Blawg Review # 186

(Res Ipsa Blog)
... Justice offers more insight into what Twitter is, and how it can be an effective tool for lawyers. Meanwhile, over at Health Care Law Blog, Bob Coffield discusses the legal implications of a surprising development: live tweeting from the operating room during a ... rebel leaders. Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice points out that there is simply no place for Nazis in a lawyer's elevator pitch. News of Interest to Law Students Brian Lauter at The Shark points out that government work is becoming ...
November 17, 2008 05:11 am
... "If this is the FBI's idea of a terrorist, they are using a net that is designed to catch minnows instead of sharks." The Defendant is an American citizen with no prior criminal record who recently graduated from a Massachusetts college and was on his way ... I say it, a federal case out of it. Allegedly. Actually, in all seriousness, the way the federal end of the criminal justice system operates is rather interesting. Many of their cases are built upon turning potential co-defendants against each ...
November 13, 2008 11:57 am

Non-Sequiturs: 10.10.08

(Above the Law)
... Union] * Will tighter ABA accreditation standards harm minority students? Only if you believe that minorities are disproportionately benefited by the low-end law schools getting squeezed by the ABA. I'm not sure if that stands up to empirical scrutiny. [The Shark] * Online dating guide for lawyers. [Sweet Hot Justice] * Apparently, informing associates and staff about their rights and options has been deemed "non-essential" by ...
October 10, 2008 10:30 pm
... Saturday night. And there was the Friday night president's reception at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where the legal sharks met with their finny brethren over fancy hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. California Chief Justice Ronald George was just about everywhere, running ... played to the mostly female crowd by talking about the great strides women have made in the law - from the times when female law school graduates got stuck with secretarial roles to now, when more than one-third of ...
September 29, 2008 11:49 pm

Blawg Review #178

(Freedom To Differ)
... s not all he wants. Check our his full rant here. Law, blogs and society Liz Glazer tore herself away from "the incredible awesomeness that ... bag of grapes in a supermarket, Mike Madison suggests that contracts have finally "jumped the shark" while Timothy Zick looked at Meatspaces, Cyberspaces, and (Relative) Expressive Freedom ... But the most fun was clearly had by Simple Justice at Lawblog 2008, a "monster party of law blawgers from the continent". Law, blogs and ... Some other interesting posts ...
September 22, 2008 10:21 am
... number of patent applications: (IAM) More alternative ADR practices: preventing patent shark attacks: (The IP ADR Blog), The ADR: insurance and indemnity agreements - protecting ... TV licensing to fine unlicensed officers where staff watch TV online: (Out-Law), Workplaces need a music licence - but enforcement unfair, says Federation of Small ... procedures: (Patently-O), 2008 USTR Special 301 Report summary: (IP Justice), IP valuation issues in bankruptcy: (IP Law360) US Patent Reform Reexamination ...
June 27, 2008 10:04 am
... about prices. [think like a woman. act like a man.] Rant Trying to game the law school gods. [The War of All Against All] Books Something to do in the summer. [ ... . 634] One-L Preparing to start law school. [A Woman in Law School] Vigilante Justice Fighting over a chair. [The Shark] Lesson Getting over the douchebags. [Terra Nullius ... back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here ...
June 22, 2008 08:13 pm
... Scottish couple over narnia.mobi domain: (IPKat) Global - Patents Patent sharks (trolls?) - insightful or missing the point?: (IP ThinkTank), Patent expiry dates - how hard ... Prior art & obviousness 2008: The PTO and CAFC perspective on patent law sections 102 & 103' - New York: (Patent Docs), 23 June ... Zealand to be 'consulted' on ACTA (Industry Standard): (IP Justice), IP provisions in NewZealand-China Free Trade Agreement: (International Law Office) Paraguay Paraguay fakes in the spotlight ...
June 20, 2008 08:07 am
... 's any evidence of that. But there's not any evidence that these laws work, either," Finkelhor said. Most predators don't target victims ... familiarity. A review of thousands of sexual assault cases in 1990s, conducted by the US Department of Justice, found that 93 percent of juvenile victims knew their attacker. Fifty-nine ... Lieutenant Jeffrey Silva of the New Bedford Police Department. "Literally, it was like swimming in a shark tank. You were taking your children into the community and throwing ...
June 15, 2008 08:56 pm

MA- Towns push sex offender limits

(Sex Offender Research by A Voice of Reason)
... 's any evidence of that. But there's not any evidence that these laws work, either," Finkelhor said. Most predators don't target victims ... familiarity. A review of thousands of sexual assault cases in 1990s, conducted by the US Department of Justice, found that 93 percent of juvenile victims knew their attacker. Fifty-nine ... Lieutenant Jeffrey Silva of the New Bedford Police Department. "Literally, it was like swimming in a shark tank. You were taking your children into the community and throwing ...
June 15, 2008 04:58 pm

