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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 20

    DOJ Inspector General's report: US Attorney unlawfully leaked to discredit critic

    DOJ Inspector General's report: US Attorney unlawfully leaked to discredit critic
    The Inspector General released a report about an unlawful leak by the then-US-Attorney arising out of the "Fast and Furious" snafu. We discussed the matter when it the issue arose, but now the IG report is out. (We've also repeated...
  • May 20

    The DOJ briefs opposing the Florida and Kentucky ethics opinions on IAC waivers -- and the Virginia opinion

    The DOJ briefs opposing the Florida and Kentucky ethics opinions on IAC waivers -- and the Virginia opinion
    To follow up on a prior post, below are the DOJ briefs asking that the Florida and Kentucky opinions on IAC waivers be vacated. And here is the Virginia opinion, LEO 1857 (which strikes me as overreaching, even though my...
  • May 20

    Recent Conference on the OLC Torture Memo

    Recent Conference on the OLC Torture Memo
    [Tigran Edlred passes along this news.] For those with a continuing interest in the OLC torture memos (which have been discussed extensively on LEF), you might be interested in a recent symposium hosted by the New England Journal on…
Rank this Week: 1

Mortgage Fraud Blog

Mortgage Fraud Blog

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

http://www.mortgagefraudblog.com
  • May 20

    Woman Indicted For Facilitating Straw Buyer Scheme

    Woman Indicted For Facilitating Straw Buyer Scheme
    Klary Arcentales, 44, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, was indicted for her role in a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses. The defendant was charged in a five-count indictment with one count of…
  • May 20

    Las Vegas Attorney Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Crime

    Las Vegas Attorney Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Crime
    Pamela Black, 65, a mortgage loan officer, also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank, mail and wire fraud. She was sentenced last year to time served and three years of supervised release,...
  • May 20

    Content Processing Aids in Reducing Mortgage Fraud

    Content Processing Aids in Reducing Mortgage Fraud
    PR Web (press release)In an effort to combat mortgage fraud and promote open government, Macomb County, Mich. recently made close to two hundred years of digitized land records more searchable for residents,...
Rank this Week: 2

Minnesota Workers Compensation…

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: 3

Intellectual Property Network

Intellectual Property Network

Posts from membbers of the Intellectual Property Network on Ning.

http://ipestonia.ning.com/profiles/blog/list
  • May 20

    The essence of IP in a modern economy

    The essence of IP in a modern economy
    Well, this is something that one could write about for his Ph.D graduation work , I suppose … As I never graduated any universities, I just take it as  my homework  :))  But don’t you worry – I would not go…
  • May 20

    INFOGRAPHIC: Electric Vehicles, Hybrids & IP

    INFOGRAPHIC: Electric Vehicles, Hybrids & IP
    Following the World Electric Vehicle Summit, ClearViewIP took a look back at our patent landscape to trace the developments in the industry and identify the role intellectual property has played: http://bit.ly/10HPiuZ…
  • 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.
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 20

    Supreme Court Action: Attorney Fees in Vaccine Cases, Habeas Corpus, Foreign Tax Credits, and Chevron Deference

    Supreme Court Action: Attorney Fees in Vaccine Cases, Habeas Corpus, Foreign Tax Credits, and Chevron Deference
    The Supreme Court issued four opinions this morning. The first of these is Sibelius v. Cloer (12-236). The case interprets the attorney fee provisions of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA). The text of the Act…
  • May 20

    Extended Student and Law School Grad Access to Lexis Advance

    Extended Student and Law School Grad Access to Lexis Advance
    As a follow-up to this LLB post, I have received information about LexisNexis programs for students and law school grads. First, there is the new Summer Associate "All Access" program. Law students can use their law school ID this…
  • May 20

    Law Firm Adoption of eBook

    Law Firm Adoption of eBook
    In April 2013, Bess Reynolds, Technical Services Manager, Library & Knowledge Management Dept., Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, conducted a survey on law firm eBook issues. 135 law firms participated. Bess presented and commented on the…
Rank this Week: 5

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 20

    But Wait. Didn’t Yahoo Try a Deal Like This Before?

