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		<title><![CDATA[A Little Grafting of Second Life into a Legal Research Class]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Rob Hudson discusses how Second Life can be used to enhance legal research instruction/ Experiments in full class lectures and other uses of Second Life in higher education offer a mixture of hype and excitement.  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>LLRX.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>LLRX.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 18:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CongressLine: Running for Congress]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247990&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Paul Jenks recounts how for the past two years he has run marathons and monitored Congress at the same time, describing how the two experiences are very similar.  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>LLRX.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>LLRX.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Track Intellectual Assets to Stay Ahead of Competitors and Tomorrow’s News]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247989&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The way your competitors acquire, protect, and promote their intellectual assets can inadvertently signal their next moves. Increasingly savvy marketers are following how competitors manage their intellectual assets to get a sense of what they're preparing to do next. The intellectual assets we're discussing here include the rights conferred by intellectual property, human knowledge secured through staffing, and the way companies promote the value of these through public communications. You can...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>UsefulArts.us</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Dave Wieneke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:30:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Vacation...Reopening in Chicago on May 19]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247952&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ It's been 5 years since I took a vacation, so I'm taking one now: a sightseeing road trip from Tucson back to Chicago. I'll be open for business again on Monday, May 19 at: 691 Wingate Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630.942.0977 Lbodine@LawMarketing.com www.LarryBodine.com Because this is a real vacation, I won't be checking voicemail or email. In the meantime if you need assistance -- with the LawMarketing Listserv, LawMarketing Portal, Webinars, LawMarketing Store or anything else -- please...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Larry Bodine LawMarketing Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Larry Bodine LawMarketing Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:28:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lawsuit of the Day: 'Her Claim is Denied and Poop Happens']]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247982&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ New Yorker Kelly DeBrocky took her family to the aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut. Her kid stepped in poo. Now DeBrocky has filed a seriously sh**ty lawsuit against the city, seeking reimbursement for new shoes and the price of admission and parking. Maybe she's part of the secret movement trying to get everyone in the world to hate New Yorkers. From the Stamford Advocate: A New York woman who took her family to visit the Maritime Aquarium has filed a $100 claim against the city, saying her...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Above the Law</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Above the Law</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I Was Wondering Where I Left My Pants]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247983&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ From a tipster in the London office of Dewey &amp; LeBoeuf: Last night we had a wine and cheese event. Today, the e-mail below was circulated. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [Redacted] To: "DL London Personnel" Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:31:21 +0100 Subject: Trousers To DL London Personnel A pair of black gentleman's trousers size 34 regular have mysteriously found their way into office 12-03. Any claimants? [Redacted] Legal Secretary Dewey &amp; LeBoeuf ---------- Forwarded...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Above the Law</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Above the Law</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Get a Handle on Information Overload"]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247936&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Posted by Genie Tyburski: Â“Dosh Dosh advises information workers to prioritize their new information sources in order to get a...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Stark County Law Library Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chuck Newton: Proof That You Can Practice Virtually From Anywhere]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247950&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Link: Chuck Newton: Proof That You Can Practice Virtually From Anywhere. Chuck Newton has posted on the move in RV parks to provide free WiFi, and the possibility of practicing law from an RV. The FutureLawyer is already doing this, and there is a better way than waiting for RV parks to offer free WiFi. I take the family in our RV to Orlando a few times a year to visit Universal Studios. See our RV in the attached photo. Disney has priced themselves out of the ordinary family's price range....  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Futurelawyer</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>rgeorges</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Another Lesson from Primerus - Networking with your Spouse"]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247937&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Posted by Allison Shields: Â“Earlier this week, I wrote a bit about Primerus and the event I attended. I had...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247937&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Stark County Law Library Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Expert Secrecy: An Ethics Dilemma?"]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247938&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Posted by Genie Tyburski: Â“A prominent legal-ethics professor has ignited a firestorm of controversy with his accusation that three equally...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Stark County Law Library Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["More on Business Development in a Recession"]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247939&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Posted by Tom Kane: Â“Although not everyone accepts that the Â“RÂ” word is actually occurring (of course Â“theyÂ” have six...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Stark County Law Library Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Law Firm PEPP "Bubble" To Burst?"]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247940&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Posted by Brian J. Ritchey: Â“Since 2000, law firm PEPP (profits per equity partner) have increased on average 11% for...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Stark County Law Library Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eye-Fi - Would You Pay $100 for a 2 Gig SD Card?]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247951&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Link: Eye-Fi � Home. How lazy are you? Would you pay an $80 premium for a 2 Gig SD card that talked to your computer without taking it out of the camera? The EyeFi will send its photos directly from the camera wirelessly to a local network. It costs around $100 for a 2 GB card. Nowadays, I can get a 16 GB SD card for that same price. So, pilgrim, I ask again. Would you pay an extra $80 so that you don't have to take the card out of the camera, and insert it in a USB reader or SD slot in the...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247951&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Futurelawyer</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>rgeorges</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Expert Testimony Required]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247954&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a leghal malpractice claim brought by a convicted defendant against his retained counsel. The client was arrested driving a truck that contained more than 3000 pounds of marijuana. He denied knowledge of...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Legal Profession Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Legal Profession</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New review for Bismullah]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247918&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Justice Department notified the Supreme Court on Thursday that the Pentagon plans to conduct a new review of the status of an Afghan national held at Guantanamo Bay, whose lawyers have insisted for months that he was detained by mistake. The individual, Haji Bismullah, is one of eight detainees whose challenges to their captivity led the D.C. Circuit Court to issue a major ruling that expands civilian court review of military detention decisions. The government has challenged that ruling in...