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Law & Disorder

Law & Disorder

The Art of Technology

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/
Rank this Week: 91

Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Covers campaigns & elections, education, energy & environment, faith & family, foreign affairs, immigration and more. By Chapman University law professor Hugh Hewitt.

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/
  • Jun 11

    Sex and the Military

    Sex and the Military
    The headline on the front page of the New York Times said it all: "Women in the Senate Confront the Military on Sex Assaults." In a triumphalist article showcasing the growing numbers of women on the Senate Armed...
  • Jun 10

    Economics vs. 'Need'

    Economics vs. 'Need'
    One of the most common arguments for allowing more immigration is that there is a "need" for foreign workers to do "jobs that Americans won't do," especially in agriculture. One of my most vivid memories of the late...
  • Jun 4

    Historic Rescuer

    Historic Rescuer
    It is not really news that Victor Davis Hanson has written another outstanding and eye-opening book. He has done that before and repeatedly, on a variety of subjects. The subject of his latest book, "The Savior...
Rank this Week: 92

The Faculty Lounge

The Faculty Lounge

Conversations about law, culture, and academia. By Professors Dan Filler, Laura Appleman, Al Brophy, Kevin Noble Maillard and Calvin Massey.

http://www.thefacultylounge.org/
  • Jun 18

    Notice and Pleading in a Paternalistic System

    Notice and Pleading in a Paternalistic System
    I think that there is a common pitfall that is often made in teaching or even just describing the veterans benefits system. That mistake is treat the system as completely sui generis, even though it deals with issues common to...
  • Jun 18

    Judith Butler, Hip-Hop Style

    Judith Butler, Hip-Hop Style
    For all who have attempted to read Judith Butler and found her writing a bit, ahem, obscure, writer Chelsea Clammer has a funny essay called "Li'l Butler" over at the Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review. She reads Butler side by side...
  • Jun 17

    Claims and Quantum Finality

    Claims and Quantum Finality
    The veterans benefits system we have today has grown phenomenally since its origin. It is essentially the one that was invented in 1917 for returning WWI soldiers, which began as only eight pages of amendments to the 1914 War Risk...
Rank this Week: 93

Library Boy

Library Boy

Features legal research news. By Michel-Adrien Sheppard.

http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 94

Freedom To Differ

Freedom To Differ

A blog that speaks freely about legal and policy issues facing the media and the internet. By Peter Black.

http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/freedom_to_differ/
  • Jun 8

    Daily Twitter Link

    Daily Twitter Link
  • Jun 5

    Constitutional law exam causes student to die from overstudy

    Constitutional law exam causes student to die from overstudy
    Every semester, I always like to share this story from the New York Times in 1900 about the constitutional law exam at the Harvard Law School that caused a student to die from "overstudy": And if you're curious, this is the exam: Before my…
  • May 9

    Best Australian law schools according to the QS World University Ranking

    Best Australian law schools according to the QS World University Ranking
    The QS World University Rankings 2013 for Law have been released. The QS World University Rankings is one of the few international rankings that also provide subject rankings, including for law. While these rankings are always somewhat…
Rank this Week: 95

Feminist Law Professors

Feminist Law Professors

Covers feminism, sexism, reproductive rights and women's health. By Professors Ann Bartow and Bridget Crawford.

http://feministlawprofessors.com
Rank this Week: 96

Empirical Legal Studies

Empirical Legal Studies

Covers emerging empirical legal scholarship, conference updates and empirical claims. Edited by Professors Michael Heise, Theodore Eisenberg, William Ford, Sara Benesh, William Henderson, Frank Cross, Carolyn Shapiro, anbd Christopher Zorn

http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/
  • Jun 13

    UCLA's Outstanding Stats Resource

    UCLA's Outstanding Stats Resource
    Those looking for either introductory or mid-level instructional on-line resources should visit UCLA's idre site. The site's resources are both deep and wide. Particularly helpful is an array of on-line classes and workshops (some with…
  • Jun 10

    When Independent Variables Reverse Sign

    When Independent Variables Reverse Sign
    Andrew Gelman (Columbia--Statistics) has an interesting post about a nettlesome little topic -- How to make sense of an independent variable that "flips" signs (that is, goes from negative to positive or vice-versa) across model…
  • Jun 3

    Helpful SPSS Resource

    Helpful SPSS Resource
    Though most of our stats software package-related posts skew towards Stata, we remain mindful that folks' tastes vary across the most popular packages (e.g., Stata, SPSS, R, SAS). With this in mind, we recently stumbled across a helpful and…
Rank this Week: 97

Technology & Marketing Law…

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Covers Internet, technology and online marketing legal issues. Published by Santa Clara University School of Law Professor Eric Goldman.

http://blog.ericgoldman.org/
Rank this Week: 98

idealawg

idealawg

Law practice information and ideas. From Stephanie West Allen of Allen & Nichols Production.

http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/
  • Jun 17

    Is technology making us stupid—or smarter than we’ve ever been?