    But Wait. Didn’t Yahoo Try a Deal Like This Before?
    Yahoo’s deal for Tumblr raises questions about its ability to make money by selling ads, among other thorny issues.
  • May 20

    The Tax Costs for Tumblr’s Owner

    The Tax Costs for Tumblr’s Owner
    One downside of a deal to sell to Yahoo is that it creates an immediate taxable gain for Tumblr’s shareholders, the author writes.
  • May 20

    SAC Capital Aims to Stem Withdrawal Request

    SAC Capital Aims to Stem Withdrawal Request
    SAC Capital Advisors is bracing for another round of withdrawal requests as fears grow that insider trading investigations could further damage Steven A. Cohen and his firm.
Rank this Week: 6

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 20

    THREE GUESSES

    THREE GUESSES
  • May 20

    INTO CUPCAKE COUTURE?

    INTO CUPCAKE COUTURE?
    Cupcake Couture 328 E. Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33483 CALL 561-276-2334 FAX 561-276-233
  • May 20

    BLACK HOLE-POWERED JETS?

    BLACK HOLE-POWERED JETS?
    Black Hole-Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy This composite image of a galaxy illustrates how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense power. The image contains X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray…
Rank this Week: 7

How Appealing

How Appealing

Covers appellate litigation. By Howard J. Bashman.

http://howappealing.law.com/
Rank this Week: 8

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: 9

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
  • May 20

    Myths and Realities about Equal Marriage – UK Human Rights Blog

    Myths and Realities about Equal Marriage – UK Human Rights Blog
    “The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is back before Parliament today for the ‘Report Stage’. The latest version of the Bill is here, updated explanatory notes here, and the full list of proposed amendments here.…
  • May 20

    The meaning of care and attention – NearlyLegal

    The meaning of care and attention – NearlyLegal
    “SL v Westminster [2013] UKSC 27 is a very important case concerning the meaning of ‘care and attention’ in the context of s.21, National Assitance Act 1948.” Full story NearlyLegal, 20th May 2013 Source:…
  • May 20

    EVENT: King’s College London – Creativity, Innovation and Competition Conference

    EVENT: King’s College London – Creativity, Innovation and Competition Conference
    “This conference deals with recent, controversial issues at the intersection of patent, copyright and competition law. It features a diverse range of international and UK speakers, from academia and practice, whose expertise is in…
Rank this Week: 10

Defero Law

Defero Law

Community of UK legal bloggers.

http://www.deferolaw.com/profiles/blog/list?promoted=1
  • May 20

    Our Child Abuse Solicitors discuss today’s conviction of Canon Rideout

    Our Child Abuse Solicitors discuss today’s conviction of Canon Rideout
    Canon Rideout has been convicted today at Lewes Crown Court of 34 indecent assaults and two attempted rapes. The majority of the assaults took place at Ilfield Hall Children’s Home where Rideout was an assistant curate between 1962 and…
  • May 20

    Riliance Sign Up 700th Law Firm

    Riliance Sign Up 700th Law Firm
    Riliance Software the UK's leading provider of Risk & Compliance systems for COLP's & COFA's have now signed up 700 law firms ranging from sole practitioners up to large national firms and leading ABS's.
  • May 20

    Child Abuse Lawyer Liz Dux comments in the Daily Star on Chorister School

    Child Abuse Lawyer Liz Dux comments in the Daily Star on Chorister School
    The Daily Star featured an article on Sunday 19th May which told the story of one of our clients. Our client, who is now aged 60, was abused by a long-serving headmaster at The Chorister School in Durham. Like many other victims of abuse, our…
Rank this Week: 11

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: 12

Antitrust & Competition Policy…

Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog

Edited by Professors D. Daniel Sokol and Shubha Ghosh.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/
  • May 20

    Does industry concentration matter for pollution haven effects?

    Does industry concentration matter for pollution haven effects?
    Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Svetlana Batrakova (LSE) asks Does industry concentration matter for pollution haven effects? ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on the role of firm’s market power and industry concentration in a still debated issue of…
  • May 20

    The Incentives for Vertical Mergers and Vertical Integration

    The Incentives for Vertical Mergers and Vertical Integration
    Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Laurent Fresard, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Gerard Hoberg, University of Maryland - Department of Finance and Gordon M. Phillips, University of Southern California describe The…
  • May 20

