The 9th Circuit maintains internal “practice manuals” for its judges and law clerks. It makes two of the manuals available to the public, on-line. The most valuable is the 369-page appellate standards of review, which, at pp. 169-369, covers every civil law issue imaginable. The text leads to the most recent 9th Circuit opinions. While the focus […]
Where to find them on-line
Yesterday’s post covered the value in finding executive employment contracts - they may, for instance, provide model contract language, or set a baseline for negotiating with the corporation on the terms of a severance or settlement package, or maybe for challenging the fairness of the company’s arbitration provisions. The executive’s arbitration clause will undoubtedly be […]
UC-Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor & Employment has created an on-line Labor Contracts Database. It appears to be heavily weighted toward public-sector contracts, but that may simply reflect the fact that unions are increasingly public-sector phenomena.
The Database includes the University of Alaska/AFT and the State of Alaska/AFCSME contracts.
H/T: Workplace Professor.
In a recent post, I outlined some problems with Casemaker, the new legal research program provided by the Bar Association.
The founder of Casemaker, Ohio attorney Joseph Shea, has responded to that poist, and to another user’s criticisms, in a detailed letter to Bar Association Ex. Dir. Deborah O’Regan. Shea has authorized me to publish his letter.
He advises […]
About 1000 pages of discussions covering non-competes, FLSA, discrimination, FMLA/ADA, etc. from the current ABA Labor and Employment Law Section meeting in Philadelphia are available, free, here. Navigate to the linked page, and look for additional materials on the sidebar tabs for Volumes I and II.
H/T: Connecticut Employment Law.
It’s a disappointment
The Bar Association has introduced Casemaker, a new legal database free to individual Bar members (but costing the Bar Association ca. $30k/year). It’s available here (you’ll need your Log-in and Password).
The Employment Law Section reviewed Casemaker’s features yesterday, with the assistance of Law Librarian Catherine Lemann. Casemaker didn’t make a good initial impression on […]
Materials for Wednesday, Nov. 7th meeting
Here are the materials that Catherine Lemann, State Librarian, will use at this month’s Employment Law Section meeting.
Legal Research, Pt. I; Legal Research, Pt. II; Legal Research, Pt. III
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.
Alicia Porter, an attorney in Fairbanks, has started a blog on patent law. She may venture into other areas of intellectual property law, including trade secrets.
Stevens Wells, an Anchorage practitioner who publishes under the name Alaskablawg, seems to have been the first blogger on Alaska law. He started blogging in October of 2004. Wells previously was a PD […]
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 […]
“Amount in controversy” in employment matters with diversity jurisdiction: The $75,000 “amount-in-controversy” excludes interest and costs, but includes not only damages and attorney fees (at least when they are not statutorily defined as part of the “costs”), but also “the back payment of health benefits and taxes” and the costs of any “accounting” that plaintiff […]
The WestClip service is part of any Westlaw subscription. Once a day (or less frequently, if you wish), West will inform you if it has published an opinion with your search terms in part of your subscription database. If you want faster service, you can get it, but West will charge you for it. Under either […]
Yesterday the U S Supreme Court granted cert in Hall Street Associates LLC v. Mattel, Inc., an arbitration case, in which the 9th Circuit had held that the Federal Arbitration Act does not permit the courts to honor the parties’ agreement that courts should review an award under a standard more searching that the FAA. See, […]
Alaska Ethics Opinions: The AG’s office has issued two opinions on state employee participation in the Kenai River Classic. One advises Board of Fisheries members not to participate, absent extenuating circumstances. The other sets out less restrictive rules for other state employees.
Directory of Employment Law Blogs: There are currently at least 52 employment law blogs […]
