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Ohio Employer's Law Blog

Ohio Employer's Law Blog

Provides updates and commentary on current employment law headlines and topics. By Kohrman Jackson & Krantz.

http://ohioemploymentlaw.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    WIRTW #275 (the “reality bites” edition)

    WIRTW #275 (the “reality bites” edition)
    Last night, Fox debuted its new reality show, Does Someone Have To Go?, which Entertainment Weekly bills as Survivor meets The Office. Here’s the premise:   Needless to say, the New York Times is not impressed, unflatteringly…
  • May 23

    When state law conflicts with the EEOC on criminal background checks, who wins?

    When state law conflicts with the EEOC on criminal background checks, who wins?
    Last year, the EEOC issued its long awaited Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions under Title VII. While the Guidance was much more fair and balanced than many employer advocates…
  • May 22

    Email surveillance as evidence of retaliation

    Email surveillance as evidence of retaliation
    Employees should not operate under any false ideas that they enjoy an expectation of privacy in their work email accounts. Just because an employer has the right to snoop through an employee’s email, however, does not mean the practice…
Rank this Week: 263

TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog

TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog

Covers corporate and securities law. By Broc Romanek.

http://www.thecorporatecounsel.net/Blog/
  • May 24

    ISS Settles with SEC Over Breach of Confidentiality

    ISS Settles with SEC Over Breach of Confidentiality
    ISS Settles with SEC Over Breach of Confidentiality Yesterday, the SEC charged ISS with failing to safeguard confidential voting information in a number of proxy contests - and ISS settled for a $300k fine for violating the '40 Act. In...
  • May 23

    12th-23rd Say-on-Pay Failures of the Year (Including One With 9% Support!)

    12th-23rd Say-on-Pay Failures of the Year (Including One With 9% Support!)
    12th-23rd Say-on-Pay Failures of the Year (Including One With 9% Support!) Here are the latest failures - including one with 9% support, the lowest level since say-on-pay became law: - Patriot Scientific - Form 8-K (46% support) - Gentiva…
  • May 22

    Status of SEC's Political Contribution Disclosure Rulemaking: Not Yet (& Maybe Never)

    Status of SEC's Political Contribution Disclosure Rulemaking: Not Yet (& Maybe Never)
    Status of SEC's Political Contribution Disclosure Rulemaking: Not Yet (& Maybe Never) Each time I see an article from the mass media indicating that an imminent proposal from the SEC on political contribution disclosure rules, I tweet…
Rank this Week: 275

CYB3RCRIM3

CYB3RCRIM3

Features observations on technology, law and lawlessness. By University of Dayton Susan Brenner.

http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    Hacking, Defamation and Anonymity

    Hacking, Defamation and Anonymity
    This post examines an opinion the Superior Court of New Jersey – Appellate Division recently issued in a civil case:  Warren Hospital, et al. v. John Does 1-10, __ A.3d __, 2013 WL 1349323 (2013).  The plaintiffs include…
  • May 22

    Privacy, Discovery and Social Media

    Privacy, Discovery and Social Media
    --> This post examines an opinion the New York Supreme Court – Richmond County issued in a civil case:  Fawcett v. Altieri, 38 Misc.3d 1022, 960 N.Y.S.2d 592 (New York Supreme Court - Richmond County 2013).  The case…
  • May 20

    Harassment, Emails and the Passionate Fan

    Harassment, Emails and the Passionate Fan
    In 2011, Paul Michael Glaser obtained a six-month civil harassment restraining order under California Code of Civil Procedure § 527.6 against Pamela Meserve. Glaser v. Meserve, 2013 WL 1460339 (California Court of Appeals 2013). When…
Rank this Week: 276

Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog

Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog

Covers medical malpractice cases, news and issues with a focus on Illinois. From the Chicago law firm of Levin and Perconti.

http://medicalmalpractice.levinperconti.com/
  • May 24

    Nursing Levels -- Cutting Back Hurts Patient

    Nursing Levels -- Cutting Back Hurts Patient
    Our team of attorneys working on nursing home neglect matters frequently point to staffing levels as a key factor in the prevalence of widespread mistreatment at long-term care facilities. The logic is pretty straightforward. Nurses and…
  • May 22

    Medical Device Company Hospira Warned by FDA Over IV Pump Concern

    Medical Device Company Hospira Warned by FDA Over IV Pump Concern
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a critical role in keeping consumers safe. There is a reasonable expectation that a product that is bought at a store will be safe for use. That expectation is even more secure when it comes…
  • May 20

    Refocusing the Debate: Litigation Improves Patient Safety

    Refocusing the Debate: Litigation Improves Patient Safety
    Many aspects of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) are set to take effect this year. Expectedly, this is causing certain groups to make dubious claims about the effect the law will have on businesses and the “tyranny” of…
Rank this Week: 395

InsureReinsure.Com: The Insurance…

InsureReinsure.Com: The Insurance & Reinsurance Blog

Covers bad faith, insurance coverage, D&O liability, excess and surplus lines, and more. By Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge.

http://www.insurereinsure.com/
  • May 24

    I-5 Bridge Collapse Could Raise Several Thorny Insurance Issue

    I-5 Bridge Collapse Could Raise Several Thorny Insurance Issue
    On the evening of May 23, a large section of the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Mt. Vernon, Washington collapsed into the river below. See news articles here and here. According to early reports, an “oversized” truck…
  • May 24

    * Chris Finney Commentary: two Solvency II updates from the PRA

    * Chris Finney Commentary: two Solvency II updates from the PRA
    On 23 May 2013, the PRA published two letters from Julian Adams to UK (re)insurers. The first (available here) repeats what we already know, and can be safely filed under R. (Here’s a précis: Solvency II has been delayed; the…
  • May 24

    PLEASE JOIN US - 12th Annual Half-Day Insurance and Reinsurance Seminar - Complimentary Seminar

    PLEASE JOIN US - 12th Annual Half-Day Insurance and Reinsurance Seminar - Complimentary Seminar
    Program: Insurance Linked Securities: The Convergence of Insurance and the Capital MarketsDiscussion of the legal and regulatory issues for various ILS structures including CAT Bonds, ILW’s and Side Cars. NAIC Amendments to the…
Rank this Week: 149

Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

News about law professors and law schools. By University of Texas School of Law Professor Brian R. Leiter.

http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/
  • May 24

    Nice presentation on the U.S. News ranking methodology...