    Hemphill and Wu Respond to Blog Symposium

    Hemphill and Wu Respond to Blog Symposium
    Posted by Scott Hemphill and Tim Wu We thank the commenters for their thoughtful and generous reactions. In a nutshell, parallel exclusion is conduct by multiple firms that blocks or slows the entry of would-be competitors. Parallel exclusion…
Rank this Week: 13

beSpacific

beSpacific

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

http://www.bespacific.com/
Rank this Week: 14

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 20

    IRS Limits Material Participation by Non-Grantor Trust

    IRS Limits Material Participation by Non-Grantor Trust
    In a recent Technical Advice Memorandum (TAM), the IRS limited “the circumstances in which a complex, non-grantor trust can materially participate in the activities of an S corporation.” The IRS concluded that only time spent by a…
  • May 20

    Tips on Having a Successful Family Meeting

    Tips on Having a Successful Family Meeting
    Family meetings are common after a medical crisis, but they can also be invaluable in resolving complicated financial issues as well as legal planning for elderly family members. Here are some tips on starting, and getting the most out of,...
  • May 20

    Same-Sex Couples Face Challenges in Determining Whether Spouses Qualify as Trust Beneficiarie

    Same-Sex Couples Face Challenges in Determining Whether Spouses Qualify as Trust Beneficiarie
    Spouses often use trusts to pass monetary benefits to the other spouse, but the law is often unclear on whether same-sex spouses can become the beneficiary of their partner’s trust. If the Supreme Court finds the Defense Against Marriage…
Rank this Week: 15

43(B)log

43(B)log

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

http://tushnet.blogspot.com/
  • May 20

    Never steal anything from someone you can't outrun: Warner Bros. defeats infringement claim

    Never steal anything from someone you can't outrun: Warner Bros. defeats infringement claim
    Fortres Grand Corporation v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., No. 3:12-cv-00535 (N.D. Ind. May 16, 2013) McCarthy has said that there’s “surprisingly little” case law on whether a fictional company or product using the same…
  • May 20

    Allegedly false equivalence statement triggers insurer's duty to defend

    Allegedly false equivalence statement triggers insurer's duty to defend
    JAR Laboratories LLC v. Great American E & S Ins. Co., 2013 WL 1966386 (N.D. Ill.) JAR sued its insurer seeking a declaration of a duty to defend it in an underlying suit filed by its competitor TPU, which distributes Lidoderm, a…
  • May 20

    No reasonable consumer would think diet soda "all-natural"

    No reasonable consumer would think diet soda "all-natural"
    Viggiano v. Hansen Natural Corp., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2013 WL 2005430 (C.D. Cal.) Viggiano brought the usual California claims, along with federal warranty claims, based on Hansen’s diet Premium Sodas labeled as containing “all…
Rank this Week: 16

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 20

    Welcoming Iran@Saban

    Welcoming Iran@Saban
    My Brookings colleague Suzanne Maloney today launched a blog that will interest a lot of Lawfare readers. Suzanne is an Iran expert, and her new site—Iran@Saban—is devoted, as she writes, “to advanc[ing] a better…
  • May 20

    Today’s Headlines and Commentary

    Today’s Headlines and Commentary
    As Jack posted yesterday—and as everyone is buzzing about—President Obama will give a major counterterrorism speech on Thursday at the National Defense University.  The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Politico all report…
  • May 20

    DOJ Crosses New Line in Leak Investigation of Fox News Correspondent James Rosen

    DOJ Crosses New Line in Leak Investigation of Fox News Correspondent James Rosen
    A few years ago I wrote an op-ed that gave these reasons (among others) why the USG should not prosecute Julian Assange for the WikiLeaks disclosures of State Department cables: A conviction [of Assange] would also cause collateral…
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 20

    Anwar, Bayer, & Hjalmarsson on Juror Age & Trial Outcome

    Anwar, Bayer, & Hjalmarsson on Juror Age & Trial Outcome
    Shamena Anwar (Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management), Patrick J. Bayer (Duke University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)), & Randi Hjalmarsson (Queen…
  • May 20

    Reynolds & Denning on Magarian on the Second Amendment

    Reynolds & Denning on Magarian on the Second Amendment
    Glenn Harlan Reynolds and Brannon P. Denning (University of Tennessee College of Law and Samford University - Cumberland School of Law) have posted How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Second Amendment: a Reply to Professor Magarian…
  • May 20

    Schraub on the Constitution, Justice, & Theology

    Schraub on the Constitution, Justice, & Theology
    David H. Schraub has posted Our Divine Constitution (44 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 1201 (2013)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The presumption that God is omnibenevolent — inherently just, wise, kind, and merciful — is so…
Rank this Week: 18

