CCSD to vote on $9.95 million settlement after autistic boy struck by teacher in 2018, set to be the largest individual settlement in school district history. No mention of the lawyers involved so if anyone knows, please mention who deserves the credit here. [8NewsNow]
Nevada Supreme Court oral argument in Jon Gruden/NFL case pushed to January. [RJ]
Culinary Union plans to strike 6 days before F1 starts. [TNI]
Travelers urged to leave for airport 4 hours before flight during F1. [News3LV]
Though scaled back by NV lawmakers, restorative justice plans still making progress, report says. [Nevada Current]
17% of BigLaw lawyers and employees feel emotionally depleted by work, survey finds. Do you think that number is higher or lower in non-BigLaw situations? [ABA Journal]
Found the CCSD settlement by searching for the teacher, because I thought it was a good chance she'd be named as a direct defendant. She was. It started off as EDC case no. A-19-794103-C, then it was removed to federal court, 2:19-cv-00965-RFB-EJY. Plaintiff's counsel are a firm out of California that I've never heard of, and their in-town office. But good on them for tagging CCSD for some awful conduct.
Based on my experience, I think the percentage of folks with emotional depletion/stress is higher the lower you go down the AMLaw rankings. Not trying to minimize the stress of BigLaw attorneys, but I think one of the main sources of emotional depletion/stress is tied in large part to the sophistication of a client relative to their desired task.
Think about a publicly traded company with in-house counsel, accountants and audited financials trying to engage in a transaction versus a small privately held company with none of the foregoing trying to engage in a similar transaction (possibly for the first and only time). Indeed, many corporate transactions, and litigation matters, involve the same mechanics and documentation regardless of the dollar amounts involved.
I have seen many BigLaw attorneys try to move to smaller markets, especially during COVID, only to immediately return to their larger firms once they realize that the practice of law in a smaller market can be much more challenging. BigLaw comes with high billable expectancies, but BigLaw also comes with substantial resources and clients that can afford to pay for dozen plus lawyer deal/trial teams and an unlimited number of specialists. Smaller firms will be opposite these same firms on the same cases/transactions with none of the same technological tools, a miniscule staff by comparison, and a much reduced client budget.
I am biased being in a smaller market, but I have seen too many BigLaw folks come and go once they realize you have to do more with less.
If you are emotionally depleted, please, please, please seek help before it's too late. Too late is not a defined term, but please don't think of it only as death. Too late should include strain on your personal and family relationships, weight gain, depression, overindulgence, anything that is getting in the way of you maximizing your one-time on this planet.
We all want to think that we are impenetrable, but we are not. We are all ordinary humans trying to make a living in a stressful profession where a misstep may cost us our license or financial liability.
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November 3, 2023 5:35 pm
F1 continues to suck. And yes I will cry more about it.
….isn't the harm pretty self explanatory when 200,000 adults and children have their highly sensitive info leaked to whoever wants to access it? SS numbers, medical information, IEP's, financial info, addresses, cell phone numbers, emails, and so on.
Dr. Jara and the rest of the clowns at CCSD deserve what's coming to them.
Any "journalist" that reports on a court filing without linking to the pleading or providing a copy with the story should be shitcanned. Case no. A-23-880643-C.
Can a deceptive trade practices claim or a consumer fraud claim properly lie against a governmental entity? Seems like there’s gonna be some sovereign immunity issues here.
Jesus. Or Yahweh. Or whatever. I support Israel against terrorism, but that we wasted time and ink on that statute is mindboggling. Can you imagine such a statute naming any other nation who are our friends (Canada, UK etc)? For those wondering
NRS 333.338 Prohibition on entering contract with company without written certification relating to certain boycotts of Israel; regulations.
1. The Administrator shall not enter into a contract with a company unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in, and agrees for the duration of the contract not to engage in, a boycott of Israel.