    Nice presentation on the U.S. News ranking methodology...
    ...from Pitt Dean William Carter, who had the unhappy task of dealing with a big drop in Pitt's overall rank in U.S. News. As with...
  • May 23

    In Memoriam: Daniel Schaffer

    In Memoriam: Daniel Schaffer
    Professor Daniel Schaffer of the Northeastern University School of Law passed away on May 8. He was 74. Schaffer, a tax expert, joined the Northeastern...
  • May 22

    Geu Named Dean of South Dakota

    Geu Named Dean of South Dakota
    Professor Thomas Geu of the University of South Dakota School of Law has been named the school's new dean. Geu holds a JD from the...
Rank this Week: 169

Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

Covers Illinois nursing homes and information for nursing home residents, family members, ombudsmen, resident advocates, elder law attorneys and nursing home staff. By Levin & Perconti.

http://blog.levinperconti.com/
  • May 24

    Protecting Residents From Dangerous Nursing Home Employee

    Protecting Residents From Dangerous Nursing Home Employee
    When families move a loved one into a long-term care facility, they are entrusting the home to provide proper support for their loved one. While these transfers happen every day, they are not easy. Many emotions are tied up in the transfer,…
  • May 22

    $5.2 Million Nursing Home Negligence Jury Verdict For Delayed Care

    $5.2 Million Nursing Home Negligence Jury Verdict For Delayed Care
    Traditional nursing homes--known as “skilled nursing facilities”--are able to provide a degree of actual medical care at the facility itself. Of course, caregivers provide support--like making meals, washing clothes, help with…
  • May 20

    State Supreme Court Mandates Arbitration in Nursing Home Death Case

    State Supreme Court Mandates Arbitration in Nursing Home Death Case
    The Florida Supreme Court recently made it more difficult for the families of wrongful death victims to have their cases heard in court. In February, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a mandatory arbitration agreement signed by an…
Rank this Week: 139

Florida Criminal Attorney Blog

Florida Criminal Attorney Blog

Provides analysis of crimes and sentences for Florida state and federal criminal offenses. By Silber Criminal Law Firm.

http://www.florida-criminal-attorney-blog.com/
Rank this Week: 761

Workers' Compensation

Workers' Compensation

Analyzes of trends and developments in workers' compensation law. By Jon L. Gelman.

http://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    Cancer Alley: NJ Meadowlands to be Tested for Cancer Causing Substance

    Cancer Alley: NJ Meadowlands to be Tested for Cancer Causing Substance
    The area around the NJ Turnpike has long been called "Cancer Alley," the the US EPA is now going to investigate past dumping of cancer causing substances in the New Jersey Meadowlands near the Hackensack River.The U.S. Environmental…
  • May 24

    EPA Adds the Riverside Industrial Park in Newark, New Jersey to the Superfund List

    EPA Adds the Riverside Industrial Park in Newark, New Jersey to the Superfund List
    Seven Acre Site along the Passaic River Contaminated with PCBs and Volatile Organic Compounds The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added the Riverside Industrial Park in Newark, New Jersey to the Superfund National Priorities List of…
  • May 24

    Doctors and hospitals’ use of health IT more than doubles since 2012

    Doctors and hospitals’ use of health IT more than doubles since 2012
    More than half of America’s doctors have adopted electronic health records HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than half of all doctors and other eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive…
Rank this Week: 366

MauledAgain

MauledAgain

Covers tax law, legal education, the First Amendment, religion, and law generally. By Villanova law professor James Edward Maule.

http://mauledagain.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    Weighing the Size of the Internal Revenue Code

    Weighing the Size of the Internal Revenue Code
    A reader has been carefully following my posts concerning the size of the Internal Revenue Code. His contributions to my awareness of the widespread reach of the foolish claims about the number of words and pages in the Code are evident in…
  • May 22

    Taxation is Not Theft

    Taxation is Not Theft
    Even a judge can’t get it right. In a blistering attack on taxation and government titled “Taxation is Theft,” Judge Andrew P. Napolitano – who has not been a judge for quite some time – dishes out a long list of…
  • May 20

    Taxing Activities or Things That Can Disappear

    Taxing Activities or Things That Can Disappear
    The Philadelphia School District is in deep financial trouble. The combination of declining tax revenues, caused in part by a shrinking tax base and in part by all sorts of problems with the Philadelphia real property tax, and increasing…
Rank this Week: 442

Drug and Device Law

Drug and Device Law

Covers various topics that arise in the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigation. By James M. Beck and Mark Herrmann.

http://druganddevicelaw.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    New Medical Device Preemption Win

    New Medical Device Preemption Win
    We’ve read Kaiser v. DePuy Spine, Inc., ___ F. Supp.2d ___, 2013 WL 2006122 (M.D. Fla. May 14, 2013), which granted a motion to dismiss with prejudice on grounds of PMA preemption.   Kaiser involves an artificial spinal disc; this…
  • May 23