IPKat

IPKat

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

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/
  • May 20

    Quibbling over minutiae? Or has something been overlooked? Concerns over UK implementation of the UPC Agreement and Unitary Patent

    Quibbling over minutiae? Or has something been overlooked? Concerns over UK implementation of the UPC Agreement and Unitary Patent
    This Kat has previously posted a couple of concerns about the implications of some details of the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court Agreement - see here and here. Now this moggy is concerned about the UK ratification of this…
  • May 20

    Monday miscellany

    Monday miscellany
    New blog on the block. The IPKat was delighted to learn from his former colleague, Katonomist Nicola Searle, that the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is today launching IPO Facto, a research blog for the IPO's economics team. Merpel…
  • May 19

    Hatching Europe's Unified Patent Court: who will pay for the chickens and eggs?

    Hatching Europe's Unified Patent Court: who will pay for the chickens and eggs?
    Imminent patent reform "delayed".  Only three months after (most of) Europe's finest attached their signatures to the Unified Patent Court (UPC) proposal, the official view on the likely start date has slipped by a year from early…
Rank this Week: 19

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: 20

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: 21

Supremo Tribunal Federal

Supremo Tribunal Federal

News from the Supreme Court in Brazil.

http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/listarNoticiaStfDia.asp
  • May 20

    Senador boliviano asilado em embaixada brasileira pede habeas corpu

    Senador boliviano asilado em embaixada brasileira pede habeas corpu
    O ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) Marco Aurélio é relator do Habeas Corpus (HC 117905) por meio do qual o senador boliviano Roger Pinto Molina, abrigado na Embaixada do Brasil em La Paz há um ano, em…
  • May 20

    Rádio Justiça destaca a primeira correição virtual do paí

    Rádio Justiça destaca a primeira correição virtual do paí
    CNJ no Ar aborda a primeira correição virtual do país O Tribunal de Justiça do Amazonas realizou a primeira correição virtual do país. O objetivo é evitar que processos fiquem parados…
  • May 20

    Nota à Imprensa

    Nota à Imprensa
    Na manhã desta segunda-feira (20/05), o Presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), ministro Joaquim Barbosa, participou de atividade acadêmica em uma instituição de ensino na cidade de Brasília. Na…
Rank this Week: 22

PlagiarismToday

PlagiarismToday

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

http://www.plagiarismtoday.com
  • May 20

    Copyright Implications of Yahoo Buying Tumblr

    Copyright Implications of Yahoo Buying Tumblr
    With news that Yahoo! is buying Tumblr, we have to stop a second and see how this will affect content creators, both off and on Tumblr.
  • May 20

    3 Count: What Nintendon’t

    3 Count: What Nintendon’t
    Grooveshark employees reach settlement with record labels, Nintendo seeks YouTube revenue and WWE theme song lawsuit moves forward.
  • 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.
Rank this Week: 23

The Ombuds Blog

The Ombuds Blog

Features news and Information for and about organizational ombuds. By Tom Kosakowski.

http://ombuds-blog.blogspot.com/
  • May 20

    Job Posting: University of Colorado Boulder

    Job Posting: University of Colorado Boulder
    Colorado's flagship public research university is hiring an Associate Ombuds. The position serves as a designated neutral dispute resolution practitioner for students, staff, faculty, and administrators. CU-Boulder employs four Ombuds and…
  • May 20

    Job Posting: Jackson Community College

    Job Posting: Jackson Community College
    The 6,700-student community college in Jackson County, Michigan is hiring a Student Ombudsman. The full-time position is primarily responsible for "providing a consistent, centralized point of contact for questions, concerns and/or problems…
  • May 20

    IOA Radio to Interview Shell Oil Ombud

    IOA Radio to Interview Shell Oil Ombud
    The second episode of the International Ombudsman Association’s teleconference-based “talk show,” will feature Sean Banks, Director of Ombuds Services and Corporate Ombuds for the Shell Oil Company. The episode, "Telling the…
Rank this Week: 24

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: 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

Gallagher Blogs

Gallagher Blogs

Features library news and legal research tips. From the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library of the University of Washington School of Law.

http://gallagherlawlibrary.blogspot.com/
  • May 15

    New Faculty Publication: Ron Collins' Books by Supreme Court Justice

    New Faculty Publication: Ron Collins' Books by Supreme Court Justice
    Ronald K.L. Collins, Books by Supreme Court Justices, 38 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 94 (2013).Identifying 353 books, Prof. Collins bibliography is the latest and most comprehensive work covering works written, edited, or compiled by the Justices.Chief…
  • May 14

