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Court Decision Allows New York City To Proceed With School Closures

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 09.21.2011 | Education

NEW YORK -- A New York judge's Thursday night decision clears the way for the New York City Department of Education to proceed with its plan to close ...

Joy Resmovits

Teachers Union Fights Against New Evaluation Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.23.2011 | Education

As different districts and states re-imagine the way teachers should be graded, the country's second largest school system has hit a roadblock. Los ...

Eighth Circuit Heading in the Wrong Direction in Football Dispute

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 07.17.2011 | Sports

Roger I. Abrams

The district court's injunction against the lockout will be reversed once the circuit court hears the merits on that issue because of a statute that was designed by Congress to protect unions. Apparently, once a union, always a union.

Enjoy the Basketball While You Can

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports

Roger I. Abrams

The delight of the annual college basketball festival has almost made me forget the NFL lockout, now in a two-week hiatus before the federal judge in Minneapolis holds a hearing on the request of former members of the Union for an injunction.

Friday Talking Points [143] -- Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Appeal?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Chris Weigant

[OK, that was rather a fun title to write, but I have to at least begin with a warning that, while today's column is almost completely Obama-centric i...

Jude Law, Sadie Frost Agree To Terms Over Her Memoir

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Jude Law has agreed terms with ex-wife Sadie Frost after issuing legal proceedings to prevent images of their children appearing in her upcoming memoi...

Lesbian Teen Prom Update: Law Fails to Protect Constance From Discrimination Again

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Emma Ruby-Sachs

Today we learn that Constance McMillen -- a lesbian banned from the senior class prom -- was directed to a country club on prom night while the rest of her school partied it up.

A Guide to the Laws of Selling Celebrity Sex Tapes: Why Kendra Must Have Consented

Jeremiah Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Jeremiah Reynolds

Kendra has been widely quoted as supposedly being despondent over the release of the tape. But she had to consent to the release of the tape in order for a well-established company, like Vivid, to release it legally.

Wal-Mart Picks Free Speech Fight with Union

Al Norman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Al Norman

As the company faces renewed efforts to organize its workforce, it appears to be ratcheting up its anti-union response, and in the process, trying to take down Free Speech at the same time.

Obama Administration Rules Texts of New IPR Agreement are State Secrets

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

James Love

We have been seeking access to documents relating to negotiations on an important new intellectual property enforcement treaty. The agreement, misle...

Fight Crime, Ban Symbols

Suzette Standring | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Suzette Standring

A patch, label or logo does not a murderer make. Let's not start down a road where in time the government gets into the business of controlling tee-shirt slogans.