    Latest A-Z Motion In Limine Rulings Are Anything But Boring

    Latest A-Z Motion In Limine Rulings Are Anything But Boring
    We occasionally blog about motion in limine rulings, but not nearly as often as we read this type of decision.   Let’s face it, as blogging material (as opposed to their impact on a particular case) decisions on motions in limine…
  • May 22

    Another Aredia-Zometa Win, Read Against That Institute You Can't Disparage

    Another Aredia-Zometa Win, Read Against That Institute You Can't Disparage
    Marriage is a civil institution, so it's natural that there are so many laws respecting it. Marriage is also an emotional, fragile relationship, so it's also natural that many of the laws are a bit nutty.   For instance,  on…
Rank this Week: 109

The Race to the Bottom

The Race to the Bottom

A faculty-student collaboration on corporate governance. By Professor J. Robert Brown, Jr.

http://www.theracetothebottom.org/home/
  • May 24

    SEC Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013: Whose Interests are Being Served?

    SEC Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013: Whose Interests are Being Served?
    On May 17th the U.S. House of Representatives by a 235-161 vote (including 17 Democrat supporters) approved the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013 (the “Accountability Act”).  The Accountability Act directs the SEC to…
  • May 23

    Two Nominees for the SEC

    Two Nominees for the SEC
    The Administration has nominated two candidates to the SEC:  Kara Stein, an aide to Jack Reed, the Senator who until recently chaired the Senate Subcommittee on Securities, and Michael Piwowar, an aide to Sen. Mike Crapo (R., Idaho),…
  • May 23

    The Lack of Impartiality in the Proxy Proce

    The Lack of Impartiality in the Proxy Proce
    The vote is in on the contest over whether position of chair and CEO should be divided at JP Morgan Chase.  But a fundamental shift in the traditional dynamics of a proxy contest occurred during the voting process.  Shareholders…
Rank this Week: 114

Sentencing Law and Policy

Sentencing Law and Policy

By Moritz College of Law Professor Douglas A. Berman.

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/
Rank this Week: 7

Saxe Envirolaw News

Saxe Envirolaw News

Features environmental law updates on climate change, compliance, and pesticides. By Dianne Saxe.

http://envirolaw.com
  • May 24

    Honoured by Osgoode

    Honoured by Osgoode
    Osgoode Hall Law School honoured eight distinguished lawyers with awards for their exceptional contributions to the legal profession and service to the community at the Dean’s Annual Alumni Reception on Wednesday, May 15, at Osgoode…
  • May 23

    A big win for trees and tree lover

    A big win for trees and tree lover
    Warmest congratulations to Clay Ruby for his latest public interest victory: preventing the destruction of a shared mature maple tree by one of the owners. Here is the decision in Hartley vs Cunningham, and the press release on this…
  • May 22

    Cree in court battle over environmental assessment and waterpower

    Cree in court battle over environmental assessment and waterpower
    The Divisional Court is grappling with a complex battle between two possibly overlapping First Nations over whether a Northern Ontario hydropower project is being lawfully evaluated under the Environmental Assessment Act and an agreement with…
Rank this Week: 285

Food Poisoning Law Blog

Food Poisoning Law Blog

Covers compylobacter, E. coli, food poisoning, food safety, hepatitis A, listeria, norovirus, salmonella and shigella. By Pritzker Ruohonen.

http://foodpoisoning.pritzkerlaw.com/
  • May 24

    Round Two of Campylobacter Raw Milk Outbreak from Kenai Cow Share Program

    Round Two of Campylobacter Raw Milk Outbreak from Kenai Cow Share Program
    Alaska food poisoning scientists have tracked a second 2013 Campylobacter outbreak to the same Kenai Peninsula raw milk cow share program that was linked to a major outbreak involving the same pathogen earlier this year. The latest wave of…
  • May 23

    Tahini Salmonella Legal Action Expected From Growing Outbreak in MN, TX, WI, ND

    Tahini Salmonella Legal Action Expected From Growing Outbreak in MN, TX, WI, ND
    Tainted tahini sesame paste imported into the United States and distributed by Krinos Foods LLC of Long Island City, New York, has been linked to a growing outbreak of salmonellosis that involves two strains of Salmonella bacteria rarely seen…
  • May 22

    Sausage Salmonella Lawsuit in Las Vega

    Sausage Salmonella Lawsuit in Las Vega
    All indications in Las Vegas point to chorizo cooked at Firefly on Paradise Restaurant as the cause of a major Salmonella outbreak that has spawned a  sausage Salmonella lawsuit by food poisoning lawyers at Pritzker Olsen Attorneys. The…
Rank this Week: 205

Underbelly: A Journal of Soft…

Underbelly: A Journal of Soft Information

By Professor Jack Ayer.

http://underbelly-buce.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    Spain: Madrid Street Note

    Spain: Madrid Street Note
    Random street notes from Madrid:Bookstores.  Others go to pub crawls and bullfights. I wind up in bookstores and I still don't get it with the bookstores of major European cities.  They have stacks of stuff, tightly packed, floor to…
  • May 23

    The Early Goya

    The Early Goya
    I checked in at the Prado in Madrid today for the first time in 17 years and found myself spending more time than I might have expected in a corner where (it seems) not many people linger.  I could say "among the Goyas," but it's not…
  • May 22

    Traveling Again

    Traveling Again
    In Spain, where the bottled blood orange juice from the Corte Inglese tastes like it just hopped off the tree.  Must be it doesn't ship well, like the sherry.  And speaking of which, I must see if I can find the to-die-for…
Rank this Week: 132

