All federal courts have put in place an effective dispute resolution plan giving employees multiple pathways to report and address workplace concerns, and an increasing number of them are opting to use the new processes.
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It’s the end of the year.
Which means, for the foreseeable future, employers need to be mindful of the automatic increase to the state’s minimum wage which goes into effect on January 1, 2025.
Currently, the rate is $ 15.69. However, it goes up to $ 16.35 on Wednesday.
Why?
Connecticut’s minimum wage law, which connects the state minimum wage to changes in the federal employment cost index (ECI), was originally passed in 2019 when inflation wasn’t of major concern.… Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
- From Trump Immunity to Broadway: Top 2024 Supreme Court Moments (Lydia Wheeler, Bloomberg Law)
- The Universe of TikTok v. Garland in a Nutshell (Adam Feldman, Legalytics)
- In 2024, state laws of interest to Catholics span abortion to IVF to immigration (Kate Scanlon, Catholic Review)
- History, Tradition, and the “Short-Martial” (Steve Vladeck, One First)
- The Supreme Court Case
The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Hope Martinez and first published earlier this month by Social Science Quarterly. Here is its abstract:
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This article examines whether incarceration influences a change in political beliefs for those incarcerated and the extent to which it affects more vulnerable groups, including women and people of color.
Method
I use a series of logit models to analyze responses to the Marshall Project’s 2020 prison survey.
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:
- What Would the Founders Have Thought About TikTok and Online Porn? (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
- SCOTUS case threatens rural health broadband aid (Chelsea Cirruzzo & Ben Leonard, Politico)
- Supreme Court Cert Report December 2024 (Adam Feldman, Legalytics)
- The Supreme Court’s Christmas Gift to Religious-Right Lawyers (Madison Pauly, Mother Jones)
- Supreme Court justices hid billionaire gifts
Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, issued a statement regarding the President’s veto of S. 4199, the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act.
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The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.
Many of us carry our entire lives with us on our cellphones. In recognition of this, the Supreme Court has held that although police can generally search a person’s belongings during an arrest without a warrant, the Fourth Amendment requires officers to get a warrant before looking through their cellphone … Read the rest
On the evening of December 23, 2024, FINCEN posted the following notice on its website extending CTA filing deadlines from December 31, 2024, to January 13, 2025 and extending other filing deadlines as set forth below:
“In light of a December 23, 2024, federal Court of Appeals decision, reporting companies, except as indicated below, are once again required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN. However, because the Department of the Treasury recognizes that reporting companies may need additional … Read the rest