Ninth Circuit

Gelernter on In re Wal-Mart Wage and Hour Litigation FAA Case

Leave a Comment / Wage and Hour / By max cyril

Thanks to Lise Gelernter (Teaching Faculty and Director, Externship Programs at SUNY Buffalo Law School) for bringing to my attention this interesting arbitration case decided by the Ninth Circuit on December 17th of last year and providing some commentary. The case is In Re Wal-Mart Wage and Hour Litigation or Carolyn Burton v. Class Counsel. The Ninth Circuit’s …

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I Heart Kozinski

Leave a Comment / Discovery rules / By max cyril

It’s not every day that I profess my adoration for a public official so, well, publically. Especially not for a sitting Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge who is often called conservative. But I heart Kozinski. It’s not because of his reportedly big personality, his colorful turn of a phrase, or his willingness to take …

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Super Conservative Judge Alex Kozinski Inadvertantly Undercuts Rationale For Corporate Proposals to Narrow Discovery Under Federal Rules

Leave a Comment / Discovery rules / By max cyril

Last week, an outburst by Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, one of the most conservative and generally pro-corporate judges in the country, showed that the corporate arguments in favor of amending the federal rules to make it harder for individuals to prove their cases are unfair and …

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Few And Far Between: Court Decides Female on Male Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Case

Leave a Comment / sexual harassment / By max cyril

Assumption That Men Welcome Sexual Harassment Is Sex Stereotyping In Violation Of Title VII You don’t often see sexual harassment cases in which the woman is the aggressor and the man is the victim. Many people (including some judges) don’t interpret those facts to constitute sexual harassment in violation of Title VII. That’s why the …

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Gelernter on In re Wal-Mart Wage and Hour Litigation FAA Case

I Heart Kozinski

Super Conservative Judge Alex Kozinski Inadvertantly Undercuts Rationale For Corporate Proposals to Narrow Discovery Under Federal Rules

Few And Far Between: Court Decides Female on Male Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Case

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