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Sixth Circuit Judge Dissents From Majority's Grant of Summary Judgment on Terminated Black Police Officer's Disparate Treatment Claim

In a dissent, Sixth Circuit Judge Ransey Guy Cole Jr. shared that he believed that a reasonable jury could find that the Lexington Police Department's reasons for terminating a Black police officer who provided confidential department communications to activists protesting police brutality were pretextual.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pittsburgh Judges Ask Court to Toss Suit From Lawyer Jailed in Discovery Dispute

The defendants contend that Bernard's incarceration "was the result of his own vexatious and dilatory behavior."
4 minute read

The Recorder

9th Circuit Says a Consent-Based Search Was 'Unlawful' in Partial Reversal

The panel partially reversed the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California's denial of defendant Brett Wayne Parkins' motion to suppress a search of his apartment when officers from the Huntington Police Department questioned him for aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft.
4 minute read

International Edition

Canadian Judge Says Government Has 'Failed' Canadians by Leaving Dozens of Judicial Vacancies Unfilled

A Federal Court judge has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to take action to reduce the number of unfilled seats on superior court benches.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Judge Explains Partial Judgment in Suit Over Firing From Court System

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 
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The Legal Intelligencer

Penn Taps Wilmer to Defend Against Allegations of Enabling Campus Antisemitism

The firm previously prepared former Penn president Elizabeth Magill for a December congressional hearing investigating college campus antisemitism. Criticism over Magill's responses ultimately led to her resignation.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Misconduct Complaint Could Not Force Recusal; No Private Right of Action Under §2000ee-1

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Office of Court Administration Wins Bid to Shield Judicial Communications

In October 2022, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank ordered that the Office of Court Administration disclose the communications. OCA appealed, arguing the records sought were inter or intra-agency materials and therefore exempt under FOIL.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Title IX: A Paradigm of Legal Nuance

Title IX investigations are supposed to be a fair and effective tool to make informed decisions about student complaints. Not surprisingly, the practical application of this federal law is often as nuanced as the behaviors that brought about the complaint to begin with. A recent case demonstrates this very well.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Case Over Non-Economic Damages Cap Is Transferred to Ga. Supreme Court

A wrongful-death medical-malpractice case out of Macon gave rise to the issue over whether a cap is constitutionally valid.
5 minute read

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