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News & Analysis as of May 20, 2013

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard

Adverse Possessor Of Religious Nonprofit’s Land Does Not Need To Pay Property Taxes To Obtain Title To Land

by Jon E. Goetz, Brett L. Price | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 4/17/2013

The law of adverse possession allows persons to obtain legal title to property by occupying the property for at least five years, and satisfying other requirements such as the payment of taxes on the property. In practice,...more

Franczek Radelet P.C.

Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds City’s Invocation Policy For Council Meetings

by Brian P. Crowley | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 4/3/2013

In Rubin v. City of Lancaster, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s determination that the city council’s invocation policy and practice did not amount to an unconstitutional establishment of religion....more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Ninth Circuit Upholds Opening Prayers at City Council Meetings - Prayers May Be Sectarian But May Not Proselytize or Disparage...

by Michael M. Mullins, Matthew K. Schettenhelm, Scott C. Smith | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 4/1/2013

Overview: The Ninth Circuit recently upheld as constitutional a city council’s practice of opening its sessions with prayer. The court upheld the city’s policy concerning such prayers, which extended the invitation to lead...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Wiccan Prisoners Might Soon Have Representation

by Kelly Scott | Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 2/28/2013

Wicca is a pagan-based religion growing in popularity in Europe and North America. One sign of growth can be measured by the increased number of legal decisions relating to the practices of Wiccans. The most recent of these...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick World: A Quarterly Report of Global Employment Law Issues for Multinationals - February 2013

by Elizabeth Cole, Mike Delikat, Christine Guillot-Bouhours, Yumiko Ohta, Gary Siniscalco, Nicola Whiteley | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/19/2013

In This Issue: - Asia Employment Law Update - France Employment Law Update - UK Employment Law Update - United States Employment Law Update...more

The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A.

INTERPOL and Religion

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 2/19/2013

INTERPOL is dedicated to providing global cooperation between the law enforcement agencies for all of its member countries. Obviously, the primary goal of an organization such as INTERPOL is enforcement of the laws of its...more

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &...

Alabama Legislative Update: Alabama Legislature Begins 2013 Regular Session

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/12/2013

On February 5, the Alabama Legislature convened its 2013 Regular Session before listening as Governor Robert Bentley delivered his third State of the State address to a joint session. Over the next two days, legislative...more

Theresa Lynn Sidebotham

Public School Teachers, Free Speech, and Hostile Environment

by Theresa Lynn Sidebotham on 1/14/2013

In public school, the constitutional tension can be high on these issues: students' and teachers' free speech rights; teachers' Free Exercise rights; the school's concern for the Establishment clause; when bullying begins;...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Religious Institutions Update: January 2013

by Nathan A. Adams IV | Holland & Knight LLP on 1/4/2013

In 2000, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq. (RLUIPA), in recognition that "new, small, or unfamiliar churches in particular, are frequently discriminated...more

Fowler White Boggs P.A.

Key Timing Considerations for Foreign Religious Workers - Part 3

by Yova Borovska | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 1/3/2013

In our previous blog post we began a discussion of key timing considerations for religious workers. Our next practice tip with regard to timing concerns the filing of immigrant I-360 petitions on behalf of religious workers....more

Fowler White Boggs P.A.

Key Timing Considerations for Foreign Religious Workers - Part 2

by Yova Borovska | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 1/2/2013

In our previous blog post we began a discussion of key timing considerations for religious workers. Our next practice tip with regard to timing concerns the ability to use the USCIS Premium Processing Service to expedite...more

Holland & Knight LLP

U.S. District Court Enjoins Contraceptive Coverage Mandate Applied to For-Profit Religious Publishing Company

by Nathan A. Adams IV | Holland & Knight LLP on 11/19/2012

On November 16, 2102, in Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. v. Sebelius, No. 12-1635 (D. D.C. Nov. 16, 2012), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction to a closely held, for-profit...more

Lerners LLP

Compensation Awards in Sexual Assault Cases - Case Summary #3

by Emily Da Silva, Elizabeth K.P. Grace | Lerners LLP on 6/29/2012

K.M.M. v. Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp. of the Diocese of London in Ontario, 2011 ONSC Starting when she was 7 years old, the plaintiff was repeatedly sexually abused by her parish priest, Father Charles Sylvestre. The...more

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