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Minnesota Workers Compensation Secrets from a Former Insurance Company Attorney

Discusses Minnesota workers compensation benefit issues, including wage loss, notice of intent to discontinue, rehabilitation and permanent partial disability. By Thomas Atkinson.

http://mnworkcompsecrets.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 1

Legal Ethics Forum

Legal Ethics Forum

By Professors John Dzienkowski, Brad Wendel, John Steele, David Hricik, Andrew Perlman, David McGowan, Laura Appleman, Steve Lubet, Anita Bernstein, Don Burnett, and Steve Berenson..

http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/
  • May 19

    Why Not Plant the IRS Question with the Congress?

    Why Not Plant the IRS Question with the Congress?
    After reading the WSJ round-up of testimony about the planted question by the IRS, I have to wonder: if Lois Lerner and Steve Miller spent time that week carefully planting a question for the ABA conference as a vehicle to...
  • May 19

    Waiving IAC claims (and a bleg for sources, committee opinions, etc.)

    Waiving IAC claims (and a bleg for sources, committee opinions, etc.)
    Rick Underwood's comment to an earlier post highlighted a hot issue that I'm trying to get a better handle on: the enforceabilty of a waiver of IAC claims by an accused. I found this law review article by Nancy King...
  • May 19

    Josh Bowers, "Lafler, Frye, and the Subtle Art of Winning by Losing"

    Josh Bowers, "Lafler, Frye, and the Subtle Art of Winning by Losing"
    Article. Abstract: In its recent decisions, Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye, the Court recognized defendants’ rights to effective assistance of plea-bargaining counsel. Counter-intuitively, however, it is the government that may…
Rank this Week: 2

DealBook

DealBook

Covers mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds, venture capital and law. A Financial News Service of The New York Times.

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/?=rss2
  • May 19

    The Tumblr and Instagram Deals: A Tale of the Tape

    The Tumblr and Instagram Deals: A Tale of the Tape
    How do the two biggest deals in the social media world in recent years, those for Tumblr and Instagram, stack up to each other? DealBook runs through the stats.
  • May 19

    Hedge Fund Owner Gets Subpoena to Testify

    Hedge Fund Owner Gets Subpoena to Testify
    Steven A. Cohen, rather than be subject to broad questions from prosecutors, is expected to assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination.
  • May 19

    JPMorgan Chase Vote Tests Stockholders’ Power

    JPMorgan Chase Vote Tests Stockholders’ Power
    At JPMorgan Chase, the move to split the jobs of chairman and chief executive, now held by Jamie Dimon, comes as the bank is actually prospering.
Rank this Week: 3

Mortgage Fraud Blog

Mortgage Fraud Blog

Covers mortgage fraud information, fraud schemes and indictments. By Rachel Dollar.

http://www.mortgagefraudblog.com
  • May 19

    Woman Admits Stealing Funds Intended to Pay Off Mortgage

    Woman Admits Stealing Funds Intended to Pay Off Mortgage
    Mary Brainard, 60, Seneca Falls, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci to wire fraud affecting a financial institution. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.…
  • May 17

    Sales Manager Admits Bribing Loan Officer

    Sales Manager Admits Bribing Loan Officer
    Jason Sterlino, 34, Hercules, California, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco, California, to paying bribes to a bank official in order to procure residential mortgage loans. Sterlino was employed as a sales manager for Discovery…
  • May 17

    Real Estate Attorney Admits Loan Fraud Scheme

    Real Estate Attorney Admits Loan Fraud Scheme
    Stanley A. Walton, 54, Las Vegas, Nevada, an attorney, has pleaded guilty to a charge brought against him in February 2011 that he participated in a scheme to obtain mortgage loans from financial institutions using straw buyers and false loan…
Rank this Week: 4

Law Librarian Blog

Law Librarian Blog

By Librarians Joe Hodnicki and Ron Jones.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/
  • May 17

    Could ATL's Law School Ranking Unseat US News?

    Could ATL's Law School Ranking Unseat US News?
    Not gonna happen. IMHO, the only way to reduce the impact the annual ritual known as the US News Law School Rankings is if the entire legal academy starts ignoring US News in law school marketing fodder. You think that...
  • May 17

    Friday Fun: How Many Times Has Star Trek's Mister Spock Been Quoted in Court Opinions?