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>SCOTUSblog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Lyle Denniston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Two New Podcasts from the Legal Talk Network]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247941&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The AM Law 100 From the site: Â“The results of the AM Law 100 are in and total revenues for...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247941&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Stark County Law Library Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Job of the Week]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247984&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Position: Trademark Protection &amp; Special Projects Counsel Employer: Major Sports League Location: New York Description: This major sports league is seeking an attorney who will be responsible for providing legal counsel for trademark protection, as well as for handling certain litigation-related, corporate and business matters. Responsibilities will include drafting correspondence relating to infringement of intellectual property matters, negotiating and drafting settlement and other...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247984&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Above the Law</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Above the Law</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do Something! Bring a Client]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247976&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this week I talked about Primerus, and how impressed I was by the group and its philosophy. This week's 'Do Something!' post is inspired by Primerus. At the event I attended, each Primerus member was accompanied by a client. This practice not only provides opportunities for connections to be made with other lawyers in the group, but it also deepens the relationships between the lawyer and the client. Want to make an impression on your clients, deepen your relationship and help them at...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247976&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Legal Ease Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Allison C. Shields</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Link to PowerPoint now working on 'Law Firm Blogs : What Works? What Doesn't?']]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247988&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Thanks to a lot of readers for catching that I screwed up in my link to the PowerPoint in yesterday's post on my webinar, 'Law Firm Blogs : What Works? What Doesn't?' Corrected the link in my post. Here's also the link to the PowerPoint as well as a link to the recorded Screencast. As much as I try, screwing up like that is always within my reach. Thanks for catching it.  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247988&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Real Lawyers :: Have Blogs</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Real Lawyers :: Have Blogs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:45:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Go Deep for E-Discovery Solutions"]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247942&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ In the news: Â“Failures to preserve and produce electronically stored information often occur when error-prone, manual e-discovery processes are used....  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247942&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Stark County Law Library Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For Your Clients  Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247943&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ From the e-newsletter: Â“In every state's criminal justice system, special rules exist for cases involving young offenders (usually under 18...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247943&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Stark County Law Library Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Conviction Reversed As Result Of Improper Argument]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247955&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department vacated a criminal conviction for what it characterized as egregious misconduct by the prosecutor in closing argument: A reading of the excerpted text from the People's summation clearly illustrates that...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247955&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Legal Profession Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Legal Profession</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BEVERLY HILLS: PEDESTRIAN-ONLY CROSSING KEEPS WALKERS SAFE FROM INJURY AND ACCIDENTS]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247987&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Pedestrians are at high risk for injury in California. A disproportionate number of traffic accidents involve pedestrians, often resulting in severe injury or death. Southern California's Beverly Hills has 35,000 residents, but its businesses, fame and popularity increase the daytime population to over four times that size. More people in the city mean more people on the road, and sadly more accidents involving walkers and moving vehicles. As a result, the city was prompted to take serious...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247987&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Los Angeles Injury Lawyer Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Greenberg &quot; Rudman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Loan Originator Sentenced For Straw Buyer Scheme]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247980&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Marlene Dinnall a/k/a Marlene Henry, Marlene Angela Hall, and Marlene Morris, 48, Miramar, Florida was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment by United States District Court Judge James I. Cohn. Dinnall was sentenced for her participation on a mortgage and mail and wire fraud scheme that resulted in approximately $1.8 million in fraudulently obtained mortgage loans. At sentencing, the defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to National City Mortgage Company, a lender that … Read More...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247980&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Mortgage Fraud Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Mortgage Fraud Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Barack Obama Is Electable, But . . .]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247834&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ While Barack Obama has the Problem, there is no doubt he is electable. Heck, any Dem would be in this political climate. Paul Krugman explains why: First, votes are affected by the state of the economy - mainly economic performance in the year or so preceding the election. Second, the approval rating of the current president strongly affects his party's ability to hold power. Third, the electorate seems to suffer from an eight-year itch: parties rarely manage to hold the White House for more...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247834&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Big Tent Democrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:02:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Law School Selection Advice... From CBS Sports]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247985&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ As the 3Ls complete their steady march through finals to graduation, we wonder if those heading into Biglaw are thinking about how the next few years will be like one long finals week. Remember back in the day when you were idealistic about the law school experience, touring campuses, and trying to decide where to go to become a top-notch attorney? CBS Sports has a column on how to choose the right law school. Yeah, CBS Sports. Here are our favorites from the list of 17 pieces of advice. We...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Above the Law</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Above the Law</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Relation Back]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247956&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ A legal malpractice case was filed against a firm that had defended a worker's comp case on behalf of an insurance company. An amernded complaint was filed and served that substituted the insurance company as party plaintiff based on a...