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Regulation was again in the news this week, with evidence from Hacked Off and Paul Vickers,the chair of the Regulatory Funding Company, the IPSO funding body, giving evidence to the House of Lords Communications Committee. [read post]

Inforrm's Blog - http://inforrm.wordpress.com

State’s Defense of Pension Reform: Constitutional Convention Couldn’t Make Pension Protection Absolute (Even If It Wanted To)

1 Feb 2015, 3:59 pm by Kirk Jenkins

Nor is Kanerva v. [read post]

The Appellate Strategist - http://www.appellatestrategist.com

On line symposium: Business and Human Rights: Next Steps--With a Focus on John Ruggie's Responsive Commentary--"Life in the Global Public Domain"

31 Jan 2015, 8:24 pm

I strove to achieve what Professors Pauwelyn, Wessel and Wouters describe as “thick stakeholder consensus,” in contrast to the “thin state consent” that so often emerges from intergovernmental negotiations.1 And I then hoped to leverage that consensus into “endorsement” by the UN Human Rights Council, adding to the GPs’ authoritative stature, helping to achieve their uptake by other international standard setting bodies, and embedding them in the… [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Can an Elected State Legislature Sue the State? And Can Congress Approve State Laws That Otherwise Violate the Constitution? More on the Arizona Redistricting Commission Case

29 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar

In Coleman v. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Appellate Court Holds Negligent Security Plaintiff’s Status is Relevant in Lawsuit Against Florida Apartment Complex

29 Jan 2015, 9:55 am by Friedman, Rodman & Frank, P.A.

In Nicholson v. [read post]

South Florida Personal Injury Lawyers Blog - http://www.southfloridapersonalinjurylawyers-blog.com/

South Africa: 2014, a bumper year for media law – Dario Milo

28 Jan 2015, 4:43 pm by INFORRM

What is significant about this case is that it involved a private body. [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] Tinker plaintiffs’ brief supporting right to display American flag at school

28 Jan 2015, 1:15 pm

But applying the same body of Supreme Court precedent, a Ninth Circuit panel held that a school may suspend a student for wearing a shirt bearing Bible verses calling homosexuality a sin. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Deflated PMA Preemption: Off-label Promotion and Failure to Report Keep InFuse Case Alive

28 Jan 2015, 12:11 pm

When that judge is confined by having to apply Bausch v. [read post]

Drug and Device Law - http://druganddevicelaw.blogspot.com/

Federal Appeals Court Reverses and Remands for New Trial in Mysterious Death Case

28 Jan 2015, 9:45 am by Frankl & Kominsky, P.A.

Mekdeci v. [read post]

South Florida Injury Attorneys Blog - http://www.southfloridainjuryattorneysblog.com/

Oregon WCD Moves on Industry Notice

27 Jan 2015, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack

To: Insurers, third-party administrators, attorneys, injured workers and WCD all staff Subject: Spurger v. [read post]

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