    Friday Fun: How Many Times Has Star Trek's Mister Spock Been Quoted in Court Opinions?
    Don't know but this could make a good research project for those law librarians looking to write something for possible tenure-recognition publication during their summer break. For starting purposes, Jacob Gershman cites a couple of…
  • May 16

    India Publisher Threatens $1B Lawsuit Against Colorado Librarian

    India Publisher Threatens $1B Lawsuit Against Colorado Librarian
    Here we go again. This time it’s a publisher out of India that is threatening to sue Jeffrey Beall, a librarian at the University of Colorado over characterizations he’s made on his Scholarly Open Access Blog. That blog identifies, in...
Rank this Week: 5

Real Estate Law Blog

Real Estate Law Blog

Includes news, cases and commentary on real estate and property law in New York and nationwide. From Finkelstein Newman LLP.

http://www.nyrealestatelawblog.com/
  • May 19

    ADAM SILVERA FOR CIVIL COURT

    ADAM SILVERA FOR CIVIL COURT
    Please join The Cochran Firm, Rosato & Lucciola, P.C., Harvey Weitz & Associates Paul B. Weitz & Associates, and Friends of Adam Silvera for a Cocktail Reception in honor of our dear colleague Adam Silvera, Esq. Candidate…
  • May 19

    JESSICA LAPPIN CLEANS UP

    JESSICA LAPPIN CLEANS UP
    Dear Lucas, Our momentum continues to build. On Thursday night, the Tilden Democratic Club and Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club officially endorsed our campaign for Manhattan Borough President. They join the Lenox Hill Democratic…
  • May 19

    LIU ON CARSON CRIME

    LIU ON CARSON CRIME
    LIU STATEMENT ON HATE CRIME VICTIM MARK CARSON City Comptroller John C. Liu stated the following about the murder of Mark Carson, an alleged anti-gay hate crime: "Our hearts go out to the friends and family of Mark Carson, whose death is a…
Rank this Week: 6

How Appealing

How Appealing

Covers appellate litigation. By Howard J. Bashman.

http://howappealing.law.com/
Rank this Week: 7

Law Blog

Law Blog

Covers law and business and the business of law. By the Wall Street Journal.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law
  • May 17

    Former IRS Division Chief Predicts Wave of Departure

    Former IRS Division Chief Predicts Wave of Departure
    A former Internal Revenue Service official who ran the unit now at the center of scandal says the agency is about to be a hit by a wave of resignations that he fears will hobble its operations.
  • May 17

    Question to IRS Official Was Planted

    Question to IRS Official Was Planted
    The disclosure last week by a high-ranking Internal Revenue Service official that the agency had improperly targeted conservative groups wasn't an impromptu confession but an orchestrated roll out of damaging news.
  • May 17

    Louisiana Bill Would Ban Drivers From Reading Tweet

    Louisiana Bill Would Ban Drivers From Reading Tweet
    In Louisiana, you're not allowed to text while driving, but nothing in the law says that a motorist can't tweet, check in with friends on Facebook, or post photos on Instagram. That may soon change.
Rank this Week: 8

Current Awareness Weblog

Current Awareness Weblog

Covers new case law, changes in legislation, and legal news. From the Inner Temple Library.

http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com
Rank this Week: 9

Legal Scholarship Blog

Legal Scholarship Blog

Features law-related calls for papers, conferences and workshops. From the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the University of Washington School of Law.

http://legalscholarshipblog.com
  • Sep 12

    September 12, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop

    September 12, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop
    Alabama Nuno Garoupa (Illinois) Albany James T. Gathii Faculty Workshop Series – Sheldon Halpern, Hon. Harold R. Tyler Jr. Chair in Law and Technology (Albany)
  • Sep 11

    September 11, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop

    September 11, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop
    Chicago Law Public Law and Legal Theory Workshop – Darrell A.H. Miller(Cincinnati Law) Cornell Law Asma Barlas (Ithaca College)
  • Sep 10

    September 10, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop

    September 10, 2012 Colloquia/Workshop
    Columbia Law Mark J. Osiel (Iowa Law) presents Rights to Do Grave Wrong – paper is not publicly available Georgia Law Jamal Greene (Columbia Law)
Rank this Week: 10

beSpacific

beSpacific

Features law, marketing, Internet legal resources and technology news. By Sabrina I. Pacifici.

http://www.bespacific.com/
Rank this Week: 11

Intellectual Property Network

Intellectual Property Network

Posts from membbers of the Intellectual Property Network on Ning.

http://ipestonia.ning.com/profiles/blog/list
  • May 19

    Searching for Beauty: How to Search for US Plant Patents - The Intellogist Blog

    Searching for Beauty: How to Search for US Plant Patents - The Intellogist Blog
    Spring is here, and since the azaleas are blooming and gardens everywhere are looking lovely, I thought I’d honor spring by writing a quick primer on searching for U.S. plant patents.
  • May 19

    10 Tips for Managing Litigation for Superior Results and Cost Saving

    10 Tips for Managing Litigation for Superior Results and Cost Saving
    Earlier this year, a U.S. District Court approved the payment of $308 million in attorney fees to 116 law firms in a single case (TFT-LCD Antitrust Litigation), with one firm receiving $75 million in fees and another receiving $49 million.…
  • May 17

