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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://www.volokh.com/
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Oct 20
[Orin Kerr] The Fourth Amendment and querying the 702 database for evidence of crime
[Orin Kerr] The Fourth Amendment and querying the 702 database for evidence of crimeAn interesting Fourth Amendment issue has come up in debates over the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This is the authority, some will recall, that allows the government to collect from inside the… -
Oct 20
[Eugene Volokh] Interesting obituary related to the Carswell Supreme Court nomination
[Eugene Volokh] Interesting obituary related to the Carswell Supreme Court nominationFrom Adam Bernstein, writing in The Post today: James E. Clayton, a judge’s son who in 1960 became The Washington Post’s first full-time U.S. Supreme Court reporter and later wrote stinging editorials that helped deny federal… -
Oct 20
[Eugene Volokh] Hold music
[Eugene Volokh] Hold musicI realize this might make me sound curmudgeonly, but here’s what strikes me as a needless source of annoyance: Hold music with vocals. I’m fine with being put on hold occasionally, but I want to be able to work effectively while…
Rank this Week: 25
Georgetown Law Webcasts and…
Georgetown Law Webcasts and Podcasts
Audio from discussions, lectures and panels at Georgetown Law School.
http://apps.law.georgetown.edu/webcasts/
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Jan 31
Classroom Exercises in Asylum Advocacy
Classroom Exercises in Asylum Advocacy[02/01/29 01:00 AM (edt)] Classroom Exercises in Asylum AdvocacyCenter for Applied Legal Studies (CALS)Georgetown University -
Oct 26
O'Neill Institute
O'Neill InstituteNo description is available at this time. -
Oct 6
NAFTA
NAFTANo description is available at this time.
Rank this Week: 278
Legal Profession Blog
Legal Profession Blog
Edited by S. Alan Childress, Michael S. Frisch, Jeffrey M. Lipshaw and Nancy B. Rapaport.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_profession/
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Oct 20
Discourtesy Leads To Reprimand
Discourtesy Leads To ReprimandA Michigan attorney agreed to a reprimand by a Tri-County Hearing Panel Based upon respondent's admissions and the stipulation of the parties, the panel found that respondent failed to treat with courtesy and respect a person involved in the… -
Oct 20
Bad Advice Established Malpractice
Bad Advice Established MalpracticeAn attorney's erroneous advice that a client could receive retroactive child support if she waited to establish the father's paternity formed the basis of a legal malpractice action. The attorney had persisted in the bad advice even after an… -
Oct 20
Public Business, Private Account
Public Business, Private AccountThe Vermont Supreme Court reversed a decision and concluded that the Office of the Attorney General must conduct a search of employee's private accounts where public business is involved. The undisputed facts are as follows. On May 12, 2015,…
Rank this Week: 936
Due Process
Due Process
By the Georgetown Law Library.
https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/dueprocess/
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Oct 19
Water Shutoff in the Library
Water Shutoff in the LibraryTonight (October 19) starting at 8:00 pm and lasting until 9:30 pm the water supply to the Williams Library will be turned off. Please adjust your use of study spaces accordingly. Water will remain on in McDonough and Gewirz. -
Oct 18
Hydration Stations Throughout the Library
Hydration Stations Throughout the LibraryWe hope you’ve noticed that all of the new hydration stations are complete and we now have at least one on each floor. On the first floor, you will find one just outside of Legal Eats, while the second floor is on the right side of the… -
Oct 4
CLC Temporarily Closed (10/16 – 10/17)
CLC Temporarily Closed (10/16 – 10/17)The Computer Learning Center (CLC) will be temporarily closed Monday, October 16 – Tuesday, October 17 while IST upgrades all 24 computers with new machines. During this time, please take advantage of the public terminals and printers…
Rank this Week: 1796
43(B)log
43(B)log
Covers false advertising and intellectual property issues. By Professor Rebecca Tushnet.
http://tushnet.blogspot.com/
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Oct 19
When the specifics are misleading: medical test stats draw false advertising claim
When the specifics are misleading: medical test stats draw false advertising claimQuidel Corp. v. Siemens Med. Solutions USA, Inc., 2017 WL 4654644, No. 16-cv-3059 (S.D. Cal. Oct. 16, 2017)Quidel is a “diagnostic healthcare manufacturer” that “developed, promotes and sells the Thyretain TSI Reporter… -
Oct 18
Reading list: scientific claims and anti-fraud law
Reading list: scientific claims and anti-fraud lawShannon Roesler, Evaluating Corporate Speech About Science (forthcoming, Geo. L.J. 2018)Pull quote: “[C]onsumer protection laws should encourage accurate representations of contemporaneous scientific knowledge, rather than lucky guesses… -
Oct 17
Undisclosed, and disclosed, influence when going to the mattresse
Undisclosed, and disclosed, influence when going to the mattresseFast Company has a great story about the intricate operations and arguable shenanigans of mattress reviewers who are also paid affiliates.http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=r
Rank this Week: 255
Georgetown Law Faculty Blog
Georgetown Law Faculty Blog
Blog for various Georgetown Law faculty to post about legal topics of interest.
http://gulcfac.typepad.com/georgetown_university_law/
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Jun 13
Cost-Benefit Jumps the Shark
Cost-Benefit Jumps the SharkThe Department of Justice's Economic Analysis of Prison Rape by Lisa Heinzerling Despite initial signs suggesting a different path, the Obama Administration has promoted the role of cost-benefit analysis in regulatory policy as fiercely as… -
Jun 6
Antibiotics, Animals, and Agency Discretion
Antibiotics, Animals, and Agency Discretionby Lisa Heinzerling When an agency defends over three decades of inaction on an important problem by saying that acting would take too long, one hopes a judge reviewing the agency's inaction will see through the pretense. This is exactly what… -
Sep 2
Ozone Madne
Ozone Madne(The following post corrects two small factual errors in the original post.) by Lisa Heinzerling Today, President Obama announced that he had asked EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to withdraw the final National Ambient Air Quality Standard…
Rank this Week: 937
Foreign Collection Development…
Foreign Collection Development Blog (FCIL-SIS)
Discusses new titles and current issues in collection development for law librarians who collect foreign and international law at their institutions.
http://foreignlawcollections.blogspot.com/
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Nov 28
Google Scholar Citations Open To All - Google Scholar Blog
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May 5
The Role of Information Specialists in the Aftermath of Military Conflict
The Role of Information Specialists in the Aftermath of Military ConflictThis week, the New York Times reported the death of Ernesto Sábato, renowned novelist and head of the commission that investigated the crimes committed by Argentina's military dictatorship during the "Dirty War" from 1976 to 1983. Ernesto… -
Sep 22
Autumn...and International Law...in New York (City) with apologies to Vernon Duke and Jo Stafford
Autumn...and International Law...in New York (City) with apologies to Vernon Duke and Jo StaffordWeather-wise, October is a great time to visit New York City, and you beat the crowded November and December holiday season.If your plans are bringing you here October 21-23 this year, anchor your vacation with a little continuing…
Rank this Week: 3699