Source: Profiles In Law Having been born in Canada, Mr. Fountas successfully applied for and received permanent residency in the US. The experience taught him how complex and difficult it was. He did it legally every step of the way and he discovered that he wanted to help others become legal citizens and obtain permanent… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories A Manhattan judge has dismissed a $10 million lawsuit filed by a model who objected to the “lascivious use of her photo” in the comedy movie Couples Retreat. The judge noted that model Irina Krupnik signed a contract waiving her rights to control the photo, report the Associated Press and… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories The Swiss government has rejected a U.S. request for the extradition of director Roman Polanski, accused of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. Polanski, 76, had been under House arrest in Switzerland, but now “the freedom-restricting measures have been revoked,” according to a statement by the Swiss Justice… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com An interesting legal issue has popped up in the middle of the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial, one that has little to do with Blago’s guilt or innocence. The issue: whether names and addresses of the jurors should be withheld from the public during the trial. Read the rest of… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories A South Texas College of Law graduate has filed a new breach of contract suit against a lawyer who promised to pay $1 million to anyone who could prove the prosecution’s theory of a case against his client. Former law student Dustin Kolodziej filed suit late last month in federal… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com The Swiss government said Monday that it won’t extradite film director Roman Polanski to the U.S. on charges stemming from a more than 30-year-old sex scandal in California. Read the rest of the story…

Source: California Employment Law Articles In January 2006, the City of San Jose (“City”) and the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 (“Union”), began negotiations for a successor labor contract. As part of the negotiations, the parties agreed that if they reached impasse, the Union would give the City 72 hours’ notice before engaging in… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles The Americans with Disabilities Act defines a disabled individual as a person who suffers from a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, or has a record of such impairment, or is being regarded as having such impairment. The “regarded as” provision was established… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles In the case of City of Ontario California v. Quon, 560 U.S. ___ (2010), the Supreme Court held that a public employer’s review of an employee’s text messages sent via an employer-provided pager did not violate the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures under the circumstances of the… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles The Patient Protection Act and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, has added a new limitation to the Internal Revenue Code with respect to deductions for compensation expenses. New Section 162(m)(6) provides for a $500,000 annual limit on deductions for compensation… [Continue Reading]