    Is technology making us stupid—or smarter than we’ve ever been?
    The title of this blog post is the first line in a new piece by Annie Murphy Paul titled "Rules for thinking with tech." She writes: Is technology making us stupid—or smarter than we’ve ever been? Author Nicholas Carr memorably…
  • Jun 10

    Miksang contemplative photography: Meditation with a camera

    Miksang contemplative photography: Meditation with a camera
    Intention and discipline are required to practice meditation with your camera. To learn more, watch this short video of Michael Wood talking about what gets in the way of seeing in the moment and how to overcome those obstacles. He also…
  • Jun 9

    Want to help yourself and others get more done (and enjoy the doing)? Here's an excellent method

    Want to help yourself and others get more done (and enjoy the doing)? Here's an excellent method
    If you want to support people, including yourself, in making changes or accomplishing goals, read The Progress Principle. The simple message: Research shows that if we can see our progress, no matter how small, we are motivated to keep on the…
Rank this Week: 99

Bankruptcy Law Network - Real…

Bankruptcy Law Network - Real Lawyers, Real Solutions

Covers bankruptcy, chapter 7, chapter 13, credit reports, foreclosures, and asset protection.

http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com
  • Jun 17

    Does Chapter 13 Mean Paying All Creditors Back? It Could Be Zero to Unsecured Claim

    Does Chapter 13 Mean Paying All Creditors Back? It Could Be Zero to Unsecured Claim
    A 13 bankruptcy repayment plan does not necessarily mean that you must repay your debts in full. Don’t be scared off by a chapter 13 bankruptcy payment plan. It does not mean you have to pay everyone back in full with interest. After…
  • Jun 17

    Bankruptcy and Home Loan Foreclosure in Oregon

    Bankruptcy and Home Loan Foreclosure in Oregon
    Lawyers practicing in Oregon bankruptcy courts have done their best to protect debtors from home foreclosure. Starting in 2007 and continuing into the foreclosure crisis, bankruptcy judges and trustees worked with debtors to facilitate loan…
  • Jun 15

    Why does Bankruptcy Court have the highest mortgage modification success rate?

    Why does Bankruptcy Court have the highest mortgage modification success rate?
    As I have previously reported, the highest probability of forcing your mortgage servicer to modify your mortgage is in the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Mortgage Modification Mediation Program. Historically, mortgage modifications since 2008 (when…
Rank this Week: 100

American Civil Liberties Union…

American Civil Liberties Union Blog

Covers civil rights and constitutional law. From the ACLU.

http://blog.aclu.org/blog
  • Jun 18

    Call Logs? Try Kilowatts: Reports Reveal Demands for California Energy Data

    Call Logs? Try Kilowatts: Reports Reveal Demands for California Energy Data
    Amid recent revelations that the NSA has been secretly spying on phone records and the Internet activity of people in the United States, transparency reports filed by the California utilities companies and obtained by the ACLU of California…
  • Jun 18

    A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Plum Job in Opposition to General Warrants (in 1760)

    A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Plum Job in Opposition to General Warrants (in 1760)
    A new poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire for the Boston Globe reveals that 40 percent of Massachusetts residents oppose “the government obtaining phone and electronic records of US citizens,” while only 25 percent…
  • Jun 18

    For Many DACA Students, Access to Higher Education Remains A Challenge

    For Many DACA Students, Access to Higher Education Remains A Challenge
    A Georgia student's story highlights the need for immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for the 11 million people who have become part of the American fabric, and aspire to become citizens, but currently have no way to attain…
Rank this Week: 101

Recording Industry vs The People

Recording Industry vs The People

Covers the RIAA's lawsuits of against ordinary working people.

http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 102

Houston's Clear Thinkers

Houston's Clear Thinkers

Observations on developments in law, business, medicine, culture, sports, and other matters of general interest to the Houston business, professional, and academic communities. Published by Houston attorney Tom Kirkendall.

http://blog.kir.com/
Rank this Week: 103

Lawyerist

Lawyerist

Covers law practice management, marketing, technology and legal careers.

http://lawyerist.com
  • Jun 18

    Why LegalZoom Is Better than You [Sponsored Post]

    Why LegalZoom Is Better than You [Sponsored Post]
    I’m going to come right out and say it. Online legal services offer a better service proposition than some estate attorneys. In fact, they currently present the biggest threat to estate attorneys in the history of our industry. I sense…
  • Jun 18

    Does Your Commute Have to Make You Miserable?