Simple Justice

Simple Justice

A New York Criminal Defense Blog. Published by Scott H. Greenfield, Esq.

http://blog.simplejustice.us
  • May 24

    Drug Warrior Has Special Need

    Drug Warrior Has Special Need
    <font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">As regular readers know, I have long had a deep concern for the intersection of police and special needs children, whether with physical or …
  • May 24

    The Feds Burn 830 To Get Ajemian

    The Feds Burn 830 To Get Ajemian
    <font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">The physician at the heart of the LIRR disability scandal, Peter Ajemian, is scheduled to be sentenced today in the Eastern District of New York, and chance to toy…
  • May 23

    Waving Good-Bye To The Fifth

    Waving Good-Bye To The Fifth
    <font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">Lois Lerner, following her planted question and "leaked" response about the IRS's targeting conservative political groups for special love, was hauled before…
Rank this Week: 206

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/
Rank this Week: 262

Copyhype

Copyhype

Discusses copyright law for those in the content industries and the general public. By Terry Hart.

http://www.copyhype.com/
  • May 24

    Friday’s Endnotes – 05/24/13

    Friday’s Endnotes – 05/24/13
    Copyright Implications of Yahoo Buying Tumblr — PlagiarismToday’s Jonathan Bailey examines the copyright issues raised by Yahoo’s purchase of Tumblr earlier this week. The move won’t result in any drastic changes,…
  • May 23

    A Copyright Review Bibliography

    A Copyright Review Bibliography
    Last Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held a hearing called “A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project.” The hearing is the…
  • May 17

    Friday’s Endnotes – 05/17/13

    Friday’s Endnotes – 05/17/13
    The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property Law — Randolph May and Seth Cooper of the Free State Foundation look at some of the philosophical underpinnings that drove the inclusion of copyright and patent protection into the…
Rank this Week: 326

JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We…

JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)

Edited by University of Miami School of Law Professor Michael Froomkin, The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)–JOTWELL–invites law professors to join us in filling a telling gap in legal scholarship by creating a space where legal academics will go to identify, celebrate, and discuss the best new legal scholarship.

http://jotwell.com/
  • May 24

    Colonial and Postcolonial Constructions of Family Law

    Colonial and Postcolonial Constructions of Family Law
    Sylvia Wairimu Kang'ara, Beyond Bed And Bread: Making The African State Through Marriage Law Reform -- Constitutive And Transformative Influences of Anglo-American Legal Thought, 9 Hastings Race & Poverty L. J. 353 (2012),…
  • May 22

    Provoked Intimate Femicides: A Privatized Version of “Honour”?

    Provoked Intimate Femicides: A Privatized Version of “Honour”?
    Pascale Fournier, Pascal McDougall & Anna R. Dekker, Dishonour, Provocation and Culture: Through the Beholder’s Eye?, 16(2) Can. Crim. L. Rev. 161 (2012), available at the University of Ottawa.Isabel GrantIn their…
  • May 20

    The Care and Feeding of Sticky Defaults in Information Privacy Law

    The Care and Feeding of Sticky Defaults in Information Privacy Law
    Lauren Willis, When Nudges Fail: Slippery Defaults, 80 U. Chi. L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2013) available at SSRN.Paul OhmIf Jotwell is meant to surface obscure gems of legal scholarship, which might go unnoticed otherwise, I might be missing…
Rank this Week: 337

BlawgConomics

BlawgConomics

Explores the intersection of law and economics. By Joshua Sturtevant.

http://blawgconomics.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    Yelp for Jail?

    Yelp for Jail?
    According to a recent story by Jacob Gershman in the Wall St. Journal, "If you happen to be spending some time at Theo Lacy jail in Orange County, Calif., you might be pleased to know that at least one visitor thinks it’s the…
  • May 21

    Lessons Learned from 1,000+ Posts, or: The Philosophy of Blawgconomic

    Lessons Learned from 1,000+ Posts, or: The Philosophy of Blawgconomic
    I recently published the 1,000th post to Blawgconomics. While that might not be a lot in the big scheme of the millions of blogs, microblogs, news sites etc. which are available to anyone with an internet connection, and while…
  • May 20

    Obama on the IRS

    Obama on the IRS
    I wrote recently about why the IRS scandal is such a potential problem for the President. What follows are the President's recent comments on the scandal, via the WSJ: THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I just finished speaking with…
Rank this Week: 513

The TTABlog

The TTABlog

Covers the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. By John L. Welch.

http://thettablog.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    TTABlog Collection of Section 2(a) Deceptiveness Case

    TTABlog Collection of Section 2(a) Deceptiveness Case
    Here is a collection of Section 2(a) deceptiveness cases from the TTABlog. One might estimate from these rulings that the odds are about 1 in 8 that a deceptiveness refusal will be overturned on appeal. Of course, most of these decisions are…
  • May 24

    TTAB Affirms 2(a) Deceptiveness Refusal of IRON-TEK CLEAN PERFORMANCE for Nutritional Supplement

    TTAB Affirms 2(a) Deceptiveness Refusal of IRON-TEK CLEAN PERFORMANCE for Nutritional Supplement
    The Board affirmed a Section 2(a) refusal to register IRON-TEK CLEAN PERFORMANCE, finding it to be deceptive of "dietary and nutritional supplements" that do not contain iron. Applicant contended that "iron" in its mark suggests "pumping…
  • May 23

    Test Your TTAB Judge-Ability on these Two Genericness Appeal

    Test Your TTAB Judge-Ability on these Two Genericness Appeal
    The Board decided two genericness cases in early May, one involving the designation DENIM & DENIM for "men's, women's, and children's clothing made from denim, namely, pants, shirts, hooded sweat shirts," and the other DOCTORS MAKING…
Rank this Week: 175