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Legal Profession Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Legal Profession</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spinning Baze for lower courts]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247860&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Elisabeth Semel has this new piece in The National Law Journal, headlined "Fearing too much justice," which tries its darnedest to argue that Baze should be viewed by lower courts and state officials not as a green light for resuming lethal injection executions, but rather as a yellow light calling for additional caution and inquiry concerning modern execution realities: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.'s plurality opinion establishes that the court is primarily concerned with whether states...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Sentencing Law and Policy</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Doug B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Morning Docket: 05.09.08]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247986&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ * House passes mortgage bill. [Washington Post] * Marine convicted of "wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts," but not rape. [CNN] * Driver sues for damage to his car after hitting and killing 13-pound dog. [MSNBC] * McCain accused of pushing legislation to benefit one of his top fundraisers. [Washington Post] * Who benefits from filling FEC vacancies? [New York Times]  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Above the Law</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Above the Law</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sunny Hostin’s normal failures to research]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247934&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sunny Hostin (an former prosecutor turned "commentator") once again writes some "commentary" on CNN that, well, is stupid. This time she complains about "pro se" defendants. She begins by talking about criminal proceedings governed by the sixth amendment, but ends by diverging into British family law disputes. Now, granted, we all think it is a bad idea for someone to represent themselves at trial. But, her "commentary" seems woefully under-researched. Her "prime" example of a pro se defendant...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247934&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Appellate Law &amp; Practice</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>S. COTUS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:19:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Looming Battle in Darfur?]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247850&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Reuters reports that Khartoum is stepping up its military presence in Kordofan amid concerns that the JEM rebels are preparing an attack, which the JEM denies: Sudan's army has stepped up security in Khartoum, saying it has intelligence that a heavily armed convoy of Darfur rebels has advanced to the neighboring Kordofan province and is planning an attack. But the rebel Justice and Equality Movement denied any move on Sudan's capital and accused the government of trying to distract attention...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247850&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Southern Appeal</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>KM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:17:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Observations on exams]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247828&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Probably like the rest of the professor world, I've been grading exams for the last few days. Most exams I took in law school were issue spotters (there were a few that were theoretical, asking questions like "how would you redesign the administrative state," but I'm not going to focus on those), which generally require students to apply core doctrines to the facts. But this isn't much like practice, at least in administrative law, which I taught this term. Core doctrines are not usually the...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247828&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>PrawfsBlawg</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Andy Hessick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Send In Your Nominations For Copyright Czar]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247846&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Cnet: "House Wants Copyright Czar, New Piracy Penalites": By a 410-10 vote, the House approved the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property, or Pro-IP, Act, which is backed by the entertainment industry and other major copyright holders. . . . The bill would rewrite U.S. law to allow federal officials to seize property--including computers or other equipment used to commit intellectual-property crimes or obtained as a result of those proceeds--from people convicted of...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247846&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>The Trademark Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Marty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Immigration: Straight from the Source]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247933&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Andrea Saenz, a 3L and board member of the Harvard Immigration Project, filled us on a recent event at which Jeanne Butterfield, Executive Director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, spoke on the topic of immigration and national security. "How does a HLS student interested in immigration find out exactly what's going on in Washington? Like in so many other issue areas, by going straight to the source. Recently, Professor Debbie Anker's immigration policy seminar hosted Jeanne...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247933&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Harvard JD Admissions</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>admissions</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:09:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Choice Of Disciplinary Law]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247957&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has proposed amendments to its Rule 8.5, governing choice of law in the application of rules of professional conduct. Noting that there is no completely satisfactory solution to choice of ethics law so long as...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247957&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Legal Profession Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Legal Profession</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SHOPLIFT]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247849&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Shoplifting is the crime of stealing, or making an effort to steal, or intentionally paying less than the full amount for products or goods in a store. Shoplifting can include taking something without the intention of paying for it, hiding, concealing, or modifying a store's goods (including the price tag) with the intention of stealing it or unlawfully paying less that it is being sold for. In California, shoplifting goods with a value less than $400 may constitutes a petty theft misdemeanor...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247849&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Southern California Defense Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Wallin &quot; Klarich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Computers Expert Witness on Computer Forensic Analysis]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247589&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Computers expert witness Scott Greene of Great Scott Enterprises, Inc., writes that it is important to understand that computer forensics is not just "looking around in a computer." There are very specific protocols for recovering, preserving and analyzing the data as evidence. Certain data may need to be recovered due to the fact that it was purposely destroyed. In addition, there are data files that are created during normal operation of the operating system or of an application program that...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247589&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Expert Witness Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Karen Olson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Women's Voices, Women Vote -- Fraud or Innocent Mistake?]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247853&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ /**/ Does it make sense that a group dedicated to registering women voters would purposely seek to disenfranchise them and keep them from the polls? That seems a bit Orwellian to me. But that's the allegation that the group Women's Voices, Women Vote found itself confronted with in the weeks leading up to the recent North Carolina Democratic primary. For many months, Women's Voices, Women Vote has been working on a campaign called "20 Million Reasons" -- an effort to register 20 million single...