Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Judicial Conduct in the Ninth Circuit

The Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability has issued two opinions about judges within the 9th Circuit, at least one of whom is District Court Judge Manuel Real of Los Angeles.  H/T: How Appealing

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

ELS Meeting: Due Process in Public Terminations

Tom Daniel will present at this Wednesday’s meeting of the Employment Law Section.  See here for his materials on Alaska Due Process.

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Alaska Workers Exposed to Lead

The recently-publicized report by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services about workers exposure to lead is found here.

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Factual Basis for Clark Plea

The seven-page Factual Basis for Plea sets out just that.  It is signed by James Clark and his attorney, Bruce Gagnon.   The local AUSAs are Joseph Bottini and James Goeke.
U. S. v. Clark, 3:08-cr-0023-JWS (D.Alaska Mar. 3, 2008)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

When is an EEOC Charge a Charge?

New Guidance from the United States Supreme Court
Introduction
In an opinion that the Court frankly admitted was “unfortunate,” the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion last Wednesday, February 27th, in which it held that an EEOC intake questionnaire could qualify as a “charge” even though EEOC never treated the intake questionnaire as a charge and the […]

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

DAlaska: City of Seward Violates the Clean Water Act

Judge Ralph Beistline has held that the City of Seward violated the Clean Water Act by failing to apply for a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit concerning discharge of storm water into its harbor.  In the course of reaching that conclusion, Beistline rejected standing challenges to plaintiffs Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance and Alaska Community Action […]