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Federal Courts Officers Justified in Shooting Dog During Raid, Sixth Rules

Officers Justified in Shooting Dog During Raid, Sixth Rules

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Officers who killed two pit bulls during a drug raid in 2013 have qualified immunity, the Sixth Circuit ruled recently. The dogs were shot multiple times as...

Federal Courts NLRA Doesn't Preempt Local 'Right to Work' Laws, 6th Says

NLRA Doesn't Preempt Local 'Right to Work' Laws, 6th Says

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The National Labor Relations Act, in order to create a nationally uniform corpus of labor law, generally preempts labor regulation on the state and local...

Federal Courts Transgender Employment Discrimination Illegal Under Title VII

Transgender Employment Discrimination Illegal Under Title VII

By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

A funeral home in Michigan is learning one legal truth on appeal, or as the undertaker might colloquially say, postmortem: Transgender employees are protected...

Federal Courts Lawyer Suspended for Lending Name

Lawyer Suspended for Lending Name

By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Letting anyone sign your name to anything without at least a cursory review is inviting trouble. Just ask the semi-retired lawyer who's now facing a 90-day...

Federal Courts Unlikely Pair Challenge Internet Harassment Law and Lose

Unlikely Pair Challenge Internet Harassment Law and Lose

By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

There is certain to be some pushback to any new law that restricts activity on the World Wide Web. Sometimes, thanks to the web the internet has woven,...

Federal Courts In House Lawyer Wins Work From Home Appeal

In House Lawyer Wins Work From Home Appeal

By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

When Memphis Light, Gas and Water denied one of their own in house attorney's request for a reasonable accommodation to work from home during a period of...

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