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247853&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>PunditMom</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>PunditMom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cindy McCain Refuses to Release Her Tax Returns, Even If Her Husband Is Elected President]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247920&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Cindy McCain announced on the Today show yesterday that she will never release her tax returns, even if her husband is elected President: Press and blogosphere coverage: Associated Press Chicago Tribune Democratic National Committee press release USA Today  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247920&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>TaxProf Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Paul Caron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Proposed Sanction Deemed Insufficient]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247958&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Iowa Supreme Court rejected the proposed six-month suspension recommended by its Grievance Commission and imposed a two-year suspension for neglect, failure to provide an accounting and return personal papers of a client and failure to cooperate with the isciplinary...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247958&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Legal Profession Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Legal Profession</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jurors "Outraged" By Trade Secret Claims Made In Texas]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247803&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Here's a relative rarity - a trade secrets misappropriation case that goes to a full jury trial and verdict. National Oilwell Varco is an oil field parts seller. It had some long-term employees leave without any noncompete agreements restricting their re-employment in the industry. That said, National Oilwell Varco sued the employees on a trade secrets misappropriation theory and alleged that the employees took with them key information about clients - including, for example, a "40 year...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247803&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Trade Secrets Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Trade Secrets Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tennessee Burglary]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247842&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Burglary cases often involve many complex issues. If you are charged with Burglary in Tennessee, contact a defense attorney. Our Tennessee criminal defense lawyers will assess your case and discuss the legal ramifications of any important decisions you must make. Under the old days, the burglary statutes in Tennessee looked much different than the modern statutes as the modern burglary statutes are a major change from prior law. Formerly, there were different levels of burglary such as...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247842&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Baker Associates</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Did Obama Vote for a Bad  Tort Reform Bill?]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247835&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ When some people think of tort reform, they think it's about lawyers' fees. It's about much more than that, including maintaining an injured person's access to the courts. Barack Obama told Chris Wallace on Fox News last Sunday: I would point out, though, for example, that when I voted for a tort reform measure that was fiercely opposed by the trial lawyers, I got attacked pretty hard from the left. In 2005, Barack Obama voted for CAFA, the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. Who voted against...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247835&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Jeralyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Bush nominates Va. judge to fill vacancy on 4th Circuit"]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247552&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ "Bush nominates Va. judge to fill vacancy on 4th Circuit": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "A federal judge in Virginia is President Bush's pick to fill one of several vacancies on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, widely viewed as the most conservative federal appellate bench in the country. The White House announced Thursday that Bush had nominated Glen E. Conrad to the Richmond, Va.-based appeals court, which has handled some of the country's biggest terrorism cases....  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247552&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>How Appealing</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>How Appealing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:33:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hugh Hewitt: "Death of the Alpha Leader" by Randy Elrod]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247925&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ When yet another "Evangelical Manifesto" appeared this week, I noted the absurdity of even attempting to speak for "evangelicals" given the collapse of hierarchies brought about by new media. I then asked Randy Elrod...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247925&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:33:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[House Passes Housing Tax Bill]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247921&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The House yesterday approved The Housing Assistance Tax Act (H.R. 5720), as an amendment to the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (H.R. 3221), .by a 322-94 vote, setting up a conflict with the Senate (which passed an earlier...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247921&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>TaxProf Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Paul Caron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Your Estate Worth $5 Million Or Less?  ]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247877&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Jonathan G. Blattmachr and Georgiana J. Slade at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &amp; McCloy LLP, and Bridget J. Crawford at Pace University - School of Law, have written an article in the March, 2007 edition of "Estate Planning" magazine, addressing estate planning for those of us with estates under five million dollars. I have posted the full article at the same time as this posting. Here is an abstract for the article: "Financial concerns may preclude people of modest wealth (defined for purposes of...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247877&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>California Tax Attorney Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>California Tax Attorney Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Estate Planning For Persons With Less Than $5 Million]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247878&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Download file  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247878&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>California Tax Attorney Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>California Tax Attorney Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hugh Hewitt: The Beginning Of The Next Lebanon War?]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247926&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ From AP: Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247926&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:29:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247576&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ THE HARMONIC CONVERGENCE OF IDIOCY CONTINUES: Code Pink Protesters Try Witchcraft at Anti-Marine Rallies.  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247576&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Instapundit.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Instapundit.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Threat Of Litigation Not A Criminal Offense]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247959&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ In an appeal of a conviction for extortion, the Maryland Court of Appeals held a threat to pursue a legal action unless a settlement payment is made does not constitute extortion by wrongful threat of economic harm. The court's summary...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247959&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Legal Profession Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Legal Profession</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hugh Hewitt: Waiting For The Polar Bear Decision]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247927&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Nothing yet from the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service on the court-mandated decision on whether or not the polar bear is a "threatened species."The deadline is May 15. Background column number 1 is here.Background...