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NJ Management Gp.: used image of 9/11 fireman juxtaposed against Iwo Jima photo; Fox was trying to say that they didn’t need to license that b/c they were commemorating the event. [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

What Is Defamatory Meaning?

17 Nov 2016, 6:57 am by Lee E. Berlik

If Gang Member A tells Gang Member B falsely that Gang Member C had a change of heart and is refusing to participate in an upcoming robbery, this may lower Gang Member C in the eyes of Gang Member B, but the law doesn’t care because a criminal enterprise is not a substantial nor a respectable segment of society. [read post]

Virginia Defamation Law Blog - http://www.virginiadefamationlawyer.com/

Notre Dame Law Review Symposium, Panel Three

14 Nov 2016, 6:51 am by Rebecca Tushnet

Project engages w/2 debates: relationship b/t registration and use, b/c this problem is most acute when the registration’s scope doesn’t come close to the actual scope. [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

Notre Dame Law Review Symposium, Negotiating IP’s Boundaries in an Evolving World

14 Nov 2016, 6:16 am by Rebecca Tushnet

[I’m reminded of Real Genius: would you call that a design flaw, or an implementation flaw?] [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

First Impression, Exculpatory Evidence and Cell Phone Records

11 Nov 2016, 7:38 am

The Supreme Court began its analysis of the issues before it by explaining that[c]ertiorari is an extraordinary remedy that is not granted as a matter of right, but rather at the court's discretion. [read post]

CYB3RCRIM3 - http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com/

Sacramento Residential Infill Project EIR Violated CEQA By Basing Less-Than-Significant Traffic Impact Finding Solely On Compliance With General Plan Policy Allowing LOS F

10 Nov 2016, 8:58 am by Arthur F. Coon

Resources Code, § 21005(b)), and such prejudice occurs when “the failure to include relevant information precludes informed decisionmaking and informed public participation[.] [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

High-end inequality colloquium, week 3, Ilyana Kuziemko

8 Nov 2016, 8:09 am by Daniel Shaviro

I rather like this quote from the newly published Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels, Democracy for Realists: “[M]ost residents of democratic countries have little interest in politics and do not follow news of public affairs beyond browsing the headlines. [read post]

Start Making Sense - http://danshaviro.blogspot.com/

SEC Approves FINRA’s Capital Acquisition Broker Rules (“CAB Rules”)

7 Nov 2016, 6:30 am by Tom Zagorsky

Private funds relying on section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act must, among other things, only admit qualified purchasers as investors; while, on the other hand, private funds relying on section 3(c)(1) of the 1940 Act may also admit accredited investors. [read post]

RIA Compliance Blog - http://www.riacomplianceblog.com/

Appearance code quiz for employers!

4 Nov 2016, 3:03 am by Robin Shea

“Don’t hate me because I’m ugly. [read post]

Employment & Labor Insider - http://www.employmentandlaborinsider.com/

“The terrifying tale of how Britain’s most secret court imprisoned a grandmother” (AKA Court enforces its own orders and publishes judgment for the world to see)

27 Oct 2016, 4:05 pm by INFORRM

It is entirely unsurprising the matter was sent to the High Court in those circumstances as the court had decided that M was vulnerable and lacked capacity. [read post]

Inforrm\'s Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/