    New Faculty Publications: Toshiko Takenaka and Signe Naeve

    New Faculty Publications: Toshiko Takenaka and Signe Naeve
    Intellectual Property in Common Law and Civil Law (Toshiko Takenaka ed., Edward Elgar, 2013).UW Law professor Toshiko Takenaka has edited and contributed chapters to this new work, which covers patents, copyright, trademark and unfair…
  • May 10

    New Faculty Publication: Anita Krig on Investment Company as Instrument

    New Faculty Publication: Anita Krig on Investment Company as Instrument
    Anita K. Krug, Investment Company as Instrument: The Limitations of the Corporate Governance Regulatory Regime, 86 S. Cal. L. Rev. 263 (2013). Available on SSRN.AbstractU.S. regulation of public investment companies (such as mutual funds) is…
Rank this Week: 27

Sex Offender Issues

Sex Offender Issues

Covers sex offender laws and cases.

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/
  • May 20

    FL - Florida funds sex offender database search by school

    FL - Florida funds sex offender database search by school
    Original ArticleAnd you can bet that once this is live, these people will lose their jobs as well, which we believe is the intent of the action.05/18/2013By Jeff WeinsierFlorida Legislature allocates $18K to update FDLE's Sex Offender,…
  • May 20

    OK - Lawmakers benefit from private prison donation

    OK - Lawmakers benefit from private prison donation
    Original ArticleAs we've said many times before, prison is a business.05/19/2013By CURTIS KILLMAN & BARBARA HOBEROCKOKLAHOMA CITY - Private prison interests have given nearly $200,000 in campaign dollars and gifts to 79 of the 149 members…
  • May 20

    WI - High-risk rent: Renting homes to Wisconsin sex offender

    WI - High-risk rent: Renting homes to Wisconsin sex offender
    Original Article05/19/2013By Brad HicksFOND DU LAC COUNTY (WITI) - FOX6′s Brad Hicks set out to do a story on taxpayer money, and how the state is spending it. However, sometimes stories take an unexpected turn — which is what…
Rank this Week: 28

Food Safety News

Food Safety News

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

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/
  • May 20

    USDA’s Poultry Proposal Endangers Eaters, Not Just Employee

    USDA’s Poultry Proposal Endangers Eaters, Not Just Employee
    Ever hear the one about how the well‐dressed accomplice caused a scene at the front door of the bank, while the masked robbers snuck in through the back and made off with the loot? Let that be a lesson to us: when we all train our eyes…
  • May 20

    Press Conference on Brazos E. coli Outbreak Set for Today

    Press Conference on Brazos E. coli Outbreak Set for Today
    At a press conference today, the Brazos County Health Department is expected to name both the restaurant and beef supplier involved in the April E. coli outbreak that sickened ten people, including two local boys. On Monday, the department…
  • May 20

    Patent-Protected Technology Ended Up on FDA Website, Companies Charge

    Patent-Protected Technology Ended Up on FDA Website, Companies Charge
    Two small Maryland companies have launched a campaign to publicize their allegations that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stole their patented technology. The two small businesses, FoodQuestTQ, LLC and Projectioneering LLC are…
Rank this Week: 29

Religion Clause

Religion Clause

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

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/
  • May 20

    Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In City Council Invocation Case

    Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In City Council Invocation Case
    The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to weigh in on the extensively litigated issue of opening city council meetings with prayer.  It granted certiorari in Town of Greece, NY v. Galloway, (Docket No. 12-696, cert. granted 5/20/2013).…
  • May 20

    Britain Releases 2011 Census Data On Religious Affiliation and Characteristics of Population By Religion

    Britain Releases 2011 Census Data On Religious Affiliation and Characteristics of Population By Religion
    Last week, Britain's Office for National Statistics released new data from the 2011 census on religious affiliation for residents of England and Wales. The data on numbers and median age shows 33.2 million Christians, 14 million with no…
  • May 20

    Recent Articles of Interest

    Recent Articles of Interest
    From SSRN:Anissa Helie and Marie Ashe, Multiculturalist Liberalism and Harms to Women: Looking Through the Issue of 'The Veil', (19 U.C. Davis Journal of International Law & Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-65).David H. Schraub, Our Divine…
Rank this Week: 30

Lewis & Clark Law School…

Lewis & Clark Law School Podcast

Lewis & Clark Law School Podcast of events and speakers.

http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast
Rank this Week: 31

ImmigrationProf Blog

ImmigrationProf Blog

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

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/
  • May 20

    Increasing H1B Visas: Are Victoria Secret and Facebook in Competition?

