Overlawyered » age discrimination http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Law schools roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/law-schools-roundup-12/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/law-schools-roundup-12/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:13:04 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26354
  • New York Times sets off furor with article on role of ABA accreditation in driving up law school costs, a theme explored by several recent authors including me in Schools for Misrule [David Segal/NYT, Somin, Bader/Examiner, Above the Law, Gideon Kanner, Matt Leichter/AmLaw, Macchiarola/Minding the Campus, Brian Tamanaha (on ABA dispute with fledgling Duncan Law School)] ABA president claims high tuitions unrelated to accreditation rules [Reuters]
  • Related: “Data Show Feds Will Lend $54.3 Billion to U.S. Law Schools by 2020″ [Matt Leichter, AmLaw]
  • The politics of the AALS, which just held its annual meeting in Washington [Bainbridge repost]
  • Former North Dakota attorney general files spate of age bias suits after many schools turn him down for law professor position [TaxProf]
  • “Some Words of Advice for Law Students, from 1811” [Kyle Graham (Santa Clara), guestblogging at Concurring Opinions last month; among topics of Graham's other posts were the famous tort case of Summers v. Tice and suspect kinds of law review articles]
  • Prof. Lawrence Connell’s fight with Widener U. and its offended dean in “wild hypotheticals” case [Hans Bader/Minding The Campus, earlier here, here, etc.]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/law-schools-roundup-12/feed/ 5     Employment law roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/employment-law-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/employment-law-roundup-2/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:05:36 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26086
  • Age discrimination law (including my views) discussed [Reihan Salam, NRO] “3d Cir.: Employees Fired for Pornographic Emails Lose Age-Discrimination Case” [Molly DiBianca]
  • Will Obama administration lawsuit derail employer use of career-readiness certificates? [Charlotte Allen, Minding the Campus]
  • A warning for Gov. Cuomo: “The case against pension-financed infrastructure” [Edward Zelinsky, OUP]
  • EEOC is on the warpath and employers had better hope they escape unscathed [Hans Bader, CEI]
  • Since we know unemployment extensions have no incentive effects, this story from the Midwest is purely imaginary [Marietta, Ohio Times, related]
  • Court rejects “announcement of same sex marriage harassed me” hostile environment claim [Volokh] “Jobs with a higher risk of sexual harassment pay workers more” [WaPo] Half of all students harassed? Surprising it’s only half [Katie Roiphe, NYT]
  • Funny-sad “666″ workplace suit: “The safety sticker of the beast” [Volokh]
  • “Do you know what an employment lawsuit costs?” [Jon Hyman]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/employment-law-roundup-2/feed/ 2     Further update roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/further-update-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/further-update-roundup/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:10:08 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25626
  • More on prosecution of “jury nullification” activist Julian Heicklen [Brian Doherty, Tim Lynch/Cato, earlier]
  • Age-bias litigant who complained about 88 year old judge is reassigned same judge [NYDN via Ellie K., earlier]
  • Court certifies Nutella class action [Russell Jackson, earlier here and here]
  • D.C. agency dismisses Banzhaf’s complaint about single-sex dorms at Catholic U. [Caron, earlier]
  • After SCOTUS decision in Brown v. Plata, L.A. faces possible release of thousands of inmates [PoL, earlier here, here and here, Federalist Society panel]
  • Cautionary tale of star attorney Stanley Chesley [Corporate Counsel] Ken Feinberg, Harvey Pitt back off expert avowals in Chesley cases [Robert Ambrogi] Judge Bamberger disbarred in Kentucky fen-phen scandal [ABA Journal]
  • Texas doctor will surrender license in case where nurses faced false criminal charges [PoL, earlier]
  • Mistrial in case of New Jersey lawyer Paul Bergrin [Star-Ledger, earlier]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/further-update-roundup/feed/ 2     Law schools roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/law-schools-roundup-11/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/law-schools-roundup-11/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:07:48 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25343
  • Blog feature at National Law Journal on future of law schools stirs discussion with contributions by William Henderson, Brian Tamanaha and more, James Moliterno, followups here and here, plus a profile of renegade lawprof Paul Campos;
  • Richard Fallon: when should scholars sign amicus “scholars’ briefs”? [via Kenneth Anderson]
  • “If law school isn’t miserable, you aren’t doing it right.” [@Popehat]
  • “Chicago’s View on the Future of Law and Economics” [Josh Wright] Vanderbilt Law Review publishes tributes to Prof. Richard Nagareda [ConcurOp]
  • White House awards ceremony for Legal Left broadcast to >100 law schools [BLT]
  • “U of Illinois Law School Admits To Six Years of False LSAT/GPA Data” [ABA Journal]
  • Life in legal academia: 10/22 Temple confab on “Aging in the US: The Next Civil Rights Movement?” [via Post, Volokh]
  • “All law is public law.” No, not really [Solum on 10/21 HLS conference]
  • Thanks to Northwestern’s Federalist Society for inviting me to speak on Schools for Misrule this week as part of my Chicago visit. And thanks to Declan McCullagh for saying “all prospective law school students should” listen to the related Cato podcast. Why not book me for the spring semester to speak at your institution?
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/law-schools-roundup-11/feed/ 3     Great moments in age discrimination law http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/great-moments-in-age-discrimination-law/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/great-moments-in-age-discrimination-law/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:59:44 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25273 “Musician suing for age bias says his 88-year-old judge is too old to preside, ‘unable to function’” [New York Daily News headline]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/great-moments-in-age-discrimination-law/feed/ 2     NJ lifeguards’ age-bias suits http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/nj-lifeguards-age-bias-suits/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/nj-lifeguards-age-bias-suits/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:51:25 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25123 Ocean City, N.J., a municipality of 12,000 residents, has recently been coping with nine lawsuits filed by municipal workers. Among them: lifeguards aged 66 and 68 who alleged employment discrimination against them based on their age. [Douglas Bergen, Ocean City Patch via AnnMarie McDonald, New Jersey Lawsuit Abuse Watch; Press of Atlantic City].