New York Public Personnel Law

New York Public Personnel Law

Provides summary and commentary on selected court and administrative decisions and related matters affecting public employers and employees in New York State. By Harvey Randall, Esq.

http://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 79

Cordell Parvin Blog

Cordell Parvin Blog

Covers career development, client development, and lawyer marketing.

http://www.cordellblog.com
  • May 24

    More Poetry I Like: Take Time To…

    More Poetry I Like: Take Time To…
    I continue to hear from lawyers sharing poetry they like. A reader recently sent me this poem. Take Time Take Time To Think – It Is The Source Of All Power Take Time To Read – It Is The Foundation Of All Wisdom Take Time To…
  • May 23

    You REALLY Need to Do This to Help Your Young Lawyer

    You REALLY Need to Do This to Help Your Young Lawyer
    What is the this you really need to do? Let them practice the following and shoot video and then critique. The first and last two minutes of a presentation. A mock meeting with a potential client. A mock pitch to a client. You might even…
  • May 22

    Here are 5 Quick Client Development Tip

    Here are 5 Quick Client Development Tip
    If you want to start building a reputation and building relationships with clients focus on five important points: Client development is about building high trust relationships, serving and caring. You will not develop client…
Rank this Week: 615

Product Liability Attorney Blog

Product Liability Attorney Blog

Covers various product liability topics such as hormone replacement therapy, Ketek, Trasylol, and Vioxx settlements. By St. Louis, Missouri and Godfrey, Illinois personal injury law firm, Carey & Danis.

http://www.productliabilityattorneyblog.com/
  • May 24

    Utah Woman Filed Effexor Lawsuit Against Pfizer

    Utah Woman Filed Effexor Lawsuit Against Pfizer
    A Utah woman has filed a product liability lawsuit against drug giant Pfizer, the maker of the controversial antidepressant Effexor, amid claims that the company hid information about the dangers of the pills before she took them. That…
  • May 21

    New Yaz Lawsuit Filed in Illinoi

    New Yaz Lawsuit Filed in Illinoi
    On March 26, 2013, a woman named Karen Mitchell, a Florida resident, filed a Yaz lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois (East Saint Louis). In her complaint, Mitchell accuses drug giant Bayer — the makers of…
  • May 20

    Yaz Lawsuits Filed by Eight Women

    Yaz Lawsuits Filed by Eight Women
    Bayer is being sued by eight new plaintiffs after the women filed complaints in California Superior Court. All of the women are claiming that the controversial oral contraceptives caused them to suffer from various side effects, including…
Rank this Week: 804

PropertyProf Blog

PropertyProf Blog

By Professors D. Benjamin Barros and Alfred L. Brophy.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/property/
  • May 24

    Abandoned Property: Star Wars Edition

    Abandoned Property: Star Wars Edition
    Here’s an interesting set of pictures from photographer Rä di Martino of Star Wars sets that were abandoned in Morocco and Tunisia. Through the decades there have been various efforts to save these landmarks, but for the most part they...
  • May 24

    Bright & Hopkins on Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England

    Bright &amp; Hopkins on Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England
    Susan Bright (Oxford) and Nick Hopkins (Southampton) have posted Evaluating Legal Models of Affordable Home Ownership in England (Book Chapter) on SSRN. Here's the abstract: In this chapter we analyze the legal routes used to deliver Low Cost…
  • May 23

    How We Think About Property - Changes Across Time

    How We Think About Property - Changes Across Time
    David Schorr, writing at the new blog Environment, Law, and History has some insightful things to say about how our conceptions of property and the environment have changed over time. Schorr focuses on water law in the U.S. and in...
Rank this Week: 88

Law Librarian Blog

Law Librarian Blog

By Librarians Joe Hodnicki and Ron Jones.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/
  • May 24

    What Does "Jack" Mean?

    What Does &quot;Jack&quot; Mean?
    When in doubt, turn to the Urban Dictionary? The WSJ's Leslie Kaufman reports that's what a Wisconsin court did last month. The court was reviewing the term “jack” because a convicted robber and his companion had referred to themselves…
  • May 24

    Friday Fun: Really, IRS?

    Friday Fun: Really, IRS?
    Hat tip to ATL's Non-Sequiturs: 05.20.13 for SNL's treatment of the IRS scandal. [JH]
  • May 23

    Note to Graduating 3Ls: Your hooding ceremony is your last chance to make a statement

    Note to Graduating 3Ls: Your hooding ceremony is your last chance to make a statement
    "[L]et’s crowdsource this bad boy… If you are graduating from any institution of higher learning in 2013, this mortarboard seems appropriate," wrote ATL's Elie Mystal. What does the mortarboard say? Find out at The Commencement…
Rank this Week: 9

Reclaiming Futures

Reclaiming Futures

Covers juvenile courts, justice and reform.

http://www.reclaimingfutures.org/blog/
  • May 24

    Juvenile Justice Shows Progress; News Roundup

    Juvenile Justice Shows Progress; News Roundup
    Juvenile Justice Reform Juvenile Justice Shows Progress (Illinois Times) When the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice was created in 2006, the state’s youth prisons held 1,500 juvenile offenders. Today, there are fewer than 900…
  • May 23

    Photography Supports Mia's Sobriety

    Photography Supports Mia's Sobriety
    Through Reclaiming Futures Snohomish County, and the Promising Artists in Recovery (PAIR) mentors, Mia stays sober and finds beautiful things to photograph around every corner. read more
  • May 22