    The Linear Law of Patent Analysis Revisited

    The Linear Law of Patent Analysis Revisited
    A framework for performing patent analysis projects is provided. The workflow was developed fourteen years ago and the method for structuring analytics projects for maximum impact and accuracy are still relevant and important today. Too often…
Rank this Week: 12

Lawfare

Lawfare

Coveres actions taken or contemplated to protect the nation interact with the nation’s laws and legal institutions, including cybersecurity, Guantánamo habeas litigation, targeted killing, biosecurity, universal jurisdiction, the Alien Tort Statute, and the state secrets privilege. By Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith and Robert Chesney.

http://www.lawfareblog.com/
  • May 19

    Thoughts on a Blue-Sky Overhaul of Surveillance Laws: Challenge

    Thoughts on a Blue-Sky Overhaul of Surveillance Laws: Challenge
    [Editor's Note: this is the second in a series of four posts by David Kris, on large-scale surveillance reform.  The first, an introduction, can be found here.  Below, David discusses the challenges facing any "blue-sky"…
  • May 19

    Thursday Obama Speech on Counterterrorism

    Thursday Obama Speech on Counterterrorism
    The President will give a speech on counterterrorism at the National Defense University on Thursday, reports the WP: A White House official, speaking Saturday on the condition of anonymity to describe the speech in advance, said…
  • May 18

    The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

    The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
    On the Lawfare menu this week was a lot of discussion of the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, docket updates in a number of related court cases, detention matters, surveillance law, two new podcasts, and quite a ……
Rank this Week: 13

Antitrust & Competition Policy…

Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog

Edited by Professors D. Daniel Sokol and Shubha Ghosh.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/
  • May 18

    ABA Antitrust in the Americas II

    ABA Antitrust in the Americas II
    Posted by D. Daniel Sokol ABA Antitrust in the Americas II When June 06 - 07, 2013 Where Renaissance Sao Paulo Hotel Alameda Santos 2233 Sao Paulo, DF 01419-002 Brazil Primary Sponsors Section of Antitrust Law Co-sponsored by IBRAC…
  • May 17

    Bargaining power and local heroe

    Bargaining power and local heroe
    Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ulrich Heimeshoff and Gordon J. Klein (both Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf) have a new paper on Bargaining power and local heroes. ABSTRACT: Bargaining Power of retailers is an important aspect of discourse in…
  • May 17

    Price competition and reputation in credence goods markets: Experimental evidence

    Price competition and reputation in credence goods markets: Experimental evidence
    Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Wanda Mimra (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), Alexander Rasch (Universitat zu Koln) and Christian Waibel (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) discuss Price competition and reputation in credence goods markets: Experimental evidence.…
Rank this Week: 14

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse…

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse Notices

Features copyright, patent, trademark and trade secret cease and desist notices.

http://www.chillingeffects.org/
Rank this Week: 15

Defero Law

Defero Law

Community of UK legal bloggers.

http://www.deferolaw.com/profiles/blog/list?promoted=1
  • May 19

    10 Tips for Managing Litigation for Superior Results and Cost Saving

    10 Tips for Managing Litigation for Superior Results and Cost Saving
    Earlier this year, a U.S. District Court approved the payment of $310 million in attorney fees to 116 law firms in a single case (TFT-LCD Antitrust Litigation), with one firm receiving $75 million in fees and another receiving $49 million.…
  • May 17

    Our Child Abuse Solicitors further discuss Child Abuse Claims coverage

    Our Child Abuse Solicitors further discuss Child Abuse Claims coverage
    In a blog last week we discussed how The former Archbishop of York, Lord Hope, has been accused of failing to report serious allegations of child abuse by a senior clergyman, Robert Waddington. Read our blog entitled…
  • May 17

    Unbundling: The New/Old Kid On The Block

    Unbundling: The New/Old Kid On The Block
    Unbundling as a service delivery and price modulation strategy is as old as the hills: for everyone but law firms.  Quite a bit has been written about it recently  (eg. Legal Futures and Law Society…
Rank this Week: 16

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof…

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

By Texas Tech University School of Law Professor Gerry W. Beyer.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/
  • May 19

    Columbia University Asks Court to Exclude White-Only Provision from Trust

    Columbia University Asks Court to Exclude White-Only Provision from Trust
    Columbia University is seeking to modify the terms of a highly restrictive trust that violates current anti-discrimination laws. Under the terms of the 93-year-old Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship, money should be given only to “a…
  • May 19

    New Questions Arise After Hong Kong Allows Transsexual Marriage

    New Questions Arise After Hong Kong Allows Transsexual Marriage
    Following a court ruling allowing for transsexuals to marry in Hong Kong’s New Territories, new questions have arisen concerning inheritance rights, matrimonial rights, and sex offenses. By covering male-to-female transsexuals under the…
  • May 19