    Increasing H1B Visas: Are Victoria Secret and Facebook in Competition?
    The draft Senate immigration bill includes language that the technology industry has lobbied for: increasing the number of H1B worker visas from 65,000 to 110,000. As the New York Times reported today, however, tech companies are currently…
  • May 20

    The Religious Affiliation of U.S. Immigrants: Majority Christian, Rising Share of Other Faith

    The Religious Affiliation of U.S. Immigrants: Majority Christian, Rising Share of Other Faith
    Over the past 20 years, the United States has granted permanent residency status to an average of about 1 million immigrants each year. These new “green card” recipients qualify for residency in a wide variety of ways – as family...
  • May 20

    Call for Human Rights, Fairness, and Justice in CIR

    Call for Human Rights, Fairness, and Justice in CIR
    From the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: An Open Letter to the Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Support of Fair and Just Immigration Reform Over 700 groups and individuals call on senators to commit to human...
Rank this Week: 33

Above the Law

Above the Law

A legal tabloid that provides news and gossip about the profession's colorful personalities and powerful institutions, as well as original commentary on breaking legal developments.

http://abovethelaw.com/
  • May 20

    Lawyer Previews Novel Defense For Christian Metal Rocker

    Lawyer Previews Novel Defense For Christian Metal Rocker
    How to explain away hiring a hitman. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Anthony Salerno, As I Lay Dying, Austrian Death Machine, Chewbacca Defense, Christian Metal, Crime, Murder for…
  • May 20

    Non-Sequiturs: 05.20.13

    Non-Sequiturs: 05.20.13
    * Justin Bieber has apparently abandoned his 20-week-old monkey, Mally, after having her confiscated because he couldn’t comply with animal control laws in Germany. Now in a shelter somewhere in Germany, there’s one more lonely…
  • May 20

    Your New Law School Adjunct: O.J. Simpson

    Your New Law School Adjunct: O.J. Simpson
    The Juice wants to speak at your law school! Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Celebrities, Law Schools, O.J. Simpson, Quote of the Day, Trials, Videos    
Rank this Week: 32

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 17

    MLEA at the University of Illinoi

    MLEA at the University of Illinoi
    On October 11 & 12, the University of Illinois College of Law will host the 12th annual Midwestern Law & Economics Association conference. The event consists of law professors and economists presenting papers with varying degrees of…
  • May 10

    On the Valuation of Hedge Funds (or Hedge Fund Managers)

    On the Valuation of Hedge Funds (or Hedge Fund Managers)
    So Felix Salmon has taken a justifiable swipe at some oddish Bloomberg articles on Citibank's spinoff of its internal hedge fund, as required by the Volcker Rule. But in doing so, it seems as though he may have hit his...
  • May 9

    Cries for Relief from the Hungarian Financial Crisi

    Cries for Relief from the Hungarian Financial Crisi
    No, not that Hungarian financial crisis. Now that the country seems to have more or less righted itself, its citizens are still struggling with their own debts. Reuters reports that the Managing Director of the National Bank of Hungary has...
Rank this Week: 34

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: 35

Library Boy

Library Boy

Features legal research news. By Michel-Adrien Sheppard.

http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/
  • May 20

    Spring 2013 Issue of Law Library Journal Now Available

    Spring 2013 Issue of Law Library Journal Now Available
    The Spring 2013 issue of Law Library Journal is available on the website of the American Association of Law Libraries.Among the many articles, the following attracted my attention:Training in FCIL Librarianship for Tomorrow’s World (by…
  • May 17

    Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Title

    Supreme Court of Canada: New Library Title
    The list of new library titles added to the Supreme Court of Canada collection for the period of May 1st to 15th, 2013 is now available on the Court website.The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library does not lend materials…
  • May 16

    Daniel Caron Resigns as Head of Library and Archives Canada

    Daniel Caron Resigns as Head of Library and Archives Canada
    Daniel Caron, the head of Library and Archives Canada (LAC) who presided over the dismantling of many important services at the institution in the wake of extensive budget cuts, resigned yesterday.The CLA Govt Library & IM Professionals…
Rank this Week: 36