    Does Your Commute Have to Make You Miserable?
    I recently transitioned from a 10 minute commute to a 35 minute commute. All of the research indicates that this switch should be making me desperately unhappy. So far, however, I am not miserable. Here’s why. I didn’t want to…
  • Jun 18

    Firing a Client

    Firing a Client
    Lawyers spend their entire careers representing clients and chasing potential ones. Sometimes, however, a client's actions leave a lawyer with only one options: fire the client. Firing a Client is a post from Lawyerist.com. The original…
Rank this Week: 104

Lawyer 2 Lawyer

Lawyer 2 Lawyer

J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi bring us their and their guests views on a variety of hot legal topics. Part of the Legal Talk Network.

http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/
  • Jun 5

    Sacramento’s New One-Day Divorce Program

    Sacramento’s New One-Day Divorce Program
    On this episode of Lawyer2Lawyer, Bob Ambrogi and Craig Williams invite California Judge James Mize to discuss his first-of-its-kind idea to address the heavy congestion of divorce cases in Sacramento’s family court: The One-Day Divorce…
  • May 17

    Private Prisons, Profits, and Prisoners’ Right

    Private Prisons, Profits, and Prisoners’ Right
    On this edition of Lawyer2Lawyer host Bob Ambrogi discusses private prisons with Susan Herman, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Adrian Moore, vice president of the Reason Foundation, a non-profit in support of…
  • May 3

    Will Accused Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Get the Death Penalty?

    Will Accused Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Get the Death Penalty?
    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving brother of the accused for the Boston marathon bombings, has become a face of the media lately. His prosecution and potential sentence raises many questions for both the public and the legal world. Attorneys…
Rank this Week: 105

Lowering the Bar

Lowering the Bar

Features humorous legal news.

http://www.loweringthebar.net/
  • Jun 17

    The Photo-Booth Idea Was Bad Enough to Begin With

    The Photo-Booth Idea Was Bad Enough to Begin With
    ... even before you posed with the stolen item. The Capital Gazette reported on Saturday that police were searching for the pictured group of young people in connection with a case of alleged credit-card fraud. A woman reported she had...
  • Jun 16

    Michael Jackson's Ghost Testifies His Death Was an Accident

    Michael Jackson's Ghost Testifies His Death Was an Accident
    It testified over objection, of course, but the objection was apparently overruled. As you may recall, Jackson died in 2009 from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol, given to him by Dr. Conrad Murray. Murray was convicted of involuntary…
  • Jun 15

    Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Here's a Copyright Lawsuit, Happy Birthday to You

    Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Here's a Copyright Lawsuit, Happy Birthday to You
    I don't know that I'd call this "a lawsuit for the ages," like the New York Times does. But that's mainly because around here that title is reserved for the four-year struggle over a $65 million legal claim that the...
Rank this Week: 106

Chicago IP Litigation Blog

Chicago IP Litigation Blog

Covers Northern District of Illinois intellectual property cases. Published by attorney R. David Donoghue.

http://www.chicagoiplitigation.com/
  • Jun 17

    Counterclaim Need Not Plead Facts to Overcome Statute of Limitations Affirmative Defense

    Counterclaim Need Not Plead Facts to Overcome Statute of Limitations Affirmative Defense
    Flava Works, Inc. v. Momient, No. 11 C 6306, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 18, 2013) (Shadur, Sen. J.). Judge Shadur denied plaintiff Flava Works’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss defendant’s copyright infringement…
  • Jun 15

    Court Sua Sponte Orders Production of Evidence and a Hearing on a Copyright Issue

    Court Sua Sponte Orders Production of Evidence and a Hearing on a Copyright Issue
    Flava Works, Inc. v. Momient, No. 11 C 6306, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Apr. 1, 2013) (Shadur, Sen. J.). Judge Shadur, after reading plaintiff FlavaWorks’ answer to defendant’s copyright counterclaims, sua sponte ordered FlavaWorks to…
  • May 28

    Rocky Mountain IP & Technology Institute

    Rocky Mountain IP & Technology Institute
    At the end of this week, I will be heading to the Colorado Rockies at for the Annual Rocky Mountain IP & Technology Institute where I will be moderating a panel called “Damages Models: What Are We Seeing After the Federal…
Rank this Week: 107

InsureBlog

InsureBlog

Covers insurance news.

http://insureblog.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 18

    On being careful what we wish for...

