Workplace Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Via Daniel Schwartz at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog, who has been best at keeping us updated on all developments in Ricci v. DeStefano, comes the news that the district court has entered its long-anticipated order in accordance with the...
New Haven Independent (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... violated when the city threw out the test results because African-Americans performed poorly. The case, Ricci v. DeStefano, just landed back in New Haven after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on behalf of the plaintiffs.At the time they sued, the New Haven 20 didn’t know how well they did on the test; they later learned their standing through the process of discovery. Torre’s list names...
New Haven Independent (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
After Ricci Ruling, Black Firefighter Sues Cityby Thomas MacMillan | October 15, 2009 4:51 PM | | First white firefighters sued. Now it’s a black firefighter’s turn.Michael Briscoe (pictured), a firefighter with the Engine 8 fire station on Whitney Avenue, filed a complaint against the City of New Haven on Thursday morning in U.S. District Court in Connecticut. He argues that he was unfairly...
New Haven Independent (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
As a judge considers a motion to promote white firefighters who brought the Ricci case, seven African-American firefighters have stepped into the case.
http://wanderingitaly.com/blog/rss/ (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... oil with garlic and anchovy—my favorite and a lusty pasta sauce when you need one. In any case, there are always silver linings to these bad weather clouds. A smaller turnout at the market meant that there were more zeppole at Bar Ricci. In fact, the Ricci was awash in zeppole. Zepole are a sort of fried doughnut filled with cream (in Ricci’s case)...