    CLE on Beneficiary Designation Problem

    CLE on Beneficiary Designation Problem
    The American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law will sponsor a CLE entitled, When Good Benes Go Bad or Missing Beneficiary Designation Problems with Qualified Plans and IRAs: How to Identify, Avoid and Fix Them,…
Rank this Week: 17

Legal Theory Blog

Legal Theory Blog

Covers constitutional theory, feminist legal theory, law and economics, normative legal theory and more. By University of Illinois Professor Lawrence B. Solum.

http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/
  • May 19

    Legal Theory Lexicon: Conduct Rules and Decision Rule

    Legal Theory Lexicon: Conduct Rules and Decision Rule
    Introduction Substantive rules of law (such as the rules of torts, contract, and property) are usually assumed to be addressed to two audiences. As conduct rules, the substantive law is addressed to everyone (citizens, officials, and…
  • May 18

    Legal Theory Bookworm

    Legal Theory Bookworm
    The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends The Health Care Case: The Supreme Court's Decision and Its Implications , edited by Nathaniel Persily, Gillian E. Metzger, & Trevor W. Morrison. Here is a description: The Supreme Court's decision in…
  • May 18

    Download of the Week

    Download of the Week
    The Download of the Week is The Pigou-Dalton Principle and the Structure of Distributive Justice by Matthew D. Adler. Here is the abstract: The Pigou-Dalton (PD) principle recommends a non-leaky, non-rank-switching transfer of goods from…
Rank this Week: 18

Instapundit.com

Instapundit.com

Online magazine of opinion. By University of Tennessee College of Law professor Glenn Reynolds.

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit
Rank this Week: 19

Turtle Talk

Turtle Talk

Covers Indian law and politics. By the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University College of Law.

http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/
Rank this Week: 20

Sex Offender Issues

Sex Offender Issues

Covers sex offender laws and cases.

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 21

JURIST - Paper Chase

JURIST - Paper Chase

Covers legal news. From the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/index.php
  • Oct 5

    Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft patent dispute

    Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft patent dispute
    [JURIST] The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled for Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Google, against Microsoft [corporate websites] on Friday. This was the fourth decision [FOSS Patents report] in a suit between Motorola and Microsoft…
  • Oct 5

    UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violates human right

    UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violates human right
    [JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday condemned [press release] a draft law [bill 8711 materials, in Ukrainian] that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The OHCHR said…
  • Oct 5

    UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for colonial-era torture

    UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for colonial-era torture
    [JURIST] The Queen's Bench Division [official website] on the High Court of England and Wales ruled Friday that three elderly Kenyans can sue the British government for torture they suffered while in detention under the British Colonial…
Rank this Week: 22

IPKat

IPKat

Covers copyright, patent, trade mark and privacy/confidentiality issues from a UK and European perspective.

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/
  • May 19

    And 12 Points go to ... Ukraine

    And 12 Points go to ... Ukraine
    Uncle Sam, under the authority of the USTR, wants you to behave... Despite what the title might suggest, this post is not about the European's beloved festival of kitsch, where washed-up pop acts from the 90's and…
  • May 17

    Friday fantasie

    Friday fantasie
    Here's a reminder for readers who quite properly concern themselves with such trivia as whether they are giving (or taking) legal advice that comes from a reliable source.  The Official Journal of the European Union has published on a…
  • May 17

    Framing of videos: Court of Justice to rule

    Framing of videos: Court of Justice to rule
    Merpel sniffs the water forsigns of pollution*Yesterday the First Civil Senate of the German Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) -- one of the most active and influential national intellectual property courts you can ever hope to find in the new Europe…
Rank this Week: 23

Supremo Tribunal Federal

Supremo Tribunal Federal

News from the Supreme Court in Brazil.

http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/listarNoticiaStfDia.asp
Rank this Week: 24

43(B)log

43(B)log

Covers false advertising and intellectual property issues. By Professor Rebecca Tushnet.

http://tushnet.blogspot.com/
  • May 17

    Monster un-mash: no class action for YouTube plaintiff

    Monster un-mash: no class action for YouTube plaintiff
    Football Ass'n Premier League Ltd. v. YouTube, Inc., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2013 WL 2096411 (S.D.N.Y.) Interesting not just because of the intersection of class actions and copyright, but because neither side apparently had the incentive…
  • May 16

    Large Wells Fargo judgment reinstated

    Large Wells Fargo judgment reinstated
    Via the Consumer Law & Policy Blog.  Previous coverage of the legal response to Wells Fargo's reprehensible practices here (9th Circuit) and here (earlier district court opinion).  More from me likely next week,…
  • May 16

    $40 million award against Skecher

    $40 million award against Skecher
    Skechers will pay $40 million for its unsubstantiated claims that its funny-shaped shoes improved fitness and health.  Via the Trademark Blog.
Rank this Week: 25