    On being careful what we wish for...
    By now, most folks know that Sarah Murnaghan got her new lungs, and for that we say "Baruch HaShem" (Praised be G-d). As life is the most precious of gifts, one can't help but be moved by her new-found hope and lease on life.In Judaism, we…
  • Jun 18

    Life Insurance, Long Term Care, Medicaid and You

    Life Insurance, Long Term Care, Medicaid and You
    Not so sure that this is such a great idea:"State lawmakers are encouraging elderly residents to use life insurance as a way to pay for long-term care—and lower the Medicaid tab in the process."The concept seems pretty straightforward:…
  • Jun 17

    Exposing Your Private Part

    Exposing Your Private Part
    The federal government under Obamacare will be exposing your private parts. Most of the consumer protection that was put in place under the Clinton administration now goes away under Obama.   A new rule issued late Friday requires…
Rank this Week: 108

William Carleton, Counselor @ Law

William Carleton, Counselor @ Law

Covers legal and investment issues facing emerging tech companies.

http://www.wac6.com/wac6/
Rank this Week: 109

ProfessorBainbridge.com

ProfessorBainbridge.com

Commentary on law, business, economics and culture. By UCLA School of Law Professor Stephen Bainbridge.

http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/
  • Jun 18

    Nuking the filibuster: Can mutually assured destruction save it?

    Nuking the filibuster: Can mutually assured destruction save it?
    A report at TPM claims that: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday starkly warned Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) not to eliminate the filibuster on presidential nominations,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my…
  • Jun 18

    Memo to the UC bra

    Memo to the UC bra
    I'd like you to loan me $1 million to buy a summer home in Santa Barbara and then forgive it. After all, if NYU can do it, why can't you? Follow one of Fire Island’s quaint footpaths away from the... [[ This is a content summary only.…
  • Jun 17

    Memo to aspiring academics--legal and otherwise--us Boomer old farts aren't going to go away quietly

    Memo to aspiring academics--legal and otherwise--us Boomer old farts aren't going to go away quietly
    UCLA FA blog reports: Inside Higher Ed today carries an article about surveys of faculty who say they don't plan to retire at the "normal" age or maybe ever. The work-til-you-drop response is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my…
Rank this Week: 110

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/
  • Jun 18

    Pelvic Mesh Bellwethers Continued

    Pelvic Mesh Bellwethers Continued
                Today we discuss the second summary judgment decision entered in the pelvic mesh MDL bellwether cases.  Stay tuned for a Daubert decision coming soon.  And again,…
  • Jun 17

    The MDL Court Has Begun Issuing Pre-Trial Decisions on Bellwether Cases in the Pelvic Mesh Litigation

    The MDL Court Has Begun Issuing Pre-Trial Decisions on Bellwether Cases in the Pelvic Mesh Litigation
    Four bellwether cases have been prepared for trial in the pelvic mesh MDL, and so the court has begun issuing pre-trial rulings.  Over the coming days (and later if further decisions come out), we’ll discuss a number of those…
  • Jun 15

    Weeks Innovator Liability Ruling To Be Reconsidered

    Weeks Innovator Liability Ruling To Be Reconsidered
    The Alabama Supreme Court's horrendous, but so far outlier, opinion in Weeks v. Wyeth (we discussed it here) will be reconsidered by that court sometime in September, according to a minute order issued on June 13.  Innovator…
Rank this Week: 111

Blawgletter

Blawgletter

Offers business trial law with a sense of humor. By Barry Barnett.

http://blawgletter.typepad.com/bbarnett/
  • Jun 18

    High Court Reverses Reverse Payment Dismissal

    High Court Reverses Reverse Payment Dismissal
    The owner of a patent on a brand-name drug sues a competitor for infringing the patent. The parties settle. But the infringer doesn't pay. The patent-owner does. Why? In return for the competitor's agreement not to compete for the term...
  • Jun 16

