Wal-Mart wants gender bias action rolled back
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: class action, Wal-Mart
(Dolan Media Newswires) — Retail giant Wal-Mart has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt what could be the mother of all employment gender bias class action lawsuits.
Nixon documents stay under wraps
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: eastman kodak, Nixon Peabody, Noah Doolittle
Nixon Peabody LLP will be able to keep certain documents confidential in a civil case filed against it by a former employee.
Upcoming term packed with big cases 
By Kimberly Atkins
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: Employment Law, reemption and arbitration, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, termm kagan
The U.S. Supreme Court begins its upcoming term with a docket full of cases important to litigators. Starting on Oct. 4, the justices will take on issues ranging from the ability to file suit in matters involving arbitration clauses or federal regulations, to retaliation and privacy issues in employment law, to major criminal law and civil rights questions.
Cuomo launches broader probe into NY state fair
By The Associated Press
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, New York State Fair, patronage, subpoenas, wasteful spending
SYRACUSE — State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has issued subpoenas to New York State Fair contractors as part of a broad investigation into patronage and wasteful spending.
Full appeals court refuses to rehear Gitmo ruling
By The Associated Press
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Taliban, U.S. appeals court
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. appeals court has again upheld the continued detention of a former cook for Taliban forces who said he never fired a shot in battle. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia …
Judge blocks part of tax on Indian cigarettes
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: August 31, 2010
Tags: Cayuga Indian Nation, cigarettes, New York State, reservations, Seneca Indian Nation, Taxes, triblal lands
From Albany to Buffalo, they waited. Indian tribes, government officials and small business owners waited to learn a federal judge’s decision on whether an injunction would be issued to prevent the state from enforcing the collection of taxes on cigarettes sold …
Consumer remedies face utter destruction
By Sylvia Hsieh
POSTED: August 31, 2010
Tags: Arbitration, class action lawsuits, consumers, employers, Federal Arbitration Act, SCOTUS
Class action lawyers who represent consumers and employees are bracing themselves for the possible end of practice as they know it. The cause of their anxiety: a U.S. Supreme Court case that has garnered little attention …
Tax case back in court
By The Associated Press
POSTED: August 31, 2010
Tags: Cayuga Indian Nation, cigarette taxes, New York State, reservation sales, Seneca Indian Nation
BUFFALO — Two New York tribes are making a last-ditch effort to block the state’s plans to tax reservation sales of cigarettes to non-Indian customers. Lawyers for the Cayuga and Seneca nations are due in federal court …
Second Circuit: Ineligible debtor may ‘commence’ case
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: August 30, 2010
Tags: automatic stay, Bankruptcy, credit counseling requirements, ineligible debtor, Second Circuit
A debtor may commence a bankruptcy case and receive the protection of the automatic stay — even though he has failed to meet the new credit counseling requirements for bankruptcy eligibility, the Second Circuit ruled last week in reversing judgment.
Minority Bar announces judicial ratings
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 30, 2010
Tags: candidates, Eighth Judicial District, judicial ratings, MBAWNY, Minority Bar Association of Western New York
The Minority Bar Association of Western New York released its judicial ratings for several candidates seeking election to the state supreme and county courts in the Eighth Judicial District.
