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Carpel Tunnel Ruled Not a Disability in `Toyota`
THE U.S. Supreme Court said yesterday that a Kentucky woman with carpal tunnel syndrome could not be categorized as a disabled worker under the Americans With Disabilities Act because she is still able to care for herself off the job.
U.K. Extraditions Facilitate Corruption Prosecutions
Howard W. Goldstein and Lisa H. Bebchick, partners at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, write that as two recent cases demonstrate, the scope of the relevant extradition treaty and the laws of the harboring nation critically affect the DOJ's ability to pursue alleged violations of the FCPA by foreign nationals.
New York's Reduced Overtime Provision: a Pitfall for Employers?
Bran Noonan, an adjunct professor at New York Law School and a senior associate at Martin Clearwater & Bell, writes that relatively tucked away in New York state's wage and hour laws rests what has been recently termed the reduced overtime provision, which despite sounding like a penalty rather than a benefit, affords classes of workers exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act added remunerative protection.The Deferred Associate: A Proposal
James M. McGuire, an associate justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, writes: The adverse impact of the financial crisis on law firms presents an opportunity for the soon-to-be lawyers whose promising careers have been put on hold, for the firms, for the court on which I'm privileged to serve and, I think, for the public. Why not invite these new attorneys to work with the justices of this court as law clerks? We certainly could use their help, and I'm confident they would be greatly enriched by the writing and analytic skills they would hone and by the knowledge, both substantive and procedural, they would acquire.Judge Correct to Avoid 'Deadly Force' Jury Instruction, Circuit Finds
Lawyers for the family of motorcyclist Nicholas Terranova sought a deadly force instruction from Southern District Judge Cathy Seibel because police intentionally caused the traffic jam that forced one of his fellow riders off the Sprain Brook Parkway and on to the median, where Mr. Terranova was struck and killed on June 2, 2003.People, respondent v. Christine A. Wilhelm, appellant
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