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Labor/Employment Law: Great News – Circuit Court in Tallahassee Declares Unconstitutional Three Percent State Employee Pay Deduction
March 7, 2012 / by joe chater / in Constitutional Law Matters, Employment Law, Halifax Law Articles, Uncategorized
http://feaweb.org/_data/files/2012_Court_Rulings_Docs/Order_on_Motions_for_Summary_Judgment1.pdf The opinion is attached. It is an exceptionally well-written order. Please note, within minutes, the State filed its notice of appeal with the First District Court of Appeal (despite publicly stating, previously, that it would abide by the Circuit C
Read moreConstitutional/Criminal/Labor: Was the D.C. Circuit’s Reinstatement of Charges Against Blackwater Contractors Legally Correct?
April 24, 2011 / by joe chater / in Constitutional Law Matters, Criminal Law Matters, Employment Law, Halifax Law Articles
Without necessarily attempting to overstate my personal relief over the reinstatement of the charges by the D.C. Circuit, I am turned on to the opinion more for its interpretation upon the precedent in Kastigar v. U.S. As I have used Kastigar and its principles to assist in the defense of police and firefighters who have been compelled to provide s
Read moreLabor/Employment: Significant Oral Argument Today in Walmart Stores v. Dukes
Acknowledgment to SCOTUSBlog for this succinct preview into this important case — one which tests Walmart’s notion that it is too big to be sued under the Civil Rights Act. Oh, boy …. ______________ Background It is a fact of life in a complex industrial society that lawsuits can grow very complex, very expensive, and wearying i
Read moreEmployment Law: Good Supreme Court Ruling Holding Employer Liable for Discrimination
Again, credit to Jurist for its story coverage, posted below my diatribe. Another positive and unanimous opinion (the majority opinion, not the concurrence, is clearly much more progressive). The author of the Opinion of the Court? Antonin Scalia — go figure. He does occasionally surprise me. The Supreme Court upheld the use of what is
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