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247927&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:22:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tea-leaf analysis of the likely Rodriquez ACCA case outcome]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247861&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Writing over at CO, Anita Krishnakumar takes up my query about what her great ACCA analysis might mean for Rodriquez, the one last notable ACCA case still pending before the Justices. Her thoughtful post highlights the unexpected affiliations that these ACCA cases create and ends this way: So, hazardous though this kind of speculation can be, I am predicting a 5-4 or 6-3 outcome in favor of the defendant in this case. Of course, if I am wrong about Justice Alito, the case could flip and the...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247861&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Sentencing Law and Policy</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Doug B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ABA Tax Section May Meeting]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247922&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The ABA Tax Section's three-day May Meeting continues today at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. A list of Tax Profs with speaking roles today, and their topics, is below the fold.  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247922&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>TaxProf Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Paul Caron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hugh Hewitt: Ken Starr To The Rescue]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247928&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Because he is such a very good guy, Ken Starr is helping out the lefties of Malibu control the paparazzi swarms. (HT: Jeff Bliss).  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247928&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:16:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247577&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ MICKEY KAUS OFFERS a two-factor explanation for the Democratic primary results.  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247577&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Instapundit.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Instapundit.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hugh Hewitt: Ivory Tower Blogs]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247929&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Inside Higher Ed takes a look.  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247929&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:13:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who Would Obama Pick for Attorney General?]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247836&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ According to Matt Stoller and The Washingtonian, Barack Obama is likely to pick Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama for Attorney General. Checking Davis' website, I found this: From 1994 to 1998, Congressman Davis established a 98 percent conviction rate as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama fighting white-collar criminals and the scourge of drugs and violence on our streets and in our neighborhoods. From 1998 until his election to Congress, Congressman Davis...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247836&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Jeralyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Religious Accommodations and Eagle Protection Law:]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247672&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Judge Michael McConnell, one of the nation's leading scholars of church-state and religious freedom law, has just written a characteristically thoughtful opinion on the subject. Much worth reading if you're...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247672&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>The Volokh Conspiracy</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Volokh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gender Discrimination on Wall Street]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247795&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ There is no denying that Gender Discrimination exists in many industries but nowhere more prevalent than on Wall Street. The past ten years have seen more gender discrimination lawsuits brought by women against financial institutions than any other type of discrimination lawsuits and yet the problem persists. The high power and high paying jobs are still filled predominately by men. Often times women find it challenging to break into that next level because of the glass ceiling that exists and...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247795&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>New York Employment Lawyer Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Schwartz &quot; Perry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. House Passes Intellectual Property Enforcement Bill]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247930&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ On May 8, 2008, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4279, known as the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act - "PRO IP" for short. The bill would revise various enforcement-related revisions to U.S. copyright and trademark laws. Key sections of the bill include: a revision to the Copyright Act protecting the validity of [...]  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>IP Spotlight</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Jim Singer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:55:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fox-News and Rush Limbaugh: Enemies of Democracy]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247876&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ American "journalism" contributes to democracy's demise when it acts duplicitously, recklessly, or when it attempts to game the electoral system. Indeed, deliberative democracy cannot tolerate for long, intentional deception on the part of the media. Nor can civil society tolerate admonitions to game the electoral system by urging voters to cast their votes strategically in an opposing Party's primary in order to help select a weaker opponent in the fall. This is a travesty of republican...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Essentially Contested America</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Robert Justin Lipkin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:54:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Answer Key for 2008 Customs Broker License Examination Released]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247611&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the results of the April 7, 2008 Customs Broker License Examination. The examination and answer key are posted below: April 2008 ExaminationApril 2008 Answer KeyAccording to reports, the April 2008 examination had a pass rate of 20.5%, which is... This is a summary of the article. Click on the above link or visit www.tradelawnews.com to read the entire article.  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247611&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>International Trade Law News</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>International Trade Law News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:52:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247578&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ A MEDIA COUP IN LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH'S SUBTLE TAKEOVER: "Hezbollah's militant takeover of Beirut and its systematic destruction of the authority of the state and freedom of the press suggests a sophisticated and planned campaign to take power. There is no hiding the violence Hezbollah used to seize Beirut and cut it off from the rest of the country. But as their media campaign is already showing, Hezbollah is employing subtle and sophisticated mechanisms to take over the rest of Lebanon." And, of...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247578&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Instapundit.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Instapundit.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Proposes Changes to Cross-Border Rules]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247598&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ /**/ SEC Proposes Changes to Cross-Border Rules Yesterday, the SEC posted its 194-page proposing release related to the amendments to the cross-border rules, the first proposed changes to the rules since they were initially adopted in 1999. A departure from recent practice, these proposals were approved by the Commission seriatim rather than in an open Commission meeting. The proposing release includes many proposed rule changes that would codify existing Staff interpretive positions and...