Friday, June 27, 2014

First Circuit: In reversing denial of summary judgment for individual defendants on qualified immunity grounds in equal protection claim arising out of property owner being fined by code enforcement officers for land-use violations, the court held that property owner failed to identify a similarly situated but differently treated comparator
US District Court ME: Effective July 1, 2014, Local Rule 56 will be will require that a party intending to move for summary judgment file either: 1. a joint motion setting forth a proposed schedule agreed to by all the parties and confirming that the parties agree that a pre-filing conference would not be helpful; or 2. a notice of intent to move for summary judgment and the need for a pre-filing conference with a judicial officer
EEOC: $30,000 settlement announced in ADA suit in which job applicant whose kidneys had been removed, and was therefore unable to do a urine-based drug screen, was denied reasonable accommodation of a blood- or hair-based pre-employment drug test

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