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... states offer some type of shared-work program: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont and Washington. Each state's program is a little different, but they have common attributes. In Washington State, a business must submit an application and participant list. An employer must reduce the weekly work hours of its participating employees by at least 10 percent, but not more than ...

... spending a quarter-billion dollars to build 2,500 more jail beds ("Harris County Sheriff renews call for new jail," Nov. 21). Really, though, ... annually on overtime. There aren't enough deputies in Harris County to staff a new jail. I've little doubt there will be a significant tax hike associated with any ... Other counties may pursue a paraphernalia charge when an offender is found with a crack pipe - in Harris those are treated as state jail felonies and contribute significantly to clogging the jail ...

... , but their motion was denied last month; the '719 patent was then transferred over to a new holding company controlled by Harris, Southwest Technology Innovations, which filed its complaint on July 9 [Complaint, PDF]. A second lawsuit, filed against ... with them. I help them identify who infringes, and provide technical assistance. The Southwest [Technology Innovations] case is a little more complex because that patent has bounced around from owner to owner. It's now one of my companies that owns ...

... Rich: I have a question. Why should I care about the Harry Potter case? Isn't it just another example of a huge megacorp using copyright law to crush the little guy? I'm so glad you asked. I don't know why you should care about the Harry ... a fair use) from those cases in which the author is being explained (fair use). As for using copyright law to crush the little guy, that knee-jerk characterization may apply in cases of RIAA smackdowns but misses the boat here. (If ...

... failure at her summer home in Greenwich, Connecticut. The headlines all scream about the death of "the queen of mean." I half expect a little song and dance a la The Wizard of Oz. Helmsley's image as "queen of mean" was forever cemented in popular culture ... her tax evasion trial, a former employee testified that Helmsley said: "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes." By "we", she meant not only herself but Harry Helmsley, who she married in 1972, her fourth marriage (by contrast, ...

... she said. "You can give a serious presentation while at the same time introducing a little bit of humor, or cultural context." On the flip side, there's always the danger that ... maker, not the purchaser. All goblin-made objects are, in goblin eyes, rightfully theirs. Harry Potter: But if it was bought- Bill Weasley: -then they would consider it ... , passing them from wizard to wizard without further payment, little more than theft. -J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS 517 (2007). This ...

... this goal fairly, however, would seem to require a politically and ideologically balanced professoriate. Otherwise, Harris' agenda amounts to little more than providing a rationale for an ideologically imbalanced faculty-like, say, Duke's humanities ... and queer, how race impacts queer identity, the commodification of queerness, and the ways in which queerness complicates the idea of homophobia." Harris is an associate professor; from 2000-2005, he served on the Arts and Sciences Course Committee.

... Institute report (pdf) on local jails, which he said "appeared in line" with Harris County's experience. Let's just identify a few highlights from Murphy' ... biggest homeless shelter in the state," he said. Surely there's little question the Harris County Jail is the biggest "homeless shelter in the state." It's hard to think ... unnecessary incarceration driving Texas jail overcrowding Bail blunders boost bulging Harris jail population Extra bail conditions: When tough on crime means tough on taxpayers ...

... Michigan, won't be publishing Steven Vander Ark's much-anticipated "Harry Potter Lexicon." Not any time soon, and not any time. ... last year to stop publication of the lexicon, claiming that it infringed copyrights in the overwhelmingly popular Harry Potter series of books. Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc. and J.K. ... little." Judge Patterson touched upon the distinction between a reference and a derivative work in his ruling. While the Lexicon, in its current state, is not a fair use of the Harry ...

... and health conditions that have come under scrutiny from civil rights groups in recent years. Department of Justice officials, in a letter to Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, said its investigation will focus on "protection of inmates from harm, environmental conditions, and inmate medical and ... County to consider more practical solutions than building jails that can't be staffed. See Grits' series on the Harris County Jail from 2005 - most of the issues described therein have changed very little.