Protecting Your Rights Against Caregiver Discrimination in New York

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Balancing work with caring for loved ones is tough enough without facing discrimination at work. Yet, many employees in New York who care for children, elderly parents, or other dependents find themselves unfairly treated because of their responsibilities. Fortunately, state laws, including the New York Human Rights Law, are in place to protect caregivers from…

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New York Law

Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle. A note on recognition v enforcement and on the near inevitable need to seek the former in case of foreign act of state.

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Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle [2025] EWCA Civ 62 is an interesting case highlighting the difference between recognition and enforcement, and the circumstances in which one may not need formal recognition of a foreign court’s finding, in order effectively to enforce that finding.  Can a bankruptcy petition be presented when payment ordered by foreign Court has…

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European Law

People tagging the wrong place on Instagram did not help prove trademark infringement – Attorney Evan Brown

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The City and County of San Francisco sued the Port of Oakland and the City of Oakland alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition. The dispute began when Oakland renamed its airport “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport,” which San Francisco claimed created confusion and harmed the brand of its own airport, San Francisco International Airport…

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Subcontracting Non-Union Workers | Ontario Employment Lawyer

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Written on behalf of Peter McSherry There are two types of employment in the Canadian employment landscape: employment at common law, and employment pursuant to union membership. Membership in a union is accompanied by many privileges, including the fact that the union collectively bargains on the behalf of all employees in order to obtain just…

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Canada Law

European Parliament Plenary Session – February 2025 | Epthinktank

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Written by Clare Ferguson with Gemma Patterson. The agenda for the Parliament’s February plenary session reflects gathering impetus to face the challenges of the current geopolitical upheaval affecting both international relations more widely and people’s human rights and aspirations both at home and overseas. Members are due to hear the Commission’s long-awaited plans for this…

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BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down CDC Eviction Moratorium

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6-3 Ruling Puts End to Nationwide Residential Eviction Moratorium In a late night “shadow docket” ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down the controversial nationwide CDC Eviction Moratorium which paused virtually all residential evictions in the country through October 3. The eviction moratorium, first put in place by the Trump administration in July…

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Property Law

Voice of the Child Reports

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The VOC is child focused and when properly conducted, alert to the impact the Both the Divorce Act (s.16(3)(e)) and Ontario’s Children’s Law Reform Act (s. 24(3)(e)) emphasize the importance of considering a child’s views and preferences, in accordance with their age and maturity, when determining their best interests. These provisions underscore that children have…

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A Lawyer’s Blog – Jon Michael Probstein, Esq.: NY CHILD WELFARE

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“MATTER OF ELINA M., 2024 NY Slip Op 6574 – NY: Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2024: VOUTSINAS, J. APPEAL by the father, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Kings County (Ilana Gruebel, J.), dated June 27, 2023, and entered in Kings County….

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Section 230 Protects Newspaper’s Removal of User Comments-Affleck v. Harvard Crimson

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Here’s a twist. The plaintiff in this case, Jonathan Affleck, was the plaintiff in Martillo v. Twitter, but he sued then under a nom de plume. The court issues him a chastising warning against using unauthorized pseudonyms. In this case, Affleck posted 38 comments on Harvard Crimson articles, using 2 different names (not specified by…

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