    You Can't Patent Genes Unless You Change Them, Supreme Court Hold

    You Can't Patent Genes Unless You Change Them, Supreme Court Hold
    Last week, a 9-0 Supreme Court ruled that human genes do not count as patent-eligible subject matter but that fake genes with some DNA missing may. Ass'n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., No. 12-398, slip op. 12 (U.S....
  • Jun 10

    High Court Confirms Class, Nine to Zip; the Dangers of Stipulating

    High Court Confirms Class, Nine to Zip; the Dangers of Stipulating
    Justice Elena Kagan capped her 9-0 outing in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., No. 11-796 (U.S. May 12, 2013) (post here), with another unanimous ruling in Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, No. 12-135 (U.S. June 10, 2013). She sure can...
Rank this Week: 112

ContractsProf Blog

ContractsProf Blog

By Texas Wesleyan University Law Professor Franklin G. Snyder, with Contributing Law Professors Miriam A. Cherry, Meredith R. Miller, Keith A. Rowley, and D.A. Jeremy Talman

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/
  • Jun 18

    Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Council

    Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Council
    RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal April 19, 2013 to June 18, 2013 RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 228 The Hague Principles on Choice of Law...
  • Jun 17

    A Victory for Interns Everywhere!

    A Victory for Interns Everywhere!
    I don't know if this recent case will help Hall's Mentho-Lyptus with the Triple-Colling Action Presents Jay the Intern, but it might help some of our law students. As The Atlantic reports here, Federal District Judge William H. Pauley III...
  • Jun 14

    Scholarship Highlight: Sex* Matter

    Scholarship Highlight: Sex* Matter
    I just finished reading contracts prof Amy J. Schmitz's article, Sex Matters: Considering Gender in Consumer Contracting, 19 CARDOZO J. LAW & GENDER 437 (2013) which I thought was particularly timely given all the interest in consumer…
Rank this Week: 113

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/
  • Jun 18

    The Management Friendly Nature of Delaware Decisions: In re MFW Shareholders Litigation (Part 1)

    The Management Friendly Nature of Delaware Decisions: In re MFW Shareholders Litigation (Part 1)
    Back in the 1980s, Delaware courts occasionally pushed the law in a direction that was at least arguably favorable to shareholders.  Van Gorkom placed renewed emphasis on the duty of care and the need for directors to be informed. …
  • Jun 17

    Investors’ Powers to Challenge Board Composition Goes to Court

    Investors’ Powers to Challenge Board Composition Goes to Court
    Starboard Value LP recently took an interesting step in its battle to get its slate of directors on the board of Office Depot Inc.  On June 13th Starboard Value sued Office Depot for not holding an annual shareholder meeting to elect…
  • Jun 15

    Heins on the Priests of Our Democracy

    Heins on the Priests of Our Democracy
    I apologize in advance if this post is a bit too off-topic for some, but I thought the content would be of interest to enough of our readers to justify it. I used to work in the mental health field, and I frequently heard it said that:…
Rank this Week: 114

TortsProf Blog

TortsProf Blog

Covers accident and injury law. By Professors William G. Childs, Sheila B. Scheuerman and Christopher J. Robinette.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/
  • Jun 17

    Olson on Privacy and Solicitation

    Olson on Privacy and Solicitation
    Walter Olson has a post on today's USSC case Maracich v Spears: "The Privacy Case in Which Every Justice Switched Sides." (Compared with Maryland v. King). --CJR
  • Jun 13

    Hylton on the Economics of Class Actions and Class Action Waiver

    Hylton on the Economics of Class Actions and Class Action Waiver
    Keith Hylton (Boston University) has posted to SSRN The Economics of Class Actions and Class Action Waivers. The abstract provides: Class action litigation has generated a series of recent Supreme Court decisions imposing greater federal…
  • Jun 12

    Two by Stapleton on Causation

    Two by Stapleton on Causation
    Jane Stapleton (Texas/ANU) has posted to SSRN two pieces on causation. First up is Reflections on Common Sense Causation in Australia and the abstract provides: Part 1 of this chapter argues that the High Court of Australia’s so-called…
Rank this Week: 115

Lethal Injection

Lethal Injection

Covers lethal injection in the United States.

http://lethal-injection-florida.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 116

Family Law Prof Blog

Family Law Prof Blog

By Professor Andrea B. Carrol of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, and Margaret Ryznar.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/family_law/
  • Jun 18

    5th Circuit on Breastfeeding

    5th Circuit on Breastfeeding
    From Law.com: While several new health studies health studies concerning breastfeeding are making the rounds, the topic has also been generating headlines in the employment law context, thanks to a recent Fifth Circuit ruling (as reported in…
  • Jun 17

