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The Federalist Publisher’s Tweet Was Unlawful: NLRB Judge (2)
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Ben Domenech, publisher of The Federalist, on the set of "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen." Photographer: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images The publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist broke federal labor laws when he tweeted last year that he’d send employees “back to the salt mine” if they tried to unionize, a National Labor Relations Board administrative judge decided.FDRLST Media chief Ben Domenech’s tweet was an “obvious...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Ben Domenech, publisher of The Federalist, on the set of "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen." Photographer: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images The publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist broke federal labor laws when he tweeted last year that he’d send employees “back to the salt mine” if they tried to unionize, a National Labor Relations Board administrative judge decided.FDRLST Media chief Ben Domenech’s tweet was an “obvious...WW…
Georgia Copyright Loss at High Court Could Jolt Many States (2)
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up The U.S. Supreme Court stands in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9, 2018. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Georgia lost a close U.S. Supreme Court case over the state’s ability to copyright its annotated legal code, in a ruling heralded by public access advocates over dissent that lamented its disruptive impact on states’ existing business arrangements. Copyright protection doesn’t extend to annotations in the state’s official annotated code, Chief Justice John...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up The U.S. Supreme Court stands in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9, 2018. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Georgia lost a close U.S. Supreme Court case over the state’s ability to copyright its annotated legal code, in a ruling heralded by public access advocates over dissent that lamented its disruptive impact on states’ existing business arrangements. Copyright protection doesn’t extend to annotations in the state’s official annotated code, Chief Justice John...WW…
Hundreds of Virus Patients Allowed to Try Gilead’s Ebola Drug
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C.,on March 9, 2020. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg Hundreds of coronavirus patients have been treated with Gilead’s experimental Ebola treatment under an FDA program to allow access to unapproved drugs.Gilead Sciences, Inc. expects to know by April whether a clinical trial in China testing the antiviral drug remdesivir can effectively treat...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C.,on March 9, 2020. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg Hundreds of coronavirus patients have been treated with Gilead’s experimental Ebola treatment under an FDA program to allow access to unapproved drugs.Gilead Sciences, Inc. expects to know by April whether a clinical trial in China testing the antiviral drug remdesivir can effectively treat...WW…
New York Sports Clubs Owner Mulls Bankruptcy While Gyms Shut (1)
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up The owner of the New York Sports Clubs chain is considering a bankruptcy filing as gyms across the country remain closed to stop the spread of coronavirus.Town Sports International Holdings Inc. has been in talks with advisers and lenders to get ahead of its nearly $200 million loan maturity in November, according to people with knowledge of the matter. It’s weighing a Chapter 11 filing as it seeks financial support from creditors, but the talks could also result in an...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up The owner of the New York Sports Clubs chain is considering a bankruptcy filing as gyms across the country remain closed to stop the spread of coronavirus.Town Sports International Holdings Inc. has been in talks with advisers and lenders to get ahead of its nearly $200 million loan maturity in November, according to people with knowledge of the matter. It’s weighing a Chapter 11 filing as it seeks financial support from creditors, but the talks could also result in an...WW…
DC Lawyer Gets Suspended in New York for Forging Signatures
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images A Washington lawyer who was suspended for 60 days by a Virginia court for forging three signatures was given the same sanction by a New York State appeals court, retroactive to the date of the 2018 Virginia suspension. Based on the Virginia Bar disciplinary board’s finding and “our deference in reciprocal discipline cases to the discipline imposed by the first jurisdiction,” a 60-day suspension is warranted, the Supreme Court of New York,...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images A Washington lawyer who was suspended for 60 days by a Virginia court for forging three signatures was given the same sanction by a New York State appeals court, retroactive to the date of the 2018 Virginia suspension. Based on the Virginia Bar disciplinary board’s finding and “our deference in reciprocal discipline cases to the discipline imposed by the first jurisdiction,” a 60-day suspension is warranted, the Supreme Court of New York,...WW…
Gorsuch, Thomas Decry Policy As Religious Ad Case Rejected (2)
