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Introduction. II. Background. A. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993: The History; Congress' Findings; Congress' Purpose; and the FMLA Definitions. 1. The History. 2. Congress'Findings. 3. Congress' Purpose. 4. The FMLA Definitions. B. Congress's Ability to Abrogate State Sovereign Immunity. 1. Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer. 2. Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co.. C. Supreme Court Pro-State Rulings Leading up to Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs. 1. March 1996: Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida. 2. June 1997: City of Boerne v. Flores. 3. June 1999: Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank. 4. January 2000: Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents. 5. February 2001: Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett. D. United States v....
In Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank, the Supreme Court held that the Eleventh Amendment protected states from suit for patent infringement, effectively making state universities immune from intellectual property suits. This Article analyzes how the Florida Prepaid decision affects researchers at state universities, and how those researchers may avoid liability under existing law. It first concludes that researchers at state universities might still be subject to injunctions against future infringement. The Article next observes that individual researchers at state universities might also face personal liability for damages, but then suggests that researchers at state universities should be entitled to assert qualified immunity when they are a...
FARMINGTON -- Franklin Savings Bank's Community Development Foundation has awarded $33,000 college scholarships to 12 local students. The scholarships are $3,000 each, although one school, Madison, opted to split the amount between two students. The 2011 Franklin Scholars are as follows. Mt. Blue High School: Michaela M. Yeaton, of Farmington, daughter of Delana Yeaton and the late Steven Yeaton, plans to major in business economics at the University of Maine at Farmington; Bethany Frazier, of Industry, daughter of Clifford Frazier and Linda Wyman, plans to major in business at St. Joseph's College.
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