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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

City not liable for bullying that resulted in child's quadriplegia, Mass. supreme court holds (and note on infantilization of faculty in higher ed)

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed application of the Massachusetts Torts Claims Act (MTCA) to protect the City of Lyn...
Saturday, February 24, 2018

Janus-faced about 'Janus': Supreme Court hears major First Amendment labor case, and 'it's complicated'

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The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral argument in Janus v. AFSCME ( SCOTUSblog ) on Monday, February 26.   The problem in a nutshell is the...
Friday, February 23, 2018

I pledge not to accept NRA donations: Gun control and denial of opportunity to wound and kill

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Let the record reflect that I’m an occasional NRA member and supporter of the Second Amendment —not for hunting, and not just fo...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Was academic freedom ever really a thing? 'Fluff the paper'!

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Almost 10 years ago, I was quoted in Inside Higher Ed : "When I started teaching 10 years ago, I thought universities were the quinte...
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Sunday, February 11, 2018

'False claims of love': Mass. App. speaks from the heart for Valentine's Day

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Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Massachusetts Court of Appeals rejected a divorcee's lawsuit for "false claims of love....

UMass Law SALDF hosts speaker to explain service animals and ADA compliance

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The UMass Law chapters of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) and the Asian Pacific Law Students Associations (APALSA) co-hosted s...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Brief argues public interest in social science research, FOI, while managing privacy risk

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Representing the National Association of Scholars , UCLA Professor Eugene Volokh , UALR Professor Robert Steinbuch , and I filed an amic...
Friday, January 19, 2018

#MeToo much?

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On Boston Public Radio yesterday , the usually staunchly civil rights-sensitive Jim Braude, a former union attorney, and media personality ...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Pai FCC net neutrality policy steers US wrong way

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Today a political cartoon from my brother, Spencer Peltz , in AP Gov at Calvert Hall , where he is student body president . Probably ne...
Friday, November 24, 2017

Fourth Amendment privacy case, set for oral argument Nov. 29, touches on US-EU data protection divide

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I've published a short preview of Carpenter v. United States , 819 F.3d 880 (6th Cir. 2016), cert. granted , No. 16-402 (U.S. June 5, 20...