Tim Dooley and Peter Partnow’s materials presented at the April 9th Employment Law Section meeting, entitled EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION IN ALASKA: FEDERAL COURT OR STATE COURT? WHAT’S A LITIGATOR TO DO?, are available here.
Marijuana: The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the marijuana/home privacy case, in Juneau, on March 20th. The audio and video are available at Gavel to Gavel. G2G will broadcast the arguments on April 6th at 7:50 pm. The Alaska ACLU is represented by staff counsel Jason Brandeis and two national ACLU attorneys. Allen Clendaniel of […]
Lemann solicits questions
At the next Employment Law Section meeting, on November 7th, Catherine Lemann, the State Law Librarian, will discuss resources for researching employment law topics.
If you have particular questions about legal research that you’d like Lemann to address, send your questions, by Monday afternoon, to Lemann, here: clemann@courts.state.ak.us
This site will post Lemann’s materials on Tuesday afternoon.
The author reviews the Supreme Court’s docket for the October 2007 ELS Meeting
Introduction
The United States Supreme Court’s 2007-08 Term opens on October 1, 2007 (the “First Monday in October”). From 2000 to 2005, the Court reviewed an average of seven Labor and Employment cases each Term. Last year, however, the Court accepted only two Labor […]
Today’s meeting of the Employment Law Section will feature Rob Schmidt’s review of Jurgens v. City of North Pole, 153 P.3d 321 (Alaska 2007); Pyramid Printing Co. v. ASCHR, 153 P.3d 994 (Alaska 2007), and Gambini v. Total Renal Care, Inc., 486 F.3d 1087 (9th Cir. 2007). Attached in PDF format is the paper version of Rob’s review.
Employment Law Section
Alaska Bar Association
September 5, 2007
1. Title 18 attorney fees: A prevailing plaintiff in a Title 18 sexual or racial harassment case may recover actual attorney fees if she/he proves a criminal “assault in any degree,” or “a sexual assault in any degree.” AS 09.60.070(c)(4), (6). AEL discussion: http://www.akemplaw.com/wiki/?p=96
2. Trade secrets: The Alaska Uniform Trade […]
The current Executive Committee of the Employment Law Section (with expiration dates) is:
Tom Daniel (2007)
Kathleen Frederick (2007)
Theresa Hillhouse (2007)
Barbara Jones (2007)
Peter Partnow (2007)
Stephen Sorenson (2007)
Will Schendel (2008)
Robert Schmidt (2008)
At the September 5th ELS meeting, the Section will take nominations for the six vacancies. Several incumbents have expressed interest in re-election, and several other members have expresssed interest in […]
