Text of the Manager’s Subsitute for H.R. 3261, the “Stop Online Piracy Act”, referred to in yesterday’s LLB post. Links to “official” yesterday’s and today’s webcasts (well, sort of) and more here. [JH]
Posts Tagged ‘Committee’
SOPA Goes to Mark-Up Today in the House Judiciary Committee
15
Dec
On OpenCongress Blog, Donny Shaw reports ahead of [today’s scheduled] meeting the [House Judiciary Committee] chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX], has pulled a neat little trick. Smith has come out with a manager’s amendment that eliminates the most insanely…
Televising SCOTUS Proceedings: Serious Issues While Tossing in a Cynical 2-Cents Perspective and a Bit of Power Broker History
14
Dec
On Dec. 5, 2011, S. 1945 was tossed in the bill hopper (OK, I’m old school!), quickly read twice, because, well, the text really is brief, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings were held by the Subcommittee…
Televising SCOTUS Proceedings: Serious Issues While Tossing in a Cynical 2-Cents Perspective and a Bit of Power Broker History
14
Dec
On Dec. 5, 2011, S. 1945 was tossed in the bill hopper (OK, I’m old school!), quickly read twice, because, well, the text really is brief, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings were held by the Subcommittee…
AALL’s Technical Services SIS Awards Committee Seeking Nominations for the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award by Feb. 1, 2012
23
Nov
The Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship is presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries to an individual or group in recognition of achievement in a particular area…
SOPA Goes To A (Carefully Managed) Hearing
16
Nov
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is headed to a hearing today before the full House Judiciary Committee. Well, we’ll call it a hearing because there is at least one party testifying that opposes the bill, and that is Katherine…
The Clinical Legal Association is Soliciting Contributions for Follow-up Book to Best Practices in Legal Education
10
Nov
The Clinical Legal Association, Best Practices Implementation Committee is planning a follow-up publication to Best Practices for Legal Education by Roy Stuckey and others. The vision of the book is to build on ideas for implementing best practices, and to…
Time to Start Writing: The 2012 AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers
08
Nov
The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee is soliciting articles in four divisions this year: Open Division: for active and retired AALL members and law librarians with five or more years of professional experience; New Members Division: for recent graduates and…
2011 AALL Executive Board Voting is Underway
04
Nov
eBallot links were emailed on November 1st. The polls close on November 30th. Here’s the 2011 slate selected by the Nominations Committee: Vice President/President-Elect Steven P. Anderson Director Maryland State Law Library Annapolis, MD Sally H. Wise Director of the…
Google’s Eric Schmidt Appears Before The Senate Judiciary Committee
22
Sep
Google’s chairman, Eric Schmidt, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. The witness testimony is available in prepared remarks and an archived webcast. The hearing was titled “The Power of Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition?” Other witnesses included Jeff…
