Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

At Other Alaskan Blawgs

At Alaska Law Blog, Jerome Juday rants about the congestion created by family law cases, and suggests an Alaskan version of  ”Judge Judy.”   He says, “The State could hire some shrill or half-insane retired judge to act as the star of the show.”   Neil O’Donnell discusses Rhodes v. Erion and Rule 68 as a “risk multiplier” in […]

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

DAlaska: More on Fred Meyer Trial

The jury trial in Johnson v. Fred Meyer, discussed recently, started Monday in federal court.  Judge Beistline has continued to address the plaintiff’s claim that the implied covenant of good faith/fair dealing is violated when the male supervisor’s romantic preference for another female employee causes an adverse employment action. 
In his latest order, Beistline said:

If Plaintiff succeeds in […]