Rick is joined again by labor attorney Jesse Bernstein to discuss the no tax on overtime provision from recent budget bill along with the usual roundup of cases.

This month, Rick is joined by Philadelphia labor attorney Jesse Bernstein. The two discuss the following cases:

NY Court Precludes Cross Examination Of Police Officers On Civilian Review Board Findings, United States v. Clanton, 763 F. Supp. 3d 261 (E.D. N.Y. 2025). (00:03:36)

Bologna v. Krasner, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 120185 (E.D. Pa. 2025). (00:24:25)

Oregon Employer’s “Bargaining Summary” Emails To Officers Did Not Constitute Improper Direct Dealing, Oregon Corrections Enterprises, Case No. UP-042-24 (ORB 2025). (00:46:53)

NJ Fire Chief Not Bound By Unratified, Secret Compensatory Time Settlement, City of Jersey, 51 NJPER ¶ 70 (2025). (01:08:45)

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Cook County CO WinsADA Remedy For Unlawful Fitness-For-Duty Exam, Nawara v. Cook Cnty., 132 F.4th 1031 (7th Cir. 2025). 00:03:06

Union President Engaged In Protected Concerted Activity When Sharing Confidential Report, Montana Highway Patrol v. Montana Federation of Public Employees (Jacobs, 2025). 00:14:49

No Due Process Owed To Minneapolis Officer Removed From Promotional List, Humphrey v. City of Minneapolis Civ. Serv. Comm’n, 2025 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 173* (Minn. Ct. App. 2025). 00:24:49

County Commits ULP By Unilaterally Discontinuing Practice Of Providing Paid Leave When Courthouse Closed For Holidays, County of Albany and Albany County Sheriff, 57 PERB ¶ 3011 (2024). 00:36:18

NJ Court Overturns Arbitration Award That Repudiated 30-Year Past Practice, Newark Fire Officers Union, Loc. 1860 v. City of Newark, 2024 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2969 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div., 2024). 00:42:11

0:01:32  What’s new with LRIS.

0:03:20  Seattle Officers Who Attended Jan 6 Rally Cannot Remain Anonymous, John Does 1, 2, 4, & 5 v. Seattle Police Dep’t, 2025 Wash. LEXIS 86 (2025).

0:15:24  Terminated Firefighter’s “Perceived Speech” Claim Triggers First Amendment Protect ions, Vargas v. City of Tracy, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31591 (E.D. Cal. 2025).

0:25:30  Snippy And “Chilling” Email From NJ Administrator To Union President Constitutes ULP, City of Trenton, 51 NJPER ¶ 46 (2025).

0:36:43  NJ PERC Permits Unilateral Change To COs’ Weekend Work Schedules, Hudson County, 51 NJPER ¶ 61 (2025).

Rick and economist Jeremy Crimmel discuss the nation’s economic outlook and what effects tariffs may have on inflation.

State Court Confirms Louisiana Police Association’s Right to Engage in Political Activity, La. State Troopers Ass’n v. State Police Comm’n, 2025 La. App. LEXIS 135 (La. App. 1st Cir. Jan. 30, 2025).

Bad Record Keeping Defense Fails For Louisiana Police Chief Caught With Drugs And Cash In Vehicle, State v. Bratton, 2025 La. App. LEXIS 331 (La. Ct. App. 2025).

City Council Permitted To Sue Firefighter For Pursuing Recall Petition After Service Cuts, Waggoner v. Husk, 337 Ore. App. 519 (Or. Ct. App. 2025).

In this month’s podcast, Rick discusses an important free speech case involving a fight over a police association’s logo and speaks with police defense attorney Lance LoRusso about a use of force case being decided by the Supreme Court.

00:01:41 — What’s going on with LRIS.

00:02:50 — Union logo free speech case (FOP Pennsylvania State Lodge v. Springfield Township).

00:14:32 — Lance LoRusso talks about the Blue Line Lawyer Institute and its upcoming Force Forum on May 20-22 in Jekyll Island, Georgia.

00:30:27 — Rick and Lance discuss a Barnes v. Felix. This use of force case on the Supreme Court’s docket is about whether courts should apply the “moment of the threat” doctrine when evaluating an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment.

This month’s podcast explores the connections between all workers, whether public safety or civilian, federal or state, public or private. Rick Poulson is joined by his colleague Joe Richardson to discuss this with a focus on a recent union-busting case out of Douglas County Colorado.

0: 03:43 – What’s going on with LRIS?

0:06:08 – A bit of labor history, Part 1: The Boston police strike of 1919

0:12:38 – A bit of labor history, Part 2: PATCO strike of 1981

0:25:10 – Joe Richardson introduction

0:28:27 – Case: FOP Lodge 47 v. Douglas County and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office

Happy 2025! The nasty bug that’s spreading across the East Coast hit our podcast host, Rick Poulson. He’s finally recovered enough to record this episode, but please forgive the cough.

In this month’s podcast, we go over:

Two cases:

Happy holidays to all our listeners. In this month’s First Thursday podcast, Rick covers:

What is the Social Security Fairness Act and does it have a chance of being passed?

Elon Musk has his sights set on them.

Officer’s DWI Arrest Not Exculpatory Evidence, Doe v. City of Manchester, No. 2022-0448 (N.H. 2024).

Court Upholds Arbitration Award Allowing Cos To Refuse Mandatory Overtime, Allegheny County v. Allegheny County Prison Employees Independent Union, No. 1122 C.D. 2023, 2024 WL 3687877 (Pa. Commw. Ct., 2024).

Sorry we’re late! This month’s First Thursday should be renamed “Second Monday.”

In this month’s podcast, Rick covers two union leave cases and two involving social media posts.

Gilmore v. Gallego, No. CV-23-0130-PR, 2024 WL 3590669 (Ariz., 2024).

Borgelt v. Austin Firefighters Ass’n, IAFF Loc. 975, 692 S.W.3d 288 (Tex. 2024).

Fenico et al v. City of Philadelphia, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195138 (E.D.Pa. October 28, 2024).

Boyd v. City of Memphis, 2024 WL 3984020 (Tenn. Ct. App., 2024).