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Muslim Woman’s Suit Over Search By Male Officer Is Dismissed

In Montgomery v. Town of Colonie, (ND NY, Oct. 30, 2017), a New York federal district court granted qualified immunity to a male police officer who conducted a pat-down search of a Muslim woman when she was arrested.  Dismissing this portion of plaintiff's claim for damages, the court said in...

The Year in Push Alerts

It has been an exhausting, exasperating, anxious year. A year of relentless assault, as one news break after another pushed its way into our daily existence and found us where we live, interrupting family dinners and drinks with friends, errands and work, rough patches and best-laid plans. No...

12 Quilts for Babies and Kids

12 Quilts for Babies and Kids

What’s sweeter than a sleeping child? Basically nothing, except maybe one with a cozy quilt tucked under her chin. Here are 12 quilts that would look lovely on a bed, spread out on the floor for playing or even hung up on the wall.… Read more The post 12 Quilts for Babies and Kids appeared first...

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:Michael J. T. McMillen, Enforceability of Certain Promises, Particularly Unilateral and Pre-Closing Promises: Secular and Shari'ah Concepts, (2017 Proceedings of Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions Shari'ah Board Conference).Ronald J. Colombo, An...