The Blog of William D. Goren, J.D. LL.M.
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, I want to wish everyone celebrating Passover, a happy Passover. Also, want to wish everyone celebrating Easter this weekend, a happy Easter.
Turning to the blog entry of the day, Omar v. Wayne State University Board of Governors, here, decided by the United…
Today’s blog entry comes to me courtesy of Prof. Leonard Sandler, a clinical law professor at the University of Iowa. He sent me the case of Goldup v. Casino decided by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on January 31, 2025. There are two aspects of the case, which can…
It is that time of the year for the greatest hits of 2024. The greatest hits section of the blog contains the top 10 for the year as well as certain other blog entries that are not in the top 10, but I feel are very important to know are out there. Here goes the…
On Friday of last week, I presented to the Minnesota CLE Health Law Institute in Minneapolis on working with disabled clients and disabled attorneys. One of the cases that came up is the one that we are going to be talking about this week, Battle v. state of Tennessee, here, decided by the Middle…
Today’s blog entry is going to be a short one. One of the issues we have discussed quite a bit in a variety of contexts is sovereign immunity. What happens when the claim is retaliation and sovereign immunity is involved? Does sovereign immunity get forcibly waived in that situation? A case answering this question is…
Normally, as you all know, I don’t blog on more than one case in a week. However, I will be out of town the first part of next week, and I generally prefer to get blog entries up at the beginning of the week. I am also headed out of town the following week as…
I hope those that celebrated had a happy Hanukkah. Merry Christmas, happy new year, and happy holidays to everyone.
Today’s blog entry is my top 11 or so for the year. As is my past practice, I have included important blog entries that do not make the list . Most of those though were…
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, a couple of housekeeping matters. First, my daughter comes home from her first semester freshman year Thursday evening. It is a long break for her. We do have travel plans the week after Christmas. There are also a few days in January before she goes…
Before we get to the blog entry of the week, a housekeeping matter. I will be out of the office from Friday evening and returning late Tuesday. So, a blog entry for the week after this will come up later in that week rather than earlier to middle of the week as is usually the…
Today’s blog entry is a discussion of two related cases. The comes from the first case comes out of the 11th Circuit. It is Behr v. Campbell, here, and it discusses the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. That decision is a published decision decided on August 12, 2021. The second decision is Lund v. Cowan,…