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2023 Year in Review: Transitions

23 Dec 2023, 5:00 pm by Tom Kosakowski

There were 138 jobs posted in 2023, so growth in the profession should continue.The following organizations created (or expanded) Ombuds programs this past year: Alfred State CollegeAmerican Economic Association (revised from Classical Ombuds)American Planning AssociationAmerican Society for Eighteenth-Century StudiesAuburn Adventist AcademyBoise State UniversityBowdoin CollegeCalifornia State University, Monterey BayCalifornia State University,… [read post]

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

Money has always been the curse and the blessing behind the law of libel: are SLAPPs are the latest silver bullet? Edward Garnier reviews David Hooper’s Buying Silence

21 Dec 2023, 4:19 pm by INFORRM

Secondly, it claims, in effect, that the Master of the Rolls’ private researches demonstrates the law, as stated in the leading text book, to be not only wrong but unarguable. [read post]

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

[Eugene Volokh] #TheyLied Libel Lawsuit Over Allegations of Sexual Harassment Can Proceed,

21 Dec 2023, 2:14 pm by Eugene Volokh

From today's report and recommendation in Koppel v. [read post]

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

Surveillance and the U.S.-Mexico Border: 2023 Year in Review

21 Dec 2023, 8:06 am by Saira Hussain

The case, Phillips v. [read post]

Deeplinks Blog - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks

Motion to Remand Granted After Allegation of Fraudulent Joinder Was Rejected by Federal Court

21 Dec 2023, 5:00 am

In the case Harris v. [read post]

Tort Talk - http://www.torttalk.com/

Independent, Non-commissioned Examination of the Cunniff Report (in re the Sagadahoc S.O.’s response to Robert Card’s Sept. 2023 Terrorizing by Threat of Mass Shooting).

20 Dec 2023, 12:09 pm by Ed Folsom, Retired Maine Criminal Defense Attorney

” Cunniff states the report’s bottom line as follows: “After an objective analysis, the reviewer concluded that the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office’s responses to concerns about Mr. [read post]

Edmund R. Folsom Law Blog - http://edfolsomlaw.com/the-law-blog

Collection Highlights: Civic Duty in 18th Century America with Conductor Generalis

20 Dec 2023, 5:21 am by Nathan Dorn

(Cohen, v. 2, p. 9.) [read post]

In Custodia Legis - http://blogs.loc.gov/law

[Eugene Volokh] Attempt to Vanish, to the Fourth Power: Turtles All the Way Down

20 Dec 2023, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh

., this 2021 People story) had sued her father and former Miami Beach mayor Alex Daoud, which led to a good deal of media coverage (see, e.g., this CBS News story). [read post]

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

[Josh Blackman] The 6/13/2000 Memorandum to Chief Justice Rehnquist: "Compensation Increase for Justices—Response to Justice Thomas—Guidance Needed"

18 Dec 2023, 10:38 am by Josh Blackman

Cue Bush v. [read post]

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

A Big Year on Legal Planet

18 Dec 2023, 7:55 am by Danielle Anz

The plaintiffs in Held v. [read post]

Legal Planet - https://legal-planet.org/

Protective Netting At Baseball Parks Was One of Bryant Gumbel’s Biggest Accomplishments – How did Leav & Steinberg play a part in this result? Sometimes you lose the battle but win the war.

18 Dec 2023, 7:55 am by nyaccidentlaw

It took years for any journalist to cover this story, but eventually Mr. [read post]