Online Vigilantes

(Sex Offender Issues)
... which usually doesn't take long, he said. "It's like blood in water full of sharks." For every individual with his mug posted on the Perverted Justice site, four or five others engaged a Perverted Justice member in chat room ... to do an investigation correctly so you maintain the scene of evidence and the integrity of the communications you're looking at." For law enforcement, clearing someone of being suspected of such a crime is just as important as getting a conviction because the tag of child ...
June 8, 2008 05:52 am
... 'ghost' brands and trade marks: (IPEG), 'The problem with the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty (and what to do about it)' by A Shaw: (IP Justice) Global - Patents Novel searching technique to find patent for a product: (Ezine @rticles), Tech transfer awards nominees ... in Enercon v OHIM over CTM application for the letter 'E' for various electricity generation products: (IPKat), Patent sharks and a Euro perspective on circumnavigating them: (ISinIP), OHIM 3rd annual user satisfaction survey - full report ...
May 23, 2008 01:03 am
... current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- Permission Why it's okay to use commercial outlines. [The Shark] Humor A justice tells a joke. [The Lay Judge] Not Today Real excuses for not going to the gym. [Diary of a Law School Mom] Jugular, Torn Out A bad ... angst then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want ...
March 30, 2008 01:36 am

Eli Stone

(Law " Humanities Blog)
... believe right and wrong," in other words, in the natural world, and in people, and in justice. Finally--something vaguely original. By this I mean the outing of Eli. He's a non-believer ... probably will not. Equating atheism, and corporate lawyering, and White Shoe law firms, is a cheap shot. Over and over, we get the message from these ... law. It's about reclaiming life. For people who need that message, Eli Stone should serve nicely. For the rest of us, it's back to Boston Legal, and maybe, Shark.
March 3, 2008 12:23 pm
... Alex's own cases, including episodes such as "Deli Defamation," "Pool Shark Blues" or "Mover's Smash Up," aired in 185 syndicated markets. However, ... not appear to be buying Judge Alex's argument. "I used to teach contract law," Justice Antonin Scalia said, "and I am sure that when you say you' ... avoiding arbitration agreements. The securities fraud speicialists at Shepherd Smith and Edwards law firm have represented thousands of investors in securities arbitration against hundreds of securities ...
January 16, 2008 10:52 am

My Interview with Robert (Dr. "Flea") Lindeman

(New York Personal Injury Law Blog)
... send me their "hit reports" demonstrating that readers with domain addresses at law firms have been searching their blogs for my name or the word "Flea". I dunno, Eric, is it "fair" to say that the sharks are still in the water? 6. What regrets do you have about ... story. (Hat tip to Bob Coffield) Blog Commentary at: The Flea Exposed, He Returns to Tell His Story (Simple Justice); "Every time you post, recite the following to yourself as though it were a mantra: 'I am cutting rope with which to ...
January 14, 2008 10:00 pm
It started as a joke, but Bozeman, Mont. attorney Christopher Gillette is going through with the ambitious aquarium installation, whose saltwater inhabitants will include venomous fish as well as sharks. [Bozeman Daily Chronicle; AP/El Paso Times] In the 1980s the now well-known law firm of Bickel & Brewer adopted the snake exhibit at the Dallas Zoo. (Mark Donald, "Rambo Justice", Dallas Observer, Mar. 19, 1998).
January 4, 2008 06:14 am
A novel and unprecedented issue arose in an England and Wales Chancery Division case before Mr Justice Mann earlier this week, Kitfix Swallow Group Ltd v Great Gizmos Ltd [2007] EWHC 2668 (Ch), drawn to the ... them; * this was not a case in which the claimant had deliberately sought out an advantage in attacking a minnow and allowing the shark to swim free. The manufacturer was not in this jurisdiction, so it was hard to see who else the claimant could have sensibly sued in England other then the ...
November 23, 2007 12:47 am
... accusations of vigilantism, claiming that Perverted-Justice's goal is to help fill the gaps left open by undermanned and under-budgeted law enforcement. The Web site says ... would immediately approach that chatter. "It was like throwing blood in the water around a bunch of sharks," he said. A self-proclaimed libertarian and professional wrestling aficionado, Von ... our case," said Theet. However, Theet admits it's possible that Perverted-Justice chat logs wouldn't hold up in future cases. "There's ...
November 15, 2007 06:23 am

Mukasey, Torture and the Abuse of Presidential Power

(American Civil Liberties Union Blog)
... should do everything in their power to re-frame the debate to focus on the broader question of whether a president can break the law - and on the nominee's entirely unacceptable answers to it." Similarly, on Talking Points Memo, former Nixon White House counsel John ... thumbs-up for confirming Mukasey only if it bans torture by passing Senator Joe Biden's National Security with Justice Act. It's a nice thought, but as Lederman points out, torture is already illegal many times over. Passing another ...
November 5, 2007 02:40 pm
 
 

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