A recent post-Koken decision has been handed down in Philadelphia County in the case of Zerggan v. Rietman and Nationwide Insurance, No. 0906 o1752 June Term 2009 (Phila. Co. Jan. 20, 2010 McInerney, J.). Judge Patricia McInerney sustained the preliminary objections filed by the tortfeasor and trans ...

On January 28, 2010, the Law Commission of Ontario and IP Osgoode held a Symposium on electronic medical records. The Symposium brought together experts from law, academia, health and other areas as part of the consultation that Professor Pina D’Agostino is carrying out in her project on the i ...

The Senate voted 60 to 37 on Thursday to confirm M. Patricia Smith, formerly New York State labor commissioner, to be Solicitor of the US Department of Labor.

An OFCCP ALJ has issued a recommended ruling that Bank of America discriminated against African-American job applicants for entry level positions in Charlotte, NC, in 1993 and from 2002 to 2005. Next: A hearing to determine what remedies should be provided by the bank. DOL Press release 02/02/ ...

In a long, interesting, and valuable article in the Chronicle of Higher Education Peter Schmidt reviews what he describes as the “increased nuance and complexity” of a “new wave of research on campus diversity.” The new research, he writes, holds the promise of improving how colleges serve students ...

Frank Bajak, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping Thursday for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti to a hastily arranged refuge just as officials were trying to protect children from predators in the chaos of a great eart ...

The Senate today confirmed Patricia Smith as Solicitor for Department of Labor; the vote was 60-37. Certainly no breathing room in the vote, but after all that went on with the nomination, a win is a win. -JH

Actually given the coming changing of the guard when Scott Brown is sworn in as the newest senator and the Republicans gain 41 votes in the Senate, yesterday's cloture vote on Smith was actually more like "a giant leap" as the votes for her confirmation later this week are assured. Dems Break GOP Fi ...

I just read Ted Tjaden’s post about Ontario courts assuming jurisdiction over out-of-province defendants. Professor Janet Walker, of Osgoode Hall Law School, is preparing a report on this issue. She undertook the project as the inaugural OHLS LCO Scholar in Residence at the Law Commission of O ...

House Republicans say the nominee for the key post of Labor Department Solicitor wasn't candid (PDF) in her representations to committee staff, but Democrats seem intent on ignoring their protests....