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/nj-lifeguards-age-bias-suits/feed/ 2     “If I could press a button and instantly vaporize one sector of employment law…” http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/if-i-could-press-a-button-and-instantly-vaporize-one-sector-of-employment-law/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/if-i-could-press-a-button-and-instantly-vaporize-one-sector-of-employment-law/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:32:45 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24245 In a new Reason symposium on how to revitalize the American job market, I explain my answer to that question.

    More: This set off a round of discussion on employment blogs including Jon Hyman (nominating FLSA for vaporization), Suzanne Boy (concur), Daniel Schwartz (leave laws), Suzanne Lucas (citing “the fabulous Overlawyered.com”), the ABA Journal, Tim Eavenson, Jon Hyman again, HR Daily Report, and Russell Cawyer. Also relevant on age discrimination laws: a June symposium in the NYT’s “Room for Debate” feature; ComputerWorld on age bias and IT.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/if-i-could-press-a-button-and-instantly-vaporize-one-sector-of-employment-law/feed/ 16     “Litigating One’s Way to a Faculty Appointment” http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/litigating-ones-way-to-a-faculty-appointment/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/litigating-ones-way-to-a-faculty-appointment/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:41:24 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24129 Former North Dakota Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth may face an uphill fight in a newly filed action alleging age discrimination in law faculty hiring, predicts Jeff Lipshaw [PrawfsBlawg, with comments]. Spaeth believes “more than 100 law schools discriminated against him by refusing to consider him for teaching jobs because of his age” despite an impressive earlier career in the law [ABA Journal]. Represented by attorney Lynne Bernabei, Spaeth has sued Michigan State and expects to add other schools as defendants. As Prawfsblawg commenters note, Spaeth’s underlying gripe may be with the overwhelmingly dominant model of law faculty hiring (reinforced by accreditation and rating pressures) in which expected future scholarly output, as opposed to, say, teaching excellence or even adequacy, tends to dominate hiring for tenured positions.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/litigating-ones-way-to-a-faculty-appointment/feed/ 1     July 12 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-12-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-12-roundup/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:24:47 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=18183
  • Kagan to senators: please don’t confuse my views with Mark Tushnet’s or Harold Koh’s [Constitutional Law Prof]
  • Too much like a Star Wars lightsaber? Lucasfilm sends a cease-and-desist to a laser pointer maker [Mystal, AtL]
  • Ottawa, Canada: family files complaint “against trendy wine bar that turned away dinner party because it included 3mo baby” [Drew Halfnight, National Post]
  • “House left Class Action Fairness Act alone in SPILL Act” [Wood/PoL, earlier]
  • Not so indie? Filmmaker doing anti-Dole documentary on Nicaraguan banana workers says he took cash from big plaintiff’s law firm Provost Umphrey [AP/WaPo, WSJLawBlog, Erik Gardner/THREsq., new plaintiffs' charges against Dole]
  • Will liability ruling result in closure of popular Connecticut recreational area? [Rick Green, Hartford Courant; earlier]
  • Class action lawyer Sean Coffey, running for New York attorney general, has many generous supporters [NYDN, more, WNYC (Sen. Al Franken headlines closed fundraiser at Yale Club)]
  • “Judge Reduces Damages Award by 90% in Boston Music Downloading Trial” [NLJ, earlier on Tenenbaum case]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-12-roundup/feed/ 3     Parents fight college that won’t admit 13-year-old http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/parents-fight-college-that-wont-admit-13-year-old/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/parents-fight-college-that-wont-admit-13-year-old/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:54:09 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17589 Lake-Sumter Community College in Leesburg, Florida is refusing to admit a home-schooled teenager because of her age: 13. “Undeterred, her parents have filed an age-discrimination complaint against the college with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.” [Martin Comas, Orlando Sentinel]

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