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in Washington, D.C., Sept. 28, 2017 Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Supreme Court once again refused to consider whether a ban on religious advertising on Washington Metro buses is constitutional, with justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas noting their dismay with the transit agency’s policy.In turning away the First Amendment challenge from the Catholic Archdiocese in the nation’s capital on Monday, the justices upheld a...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in Washington, D.C., Sept. 28, 2017 Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Supreme Court once again refused to consider whether a ban on religious advertising on Washington Metro buses is constitutional, with justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas noting their dismay with the transit agency’s policy.In turning away the First Amendment challenge from the Catholic Archdiocese in the nation’s capital on Monday, the justices upheld a...WW…
Covid `Long Haulers’ Ask Who Pays When Sickness Just Won’t End
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Stefanie Miller keeps a spirometer handy to help expand her lung capacity. The 53 year-old second grade teacher from Plantation, Fla. is still recovering from Covid-19 after spending 21 days on a ventilator in April and May. Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg (First of two parts)Stefanie Miller sounds like she’s rushing every word to take another breath. Her voice is airy from vocal-cord damage, after 21 days on a ventilator that scarred her face. She’s battling extreme fatigue. Her joints...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Stefanie Miller keeps a spirometer handy to help expand her lung capacity. The 53 year-old second grade teacher from Plantation, Fla. is still recovering from Covid-19 after spending 21 days on a ventilator in April and May. Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg (First of two parts)Stefanie Miller sounds like she’s rushing every word to take another breath. Her voice is airy from vocal-cord damage, after 21 days on a ventilator that scarred her face. She’s battling extreme fatigue. Her joints...WW…
Facebook Investor Probing $5 Billion Privacy Payout Gets a Boost
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Facebook Inc. logo Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Facebook Inc. lost a fight to withhold records in an investor lawsuit probing whether the company overpaid in a record $5 billion settlement with a government regulator in 2019 to protect founder Mark Zuckerberg in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.A Delaware judge ruled Wednesday that Facebook must furnish some internal files to Rhode Island’s public employee pension fund, which is questioning how the...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Facebook Inc. logo Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Facebook Inc. lost a fight to withhold records in an investor lawsuit probing whether the company overpaid in a record $5 billion settlement with a government regulator in 2019 to protect founder Mark Zuckerberg in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.A Delaware judge ruled Wednesday that Facebook must furnish some internal files to Rhode Island’s public employee pension fund, which is questioning how the...WW…
Gig Drivers Revive Proposition 22 Challenge in California (2)
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. logos appear on a car's windshield. Photographer: ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images The California ballot measure bankrolled by Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc., and DoorDash Inc. that allows their drivers to be classified as independent contractors is unconstitutional, according to refiled in state court on Thursday.The Service Employees International Union, the SEIU California State Council, and four gig drivers renewed their challenge to...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. logos appear on a car's windshield. Photographer: ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images The California ballot measure bankrolled by Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc., and DoorDash Inc. that allows their drivers to be classified as independent contractors is unconstitutional, according to refiled in state court on Thursday.The Service Employees International Union, the SEIU California State Council, and four gig drivers renewed their challenge to...WW…
Lawyers Get Pay Cuts, Furloughs as Firms Grapple With Downturn
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up The legal world is being ravaged by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, as lawyers are furloughed, forced to take pay cuts or unable to find work.Government lockdowns aimed at containing the spread of the virus have forced even elite law firms to rein in their finances as the biggest slump since the Great Depression looms.In the U.K. alone, nearly 80% of firms plan to furlough some staff and cut partner compensation, according to a study of 200 practices by...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up The legal world is being ravaged by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, as lawyers are furloughed, forced to take pay cuts or unable to find work.Government lockdowns aimed at containing the spread of the virus have forced even elite law firms to rein in their finances as the biggest slump since the Great Depression looms.In the U.K. alone, nearly 80% of firms plan to furlough some staff and cut partner compensation, according to a study of 200 practices by...WW…