[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text] An important amendment to the Marketable Record Title Act becomes effective on March 29, 2019. The Amendment renders ineffective one of the most commonly seen phrases in real property transactions: “subject to easements and restrictions of record.” The Amendment requires affirmative renewal of certain claims, encumbrances, interests, and use restrictions in real…
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Department Of Labor Releases Two FLSA Opinion Letters
On April 12, 2018 the Department of Labor released three new opinion letters on the Wage and Hour Division’s website. The three opinions were the first letters the Department has released in nearly a decade.1 Two of the letters concern the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Specifically, the two FLSA letters address: (1)…
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Effective Discovery: Techniques and Strategies That Work By Peter T. Hoffman Reviewed by Ryan J. L. Fantuzzi
Imagine that as a 1L, you aced Civil Procedure because you mastered the minimum contacts analysis from International Shoe. In your second and third years, you coasted through classes the likes of Harvard’s Feminisms and Pornography, c. 1975–1995 and Cornell’s Harry Potter and the Law. Now, a few years later, you find that the practice…
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Nothing to Fear: Disclosure of Police Officers’ Statements To Prosecutors Under The Disclosures By Law Enforcement Officers Act
Garrity v. New Jersey holds that when a police department orders its employee to answer questions, under the threat of termination, the Fifth Amendment prohibits the employee’s statement from being used against him or her in a subsequent criminal prosecution. 385 U.S. 493 (1967). Garrity statements can be oral or written, and often occur during…
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