2. The Administrator shall adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
3. As used in this section:
(a) “Boycott of Israel”:
(1) Means, except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2), refusing to deal or conduct business with, abstaining from dealing or conducting business with, terminating business or business activities with or performing any other action that is intended to limit commercial relations with:
(I) Israel; or
(II) A person or entity doing business in Israel or in territories controlled by Israel,
Ê if such an action is taken in a manner that discriminates on the basis of nationality, national origin or religion.
(2) Does not include an action that is described in subparagraph (1) if the action:
(I) Is based on a bona fide business or economic reason;
(II) Is taken pursuant to a boycott against a public entity of Israel if the boycott is applied in a nondiscriminatory manner; or
(III) Is taken in compliance with or adherence to calls for a boycott of Israel if that action is authorized in 50 U.S.C. § 4607 or any other federal or state law.
(b) “Company” means any domestic or foreign sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited-liability partnership, limited-liability company, or other domestic or foreign entity or business association, including, without limitation, any wholly owned subsidiary, majority owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate of such an entity or business association, that exists for the purpose of making a profit.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1611, 1612)
So basically, you can boycott Israel as long as it's either not discriminatory on the basis of nationality, national origin or religion, or if it's for a legitimate business/economic reason.
It really seems like the exceptions swallow up the whole rule.
@ Restorative Justice — Restorative justice is a problem, not a solution. Just where do you think Jesus Ayala learned he'd get a "slap on the wrist" and would be "out in 30 days"? He and his buddy Jzamir "learnt" this at CCSD's altar to restorative justice (probably the only thing they "learnt"). Either these kids learn severe consequences now, while they are in school, or they will learn later, being fired or imprisoned. I would suggest that restorative justice has the unintended consequence of promoting the school-to-prison pipeline by diminishing the severity of conduct and its repercussions. Administrators like it, however, because it helps them pile their numbers in a different column and make it appear, falsely, that they are being successful in mitigating said pipeline.
It also doesn't help that CCSD juices its already abysmal graduation rates by nearly completely eliminating academic standards and accountability. CCSD grads are non-functional vegetables. But they graduated, so chalk one up for another CCSD success story!
Found the CCSD settlement by searching for the teacher, because I thought it was a good chance she'd be named as a direct defendant. She was. It started off as EDC case no. A-19-794103-C, then it was removed to federal court, 2:19-cv-00965-RFB-EJY. Plaintiff's counsel are a firm out of California that I've never heard of, and their in-town office. But good on them for tagging CCSD for some awful conduct.
Gregg Hubley as the local lawyer is fascinating because of course this is not at all the type of case that he normally did.
17% is way low
that seemed stunningly low to tell the truth, especially for Big Law types which i think is a real recipe for burnout.
Right, based on comments I’ve seen on this blog, one would think the percentage would be more like 75%!
Based on my experience, I think the percentage of folks with emotional depletion/stress is higher the lower you go down the AMLaw rankings. Not trying to minimize the stress of BigLaw attorneys, but I think one of the main sources of emotional depletion/stress is tied in large part to the sophistication of a client relative to their desired task.
Think about a publicly traded company with in-house counsel, accountants and audited financials trying to engage in a transaction versus a small privately held company with none of the foregoing trying to engage in a similar transaction (possibly for the first and only time). Indeed, many corporate transactions, and litigation matters, involve the same mechanics and documentation regardless of the dollar amounts involved.
I have seen many BigLaw attorneys try to move to smaller markets, especially during COVID, only to immediately return to their larger firms once they realize that the practice of law in a smaller market can be much more challenging. BigLaw comes with high billable expectancies, but BigLaw also comes with substantial resources and clients that can afford to pay for dozen plus lawyer deal/trial teams and an unlimited number of specialists. Smaller firms will be opposite these same firms on the same cases/transactions with none of the same technological tools, a miniscule staff by comparison, and a much reduced client budget.
I am biased being in a smaller market, but I have seen too many BigLaw folks come and go once they realize you have to do more with less.
If you are emotionally depleted, please, please, please seek help before it's too late. Too late is not a defined term, but please don't think of it only as death. Too late should include strain on your personal and family relationships, weight gain, depression, overindulgence, anything that is getting in the way of you maximizing your one-time on this planet.