    Babies Sleeping in Cardboard Boxes--Normal in Finland

    Babies Sleeping in Cardboard Boxes--Normal in Finland
    From Updated News: For 75 years, Finland’s expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It’s like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be used as a bed. And some say it helped...
  • Jun 15

    Horrific Exam

    Horrific Exam
    From Daily Mail: The University of Cambridge has defended a law exam described as 'horrific' by students because of its graphic depictions of oral sex, male rape and naked torture. The university's renowned law faculty has used real-life…
Rank this Week: 117

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: 118

M & A Law Prof Blog

M & A Law Prof Blog

By Professors Brian J.M. Quinn, Afra Afsharipour, and Michael A. Woronoff.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mergers/
  • Jun 14

    Tee'ing up the Google litigation

    Tee'ing up the Google litigation
    Next week (Tuesday) we'll hear arguments in the Google shareholder litigation (Complaint). Shareholders are challenging a recapitalization plan that would have Google issue a new series of shares, Series C, that would have no voting rights.…
  • Jun 13

    Use restrictions in confidentiality agreement

    Use restrictions in confidentiality agreement
    OK, Rick and Keith again - this time negotiating use restrictions in confidentiality agreements. In this video, they take up the question that tripped up the parties in Martin Marietta v Vulcan - the limits on the use of confidential...
  • Jun 13

    Civil penalty for Revlon

    Civil penalty for Revlon
    The SEC has just imposed an $850,000 civil penalty on Revlon for misleading disclosures in the run up to its going-private transaction that were the subject of litigation (2009-2010) before the Chancery Court. Vice Chancellor Laster's opinion…
Rank this Week: 119

The Harvard Law School Corporate…

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog

Covers boards of directors, corporate elections, executive compensation, practice insights, legal developments, securities regulation, and Sarbanes-Oxley. Sponsored by the HLS Corporate Governance Program.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov
  • Jun 18

    How Well Do You Know Your Shareholders?

    How Well Do You Know Your Shareholders?
    Editor's Note: Mary Ann Cloyd is leader of the Center for Board Governance at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. This post is based on an edition of ProxyPulse™, a collaboration between Broadridge Financial Solutions and PwC’s Center for…
  • Jun 18

    Equator Principles III Enters Into Force This June

    Equator Principles III Enters Into Force This June
    Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Jason Y. Pratt, member of the Real Estate Practice Group at Shearman & Sterling LLP. This post is on a Shearman & Sterling client publication by Mr. Pratt and Mehran Massih. In the…
  • Jun 17

    Can Attorneys Be Award-Seeking SEC Whistleblowers?

    Can Attorneys Be Award-Seeking SEC Whistleblowers?
    Editor's Note: Lawrence A. West is a partner focusing on securities-related enforcement maters at Latham & Watkins LLP. This post is based on a Latham & Watkins primer by Mr. West, Abigail E. Raish and Eric R. Swibel; the full…
Rank this Week: 120

MediaBerkman

MediaBerkman

Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society Podcast.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman
  • Jun 11

    Laura Amico on Jazz and Journalism: Reporting with Improvisation

    Laura Amico on Jazz and Journalism: Reporting with Improvisation
    Improvisation theories, drawn mostly from jazz, have increasingly been applied to entrepreneurship, new product development, and other fields, but rarely, if ever, to journalism. Yet journalism is an industry built on improvisation, from the…
  • Jun 11

    Laura Amico on Jazz and Journalism: Reporting with Improvisation [AUDIO]

    Laura Amico on Jazz and Journalism: Reporting with Improvisation [AUDIO]
    Improvisation theories, drawn mostly from jazz, have increasingly been applied to entrepreneurship, new product development, and other fields, but rarely, if ever, to journalism. Yet journalism is an industry built on improvisation, from the…
  • May 28

    Dorothea Kleine on ICTs, Development and the Capabilities Approach

    Dorothea Kleine on ICTs, Development and the Capabilities Approach
    ICT for development (ICT4D) scholars claim that the internet, radio, and mobile phones can support development. Yet the dominant paradigm of development as economic growth is too limiting to understand the full potential of these…
Rank this Week: 121

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: 122

UK Human Rights Blog

UK Human Rights Blog

Covers UK and European human rights cases and laws. By 1 Crown Office Row.

http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
  • Jun 17

    Costs budgets – now with sharp teeth. If you want more than your budget, apply.

