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Heat Rises Over 'No Smokers Hired' Policy
A Michigan company's decision to stop hiring smokers has angered employment lawyers who allege that the policy reeks of discrimination. Some attorneys say the policy, which also requires that all employees undergo testing for tobacco use, goes too far in that it aims to regulate legal activity. Moreover, they argue, it monitors what people do outside the workplace and discriminates against their lifestyles, a practice that is banned in 29 states with smokers' rights statutes.
3rd Circuit Reverses New Jersey Environmental Racism Decision
In what may be its most important civil rights decision handed down this year, a divided 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Monday that 42 U.S.C. ' 1983 cannot be used to enforce a federal regulation "unless the interest already is implicit in the statute authorizing the regulation." The ruling, in a closely watched "environmental racism" case, resolves an issue that was left undecided by the U.S. Supreme Court.Plaintiffs Lawyer Label at Issue in 14th Court Race
Allegations by 14th Court of Appeals Justice Leslie Brock Yates that her GOP primary opponent, 334th District Judge Sharon McCally, is the "handpicked candidate" of Democrat plaintiffs personal-injury trial lawyers has received mixed reviews from some Texas lawyers. The allegation that she is the handpicked candidate of Democrat plaintiffs personal-injury lawyers is not true, McCally says.In Aftermath of Blakely, High Court Takes Up Sentencing Cases
Responding quickly to the aftermath of its June decision on criminal sentencing, the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 2 quickly agreed to consider two cases that will determine if federal sentencing guidelines are now unconstitutional.Baylor University Medical Center v. Biggs
The expert reports did not establish a causal link between the donor's medical history and Cheri Jean Wells Biggs' death from rabies.Group to Study Privacy Impact Of Court Records on the Internet
A COMMISSION to advise the judiciary on possible privacy interests affected by the posting of state court case files on the Internet was appointed yesterday with First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams as chairman.
Windsor v. U.S., 10 Civ. 8435 (BSJ) (JCF)
Publication Date: 2011-06-03 Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District Judge: Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV Case number: 10 Civ. 8435 (BSJ) (JCF)
Cite as: Windsor v. U.S., 10 Civ. 8435, NYLJ 1202495942896, at *1 (SDNY, Decided June 2, 2011)Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IVDecided
Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 19, No. 47 - March 11 2010
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