    Oregon Teen Wins Poetry Award For Jailed Youth

    Oregon Teen Wins Poetry Award For Jailed Youth
    Back in March, we published a blog post about Words Unlocked, a new poetry contest for students incarcerated in juvenile detention. Today we're happy to congratulate Oregon teenager, Brianna Nicole Ireland, for winning the contest with her…
Rank this Week: 330

Attorney at Work

Attorney at Work

Covers legal careers, client service, and marketing.

http://www.attorneyatwork.com/
  • May 24

    Five Steps to Protect Law Firm Data

    Five Steps to Protect Law Firm Data
    Computer security is a cat-and-mouse game, and we’re the mouse. Even with virus prevention and detection, says Don Wright, it’s only a matter of time before unauthorized programs and predators get past the gates. Still, there are…
  • May 23

    WordPress Optimizations for Your Law Blog

    WordPress Optimizations for Your Law Blog
    If you use WordPress for your website or law blog (and you probably should), there are some basic optimizations you should consider making if you care about people finding your content in search engines. If you follow these optimization tips,…
  • May 22

    Passive Practice Management Sinking Your Law Firm?

    Passive Practice Management Sinking Your Law Firm?
    Is anybody actually steering the ship at your law firm? Many smaller firms I visit across the country seem to have this in common: a passive practice management style, defined by reactive decision-making. Typically in these firms, managing…
Rank this Week: 521

Drug Injury Attorney Blog

Drug Injury Attorney Blog

Covers dangerous drugs, dangerous medical devices and product liability law. By Jeffrey Lowe.

http://www.druginjuryattorneyblog.com/
  • May 24

    Study: Good Marriage Can Ease the Effects of Dad's Depression on Kid

    Study: Good Marriage Can Ease the Effects of Dad's Depression on Kid
    While studies have shown that a parent’s depression can affect children, a new study is showing that a healthy marriage can help to buffer the effect that a dad’s depression can have on little kids. The study was conducted by…
  • May 22

    Judge Calls for Female Attorneys on Plaintiffs’ Committee for Mirena Injury Litigation

    Judge Calls for Female Attorneys on Plaintiffs’ Committee for Mirena Injury Litigation
    I was interested as a defective medical device attorney to see a recent news item about the gender makeup of the steering committee of plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Mirena IUD injury litigation. As Thomson Reuters reported, the New York…
  • May 22

    MDL Adds Iowa DVT Lawsuit

    MDL Adds Iowa DVT Lawsuit
    The current Yaz MDL that is taking place in Illinois federal court has just added a new complaint that was filed by April and Jamie Grimm. The Grimms' original Yaz lawsuit was filed in April in the U.S. District Court for the Southern…
Rank this Week: 858

Taking the Fifth

Taking the Fifth

Covers criminal law issues. By C. Zadik Shapiro.

http://takingthefifth-acriminallawblog.com
  • May 24

    SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS RETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF MICHIGAN DECISION

    SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS RETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF MICHIGAN DECISION
    Burt Lancaster was convicted of first degree murder in Michigan for killing his girl friend. He plead diminished capacity but was convicted any way. At the time of the offense there were a number of Michigan appellate decisions upholding a…
  • May 17

    FLORIDA MANDATES SEARCH WARRANT TO SEARCH CELL PHONE OF IN CUSTODY SUSPECTS

    FLORIDA MANDATES SEARCH WARRANT TO SEARCH CELL PHONE OF IN CUSTODY SUSPECTS
    The Florida Supreme Court held this month, that once a cell phone is seized from a suspect who is in custody, the police need a search warrant to view the contents on the phone. Tyrone Smallwood was a arrested for a robbery of a convenience…
  • May 11

    MIRANDA WARNINGS AND THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING

    MIRANDA WARNINGS AND THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING
    There are many interesting legal issues surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing. Today I would like to discuss the Miranda Warning issue. Peace officers investigating the Boston Marathon bombing did not read Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda…
Rank this Week: 730

All About Estates

All About Estates

Covers estates, trusts, tax, litigation, guardianship and elder care.

http://www.allaboutestates.ca/
  • May 24

    Appeal dismissed in Orfus Estate

    Appeal dismissed in Orfus Estate
    Beneficiary appeals decision to grant summary judgment in capacity to execute will and codicil case.
  • May 23

    Social Q’

    Social Q’
    Proper etiquette or fair vs. equal
  • May 22

    Deceased Suffered from Schizophrenia, But Still Capable of Making a Will

    Deceased Suffered from Schizophrenia, But Still Capable of Making a Will
    A recent Manitoba case serves as a reminder that simply because a person suffers from a mental illness does not necessarily mean that she lacks the requisite capacity to make a will. Although Ann Ogilvie suffered from schizophrenia for more…
Rank this Week: 836

California Corporate & Securities…

California Corporate & Securities Law

Covers California securities law, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions and securities litigation. By Keith Paul Bishop.

http://www.calcorporatelaw.com/
  • May 24

    Court Holds Non-Parties May Enforce Arbitration Agreement Even Though The General Rule Is That They Can’t

    Court Holds Non-Parties May Enforce Arbitration Agreement Even Though The General Rule Is That They Can’t
    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, more commonly known as FINRA, has adopted a Code of Arbitration for Customer Disputes (FINRA has a separate code for industry disputes).  Under FINRA’s Customer Code, a claim…
  • May 23

    Two Very Good Reasons To Visit The Department’s Website

    Two Very Good Reasons To Visit The Department’s Website
    When I joined the Department of Corporations, it had no website.  I remember reviewing possible designs for a site.  Now, it seems hard to imagine that there was a time when state agencies didn’t have websites.  Today,…
  • May 22

    Sealing A Contract May Mean Nothing Or 20 Years!

