Jane Coleman writes on law and policy and lives in New Jersey. Her legal treatise Secondary Trademark Infringement was published by Bloomberg BNA. You can follow Jane on Twitter @JaneBColeman and LinkedIn.
James Douglas: "They took the name off the building without even knowing for whom the building was named."...
Teachers' lawyer Greg Piccirilli: "The teachers have been made whole. It is as if they were never fired." ...
Wax: "The mainstream media coverage has been agenda-driven ...
YU's lawyer: “The parties will press forward with discovery,” after which Yeshiva can appeal to the Court of Appeals and, if necessary, the United States Supreme Court.”...
RI Legislature Considers Bills to Reinstate Workers Fired For Refusing Vaccine, End Vaccine Mandates...
Court finds the state education department exceeded its authority in requiring religious schools to provide the substantial equivalent of secular education: "Parents should be given a reasonable opportunity to prove that the substantial equivalency requirements for their children's education are satisfied by instruction provided through...
Law professors call the widely respected IHRA definition deleted by the ABA "an invaluable educational tool for understanding how Jews experience antisemitism today" ...
Comptroller warns: "I must urge your institution to change course and offer a secure environment for your LGBTQ+ students and staff to create a supportive space to rightfully express their full selves."...
Refused to hear an appeal from an Eighth Circuit ruling upholding the law, the only circuit-level court to have addressed the merits of the anti-Israel-boycott statutes....
Audio confirms Wax's firing was a foregone conclusion; it was just “gonna” take some time declared Dean Ted Ruger At Law Student 2019 Townhall Meeting....
Wax filing: “The Dean’s charges are nothing more than an attempt to use the sanction process … as a means of punishing and silencing the most powerful dissenting voice on campus and preventing students from being exposed to important conservative ideas.”...
The motion is the latest step on YU's path back to the United States Supreme Court....
"It is very clear that the NY Times would never target another minority group in this fashion, certainly not at a time when that same minority is being targeted for hate crimes like no other on the streets of the city," says Rabbi Yaakov Menken....
The petition mob made short work of taking down Klaus Fiedler....
Rejects Yeshiva's claim to be an exempt "religious corporation" and rejects Yeshiva's 1st Amendment claim: "Providing the Pride Alliance with full and equal access to public accommodations does not intrude on Yeshiva’s asserted right “to decide matters ‘of faith and doctrine.’"...
A follow up to our prior coverage of the three Christian teachers fired after the district refused even to consider their requests for religious exemption. Court imposed a $500 fine for an open meetings violation and more significantly, the teacher's attorney's fees that could be...
The Supreme Court indicated it likely would take the case once state appeals were exhausted, and likely would rule in favor of the university....
