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Federal Judge Offers Ideas To Reform the Teaching of Law

09 Jan

Judge José A. Cabranes of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals was the lunchtime speaker at the Association of American Law Schools’ gathering last Friday. He was pretty blunt about his view of the current state of law schools, suggesting…

 

Ninth Circuit Upholds Statute Giving Immunity In Spying Case

04 Jan

One of the Christmas presents the major telecommunication companies received last week is the opinion Hepting v. AT&T Corp. out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. That case considered whether Congress had the authority to retroactively immunize AT&T and…

 

Seventh Circuit Says West Can Resell State Drivers License Records To Authorized Users

30 Sep

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that it’s OK for West Publishing to acquire driver’s license records, store them in a bulk database, and resell that information to authorized users. West was on the receiving end of a…

 

11th Circuit Court of Appeals Rule Against Health Law Mandate

12 Aug

The rest of the law stays in place however. The opinion is here. This should set up a conflict in the circuits ripe for adjudication by the Supreme Court. The Sixth Circuit ruled otherwise. [MG]

 

Sixth Circuit Invalidates Michigan Restrictions On Use of Race in School Admissions

01 Jul

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals just opened another chapter taking race into account for admission to public universities. Michigan voters passed Proposal 2 in 2006 which prohibited all sex- and race-based preferences in public education, public employment, and public…