We all want to think that we are impenetrable, but we are not. We are all ordinary humans trying to make a living in a stressful profession where a misstep may cost us our license or financial liability.
F1 continues to suck. And yes I will cry more about it.
Agreed!
Someone needs to link to the cyberattack class action law suit. What statute(s)? What harm?
….isn't the harm pretty self explanatory when 200,000 adults and children have their highly sensitive info leaked to whoever wants to access it? SS numbers, medical information, IEP's, financial info, addresses, cell phone numbers, emails, and so on.
Dr. Jara and the rest of the clowns at CCSD deserve what's coming to them.
Any "journalist" that reports on a court filing without linking to the pleading or providing a copy with the story should be shitcanned. Case no. A-23-880643-C.
A-23-880643-C
NRS 41.600 – private action for victim of consumer fraud
NRS 598.0901 – deceptive trade practices violation
Negligence
Thanks all.
Can a deceptive trade practices claim or a consumer fraud claim properly lie against a governmental entity? Seems like there’s gonna be some sovereign immunity issues here.
Repeal NRS 333.338
Why
Not weighing in pro or con on Middle Eastern geopolitical relations, but that really is a strange statute.
I asked why above because I was being lazy but just finally just looked at it, yeah, very odd
Huh?
Jesus. Or Yahweh. Or whatever. I support Israel against terrorism, but that we wasted time and ink on that statute is mindboggling. Can you imagine such a statute naming any other nation who are our friends (Canada, UK etc)? For those wondering
NRS 333.338 Prohibition on entering contract with company without written certification relating to certain boycotts of Israel; regulations.
1. The Administrator shall not enter into a contract with a company unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in, and agrees for the duration of the contract not to engage in, a boycott of Israel.
2. The Administrator shall adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
3. As used in this section:
(a) “Boycott of Israel”:
(1) Means, except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2), refusing to deal or conduct business with, abstaining from dealing or conducting business with, terminating business or business activities with or performing any other action that is intended to limit commercial relations with:
(I) Israel; or
(II) A person or entity doing business in Israel or in territories controlled by Israel,
Ê if such an action is taken in a manner that discriminates on the basis of nationality, national origin or religion.
(2) Does not include an action that is described in subparagraph (1) if the action:
(I) Is based on a bona fide business or economic reason;
(II) Is taken pursuant to a boycott against a public entity of Israel if the boycott is applied in a nondiscriminatory manner; or
(III) Is taken in compliance with or adherence to calls for a boycott of Israel if that action is authorized in 50 U.S.C. § 4607 or any other federal or state law.
(b) “Company” means any domestic or foreign sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited-liability partnership, limited-liability company, or other domestic or foreign entity or business association, including, without limitation, any wholly owned subsidiary, majority owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate of such an entity or business association, that exists for the purpose of making a profit.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1611, 1612)
Same prohibition for local governments too in chapter 332. Bang up job there, 2017 Leg.
Couldn’t this have some constitutional implications?
So basically, you can boycott Israel as long as it's either not discriminatory on the basis of nationality, national origin or religion, or if it's for a legitimate business/economic reason.
It really seems like the exceptions swallow up the whole rule.
There's actually several states with similar laws:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#
@ Restorative Justice — Restorative justice is a problem, not a solution. Just where do you think Jesus Ayala learned he'd get a "slap on the wrist" and would be "out in 30 days"? He and his buddy Jzamir "learnt" this at CCSD's altar to restorative justice (probably the only thing they "learnt"). Either these kids learn severe consequences now, while they are in school, or they will learn later, being fired or imprisoned. I would suggest that restorative justice has the unintended consequence of promoting the school-to-prison pipeline by diminishing the severity of conduct and its repercussions. Administrators like it, however, because it helps them pile their numbers in a different column and make it appear, falsely, that they are being successful in mitigating said pipeline.
It also doesn't help that CCSD juices its already abysmal graduation rates by nearly completely eliminating academic standards and accountability. CCSD grads are non-functional vegetables. But they graduated, so chalk one up for another CCSD success story!