The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy

By Eugene Volokh, Dale Carpenter, David Kopel, David Bernstein, David Post, Erik Jaffe, Ilya Somin, Jim Lindgren, Jonathan Adler, Kevan Choset, Orin Kerr, Randy Barnett, Russell Korobkin, Sasha Volokh, Stuart Benjamin, Todd Zywicki & Tyler Cowen.

http://volokh.com
  • Nov 28

    If You Believe Blog Comment Threads, It’s Almost Disqualifying

    If You Believe Blog Comment Threads, It’s Almost Disqualifying
    (Orin Kerr) Our Constitution is not alone the working plan of a great Federation of States under representative government. There is embedded in it also the vital principles of the American system of liberty. That system is based upon certain…
  • Nov 28

    New Book on Secession

    New Book on Secession
    (Eugene Kontorovich) The Right to Self-determination Under International Law “Selfistans,” Secession, and the Rule of the Great Powers, by Milena Sterio of Cleveland-Marshall (another piracy scholar, to boot). Looks interesting. Probably…
  • Nov 27

    Stewart Baker Touched a Nerve

    Stewart Baker Touched a Nerve
    (Jonathan H. Adler) Stewart Baker’s “Sex Secrets of the Security Line” (aka “50 Shades of TSA”) seems to have touched a nerve out there.
Rank this Week: 26

Appellate Law & Practice

Appellate Law & Practice

Covers appellate law and advocacy.

http://appellate.typepad.com/appellate/
  • Dec 10

    Giving it up.

    Giving it up.
     I am going to be discontinuing my participation in this blog in the next week or so.  If you want someone to blame, blame 1) non-lawyers; 2) furries; and 3) the victims rights/tort reform industry. 
  • Dec 8

    CA1: large law firm loses case on behalf of client

    CA1: large law firm loses case on behalf of client
     US Securities & Exch v. Tambone, No. 07-1384. This is a close case. On the one hand, the government is bringing an enforcement action regarding misleading prospectuses to sell mutual funds. On the other hand, the defendants are represented…
  • Dec 8

    CA1: It’s official. Everything is mail fraud.

    CA1: It’s official. Everything is mail fraud.
    US v. Hebshie, 07-2339 (12/4/08). This is a federal arson case. As you know, the framers of the constitution really envisioned the federal government prosecuting insurance fraud (or, as they say, “mail fraud”). The first says that pretty…
Rank this Week: 27

PlagiarismToday

PlagiarismToday

Covers content theft, plagiarism, and copyright issues on the Web. By Jonathan Bailey.

http://www.plagiarismtoday.com
  • May 18

    Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 283 – Fair Use Vacation

    Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 283 – Fair Use Vacation
    Congress mulls DMCA reform, Aereo seeks summary judgment and Google opposes class action status in Authors Guild case.
  • May 17

    3 Count: Principled Hearing

    3 Count: Principled Hearing
    U.S. House of Representative has hearings on copyright reform, Kim Dotcom wins right to appeal to NZ Supeme Court and BREIN suffers a defeat in the Netherlands.
  • May 16

    MailChimp Responds, Fixes Duplicate Content Issue

    MailChimp Responds, Fixes Duplicate Content Issue
    MailChimp reached out to me to let me know that the duplicate content issue has been fixed. Robots.txt files have been added to the relevant servers.
Rank this Week: 28

Securities Litigation and…

Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Blog

Covers SEC investigations, insider trading, derivative actions, white collar defense, and whistleblowers. By Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

http://blogs.orrick.com/securities-litigation/
  • May 16

    What’s the Right Way to Respond to a Shareholder Books and Records Request?

    What’s the Right Way to Respond to a Shareholder Books and Records Request?
    Delaware law gives shareholders the right to request corporate books and records in order to investigate issues that are of interest to them. For several decades now, Delaware courts have encouraged shareholders to take advantage of this…
  • May 15

    A Look Ahead at SEC Enforcement Actions – with Orrick’s Jim Meyer

    A Look Ahead at SEC Enforcement Actions – with Orrick’s Jim Meyer
    Orrick partner Jim Meyers provides his perspective to JD Supra in the May 14, 2013 article, “A Look Ahead at SEC Enforcement Actions – with Orrick’s Jim Meyers.” Jim comments on trends in Securities and Exchange…
  • May 14

    Where There’s Smoke, There’s FIRREA

    Where There’s Smoke, There’s FIRREA
    Few can ignite a legal firestorm like U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York. Last week, in a mortgage fraud suit against Bank of America and Countrywide, Judge Rakoff refused to dismiss a novel claim for civil…
Rank this Week: 29

Althouse

Althouse

Covers the law and news. From University of Wisconsin Law Professor Ann Althouse.

http://althouse.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 30

Media Law Prof Blog

Media Law Prof Blog

By Louisiana State University Law Professor Christine A. Corcos.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/
  • May 15

    Professor Arthur Miller To Moderate June 8th Panel on Privacy For Concord Law School