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247598&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>DealLawyers.com Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>broc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247579&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ GOOD NEWS: PRIVATE SPACE STATION HITS ORBITAL MILESTONE: A prototype module for a private space station has passed an orbital milestone after completing its 10,000th trip around the Earth. Genesis 1, an inflatable module built by the Las Vegas, Nev.-based firm Bigelow Aerospace, passed the 10,000-orbit mark as it nears the beginning of its third year of unmanned operations, its builders announced late Thursday. Bigelow Aerospace launched Genesis 1 atop a converted intercontinental ballistic...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247579&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Instapundit.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Instapundit.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Edgar Awards: Down River by John Hart]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247977&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. I reviewed Down River here. I'm not surprised that it won an Edgar Award: it's a terrific novel. Buy it here.  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247977&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Al Nye The Lawyer Guy</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Al Nye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NATLE endorsed factoring company, Strategic Capital Added to "Cash Now Pushers" List]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247799&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ It has to be said...The factoring company that has been endorsed by the National Association of Trial Lawyer Executives (NATLE), Strategic Capital, is on the "cash now pusher" list. What an embarassment! Click here for the link to the NATLE web site which highlights this. Here is one web page Download strategic_capital_corporation_cash_now_question_592008.pdf which ironically appears next to a tab entitled "consumer protection". Here is another Download...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247799&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Structured Settlements 4Real</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>structuredsettlements</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[“McCain’s Vision For Defending the World’s Vulnerable”]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247851&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ This recent speech by Senator John McCain is nothing less than outstanding. Here's a taste (but please do read the entire speech): There is a tendency in our age to accede to the spurious excuse of moral relativism and turn away from the harshest examples of man's inhumanity to man; to ignore the darker side of human nature that encroaches upon our decency by subtle degree. There are many reasons for this. Blessed with opportunity, and intent on the challenges of work and family, our own lives...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247851&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Southern Appeal</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Feddie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:40:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247580&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ AND RIGHTLY SO: UN blasts Myanmar for visa policy on aid workers.  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247580&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Instapundit.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Instapundit.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arrest in home was without exigent circumstances or warrant and violated Payton]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247593&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Defendant's arrest in his home was not supported by exigent circumstances, and he opened the door on a command from the officers. Therefore, the entry and arrest violated Payton. United States v. Reeves, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 9808 (10th Cir. May 7, 2008). The length of defendant's stop was not unreasonable. He consented while the officer was waiting for the computer check to come back, and the officer did not move him to the back of the patrol car until after he consented. United States v....  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247593&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>FourthAmendment.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>FourthAmendment.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:38:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247581&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ A GROWING MEASLES OUTBREAK in Toronto.  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247581&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Instapundit.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Instapundit.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rule 13 Case from the CCA]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247609&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ There is an interesting guest post on the Texas Appellate Law Blog about a case out of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. In Vasilas v. State, decided May 7th, the CCA held that a person could be criminally prosecuted for a false statement made in a civil filing regardless of how that same conduct would be treated under Rule 13 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court's conclusion was that statutes always trump rules and, accordingly, there was no need to consider Rule 13. I've...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247609&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>The Supreme Court of Texas blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Don Cruse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Careful what you sue for: "Airline bans tips for skycaps at Logan"]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247627&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ When American Airlines instituted a $2 per bag charge for skycap service at Boston's Logan Airport, the workers' tip income dropped, some travelers seeing the change as a reason to stop tipping. A lawyer representing the workers sued American and a month ago a federal jury awarded them more than $325,000. In addition, the Massachusetts legislature recently enacted a law providing that businesses can be hit with triple damages in wage/hour disputes. Now American Airlines has decreed a complete...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247627&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Overlawyered</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Walter Olson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[international m&a symposium, 6/17-18]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247919&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Institute for International and Comparative Law is hosting their Annual Symposium: International Mergers &amp; Acquisitions - Strategies and Trends. This two day program takes place in Plano, Texas, on June 17-18. Both days are packed with programs, as can be seen here. Of particular note are some of the sessions, which [...]  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>China Esquire</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>T Chow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:28:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247582&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ LARRY JOHNSON: The Obama Democrats' Ostrich Moment. "The full-court press to force Hillary from the presidential race ain't working. She will win the West Virginia, Kentucky, and Puerto Rico primaries."  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247582&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Instapundit.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Instapundit.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[H-1B CAP-SUBJECT RECEIPT NOTICES]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247784&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The filing fee checks for several regular cap-subject H-1B petitions that were filed by our office on April 1st have been processed. Receipts for these cases should be forthcoming. It looks like the USCIS is on track to issue receipts for accepted cases by its self-imposed June 2, 2008 deadline. Good luck!  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247784&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Immigration Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Maged</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:25:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247583&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ IN CANADA, MORE PUSHBACK AGAINST THEIR KANGAROO-COURT "HUMAN RIGHTS" COMMISSIONS: Once upon a time, it was simply a pain in the butt. For the last two years, though, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has become an out-of-control juggernaut, rolling over unsuspecting bystanders in its path. Fair enough, OHRC has always been a tad controversial -- some might say off-the-wall -- in its rulings. But recent changes, and the way they are being implemented by Commissioner Barbara Hall, are...