Alleged Wage Theft by Domino’s Pizza

The Attorney General of the State of New York has brought a lawsuit alleging that Domino’s Pizza franchises use software that systematically undercalculates workers’ wages. NPR's Morning Edition of May 25 has the story. 2 min 48 sec, transcript available.

Unreliable Evidence Is Back

BBC’s programme Unreliable Evidence presented by Clive Anderson has begun a new series. The first episode looks at how English law balances the interests of parents and children. Anderson’s guests include a former president of the High Court Family Division, several senior lawyers and a law professor. 43 min, no transcript.
Further episodes include

• The Law and the Gender Pay Gap
• Human Rights on the Battlefield
• The Law of the Road

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Cases about Pregnant Workers, Rap Music

Slate's Dahlia Lithwick, in episode 7 of her podcast Amicus, interviews law professors about two cases argued last week before the U.S. Supreme Court : what is UPS's obligation to its pregnant workers and are violent threats in rap music protected by the First Amendment. 30 min, no transcript

Summaries of Recent UK Supreme Court Judgments Available on YouTube

The UK Supreme Court records the short presentations made by its justices explaining the court's decisions. These are usually 5 to 7 minutes long, with no transcript, but very clear, with more information available if you click on "show more". Recent cases have involved

• human rights - whether the living arrangements made for a mentally incapacitated person amount to a deprivation of liberty
• private international law/Rome II Treaty - how English courts should deal with the assessment of damages in claims arising out of fatal accidents abroad
• workers'  rights - whether a solicitor who is a partner in an LLP (limited liability partnership) can be considered to be a "worker" and so protected as a whistle-blower
• property - whether the use of a recreational ground was "by right" or "as of right"
• evidence - the proper use of linguistic experts in asylum claims
• international family law - grandparents' rights of custody and the The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.