Legal Research

N.J. Supreme Court - Records related to cases at public law school clinics are not subject to Open Public Records Act
Chronicle of Higher Education, Peter Schmidt: "The New Jersey State Supreme Court has held that the state's open-records law does...

Rutgers Clinic Subject To Open Records Act
The New Jersey Appellate Division has reversed a trial court decision that the Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic was not subject to the state's Open Public Records Act ("OPRA"). The plaintiffs had sought documents relating to the clinic's finances and its...

Open Records Laws Impede Law School Clinics
In today's Chronicle of Higher Education: Open-Records Dispute Could Complicate Work of Public Law-School Clinics: A lawsuit seeking to force a Rutgers University legal clinic to disclose client information under New Jersey's open-records act poses a serious threat to the work of public law schools elsewhere, several higher-education associations argue...

N.J. court reverses open public records ruling
A New Jersey court has found that records of settlements reached by insurance companies on behalf of government entities should be open to the public.In 2008, lawyer Mark Cimino asked used the state's Open Public Records Act to request copies of legal settlements involving Gloucester County government...

New Guide Available on Changes to Ohio Public Records Laws
The Ohio Legislative Service Commisson has just issued a new pamphlet entitled Public Records Law in Ohio. This guide defines what constitutes a public record, how to request public records, the costs to obtain public records, confidentiality rules that must...

Iowa appellate court rules disciplinary records of school district employees are not subject to disclosure under states public records law
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa v. Records Custodian, Atlantic Cmty. Sch. Dist., No. 11-0095 (Iowa App. Ct. Oct. 19, 2011), is an interesting case. The Iowa Court of Appeals held that a school district was not required under...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Medical Records
To Stay out of Pharma's Hands

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.

Consulting Contract
Racine Unified School District agrees to pay Public Business Consulting Group a $750,000 settlement.

Nationwide Recall Of All Lots Of Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 Count With Ez-Open Cap
Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 Count With Ez-Open Cap All Lots Recalled Nationally

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Oil and Gas
industry workers allegedly subject to serious accident injury from hazardous conditions.