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Fordham University School of Law
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Romney’s Tax Plan: “We Took Your Money Once, Now We’re Gonna Take It Again.”
21 Apr 2012 by David Schattner / No Comments
Shouldn’t the presumptive republican nominee for president be talking about reducing tax liability, not raising it? Specifically after President Obama’s “Buffett Plan” has come under severe criticism (at least from me), you would think Romney would have taken note.
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NFL Salary Cap Penalties: Competitive Balance or Collusion?
21 Apr 2012 by Michael Wess / 1 Comment
Once again the NFL faces legal challenges from within its own ranks. See prior blog on player concussion liability. The NFL may find itself on tenuous legal ground as it faces a grievance filed by the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins over the League’s decision to penalize both teams for salary cap violations in an uncapped season.
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Implementation: The thorn in MOLST’s side
21 Apr 2012 by Daniel Rubin / 1 Comment
In my preceding posts, I have addresses the value that a MOLST paradigm program can bring to a state. I have also highlighted where a MOLST paradigm program can thrive and flourish, whether alone or in with another healthcare framework. However, a review of the legal barriers that could hinder its execution must be reviewed.
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A “marketplace of ideas” in an online, copyrighted kind of world
21 Apr 2012 by Tova Greenbaum / 5 Comments
Pinterest. It can best be described as a swap meet of ideas, pictures and the like, a place where people exchange their interests and projects. The process is simple: find something you like, either online or from the website itself, and then “pin it” to your own board. All posts are public, and everyone can pin anything from anyone.
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What Kind of Day Has It Been
21 Apr 2012 by John Fagan / 3 Comments
When I started this blog a few months ago, I began by deploring the current state of politics. Specifically, how change is always the promise but seemingly never the outcome – especially when the commitment is about campaign finance. If there is one thing that I hope I have successfully conveyed through my ramblings it is this:
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John Wiley/BitTorrent Litigation Not for Dummies
21 Apr 2012 by Tony Niescier / No Comments
No case involving a consumer downloading infringing materials via BitTorrent has yet made it to a final jury verdict. Subpoenas have been quashed, sanctions have been imposed, but any Internet piracy litigation against end users that has made it past the initial technical hurdles has ended in settlement.
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Tardy to the Party: NFL Allows Casinos to Advertise
21 Apr 2012 by Katherine DeStefano / No Comments
The NFL holds a strict stance against betting on football games. This did not stop them, however, from recently deciding to allow teams to accept advertisements from casinos. Historically, the NFL refused to allow teams to accept any form of advertising from casinos and the like, but now they will allow all 32 teams to accept advertising on a limited basis from casinos in their markets.
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Firemen and Policemen Making Local Budget Fires Burn?
21 Apr 2012 by Jordan Franklin / No Comments
Just like many baseball players and Wall Street workers are required to arbitrate their employment disputes, so too are many firefighters and policemen. However, unlike Major League Baseball or an investment house where arbitration may determine one person’s salary, fire and police arbitrations often formulate police and fire union contracts which effect hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of salaries. Many states have old laws on the books that require police and firefighter unions to arbitrate if they cannot reach an agreement with a municipality through regular contract talks.
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Lessons from the Elusive Female District Attorney
21 Apr 2012 by Ellie Mochkin / No Comments
Chances of high-profile defense attorneys like Ben Brafman or Ted Wells going against a female district attorney are slim to zero. Of the major metropolitan cities across the United States, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco, only two women were ever elected to serve as District Attorney.
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Coffee in the Court! A Look at Coffee Lawsuits
21 Apr 2012 by Mia Levi / No Comments
To bring my coffee law blog to a close, I will turn our attention to coffee lawsuits, along with some great examples of coffee in the courts. Despite the fact that that the contract disputes within the coffee trade are mostly governed by arbitration (which you read about in my post on arbitration in the coffee trade), there are other disagreements surrounding coffee which do end up in court.
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