    Costs budgets – now with sharp teeth. If you want more than your budget, apply.
    Elvanite Full Circle v. AMEC Earth & Environmental (UK) Ltd [2013] EWHC 1643 (TCC), Coulson J read judgment The Jackson reforms, which are designed to stop lawyers spending too much of their clients’ or their opponents’ money,…
  • Jun 16

    The right to be on the beach again – A1P1 and retrospectivity

    The right to be on the beach again – A1P1 and retrospectivity
    The Queen (on the application of Newhaven Port and Properties Limited) v East Sussex County Council and Newhaven Town Council (Interested Party)  [2013] EWCA Civ 673, 276, 14 June 2013 read judgment  This case came before the…
  • Jun 16

    PRISM, Torture Abuses & Cutting the Backlog – The Human Rights Roundup

    PRISM, Torture Abuses & Cutting the Backlog – The Human Rights Roundup
    Welcome back to the UK Human Rights Roundup, your regular sweet and salted extra large popcorn box of human rights news. The full list of links can be found here. You can also find our table of human rights cases here and previous roundups…
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Bev Butula's Blog

Bev Butula's Blog

From the Wisconsin Law Journal.

http://www.wislawjournal.com/type.cfm/Bev%20Butula
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The Ombuds Blog

The Ombuds Blog

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

http://ombuds-blog.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 18

    AllianceBernstein Ombuds Posts Annual Report to Employee

    AllianceBernstein Ombuds Posts Annual Report to Employee
    In her 2012 report, Ombudsman Sana A. Manjeshwar says that 161 individuals contacted her for guidance, comprising 4.8% of the employee population. She attributes this higher-than-usual volume to increased awareness activity in 2011, the year…
  • Jun 17

    Ombuds Serves Staff at University College Cork

    Ombuds Serves Staff at University College Cork
    The constituent College of the National University of Ireland recently created a webpage for its Independent Staff Ombudsman. The program was established 2011 and serves as a resource for almost 2,800 staff following Organizational Ombuds…
  • Jun 14

    Forum of Canadian Ombudsman Drafts Statement of Ethical Prinicipal

    Forum of Canadian Ombudsman Drafts Statement of Ethical Prinicipal
    FCO, the professional association of government, private industry and higher education Ombudsmen in Canada, has drafted a Statement of Ethical Principles. The document culminates a year of work by the FCO Board to develop and promote…
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The D & O Diary

The D & O Diary

News and commentary on Directors and Officers Liability. By Kevin M. LaCroix.

http://www.dandodiary.com/
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CAAFlog

CAAFlog

Covers military justice appellate practice.

http://caaflog.blogspot.com/
  • Nov 27

    You can’t prosecute a machine

    You can’t prosecute a machine
    o it’s not a military justice story… yet. Over at Opinio Juris they’re talking about the brand new DoD Directive 3000.09 dated November 21, 2012: Autonomy in Weapon Systems. 4. POLICY. It is DoD policy that:
  • Nov 27

    CAAF issues order to AFCCA in Carter

    CAAF issues order to AFCCA in Carter
    CAAF today issued this order to AFCCA arising from the second petition for extraordinary relief in Carter v.
  • Nov 27

    Top Ten Military Justice Stories Time Again

    Top Ten Military Justice Stories Time Again
    Going to try something novel this year.  I am taking noinations for the Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2012.  Leave comments on this post or on our Facebook page, here, with your nominations.  Much like all those reality shows, the…
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inversecondemnation.com

inversecondemnation.com

Recent developments and commentary on regulatory takings, eminent domain, inverse condemnation, property rights, and land use law. By Robert H. Thomas of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert.

http://www.inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemnation/
  • Jun 18

    Members Only: Hawaii Democratic Party Seeks Closed Primary

    Members Only: Hawaii Democratic Party Seeks Closed Primary
    A slight detour into our other favorite area of law, election law and voting rights. Yesterday, the Democratic Party of Hawaii (finally, after years of hemming and hawing) pulled the trigger on a federal court lawsuit seeking to invalidate…
  • Jun 18

    Cert Denied In Western Water Rights Case

    Cert Denied In Western Water Rights Case
    The Supreme Court has denied cert in Estate of Hage v. United States, No. 12-918 (cert. petition filed Jan. 17, 2013). That's the case in which the Federal Circuit held that a 22-year old takings case was not ripe because even though the…
  • Jun 17

