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15 Sep 2010, 9:11 pm by David Doniger
” Yet a rogues’ gallery of science-denying coal and oil companies, industry lobbyists and trade associations, right-wing advocacy groups, Tea Party funders, and ultra-conservative elected officials continues its assault on the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act in Congress and the courts. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 2:10 am by Paul Jacobson
I can see a compelling argument for the limitation of PigSpotter's right to tweet about these measures when contrasted with public safety considerations. [read post]
12 Sep 2010, 7:15 am by Susan Schneider
She also served as Program Coordinator for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and Editorial Assistant for BAR/BRI Bar Review. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 9:31 am by Kim Davey
Next up was Tom "Smitty" Smith, director of the Texas office of Public Citizen. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
Food & Water Watch, a Washington, DC-based advocacy group and active proponent of the pending food safety legislation announced its support for an amendment to exempt certain farmers and processors from elements of the bill this week, breaking ranks with the wider coalition of groups pushing for the measure. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 8:10 pm
" The original idea for increasing penalties and restrictions, and for creating the public registry, was that harsh punishment and the public branding of offenders would enhance public safety – saving children, especially, from falling victim to sexual predators. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 3:13 pm by charonqc
The presiding officer (on his legal advice) ruled the bill fell outwith the competence of the Parliament. [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 11:48 am by Kenneth Anderson
 At the end of the day, the advocacy groups see the citizenship issue merely as a strategic argument for protecting a group (Americans) that has no actual special moral claim. [read post]
3 Sep 2010, 8:09 pm by Jeff Gamso
  He calls the lawsuit what it is, "a trumped-up public records request. [read post]
3 Sep 2010, 2:48 pm by familoo
Public matters, where the state intervenes to ensure the protection of children? [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 9:34 pm by M Bates
Lawyers who make a living litigating the rights and freedoms of their clients have an obligation to challenge aspects of the system which threaten the rights and freedoms of their clients (and by necessary implication, all Canadians).Having the opportunity to see problems first-hand, the knowledge and advocacy skills to identify and publicize such problems, and the power to actually confront and eliminate such problems means that as lawyers we cannot in good conscience sit in… [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 2:03 pm by aallwash
Your Help Needed to Populate the National Inventory of Primary Legal Materials Action Alert: Your Help Needed On Three “Must-Pass” Bills UPDATES FROM THE HILL AND THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICE Members of Congress Speak Out in Support of Net Neutrality House Oversight Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Public Access to Federally-Funded Research Copyright Committee Posts New Issue Briefs on Google Book Settlement and DMCA Exemptions OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY: CHAPTER… [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 4:39 am by Jay Causey
And last year, for the first time in history, more public-sector workers (500,000 more) belonged to a union than did private-sector workers. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 9:29 pm by Simon Gibbs
Are there potential problems caused by complicated rules surrounding retainers not made at the solicitors’ offices? [read post]
27 Aug 2010, 3:30 pm by Luke Gilman
Slate "interviews" Kanye by quoting his tweets http://ow.ly/2uY8c # How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords http://ow.ly/2uYcb just one capital letter ups hack time for 8 character pwd from 2 days to 2 centuries. # Harris County (Houston) awarded $4m to start public defender office – cautiously pessimistic, devil's in the details http://ow.ly/2v8ZW # Rise of the Texas quarterback, credit's 7-on-7 for the current crop of gunslingers, http://ow.ly/2v99L… [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 1:04 pm by University of Virginia School of Law
By YARED GETACHEW Please join the Office of Judicial Clerkships and the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center for a brown bag presentation featuring James Ridgway '97 of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on September 6, at 5:00 - 6:00pm in SL258. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 11:29 am by Susan Schneider
Villanova University, magna cum laudeCertificate in Mediation Skills approved by the New York State Office of Court AdministrationArticles Editor, HOFSTRA LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW JOURNALPresident, Legal Emergency Aid Project; Treasurer, Hofstra Law Women; Program Coordinator, National Institute for Trial AdvocacyClerking experience in private practice and internships with Nassau County Supreme Court and Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office;Editorial Assistant for… [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 6:22 pm by Seth Borden
Respondent will reap benefits from its unlawful conduct, all in disregard of the policies of the Act and the public interest. [read post]