LJN Newsletters

  • And Then There Were None

    The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, like the state in which its San Francisco courthouse sits, has a mind of its own. Its contrariness, however, has also made it perennially the circuit court that the United States Supreme Court loves to overturn most. On the highly combustible topic of arbitration of statutory claims, however, the full Ninth Circuit beat the Supreme Court to the punch and overruled itself by holding that employers may require the arbitration of statutory claims.

    November 30, 2003Alfred G. Feliu

  • Decisions of Interest

    Recent decisions of interest to your practice.

    November 30, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • A Word to the Wise

    It seems to me that the employment setting has become, to a remarkable degree, a kind of civics classroom in which our citizenry is introduced to and schooled in the promise of a diverse people living in harmony. Anti-harassment policies, diversity goals, EEO training are all classes in the curriculum of an enlightened citizenry. The unenlightened often cross our path on the road to their biased actions in the workplace.

    November 30, 2003Alfred G. Feliu

  • Bugs in the Office

    Consider the following situation: an employee anticipates that his employment is about to be terminated, for what he believes to be discriminatory or otherwise unlawful reasons. After consulting with an attorney, he decides to tape-record conversations with his supervisors, in the hopes of recording a "smoking gun" comment. A short time later, the employee is terminated, and he later commences litigation in federal court against his employer. In that lawsuit, is the employer entitled to obtain copies of the tape recordings through discovery, or are the recordings protected as work product because they were made in anticipation of litigation? If the recordings are discoverable, is the employee nonetheless entitled to withhold producing them until after his supervisor has been deposed?

    November 30, 2003Marc Betinsky

  • Index

    A comprehensive list of key cases discussed in this issue.

    November 30, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Adult Use Amendments Held Unconstitutional

    Ten's Cabaret, Inc. v. City of New York, decided last month (NYLJ 9/16/03, p. 18, col. 1), represents the latest skirmish in the long-term battle between the City of New York and owners of adult establishments over the city's efforts to regulate the location (and ultimately the number) of adult uses in the city. In Ten's Cabaret, Justice York of New York County Supreme Court held that the city's 2001 amendment to its zoning resolution &mdash enacted to counteract evasion of the provisions in the then-existing ordinance &mdash failed to pass constitutional muster because the city had not conducted any studies to demonstrate the need for the amendment.

    November 30, 2003Stewart E. Sterk

  • Cooperatives & Condominiums

    Recent decisions of importance to you and your practice.

    November 30, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Real Property Law

    Recent decisions of importance to you and your practice.

    November 30, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Landlord & Tenant

    Recent decisions of importance to you and your practice.

    November 30, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Litigation

    Recent rulings of importance to your practice.

    November 30, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |