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Saturday, September 5, 2020

Seeking right-to-work labor counsel for 'Janus' redux

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I have exercised my right under Janus v. AFSCME to separate from my public-employee union. The union plans, without my approval, yet purpor...
Thursday, September 3, 2020

My Summer Book Report (2020)

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Coronavirus propelled UMass into financial crisis in the spring, and, as a result, law faculty summer research stipends evaporated.  With th...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

While U.S. Congress ponders Big Tech oligopoly, Uruguay Supreme Court upholds TV football for all

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While our powers-that-be in Congress wring their hands over trying to reconcile allegiance to our corporate overlords with antitrust in the ...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Libel suit must follow first online post in less than three years, Mass. court rules, applying U.S. norm

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The Massachusetts Appeals Court today opined that the "single publication rule" of American libel law causes the statute of limita...
Monday, August 31, 2020

Horrors at Oak Ridge Psychiatric amounted to assault, battery, but lacked intent for IIED, Ontario court rules

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From 1963 to 1988, patients involuntarily committed to the maximum-security Oak Ridge Mental Health Centre at Penetanguishene, Ontario, were...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Conservationists battle to curb wildlife trade in wet markets, attorney Venckauskas writes

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Prawns at a Marché Kermel in Dakar, Senegal, in February (RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Attorney Kayla Venckauskas wrote an overview of c...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Conditions of criminal pretrial release shouldn't abate civil abuse prevention order, Mass. court rules

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In a decision today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed and remanded a trial judge's refusal to extend an abuse prevention order. ...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Corcos probes symbiosis of law and pop culture

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My colleague at Louisiana State University Christine Corcos has published "Three Ways of Looking at Law and Popular Culture," app...
Friday, August 21, 2020

Law students embrace bad lawyering

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My colleague Amy Vaughn-Thomas gave a terrific assignment to students in her Professional Responsibility (Legal Ethics) class this summer: ...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

'Our Side': Short film on immigration crisis in Italy earns Academy nomination in narrative

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Last year, my daughter, Morgan Steele , worked as a script supervisor on a short film in Sicily.  Our Side (2020), directed by Nicola Rinci...
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