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 20

    FCC Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn Releases Statement To Staff

    FCC Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn Releases Statement To Staff
    STATEMENT FROM FCC ACTING CHAIRWOMAN MIGNON CLYBURN TO STAFF “By now you may have heard, that President Obama has asked me to serve as Acting Chair of the FCC, pending the confirmation of Tom Wheeler. I wish to express my...
  • 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…
Rank this Week: 37

Opinio Juris

Opinio Juris

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

http://opiniojuris.org
  • May 20

    Guest Post: The Human Rights Impact of Drone Strike

    Guest Post: The Human Rights Impact of Drone Strike
    by Jonathan Horowitz [Jonathan Horowitz is writing in his personal capacity. He is the Associate Legal Officer at the Open Society Justice Initiative’s National Security and Counterterrorism Program.] When assessing the legality of…
  • May 20

    Weekday News Wrap: Monday, May 20, 2013

    Weekday News Wrap: Monday, May 20, 2013
    by Jessica Dorsey by Jessica Dorsey A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee last week that the U.S. would be at war with al-Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under the…
  • 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…
Rank this Week: 38

THR, Esq.

THR, Esq.

Focuses on how the entertainment and media industries are impacted and influenced by the law. From The Hollywood Reporter.

http://thresq.hollywoodreporter.com/
Rank this Week: 39

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 20

    Monday Open Thread

    Monday Open Thread
    Busy day. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  • 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…
Rank this Week: 40

American Civil Liberties Union…

American Civil Liberties Union Blog

Covers civil rights and constitutional law. From the ACLU.

http://blog.aclu.org/blog
  • May 20

    Running Scared in Nebraska: Death Penalty Loving State Senators Hide Behind a Filibuster

    Running Scared in Nebraska: Death Penalty Loving State Senators Hide Behind a Filibuster
    This week in Nebraska, a handful of senators – four in particular – used filibusters and frivolous amendments to stall a full debate on whether Nebraska is done with capital punishment. Why are these foes of justice running…
  • May 20

    A Key Lesson from the 1986 Immigration Reform Is in Jeopardy

    A Key Lesson from the 1986 Immigration Reform Is in Jeopardy
    Another day, another amendment to the Senate immigration reform legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would harm immigrants' civil liberties. Amendment 17, which will be up for consideration this week in the Senate Judiciary…
  • May 20

    Immigration Reform: Week Two Is Through

    Immigration Reform: Week Two Is Through
    After two more long days last week of largely unsuccessful attempts to scuttle the immigration reform bill, the Senate Judiciary Committee now is looking at the gargantuan task of wrapping up consideration – somehow, some way –…
Rank this Week: 41

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: 42

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 20

    Mandatory Pro Bono Proposed For New Jersey Bar Admission

    Mandatory Pro Bono Proposed For New Jersey Bar Admission
    The New Jersey Supreme Court has asked for comments on a report of a Working Group that calls for mandatory pro bono as a condition for admission in the Garden State. The report identifies three primary goals: increase pro bono...
  • 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…
Rank this Week: 43

Podcasts at Rutgers School of Law…

Podcasts at Rutgers School of Law - Newark

Audio and Video broadcasts of interesting lectures and events taking place at Rutgers School of Law in Newark, New Jersey.

http://law-library.rutgers.edu/feeds/podcast.php
  • Oct 3

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure
    Robert A. Lucas, Professor of Law at the University of Indiana Law School (Bloomington), was the featured speaker on this program. Prof. Bradley has recently edited a collection of essays entitled “The Rehnquist Legacy,”…
  • Oct 3

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure

    The Rehnquist Legacy in Criminal Procedure
    Robert A. Lucas, Professor of Law at the University of Indiana Law School (Bloomington), was the featured speaker on this program. Prof. Bradley has recently edited a collection of essays entitled “The Rehnquist Legacy,”…
  • May 22

    New Jersey Law Librarians Association 2007 Annual Business Meeting and Program Part two

    New Jersey Law Librarians Association 2007 Annual Business Meeting and Program Part two
    Our meeting venue, Liberty Hall, is acclaimed as a New Jersey treasure, a gift of history from the Kean family. Our speaker, Mark Lender, history professor at Kean, is working on the recent George Washington letter discovery. Read more about…
Rank this Week: 44

Law & Disorder

Law & Disorder

The Art of Technology

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/
Rank this Week: 46