While the landscape of court libraries has changed as new information technologies have reduced the need for books, court librarians still play a critical role in providing judges, law clerks and other Judiciary staff with legal resources used to support decision-making. This month, courts are marking the 75th anniversary of the creation of the circuit librarian position, a role that today makes possible a wide variety of services in the digital age.
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Because of some reason or issue in the parent/child relationship, the patient’s daughter refused to be the decision maker in her mother’s care.
KINGS COUNTY HOSP. v. MR, 2023 NY Slip Op 50647 – NY: Kings Supreme Court 2023:
STEVEN Z. MOSTOFSKY, J.
Kings County Hospital (KCH) filed an application to treat M.R. over her objection under the Family Healthcare Decisions Act, Public Health Law (PHL) § 29-cc. The statute permits the hospital to bring this special proceeding for M.R.’s … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:
- Republicans Target Minority Scholarships After Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling (Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone)
- SC’s attorney general, chief justice battled over federal election law ruling. Who won? (John Monk, The State)
- Federal agency powers in the crosshairs at the US Supreme Court (Andrew Chung & John Kruzel, Reuters)
- America Has a Supreme Court Problem
The Hon’ble Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (“ITAT”), Delhi has recently held that salary reimbursement of seconded employees paid to the original employer without any profit element is not taxable as fee for technical services.
This case[1] pertains to Ernst and Young LLP, USA (“EY USA”), which is set up in the US. It had sent its employees on secondment (“Seconded Personnel”) to work with various EY member firms in India (“EY India”). … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:
- The Supreme Court’s term was full of whimpers. Then it ended with a bang. (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
- Another One Bites the Dust: End of 2022/2023 Supreme Court Term Statistics (Adam Feldman & Jake Truscott, Empirical SCOTUS)
- Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
- Biden offers new student
The federal courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida will be named in honor of the late Judge Joseph W. Hatchett, a trailblazing jurist who was among the first African Americans appointed to the federal bench in the South. The naming ceremony for the Joseph Woodrow Hatchett U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building will be held on June 30.
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The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.
Someone who files a lawsuit over wrongful treatment might be pleased if the defendant stops its allegedly harmful conduct, rendering the case moot – that is, no longer a live case or controversy. But under the so-called voluntary cessation doctrine, plaintiffs may continue to press their case unless the defendant … Read the rest
In reaction to the Supreme Court’s holding that affirmative action is unconstitutional, Jane Coaston reminded us that this was a first world problem.
Just a general note that most colleges and universities don’t use affirmative action because most schools accept pretty much everyone who applies. Selective universities are a small slice of what “college” is in America.
— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston) June 29, 2023
Getting into Harvard, Yale and Stanford will be hampered if they don’t use race as factor … Read the rest