Most Popular Southwestern University School of Law Blawgs Expanded View List View
Blogs 1 - 4 of 4
Sort by Popularity |
Sorted by Name |
Sort by Last Post Date
Entertainment Law Reporter
Entertainment Law Reporter
From the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment & Media Law Institute at Southwestern Law School.
http://entertainmentlawreporter.blogspot.com/
-
Jun 5
Entertainment Law Reporter on hiatu
Entertainment Law Reporter on hiatuI've discovered that publishing a one-man blog - even a blog that primarily calls attention to the fine work of others - is a surprisingly time-consuming activity. My work on the Entertainment Law Reporter got interrupted by the need to… -
May 2
The Donald, The Apprentice, the FCC, and the broadcast law issues if Trump runs for President
The Donald, The Apprentice, the FCC, and the broadcast law issues if Trump runs for PresidentThose who watch politics (the way others watch sports) wonder whether Donald Trump is seriously thinking about running for President, or whether he is simply generating publicity for his television show "The Apprentice." Only "The Donald"… -
May 2
FTC reports on compliance with entertainment industry age and content rating
FTC reports on compliance with entertainment industry age and content ratingThe Federal Trade Commission has found that video game retailers enforce industry age and content ratings more vigorously than other entertainment retailers, and that music CD retailers are the most lax at doing so. In the words of the…
Rank this Week: 2367
EvidenceProf Blog
EvidenceProf Blog
By John Marshall Law School Professor Colin Miller, with Contributing Editors and Professors David Leonard, Joelle Moreno, and Myrna Raeder
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/evidenceprof/
-
May 20
Black & White: D.C. Court of Appeals Finds Trial Courts Have Discretion to Consider Evidence of Juror Racial Bia
Black & White: D.C. Court of Appeals Finds Trial Courts Have Discretion to Consider Evidence of Juror Racial BiaFederal Rule of Evidence 606(b) states: (b) During an Inquiry into the Validity of a Verdict or Indictment. (1) Prohibited Testimony or Other Evidence. During an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify... -
May 17
Leisure Suit Larry & the IRS: U.S. Tax Court Uses Rule 1003 to Exclude Altered Duplicate
Leisure Suit Larry & the IRS: U.S. Tax Court Uses Rule 1003 to Exclude Altered DuplicateFederal Rule of Evidence 1002, the Best Evidence Rule, provides that An original writing, recording, or photograph is required in order to prove its content unless these rules or a federal statute provides otherwise. That said, Federal Rule… -
May 16
This is a Knife: Florida Court Finds Statement About Knife Qualified as an Excited Utterance
This is a Knife: Florida Court Finds Statement About Knife Qualified as an Excited UtteranceSimilar to its federal counterpart, Section 90.803(2) of the Florida Statutes provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement or excited utterance relating to a startling event or condition made while the declarant was under…
Rank this Week: 262
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
By Professors Byron Stier and Howard Erichson.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mass_tort_litigation/
-
May 15
Distributive Justice in Action
Distributive Justice in ActionThere is a very nice, lauditory article on Kenneth Feinberg in the New York Times today: "One Man Disperses Charity After Tragedy in Boston." The interesting thing about the compensation funds Feinberg is often asked to run are the… -
May 15
Distributive Justice in Action
Distributive Justice in ActionThere is a very nice, lauditory article on Kenneth Feinberg in the New York Times today: "One Man Disperses Charity After Tragedy in Boston." The interesting thing about the compensation funds Feinberg is often asked to run are the… -
Apr 29
Engle's Progeny March On
Engle's Progeny March OnEarlier this month two tobacco trials with origins in the Florida Supreme Court's affirmation of classwide issue preclusion in Engle resulted in large awards. Searcy v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., M.D. Fla., No. 3:09-cv-13723, verdict rendered…
Rank this Week: 248
PrawfsBlawg
PrawfsBlawg
By Professors Dan Markel, Ethan J. Leib, Rob Howse, Paul Horwitz, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Steve Vladeck and Orly Lobel.
http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/
-
May 20
FSU Law Is Hiring, 2013 edition
FSU Law Is Hiring, 2013 editionFlorida State University's appointments committee for the College of Law will be gearing up over the summer and we are looking (principally) for laterals in the following areas: Environmental Law, Torts/Products, Trusts and Estates, Tax,… -
May 20
More on the Town of Greece
More on the Town of GreeceFollowing up on Paul's post, just a few quick thoughts (for now): First, I agree entirely with Paul that his book, and Chris Lund's excellent article, are must-reads on this subject. Since Chris is visiting at Notre Dame next year, I look… -
May 20
Beware of "Town of Greece" Bearing Gift
Beware of "Town of Greece" Bearing GiftThe Supreme Court has granted cert. in Town of Greece v. Galloway, a case out of the Second Circuit involving prayers given by guest chaplains before monthly town board meetings. Here is the SCOTUSBlog page, and here's the Second Circuit…
Rank this Week: 20