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Just don’t discriminate

Mar 22, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Title VII allows an employer’s application review procedure to be inefficient, unreasonable, or even downright stupid, …

Reviewing court responsibility

Mar 21, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Even during appellate review of a dismissal for failure to state a claim, which takes place under a set of plaintiff-friendly guidelines, the reviewing court cannot be expected to …

Casino “investment”

Mar 20, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Plutocrat who puts an investment account of $500,000 at the disposal of a recent high-school graduate for the latter’s discretionary financial management may be acting foolishly, …

Take 2

Mar 19, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Motion picture stuntwoman injured in automobile collision did not assume risk of injury, where director did not inform her …

Bad, but not that bad

Mar 16, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Wife’s entry into husband’s abode upon pretext after they had separated and wife’s taking of a St. Patrick’s Day card sent to husband by another woman was …

“Notorious litigant”

Mar 15, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Court on application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis took judicial notice that petitioner was notorious litigant who had …

Haunted house

Mar 14, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Homeowner who reported presence in her home of poltergeists or spectral apparitions in both national publication and local press …

“Silver bullet”

Mar 13, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Vow of poverty is not silver bullet …

“Servant of the law”

Mar 12, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Prosecutor is in a peculiar and very definite sense the servant of the law, …

Butcher knife or bowie knife?

Mar 9, 2012 By: Westlaw Insider

Butcher knife did not constitute a “bowie knife” …

Europe extends data privacy protections to Internet cookies. http://t.co/K42B9vzL

Lawsuit: LSAT prep company founder lied about perfect score. http://t.co/rOLm0ggd

Headnote of the Day: You can't just shop through the trial record for brand new issues to raise on appeal? http://t.co/Kw63p4Jv

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