    Professor Arthur Miller To Moderate June 8th Panel on Privacy For Concord Law School
    From Sara J. Berman, Assistant Dean for Bar Support Programs & Professor of Law, Concord Law School, an announcement of an upcoming panel on individual privacy in today's environment led by Professor Arthur R. Miller. Other panelists…
  • May 15

    Copyright Protection and Information Flow

    Copyright Protection and Information Flow
    Guy Pessach, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law; Yale University of Law School, is publishing Deconstructing Disintermediation - A Skeptical Copyright Perspective in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. Here is the…
  • May 15

    Salinger's Literary Estate and IP Law

    Salinger's Literary Estate and IP Law
    Kate O'Neill, University of Washington, School of Law, is publishing Copyright Law and the Management of J.D. Salinger's Literary Estate in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. Here is the abstract. J.D. Salinger’s death in…
Rank this Week: 31

Religion Clause

Religion Clause

By University of Toledo College of Law Professor Howard M. Friedman.

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/
  • May 19

    Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Case

    Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Case
    In Rich v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (11 Cir., May 14, 2013), the 11th Circuit sent back for trial a Jewish prisoner's challenge under RLUIPA to Florida's refusal to provide him with kosher meals.In Watkins v.…
  • May 19

    Appeals Court Dismisses Suit Alleging Defamation In Church Annulment Proceeding

    Appeals Court Dismisses Suit Alleging Defamation In Church Annulment Proceeding
    A Kansas appellate court, in a 2-1 decision, affirmed the dismissal of a suit brought by plaintiff against his former wife alleging that she made defamatory statements to a Catholic Archdiocesan Tribunal in seeking an annulment of their…
  • May 18

    Afghan Parliament Tables Bill Protecting Women After Objections From Islamic Legislator

    Afghan Parliament Tables Bill Protecting Women After Objections From Islamic Legislator
    Today's Deutsche Welle reports that in Afghanistan's Parliament, lawmakers have withdrawn a bill that would have instituted a number of protections for women.  The action came after  religious parties complained that the…
Rank this Week: 32

ImmigrationProf Blog

ImmigrationProf Blog

By Professors Kevin R. Johnson, Bill O. Hing, Michael A. Scaperlanda and Evelyn H. Cruz.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/
Rank this Week: 33

TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime

TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime

Provides liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice news.

http://www.talkleft.com/
  • May 19

    Sunday Open Thread

    Sunday Open Thread
    Our last open thred (Friday) is all filled up. I'm off to a college graduation this morning (which unbelievably is going to last four hours until 1 pm, and then with lunch, till 3pm.) Then I get to rush home to meet Comcast who will try…
  • May 18

    Jacksonville's "I Spy" Program

    Jacksonville's "I Spy" Program
    Jacksonville, Florida , and 11 other counties in northeast Florida are the latestto introduce a program encouraging people to report people they see engaging in behavior they deem suspicious and possibly terrorism-related. The program is…
  • May 18

    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Docket: Missing Entrie

    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Docket: Missing Entrie
    Yesterday, the Judge in the Boston bombing case of defendant Dzokhar Tsarnaev issued an order denying a motion filed under seal in which the defense asked to take periodic photographs of Dzhokhar (Jahar) at Devens Medical Facility to be able…
Rank this Week: 34

Food Safety News

Food Safety News

Provides global food safety news & information. By Marler Clark LLP, PS.

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/
  • May 18

    Letter From The Editor: Catfish

    Letter From The Editor: Catfish
    Last week I told my colleagues that I did not want to hear anything more about the damn “Farm Bill.” It’s taken up more time than the Korean War did, and I was sick of hearing about it.  Then they caught my attention by…
  • May 17

    Illnesses Tied to NC Holiday Inn Salmonella Outbreak Rise to 51

    Illnesses Tied to NC Holiday Inn Salmonella Outbreak Rise to 51
    At least 51 people are now known to have fallen ill in a Salmonella outbreak linked to a North Carolina Holiday Inn, reported the Cumberland County Health Department Friday. That number is up from the 44 illnesses reported by the Department…
  • May 17

    Two Infants Ill in Salmonella Tahini Outbreak

    Two Infants Ill in Salmonella Tahini Outbreak
    Two Minnesota children under the age of 1 are reported ill in a Salmonella outbreak linked to nationally recalled Krinos brand tahini sesame paste, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The illnesses have been associated…
Rank this Week: 35

Legal Profession Blog

Legal Profession Blog

By Professors S. Alan Childress, Michael S. Frisch and Jeffrey M. Lipshaw.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_profession/
  • May 18

    A Real Horror Story Or The Fall Of The House Of Usher

    A Real Horror Story Or The Fall Of The House Of Usher
    The Indiana Supreme Court has imposed a suspension of at least three years without automatic reinstatement of an attorney named Arthur Usher. The attorney developed a romantic interest in an Indiana Mckinney School of Law student ("Jane…
  • May 17