    HAWSCT To Review Kawaiahao Church Cemetery Case

    HAWSCT To Review Kawaiahao Church Cemetery Case
    What's the difference, if any, between a "cemetery" and a burial, and are burials in cemeteries exempt from archaeological review? That's one of the issues the Hawaii Supreme Court agreed to review in this Order, by which it accepted the…
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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Covers knowledge management, internet marketing and library sciences. By Greg Lambert, Lisa Salazar and Toby Brown.

http://www.geeklawblog.com/
  • Jun 18

    The Value of Fee Cap

    The Value of Fee Cap
    Image [cc] RigmaroleAs legal pricing evolves, it is taking many twists and turns - along with some convoluted spins. The initial efforts by clients to save money typically results in requests for bigger discounts. This allows the GC to go…
  • Jun 14

    The Value & Strategy Behind Where to Play & How to Win

    The Value & Strategy Behind Where to Play & How to Win
    As many of you have watched over the past two years, JC Penny has gone through a bit of a rough patch with its failed experiment with Ron Johnson as its CEO. In fact, today is the two-year anniversary of Johnson’s appointment, which…
  • Jun 13

    Adam Smith’s Pin Factory and the Law Firm

    Adam Smith’s Pin Factory and the Law Firm
    Image [cc] paojus One of Adam Smith's great contributions to economics was his commentary on the ‘division of labor’ - explained in his pin factory example. For those of you who may have fell asleep during this part of the Econ…
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Law Department Management

Law Department Management

Covers managing in-house counsel groups. By Rees Morrison.

http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/
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South Carolina Nursing Home Blog

South Carolina Nursing Home Blog

Covers nursing home abuse and litigation. By Poliakoff & Associates.

http://www.scnursinghomelaw.com/
  • Jun 18

    Staff Not Being Paid

    Staff Not Being Paid
    At Carlton Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington Court House in Ohio paid their employees only half of their full paychecks. The home, which employs around 100 workers, said that the paychecks weren’t in full because of…
  • Jun 17

    Medicare Transparency

    Medicare Transparency
    The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that after 33 years, Judge Marcia Morales Howard vacated the injunction that kept Medicare information private. Information on individual doctors has for the past 33 years been considered an issue of the…
  • Jun 16

    New Survey About the Profession

    New Survey About the Profession
    Lawyers.com is releasing findings from a new survey asking parents if they want their child to grow up and become or marry a lawyer. Highlights from the survey include:   64% of survey respondents with children in the household want…
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Life of a Law Student: All Feeds

Life of a Law Student: All Feeds

Covers law foundations of Canadian Law. From McGill University's Neil Wehneman and Erin Morgan.

http://www.lifeofalawstudent.com
  • Apr 26

    Evidence 10: Authentication and Original Writing

    Evidence 10: Authentication and Original Writing
    In our final episode of our Evidence series, we talk about the 900 and 1000 rules on Authentication and the Original Writing requirement. Rule 901. Requirement of Authentication or Identification Rule 902. Self-authentication Rule 903.…
  • Apr 26

    Evidence #9: Presumption

    Evidence #9: Presumption
    In this episode of Life of a Law Student, we’ll be discussion Presumptions. Rule 301. Presumptions in General Civil Actions and Proceedings Rule 302. Applicability of State Law in Civil Actions and Proceeding
  • Apr 26

    Evidence #8: Lay and Expert Witnesse

    Evidence #8: Lay and Expert Witnesse
    In Evidence, episode 8, we’re talking about who can testify and how the testimony must occur. Rule 602. Lack of Personal Knowledge
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The Art Law Blog

The Art Law Blog

By Donn Zaretsky.

http://theartlawblog.blogspot.com/
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Stock Broker Fraud Blog

Stock Broker Fraud Blog

Covers broker fraud, investor fraud, marketing timing, and securities fraud. By Shepherd Smith & Edwards.

http://www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com/
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Futurelawyer

Futurelawyer

Covers future technology for the lawyer of today. By Richard M. Georges.

http://futurelawyer.typepad.com/futurelawyer/
  • Jun 18

    Focus - It Requires Solitude

    Focus - It Requires Solitude
    We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/futurelawyer Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.
  • Jun 18

    Smart Chair For Road Warriors - If You Can Afford It

    Smart Chair For Road Warriors - If You Can Afford It
    We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/futurelawyer Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.
  • Jun 17

    Need For Speed

    Need For Speed
    We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/futurelawyer Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.
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