Job Discrimination: Partlow v. City of Gloversville 
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: October 14, 2010
Tags: job discrimination, Military Status, Northern District of New York, U.S. District Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Job Discrimination Military Status Partlow v. City of Gloversville 08-CV-1046 Judge Hurd Background: The plaintiff sued the defendants pursuant to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. The defendants have moved for summary judgment. The act aims to protect service members’ reemployment rights when [...]
Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Barton v. Mikelhayes
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: October 12, 2010
Tags: Northern District of New York, Religious Doctrine, subject matter jurisdiction, U.S. District Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Subject Matter Jurisdiction Religious Doctrine Barton v. Mikelhayes 09-CV-63 Judge McAvoy Background: Plaintiff Todd David Barton brought an action pro se against the defendants pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He alleges claims of gender discrimination; hostile work environment; sexual harassment; violation [...]
ADR: Sweringen v. New York State Dispute Resolution Association
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 18, 2010
Tags: ADR, Conflict of Interest, Deceptive Practices, New York State Dispute Resolution Association, Northern District of New York, NYSDRA, U.S. District Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York ADR Deceptive Practices — Conflict of Interest Sweringen v. New York State Dispute Resolution Association 05-CV-428 Judge Mordue Background: NYSDRA is a nonprofit professional membership organization that provides dispute resolution services. In 2004, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany hired retired New York Court of Appeals Judge Howard [...]
Arbitration: Collins v. Ferrari
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 10, 2010
Tags: Arbitration, Northern District of New York, U.S. District Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Arbitration Collins v. Ferrari 08-CV-1274 Judge Suddaby Background: The action, filed by Thomas E. Collins Jr. and Heather Collins pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Arbitration Act, seeks to confirm an arbitration award rendered in their favor by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrator May 20, [...]
Privileges and Immunities: Schoenefeld v. State of New York
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 10, 2010
Tags: Northern District of New York, Privileges and Immunities, U.S. District Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Privileges and Immunities Non-Resident Attorneys Schoenefeld v. State of New York 09-CV-504 Judge Kahn Background: Ekaterina Schoenefeld, an attorney, filed a pro se action for equitable relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 in the Southern District of New York on April 1, 2008, alleging §470 of the [...]