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247583&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Instapundit.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Instapundit.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Matlock applies to vehicle searches; here a taxicab]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247594&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Defendant was under surveillance and was seen retrieving a gun from behind bushes and getting into a taxicab which he had called. The cab changed lanes without signaling and the officer pulled it over. He got the passenger out and got consent from the driver. While defendant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the cab, the court finds that Matlock on apparent authority to consent applies to taxicabs. The gun was found hidden under the floor mat. That showed defendant believed he had a...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>FourthAmendment.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>FourthAmendment.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:18:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spring Loaded Options and Demand Excusal: Weiss v. Swanson]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247614&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ We are quick to criticize the Delaware courts for decision that reflect an excessively pro-management bias, something that harms shareholders and opens the jurisdiction to criticism and to calls for preemption. Less often do we have an opportunity to complement decisions so when an opportunity arises, it behooves this Blog to take it. The decision by VC Lamb in Weiss v. Swanson is a spring-loading/bullet-dodging options case. Using reasoning in Tyson, and following the reasonable approach...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247614&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>The Race to the Bottom</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>J. Robert Brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BJ’s steps on worker’s rights]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247558&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ I'm no fan of the Confederate flag. It started its life as the flag of slave-owning traitors and it now lives as a symbol that rests comfortably next to the nazi swastika. Nevertheless, the First Amendment is there to protect speech that we don't like - not speech we like. I have to, therefore, [...]  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247558&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>The Legal Satyricon</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>marcorandazza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:15:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spring Loaded Options and Demand Excusal: Weiss v. Swanson]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247615&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ We discussed the calculated timing of option grants in an earlier series of posts on option grant practices and the Delaware courts. In an unpublished opinion dated March 7, 2008, Vice Chancellor Lamb of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied a motion to dismiss a claim for breach of fiduciary duty against former and current directors and officers of Linear Technology Corporation who issued and received timed option grants. Weiss v. Swanson, C.A. No. 2828-VCL, 2008 WL 623324 at *1 (Del.Ch. Mar....  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247615&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>The Race to the Bottom</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Larson-Krieg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A "Real Beauty" Blunder (update) ]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247953&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Maintaining that his comments were taken out of context, Pascal Dangin and Unilever released the following statement yesterday: "The recent article published by The New Yorker incorrectly implies that I retouched the images in connection with the [2005] Dove 'real women' ad. I only worked on the [2007 Dove Pro-Age] campaign taken by Annie Leibovitz and was directed only to remove dust and do color correction -- both the integrity of the photographs and the women's natural beauty were...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247953&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Reasonable Basis</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Hughes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[“Intentional Sex Torts” follow up]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247559&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ A few days ago, I wrote a post on "Intentional Sex Torts." This created some high pitched shrieking that I hadn't actually read the article. The article is here, and it is worse than I thought. However, I did find some good scholarship on this issue. Adult Impersonation: Rape by Fraud [...]  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247559&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>The Legal Satyricon</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>marcorandazza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:03:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247584&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ TURNING GLOOMY, WINDOWLESS PRISONS into light and airy space!  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247584&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Instapundit.com</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Instapundit.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Traumatic Brain Injury TBI in Iraq War Veterans Explored by MIT's Technology Review Magazine ]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247537&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, has been labeled the signature injury of the Iraq War. Estimates of the number of soldiers who have experienced concussions while deployed range as high as 20 percent. The long-term implications of TBI are unclear, and no treatments exist to cure long-lasting symptoms. The cover story of the May issue of MIT's Technology Review magazine explores the symptoms of TBI in Iraq veterans through first-person interviews, and it examines new technology being developed to...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247537&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Brain Injury News and Information Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kaplen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Your Blogger: Influencing the Law]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247595&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ One of the things that drives me nuts about academia (I practiced for 14 years before coming to teach) is the belief that "law" and "lawyering" are somehow beneath it. You see it in various ways - from a "why...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Statutory Construction Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Prfhricik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NC Court of Appeals Decision on Pleading Standards in Trade Secrets Case]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247804&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ It's nice (and easy) to be able to link to one of our sister blogs, the North Carolina Appellate Blog, concerning a case from earlier this week from the North Carolina Court of Appeals. In Washburn v. Yadkin Valley Bank &amp; Trust, the court affirmed dismissal of a trade secrets claim on the grounds that the identity of the trade secrets and the manner of the alleged misappropriation were pleaded with insufficient particularity. The case could prove very useful in fighting off vague claims in...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247804&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Trade Secrets Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Trade Secrets Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Poop Happens!]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247560&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ I am so relieved that this did not happen in Florida… A Mahopac, N.Y., resident, took her 1 year old son to the aquarium in Norwalk, CT. He got out of the car and stepped in a pile of feces. Mom then filed a claim with the city for reimbursement for a new [...]  