Tag Archives: Law
American Apparel hipster-in-chief sued for sexual harassment, indignant that employees don’t keep quiet
Irene Morales, a young employee at a Chelsea American Apparel, is suing Dov Charney for sexual harassment. According to the New York Daily News, Morales seeks $260M in damages for forced sex acts over a period of eight months when … Continue reading
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Bloglines RIP
I’ve been reading RSS on Bloglines since the very dawn of the Internet. In fact, the email I use to log in is one that I haven’t opened since my freshman year of college. That’s how long I’ve relied on … Continue reading
After 28 Years, What Should We Keep and What Should We NIX?
Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law on June 23, 1972. Title IX most famously applies to women’s sports, but in fact the law is much broader than that: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based … Continue reading
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Gulf Coast Shrimping Insurance
Re Q’s insurance situation for shrimp farmers in the Gulf: Is the shrimping livelihood insurable against foreseeable manmade disasters? There’s a market for what’s called aquaculture insurance, and I’m sure there will be some significant claims on those policies (most … Continue reading
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Starting ‘em young: Retailer apologizing for sexualizing seven-year-olds. Holder decides to try KSM in Manhattan after all, despite everything. Here’s the soundtrack for my paper-writing week. I can’t stop listening to the first song. Tough Love: “Your anorexia is not … Continue reading
What Is an “Event”?
My Insurance Law prof started the semester on a light note; we began by discussing how insurance companies should characterize Sept. 11. Coverage turns on the definition of “event”: Was the towers’ collapse one event, or two? Anyway, this XKCD … Continue reading
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Oh, Mason
I cannot get enough of this car parked in Mason’s student lot. Yesterday my Contracts seminar devolved into a discussion of which was the “best” apostle. Today these bumper stickers. My law school is special. My law school is special!
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Do Hooters Girls Accept the Risk?
Evidently when tobacco companies first learned they’d have to defend against “this sh*t is bananas” litigation, their first-draft briefs said only: Of Course cigarettes are unhealthy! We never claimed they were good for you! Similarly, as Hooters comes under criticism … Continue reading
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We Asked; We Told
Lawyers about town David Rivkin and Lee Casey argue for reviewing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” under a Lawrence standard in today’s WaPo: In the 2003 case Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law criminalizing same-gender sexual relations, … Continue reading
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Backwards Jurisprudence: Porn and Detention
Remember last year when the DC Circuit reviewed a few Guantanamo detainees’ habeas petitions and wound up dismissing all of the counts against them? It wasn’t judicial economy. That same judge just refused to dismiss an obscenity charge against that … Continue reading
Human Rights Trends
Are we becoming more internationalized? In other words: Have the “human rights” — cough — of individuals supplanted sovereign interests? 1. Willingness to recognize “trend” seems dangerous. True, we’ve moved in a direction more committed to protecting individuals’ rights with … Continue reading
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File this under: “Law is Language.”
Sure, there’s some broader “justice” to it, but really law is all about defining lines. That popular question, Can we torture or can we not torture? begins with deciding what “torture” means. Similarly, Can government take your blighted property or … Continue reading
