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Tuesday’s Government Relations and Ethics News

2 May 2017, 6:17 am by Jim Sedor

News & World Report Washington: “Washington State Senators Tap Surplus Campaign Money for Food, Clothes, Furnishings” by Joseph O’Sullivan for Seattle Times Ethics “Ethics Rules Waivers for Trump’s Team to Get Federal Scrutiny” by Bill Allison for Bloomberg.com Florida: “Hooters ‘Calendar Girl’ and Playboy ‘Miss Social’ Were Artiles’ Paid Consultants” by Mary Ellen Klas for Miami Herald Florida:… [read post]

Lobby Comply Blog - http://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (4/28/2017)

1 May 2017, 1:49 pm by Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Tribal Sovereign Immunity) Tribal Courts Bulletinhttp://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2017.htmlLicciardello v. [read post]

Turtle Talk - http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/

In Spain, 3 women face charges of "crimes against religious sentiment" for carrying an image of female genitalia on a platform in a procession through the streets of Seville in the style of religious processions carrying an image of the Virgin Mary.

1 May 2017, 8:48 am

It claimed that the group shouted slogans such as "the Virgin Mary can abort too" and that it used prayers such as the Creed or the Hail Mary, replacing lines with "sexual, rude and abusive" expressions....In the original hearing a judge ruled that "not believing in the dogmas of a religion and manifesting it publicly falls under the freedom of expression. [read post]

Althouse - http://althouse.blogspot.com/

LXBN Interviews Me re Lexpo + Legal Tech: On Innovation, Passion, Challenges, and Accomplishments

30 Apr 2017, 11:47 am by Ron Friedmann

LexBlog and LXBN founder Kevin O’Keefe is also speaking at Lexpo. [read post]

Strategic Legal Technology - http://prismlegal.com/blog/

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 4/28

28 Apr 2017, 2:21 pm by Native American Rights Fund

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)Tribal Courts Bulletinhttp://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2017.htmlLicciardello v. [read post]

National Indian Law Library -- News - http://nilllibrary.blogspot.com/

ENOHE Announces Agenda for 2017 Annual Conference

28 Apr 2017, 4:40 am by Tom Kosakowski

. -- Judy Clements, Josef Leidenfrost, Marta Elena Alonso de la Varga, Martine ConwayThursday 29 June: Challenges IPlenary I and Opening CeremonyWelcome AddressesLotte-Madlen Tittor, European ParliamentOthmar Karas, Member of the European ParliamentJosef Siegele, Secretary General of the European Ombudsman InstituteMadame Sophie Béjean, Rectrice de l’académie de StrasbourgKeynote IThe European Ombudsman: For an Ethical and Transparent EU Administration -- Emily… [read post]

The Ombuds Blog - http://ombuds-blog.blogspot.com/

40th Annual Health Law Professors Conference

27 Apr 2017, 1:30 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD

Wei Li, Montefiore East Tremont Practice, Off¬Label Medical Device use by Surgeons Public Health Law Session 1E – Room 242Overarching Themes in Public Health LawModerator: Jonathan Todres, Georgia State University College of LawLance Gable, Wayne State University Law School, Public and Private Models of Public Health Governance in Trump’s AmericaLewis Grossman, American University Washington College of Law, The Taming of Progressive ‘State Medicine’James Hodge, Arizona… [read post]

Medical Futility - http://medicalfutility.blogspot.com/

What’s On Their Minds: Does Ohio’s Dram Shop Act Preclude All Traditional Common-Law Negligence Claims Against a Liquor Permit-Holder? Nichole Johnson v. Mary E. Montgomery et al.

24 Apr 2017, 4:43 am by MBettman

Mary E. [read post]

Legally Speaking Ohio - http://www.legallyspeakingohio.com

Merit Decision: Sentence Not Impermissible Trial Tax; Court Adopts Actual Vindictiveness Standard. State v. Rahab.

20 Apr 2017, 11:05 am by MBettman

Fourth District Court of Appeals Judge Marie Moraleja Hoover, sitting for the recused Justice Fischer, (he sat on the appellate panel) concurred in part and dissented in part, joined by Justice O’Neill. [read post]

Legally Speaking Ohio - http://www.legallyspeakingohio.com

Comparative and Interdisciplinary Analysis From Cuba Counterpoints: (1) If Betsy DeVos met Ena Elsa Velázquez; (2) Cuban Travelogues into the Future’s Past; (3) Havana City of the Dead; and (4) Afro-Cuban Religion's "New Man"

17 Apr 2017, 5:27 am

¡Coño, qué rápida! [read post]

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

Court Dismisses McGowan v. Medpace, Inc. As Improvidently Accepted.

13 Apr 2017, 12:20 pm by MBettman

Justice O’Neill’s Dissent Justice O’Neill strongly felt Dr. [read post]

Legally Speaking Ohio - http://www.legallyspeakingohio.com

The Framers’ Coup as a Challenge for Originalism

11 Apr 2017, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger

Given this rather rushed, unreflective, and relatively undemocratic process, we cannot say that there was a clear “public” meaning for ambiguous or vague text since the process was designed to obscure meaning for the purpose of obtaining the result (Mary Bilder nicely develops a related point in a recent op-ed). [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/