Because it is apparently about tractors. [Slate]
* Ah, progress. The site of the Salem Witch Trials now overlooks a Walgreens. [Pictorial]
* Rich people problems: Rupert Murdock’s new fiancee means a new will. [Law and More]
* Let’s talk about liability insurance… for dummies. [Coverage Opinions]
* Planned Parenthood goes on the offensive against the group making undercover videos, filing a federal lawsuit. [Huffington Post]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.28.15
* Fear eroding free speech rights is as dangerous as you might imagine. [Huffington Post]
* Remembering the space strike — this day in history. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Lawyers are smart, but not smart enough to avoid being scammed. [American Lawyer]
* On the societal import of lawyers. [Guile is Good!]
* Remembering the humor Joe Jamail left us with. [Coverage Opinions]
* Social media is changing the nature of evidence at trial. [Global Legal Post]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.18.15
* Daily lawyer tips is just killing it. The latest is on the perils of actually becoming a senior associate. [Daily Lawyer Tips]
* Lawyers can’t be getting dumber if no one (hyperbole alert) is passing the bar exam. [Bloomberg BNA]
* A kickstarter our readers are sure to love: a new board game that combines Would You Rather?, Poker, and Rock, Paper, Scissors with arguing. What’s not to love? [Kickstarter]
* Pile-on-the-SEC-week (the securities kind, not the football kind) continues. This time, Judge Berman is taking a crack. [Dealbreaker]
* The civil justice system is riddled with inequities, especially if you happen to be a plaintiff. [Mighty]
* Is a new pro-worker law in the works? [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
* The NFL field that is the subject of lawsuits is getting changed… not that they’re admitting any wrongdoing, natch. [Deadspin]
* The Ninth Circuit? Not a fan of Sheriff Joe. [AZ Central]
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Benchslaps
Judge Posner Rips Poor Winston & Strawn Lawyer
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.04.15
Ed. note: Due to the Labor Day holiday we will be on a reduced publication schedule today, and observing the holiday on Monday. Hope everyone has an enjoyable, restful and long weekend.
* Oh yay! An attorney hits something with his car, doesn’t stop, and uses the “I’m an attorney!” line, complete with F-bombs. And he was drinking, because of course he was. [Legal Profession Blog]
* You shoot for the stars Utah! Utah Law announced a new initiative to have 100 percent bar passage and 100 percent professional employment. [Tax Prof Blog]
* Burn! Not only did the Ninth Circuit overturn Judge Robert Jones’s decision, they reassigned the case. [Election Law Blog]
* A war between Harvard Law professors! Okay, it’s just a war of words, but Cass Sunstein really takes it to former Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren and law prof turned presidential candidate Larry Lessig. [American Thinker]
* Lessons on being a lawyer you can get from watching Peggy Olson. [Careerist]
* Here’s a horrifying fact: “Defendants who can’t make bail, regardless of their crime, are four times more likely to be sentenced to time in prison.” [Pacific Standard]
* This is fun! A 1947 anti-union propaganda comic put out by General Electric. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Food in exchange for legal advice. Seems like a good deal. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
* Moving ever closer to the day when a marriage license for a same sex couple is just a matter of paperwork — even in Kentucky. [Huffington Post]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.28.15
* Curious about what Ant-Man has to say about Civ Pro? And while you’re there vote for ATL fav Legal Geeks for best podcast in The Geekie Awards. [Legal Geeks]
* Speaking of podcasts, here’s a great one about the movement to abolish the death penalty, with a particular focus on the recent spate of botched executions. [Punishment Podcast]
* Update from the wide world of organized labor — yes, that’s still a thing — there is a major steelworkers lockout with employers advertising on Craigslist to get scabs to work 84 hours a week of hard labor. See this is EXACTLY why we need unions. [Lawyers Guns and Money]
* The latest in James Woods’s suit to reveal the anonymous Twitter user that called him names: Twitter sends the actor a harshly worded letter. [The Hollywood Reporter]
* Should the Supreme Court take up a case to have the remains of Jim Thorpe moved from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma? [The Hill]
* Was the latest decision on protesting in SCOTUS plaza motivated by personal factors? [Fix the Court]
* Today’s the 60th anniversary of the murder of Emmett Till, whose death was a catalyst in the civil rights movement. [Time]
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Law Schools
Entering The Race: Law Students Should Unionize To Negotiate Lower Tuition
Unionizing and collective bargaining may be the last hope for average law students to negotiate tuition discounts.