    Sealing A Contract May Mean Nothing Or 20 Years!
    The California Corporations Code endows corporations with certain rights, including the right to “adopt, use and alter” a seal.  Cal. Corp. Code § 207(a).  The Corporations Code does not define a “seal”…
Rank this Week: 603

SC Bid Protests

SC Bid Protests

Covers bidding, construction law and contracts. By Bryan Barnes.

http://scbidprotests.com
  • May 24

    Vital To Turning Into A Locksmith

    Vital To Turning Into A Locksmith
    The Padres have gained the ideal-hander’s very last two outings at home, where by he is one-1 with a three.seventy eight Period in six starts off this calendar year. Bass has by no means confronted the Rangers. When looking for a new…
  • May 23

    Rear Wheel Generate Vehicle

    Rear Wheel Generate Vehicle
    When all of the gasoline economical autos stated over offer excellent gasoline mileage. There is nonetheless 1 big Delma for several. That Delma is the actuality numerous can not afford to acquire any of these new cars for sale in evansville…
  • May 23

    A Few Lockouts For An Car Locksmith

    A Few Lockouts For An Car Locksmith
    Lawrie has not faced Wednesday’s starter Yovani Gallardo (five-5, 4.23 Period), but other Blue Jays have. Rasmus has fared the ideal by likely 4 for 13 from him while Kelly Johnson (1 for nine), Yunel Escobar (one for seven) and…
Rank this Week: 617

SpicyIP

SpicyIP

Covers Indian intellectual property law and policy.

http://www.spicyipindia.blogspot.in/
  • May 24

    Drug price control order (DPCO) 2013 : What's in store?

    Drug price control order (DPCO) 2013 : What's in store?
    Last week on Wednesday, May 15 the department of pharmaceuticals issued the new Drug price control order 2013 (can be accessed here) which will alter price regulation dynamics and substantially increase the number of medicines covered by…
  • May 23

    Micolube: Dual Protection and the Doctrine of Election

    Micolube: Dual Protection and the Doctrine of Election
    On 15th May, 2013 a three judge bench of the Delhi High Court delivered its decision on the Micolube case that was reserved to it by a single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court in 2011. The plaintiffs in the case were registered…
  • May 21

    SpicyIP Tidbit: IPXI releases latest edition of its Rulebook.

    SpicyIP Tidbit: IPXI releases latest edition of its Rulebook.
    The IPXI (Intellectual Property Exchange International) is the world's first financial exchange for licensing and trading intellectual property rights. My previous post on this can be found here.  The IPXI, last week, released the…
Rank this Week: 945

Florida Bankruptcy News and…

Florida Bankruptcy News and Current Events

Covers bankruptcy and foreclosure defense news. Debt Relief Group LLC.

http://1800debtrelief.com/bankruptcy-news/
  • May 24

    Costly Debt Mistake

    Costly Debt Mistake
    Did you know that debt can actually be a good thing? Seems counterintuitive, but it’s true. Having a small to moderate level of debt, with a responsible payment history, is what makes your credit score soar. However, debt is a slippery…
  • May 22

    The Fight Against Foreclosure

    The Fight Against Foreclosure
    Hundreds of thousands of families have been displaced from their homes in recent years as the wave of the foreclosure crisis swept the nation. While some were fortunate enough to defend against the loss of their homes, others have not been so…
  • May 20

    Study Shows Bankruptcy More Likely For Cancer Patient

    Study Shows Bankruptcy More Likely For Cancer Patient
    The healthcare crisis facing this nation is one that has been mounting over the last several decades. As the costs of healthcare rise and the ability for consumers to stay insured becomes pressured, many people are left in financial hardship…
Rank this Week: 832

New York Law Notes

New York Law Notes

Provides a summary of an Appellate Division case of special interest to New York practitioners.

http://drdiekman.podbean.com
  • May 24

    A valid release.

    A valid release.
    Practice point:  A valid release constitutes a complete bar to an action on a claim which is the subject of the release. Where the language is clear and unambiguous, the release is binding on the parties unless it is shown that it was…
  • May 23

    Real estate commissions and bonus contracts with unlicensed persons.

    Real estate commissions and bonus contracts with unlicensed persons.
    Practice point:  The court determined that the action was not barred by Real Property Law § 442-d, which provides that an unlicensed person may not bring an action to recover a commission for facilitating the sale of real estate.…
  • May 22

    Police officers' statements and a duty of care.

    Police officers' statements and a duty of care.
    Practice point:  Defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint was granted. In the absence of any evidence that defendants assumed an affirmative duty to protect plaintiff from attacks by her husband, defendants do not…
Rank this Week: 313

Adjunct Law Prof Blog

Adjunct Law Prof Blog

Focuses on issues of interest to adjunct law professors, including labor law, employment law, employee benefits law and education law issues. By Adjunct Law Professor Mitchell H. Rubinstein.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/
  • May 24

    New In Print: Law Review Review

    New In Print: Law Review Review
    The Berkeley Technology Law Journal's Symposium 2012, issue includes the symposium "Orphan Works & Mass Digitization: Obstacles & Opportunities." Ms. Maria A. Pallante, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright…
  • May 23

    DC Circuit Reverses Board In Campaign Threat Case

    DC Circuit Reverses Board In Campaign Threat Case
    The DC Circuit holds that the NLRB lacked substantial evidence to support its conclusion that a hospital executive's comments during a union organizing campaign conveyed a threat to employees. Flagstaff Med. Ctr. Inc. v. NLRB,…
  • May 23