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247560&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>The Legal Satyricon</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>marcorandazza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:36:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Florida Leads Nation in Boating Accident Deaths]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247548&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Not surprisingly, given our location and the number of boaters in Florida, we again lead the nation in the number of boating accident fatalities. Unfortunately, Miami-Dade County has the dubious distinction of leading the State, having had 13 such wrongful deaths last year. The findings, reported by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, revealed that 77 people suffered wrongful deaths on Florida waters in 2007. Apparently the vast majority of all boating accidents occurred with...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Florida Personal Injury Lawyer Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Joseph I. Lipsky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reflections ...]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247632&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ This week Duncan Riley announced his new blogging venture, The Inquisitr (see my post here). However in my mind an equally significant announcement was that Skepticlawyer (Helen Dale) from Catallaxy and Legal Eagle from The Legal Soapbox are teaming up at in a joint blog venture, Skepticlawyer. Although they are both lawyers, they have different interests and politics, they are always thoughtful and intelligent, and I enjoy immensely reading their perspectives on law, politics and life. I wish...  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Freedom To Differ</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:30:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[     What It Takes To Be A Great Lawyer  - Part 15    ]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247874&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ An Understanding of the Human Condition and What It Takes to Motivate Jurors to Action You can't try jury cases if you don't understand how people think. I am not talking about how the way other members of the club think. Nor am I talking about the thought processes or values of the people you see at every disease ball. No, I'm talking about the way that "real" people think. The way the guy cleaning the golf carts at the club thinks. Or the woman clearing the dirty dishes at the disease ball....  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>Day on Torts</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Day on Torts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:21:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AutoAdmit update - AK47 motion to quash argued - plaintiffs respond]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247561&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Pseudonymous defendant, AK47, had his motion to quash heard on Monday, May 5. He was represented by court-appointed counsel. The fact that the court appointed counsel to represent AK47 in a civil case suggests that Judge Droney realizes the important First Amendment issue in this case, and he does not want to wind [...]  ]]></description>
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		<dc:publisher>The Legal Satyricon</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>marcorandazza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:14:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kent's Prof. Dinwoodie to be Honored by INTA]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247574&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Chicago-Kent Professor Graeme B. Dinwoodie, an associate dean and director of the program in Intellectual Property Law, is receiving the 2008 Pattishall Medal for Teaching Excellence from the International Trademark Association ("INTA"). Professor Dinwoodie will also receive the 2008 Ladas Memorial Award for his law review article with University of Iowa Professor Mark D. Janis, Confusion Over Use: Contextualism in Trademark Law, published last year in the Iowa Law Review. The awards will be...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247574&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Chicago IP Litigation Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Chicago IP Litigation Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:13:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The people behind the bar]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247597&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Although the details of how and why are yet to emerge, the news about Mark Saunders' death is quite shocking for those of us at the family bar, which is a relatively small community. However, I don't intend to speculate about what has happened - it is undoubtedly a very private tragedy for both Mark Saunders, [...]  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247597&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Pink Tape</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>familoo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:11:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Proposes Changes to Cross-Border Rules]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247866&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ /**/ SEC Proposes Changes to Cross-Border Rules Yesterday, the SEC posted a 194-page proposing release related to the amendments of its cross-border rules, the first proposed changes to the rules since they were initially adopted in 1999. A departure from recent practice, these proposals were approved by the Commission seriatim rather than in an open Commission meeting. The proposing release includes many proposed rule changes that would codify existing Staff interpretive positions and...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247866&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>broc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Policy's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals":  Several Philosophers Make the List]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247535&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Foreign Policy's annual game of identifying what they deem the world's top "public intellectuals" is here. Noam Chomsky has won in the past, and correctly so given the criteria: "Candidates must be living and still active in public life. They...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247535&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Leiter Reports:  A Group Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Brian Leiter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[     Federal judge in Arkansas shells the corn about overreaching federal preemption    ]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247556&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ As an Atlanta lawyer handling both defective product and motor carrier cases, I have been troubled over the past several years by a trend of federal agencies seeking to block juries from ever getting a chance to consider the evidence against manufacturers through the doctrine of federal preemption, often beyond anything expressly intended by Congress. Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has been lending support to that doctrine. Now, however, U. S. District Judge William R. Wilson, Jr., in...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247556&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Atlanta Injury Law &amp; Civil Litigation Blog</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Atlanta Injury Law &quot; Civil Litigation Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:07:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Press Conference on IPR Protection 2007 Held in Beijing]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247596&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ On May 8, 2008 a press release from the International Sports Movement was available at Sports Features Communications. The following is excerpted from that release: Beijing Intellectual Property Working Conference and the Information Office of the Municipal Government jointly held a press conference on IPR protection 2007 at the Beijing Olympics Press Center. Principals from the municipal IP Office, Press and Publication Administration, Administration for Industry and Commerce, High People's...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247596&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>Philip Brooks' Patent Infringement Updates</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Brand-name" Supreme Court cases]]></title>
		<link>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247543&amp;type=post</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ A surprising number of cases in the LII's Supreme Court collection are asked for by name - that is, as the end-point of a search for the names of the parties. The top five brand-name cases are: Roe v. Wade Bush v. Gore Roper v. Simmons Miranda v. Arizona Lawrence v. Texas This ordering probably isn't strictly accurate - people find an astonishing number of ways to search for a particular case, and there are nearly as many searches for "Gore vs. Bush" as there are for "Bush v. Gore". No...  ]]></description>
		<guid>http://blawgsearch.justia.com/visit.aspx?id=1247543&amp;type=post</guid>
		<dc:publisher>LII Announce</dc:publisher>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:43 -0700</pubDate>
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