    No New Rule 8.4(h) For Tennessee

    No New Rule 8.4(h) For Tennessee
    The Tennessee Supreme Court has entered an order denying the petition of its Board of Professional Responsibility to amend its Rule 8.4 to add a subsectuon (h) prohibiting engaging "in a professional capacity, in certain discriminatory…
  • May 17

    The 14 Percent Chance

    The 14 Percent Chance
    The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated an attorney suspended for two years in 2010 for possession of heroin and felony bail jumping. The court described the situation that led to the conviction Attorney C. began using illegal drugs around…
Rank this Week: 36

Opinio Juris

Opinio Juris

International law and international relations by Chris Borgen, Peggy McGuinness et al.

http://opiniojuris.org
  • May 19

    Guest Post: Official Act Immunity – Getting the Answers Right

    Guest Post: Official Act Immunity – Getting the Answers Right
    by Ingrid Wuerth by Ingrid Wuerth [Ingrid Wuerth is Professor of Law and Director of International Legal Studies at Vanderbilt University Law School.]  Yes, this is another post on foreign official immunity, prompted in part by the…
  • May 19

    Events and Announcements: May 19, 2013

    Events and Announcements: May 19, 2013
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen Calls for Papers The Centre on Human Rights in Conflict is organising a workshop on Law, Faith and Historical Memory to take place in London (Stratford Campus, University of East London) on June, 12. More…
  • May 18

    Visualizing International Criminal Justice

    Visualizing International Criminal Justice
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller I want to call readers’ attention to a remarkable new report on international criminal justice authored by Daniel McLaughlin, a former legal officer at the ECCC, for Fordham’s Leitner Center…
Rank this Week: 37

Slaw

Slaw

A Canadian cooperative weblog on all things legal.

http://www.slaw.ca
  • May 19

    2013 LawTechCamp

    2013 LawTechCamp
    Technology is the game-changer in the legal field, and yet most lawyers are not very technologically inclined. LawTechCamp seeks to change that, bringing together non-lawyers from the tech sector and the lawyers who are eager to identify the…
  • May 19

    Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book

    Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book
    Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw byMaritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case…
  • May 17

    Friday Fillip: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream

    Friday Fillip: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream
    For fun, most of the time — as anyone who lives near a school playground will know. That blast of raw sound, bigger than a shout, less prissy than a sung note, pours energy out of us in a way that demands the world take notice. And it…
Rank this Week: 38

ICT for Peacebuilding

ICT for Peacebuilding

Exploring the use of technology for conflict transformation, focusing on the use of information communications technology (ICT) for peacebuilding. From Sanjana Hattotuwa.

http://ict4peace.wordpress.com
  • May 9

    Safety tips and security guidelines for Facebook

    Safety tips and security guidelines for Facebook
    Given the vituperative pushback of the BBS online against those who participated in the vigil in Colombo a few weeks ago, immediate measures to secure content posted on to web based social media platforms are essential to protect one’s…
  • May 9

    New media and citizen journalism: The case of Groundview

    New media and citizen journalism: The case of Groundview
    Presented the work I had done with Groundviews to a group of activists from South Asia recently, noting that using social media platforms on the web, combined with mobiles, it is increasingly possible to bear witness to and report on…
  • Mar 16

    Pitfalls of privacy online

    Pitfalls of privacy online
    The Ceylon Today newspaper quotes me in what is becoming a familiar story – identity theft and the unauthorised use of photos posted to various online social media fora for nefarious activities. Women and Media Collective‘s Sepali…
Rank this Week: 39

Legal Informatics Blog

Legal Informatics Blog

Provides scholarly & professional commentary on legal information systems. By Robert Richards.

http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com
  • May 19

    FuzzyLaw: Collection of lay citizens’ understandings of legal terminology

    FuzzyLaw: Collection of lay citizens’ understandings of legal terminology
    The Cardiff University Centre for Language and Communication has made available FuzzyLaw, an online collection of “lay-people’s explanations of legal terms.” Here is the description from the project’s Website: FuzzyLaw…
  • May 18

    Hoekstra: Dataset: A Network Analysis of Dutch Regulation

    Hoekstra: Dataset: A Network Analysis of Dutch Regulation
    Dr. Rinke Hoekstra of the Leibniz Center for Law has posted a dataset entitled A Network Analysis of Dutch Regulations. Here is the description: This fileset contains two networks (CSV files) of citations between Dutch regulations stored on…
  • May 18

    Raman: Ethnographic study of Indian land record digitization project

    Raman: Ethnographic study of Indian land record digitization project
    Bhuvaneswari Raman of the French Institute of Pondicherry has published The Rhetoric and Reality of Transparency: Transparent Information, Opaque City Spaces and the Empowerment Question, Journal of Community Informatics, 8(2), article 866…
Rank this Week: 40

