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School Officials to Head Back to Court Before Going Back to School
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The first day of school in Wolcott, Conn. is August 29, but two public school employees in the central Connecticut town might be more focused on “back to...
Will Judge Jed Rakoff Get by with a Little Help from His Amici?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Just when U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff was about wallow in his robes crying, "No one understands me" like a 17-year-old girl in a young adult novel, The Wall...
Second Circuit OKs Google Books Class Certification Challenge
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Google has changed how we search, email, and navigate. It's altered how we tell our friends to find their own answers. It's a part of the zeitgeist. Google...
Bring It On: 2nd Cir Affirms Title IX Cheering Decision
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Quinnipiac University is known for its polling institute, not its athletic programs, but it still has to comply with Title IX.
No Evidence of Racial Profiling Policy in East Haven Shooting
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Some East Haven cops may be reprehensible people, but it's not the police department's policy to be reprehensible. This isn't a po-tay-to/po-tah-to...
Court Rules for Buffalo in Firefighter Discrimination Lawsuit
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in on a firefighter discrimination lawsuit this week, finding that the city of Buffalo, New York, did not...