    Texas: Facebook "Friendship" Alone Does Not Require Recusal

    Texas: Facebook &quot;Friendship&quot; Alone Does Not Require Recusal
    The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of Texas, located in Dallas, held last week that a trial judge's undisclosed Facebook "friendship" with the victim's father in a criminal prosecution alone does not establish grounds for recusal or…
Rank this Week: 43

Conflict of Laws .net

Conflict of Laws .net

Covers news and discussion on the conflict of laws in private international law cases. Editor is Martin George of the University of Birmingham. Published in association with the Journal of Private International Law.

http://conflictoflaws.net
  • May 24

    Science Po PILAGG Workshop Series Final Conference 2013

    Science Po PILAGG Workshop Series Final Conference 2013
    The Law School of the Paris Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po) will hold the final meeting of its workshop series for this academic year on Private International Law as Global Governance on May 31st, 2013. This day long conference…
  • May 22

    First Issue of 2013’s Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale

    First Issue of 2013’s Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale
    (I am grateful to Prof. Francesca Villata – University of Milan – for the following presentation of the latest issue of the RDIPP) The first issue of 2013 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP,…
  • May 20

    Liber Amicorum Alegría Borrá

    Liber Amicorum Alegría Borrá
    On the occasion of the retirement of Prof. Alegría Borrás a collective book entitled “Entre Bruselas y La Haya. Estudios sobre la unificación internacional y regional del Derecho internacional privado. Liber…
Rank this Week: 208

Toronto Estate Law Blog

Toronto Estate Law Blog

Covers estate litigation, ethics, executors & trustees, succession planning and wills. Includes podcasts on estate and succession planning. By Hull & Hull.

http://estatelaw.hullandhull.com/
  • May 23

    He Said What?

    He Said What?
      Slang plays a large part in our daily lives. Keeping up with slang expressions can be a near impossible task. However, thanks to the Urban Dictionary website, that task is an easier one. Urban Dictionary, started in 1999, is a…
  • May 22

    Deciding Who Gets the Icon

    Deciding Who Gets the Icon
    The division of personal property left by a loved one on his or her death can be a thorny issue. Often, the deceased gives directions to the Estate Trustee with respect to his or her intentions. These can be in the form of a memorandum…
  • May 22

    Little Miss Muffet Listened to Buffet and Gave her Estate Away

    Little Miss Muffet Listened to Buffet and Gave her Estate Away
      In a recent article in the Globe & Mail, Thane Stenner dissects some helpful and balanced advice on issues related to estate planning by American businessman, investor and philanthropist, Warren Buffett. His advice is not of the…
Rank this Week: 84

The Landlord Law Blog

The Landlord Law Blog

Covers residential landlord and tenant law in the UK.

http://landlordlaw.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 392

Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland

Covers Irish and international human rights law.

http://www.humanrights.ie
  • May 23

    Job Opportunity: Staff Attorney HKRAC

    Job Opportunity: Staff Attorney HKRAC
    The Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre Limited (HKRAC) is a non-profit, human rights organisation dedicated to the provision of free legal services to refugees applying for protection. Since our establishment in 2007, we have provided…
  • May 22

    GuestPost: Ruth Fletcher’s submission to the Oireachtas Abortion Hearings.

    GuestPost: Ruth Fletcher’s submission to the Oireachtas Abortion Hearings.
    We are pleased to post Dr. Ruth Fletcher’s submission to the Health Committee on the General Scheme of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill, 2013. Ruth is Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of Centre for Law, Ethics and Society…
  • May 17

    Irish Centre for Human Rights, Summer Schools 2013 – Globalization / ICC / Cinema

    Irish Centre for Human Rights, Summer Schools 2013 – Globalization / ICC / Cinema
    The Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway is pleased to announce details of their Summer School programmes for 2013. 2013 Summer School Programmes at the Irish Centre for Human Rights Summer School on…
Rank this Week: 284

RegBlog

RegBlog

A regulation blog, in affiliation with the Penn Program on Regulation. From the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

http://www.law.upenn.edu/blogs/regblog/
Rank this Week: 650

miabogadoenlinea.net

miabogadoenlinea.net

Notas de derecho mexicano y del mundo. Asesoría en derecho.

http://www.miabogadoenlinea.net
Rank this Week: 614

Credit Slips

Credit Slips

Discusses credit and bankruptcy. By Professors Bob Lawless, Angela Littwin, Katie Porter, John Pottow, Deborah Thorne and Elizabeth Warren.

http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/
  • May 23

    The IMF is Not/Not - NOT- Reviving Its Sovereign Bankruptcy Proposal

    The IMF is Not/Not - NOT- Reviving Its Sovereign Bankruptcy Proposal
    For all the hopers, dreamers, and scaredy-cats out there--Relax. The long-awaited IMF overview paper on sovereign debt restructuring is here, the first since 2005. And it does not revive the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM)…
  • May 23

    Equitable Mootness and Forum Shopping

    Equitable Mootness and Forum Shopping
    A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court denied cert in a case called Law Debenture Trust Co. v. Charter Communications, Inc. (No. 12-847). The issue was whether the Second Circuit had correctly applied the doctrine of equitable mootness to an...
  • May 23

    Ice Cube Bonds: New Paper on 363 Sales and Chapter 11

    Ice Cube Bonds: New Paper on 363 Sales and Chapter 11
    FAC UT ARDEAT, begins The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner. It means "made to burn," the narrator learns (from that "gasbag . . . Chesil Jones"). Whether your preferred hurry-up 363 sale metaphor involves flames, ice, or a…
Rank this Week: 68