Law & Disorder

Law & Disorder

The Art of Technology

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/
Rank this Week: 41

FourthAmendment.com

FourthAmendment.com

Online supplement to Search and Seizure book. By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

http://fourthamendment.com/blog/index.php?blog=1
  • May 19

    CA10: Def's subjective belief of officers' tribal authority irrelevant to objective facts of consent

    CA10: Def's subjective belief of officers' tribal authority irrelevant to objective facts of consent
    Defendant was an American Indian, and he thought that the tribal governor had authorized the police to investigate his killing of eagles. His subjective belief as to the officers’ actions was not relevant to the Fourth Amendment inquiry…
  • May 19

    AR: Prior false alert rate of 14% of drug dog did not undermine the PC

    AR: Prior false alert rate of 14% of drug dog did not undermine the PC
    The question of reliability of the drug dog was for the trial court, and the court decided that past false alerts did not undermine the probable cause. Jackson v. State, 2013 Ark. 201, 2013 Ark. LEXIS 243 (May 16, 2013): [...] Read more!
  • May 19

    LA4: SW for gun permits search of duffle bag in house

    LA4: SW for gun permits search of duffle bag in house
    A search warrant for firearms and its accessories permitted a search of a duffle bag. State v. Bentley, 2013 La. App. LEXIS 947 (La. App. 4 Cir. May 15, 2013).* Defendant was on a bicycle and committed a misdemeanor offense for which he was…
Rank this Week: 42

What About Paris?

What About Paris?

Features ideas and thoughts on servicing business clients as valued customers in American law firms. By Dan Hull.

http://www.whataboutclients.com/
  • May 18

    Old Armstrong Chapel, 1831.

    Old Armstrong Chapel, 1831.
    In Indian Hill, southern Ohio, U.S. A small rectangular church with a prominent front tower. Photo by Greg Hume....
  • May 17

    Pantheon: Rosamund Pike.

    Pantheon: Rosamund Pike.
    This British classically-trained stage actress attended Oxford. There she read English Literature at Wadham College, and graduated with a 2:1 degree. But more importantly, she's a plugger, is likely (while slumming in films) to win an Oscar…
  • May 15

    The 7 Habits of Highly Useless Corporate Lawyers.

    The 7 Habits of Highly Useless Corporate Lawyers.
    "Ernie from Glen Burnie", not his real name, is an unreliable but wise childhood friend of mine who likes the works of Hunter Thompson. EFGB is now a partner at a Washington, DC law firm. For years he has claimed...
Rank this Week: 43

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/
  • May 19

    How quickly can and will (hundreds of) imprisoned crack defendants file "Blewett claims"?

    How quickly can and will (hundreds of) imprisoned crack defendants file "Blewett claims"?
    As first discussed in this post and further here, a split panel of the Sixth Circuit on Friday handed down a significant (and questionable) ruling in US v. Blewett declaring that the reduced mandatory minimum crack sentences set out in...
  • May 19

    Illinois on verge of becoming second biggest state to legalize medical marijuana

    Illinois on verge of becoming second biggest state to legalize medical marijuana
    As reported in this Chicago Tribune article, only a Governor's veto now stands in the way of Illinois becoming the most populous state other than California to have legalized medical marijuana. Here are the details: The Senate today approved…
  • May 19

    Is OJ providing a high-profile test case for the application of Lafler and Frye?

    Is OJ providing a high-profile test case for the application of Lafler and Frye?
    I have not been following closely the Nevada state habeas proceedings in which convicted armed robber and kidnapper (and acquitted murderer) OJ Simpson is contesting his convictions and sentences. But this recent Christian Science Monitor…
Rank this Week: 44

Point of Law Forum

Point of Law Forum

Provides information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system. By the Manhattan Institute and AEI Liability Project. Contributors include Professors Michael Krauss, David Bernstein, Lester Brickman, Michael DeBow, Richard Epstein, Daniel P. Kessler and Stephen Presser.

http://www.pointoflaw.com/
  • Nov 27

    Chairman Schapiro's Troubled Tenure at the SEC

    Chairman Schapiro's Troubled Tenure at the SEC
    Chairman Schapiro announced yesterday that she will be stepping down as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in several weeks. Accompanying her announcement, was a nine-page list of her accomplishments during her nearly…
  • Nov 26

    The Philadelphia Story

    The Philadelphia Story
    The success of trial lawyers in Philadelphia has come at the expense of the Pennsylvania economy. Our own Jim Copland explains in an op-ed and at great detail in Trial Lawyers Inc. - Philadelphia....
  • Nov 25

    Senator-elect Warren's Quandary

    Senator-elect Warren's Quandary
    There has been a lot of speculation about whether Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren will get a seat on the Senate Banking Committee, a perfect forum to go after the financial industry. If Ms. Warren does get the coveted spot, she may...
Rank this Week: 45