Friday, October 19th, 2007

Funding for Labor Management Standards Office

Stevens and Murkowski differ
The DOL Office of Labor Management Standards enforces the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (aka the Landrum-Griffin Act), which lays out, in five titles, the rights of union members vis-a-vis their own union - the right to speak freely, to be disciplined only under fair procedures, to obtain financial information, etc. 
The […]

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Kozinski on Legal Writing

From the law.com profile of Alex Kozinski, the Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit starting December 1st:
 ”I’m buying old copies of Playboy magazine on eBay, because everything I learned about writing I learned from Playboy fiction,” he said in a recent phone interview.
And he wants to pass writing skills on to his law clerks, particularly […]

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Legal Miscellanea

 Ethics of multiple client representation: ABA Formal Opinion 06-438 on this subject (both as to initial representation and as to settlement negotiation) is here.  
DAlaska on expert testimony:  Judge Ralph Beistline has published his opinion on the admissibility of a surveyor’s report, in Kubanyi v. GVEA, 2007 WL 3002070 (D.Alaska Oct. 12, 2007).
FMLA research: Attorney Carl Bosland runs a helpful […]