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Summary Of International Game Tech., Inc. V. Dist. Ct., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 18, Krystal Gallagher

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This opinion rejects International Game Technology’s (hereinafter “IGT”) challenge to the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Nevada False Claims Act’s anti-retaliation provisions (hereinafter “FCA”). The Court also clarifies the meaning of the statute at issue, NRS 357.250.

Summary Of Public Employees’ Benefits Prog. V. Lvmpd, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 14, Meredith Holmes

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order granting declaratory relief to Las Vegas Metro Police Department (Metro) and Clark County, regarding whether the local government employers were required to subsidize their retirees’ Public Employees’ Benefits Program (PEBP) premiums.

Summary Of Umc Physicians V. Nev. Serv. Emp. Union, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 9, William Miller

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This appeal clarifies the procedure and standard for filing a complaint with Nevada’s Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board (the “Board”), under NRS 288.110 and NRS 288.040. The Nevada Supreme Court held that a complainant need only be an employee organization as defined in NRS 228.040 and have a legally recognizable interest in a justiciable controversy in order to file a complaint.

Against Legislation: Garcetti V. Ceballos And The Paradox Of Statutory Protection For Public Employees, Ruben J. Garcia

Scholarly Works

In Garcetti v. Ceballos, the Supreme Court denied constitutional protection to a deputy prosecutor named Richard Ceballos. In reaching its decision, the Court pointed to the plethora of statutory protections that were available to government whistleblowers. A closer examination of these statutory alternatives reveals that they will not protect Ceballos. This is the paradox of statutory protection in labor and employment law-more sometimes is less for vulnerable workers.

This Article places the Garcetti case in the historical trajectory of worker protection—from no protection to statutory protection. This Article argues for a move toward constitutional and international protection …

Economic Analysis Of Labor And Employment Law In The New Economy: Proceedings Of The 2008 Annual Meeting, Association Of American Law Schools, Section On Law And Economics, Ruben J. Garcia

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Professor Ruben Garcia shares his comments on Professor Jagdeep Bhandari's paper, Migration to Developed Countries and Labor Markets, while on this panel at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the section on Law and Economics of the American Association of Law Schools.

Accommodating Respectful Religious Expression In The Workplace, Nantiya Ruan

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This Article makes the case for judicial recognition of respectful religious expression in the workplace as more consistent with the Court's Establishment Clause jurisprudence and also more true to the legislative intent of the religious accommodation provisions of Title VII. Respectful religious pluralism in the workplace should become the norm through judicial requirements of best practices in the workplace. Such a view should be wholly supported by the majority of the Justices because it is consistent with their expressed views, in the Establishment Clause case law, that religion fosters moral good and that in a pluralistic society religious expression cannot …