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…
"Advertorial" Reader Survey Rankings of Legal Vendor Services in the NY and DC Markets
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Dec
On the heels of second annual New York Law Journal Reader Rankings of Legal Vendors published in September 2011, comes the first annual Legal Times Reader’s Rankings of Legal Vendors, (dated Novermber 2011)! Yes, yes, I know both titles are…
Cooley Dean Says Job Prospects For Law Graduates Are Strong
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Dec
Nelson Miller, dean of Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s Grand Rapids campus penned an editorial published in The Careerist last week. He paints a rosy picture of the legal jobs market using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. He cites 1,040,000…
SOPA/PIPA vs a Crowdsourced Alternative, the OPEN Act
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Dec
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) recently released a public draft of the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act as a bi-partisan alternative to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the…
Browsing On A Sunday: Copyright, Cat Hair, And Warranties
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Dec
Constitutional scholar Laurence H. Tribe has submitted an analysis of the Stop Online Piracy Act to the House Judiciary Committee. He says the Act is an unconstitutional implementation of prior restraint. This counters a memo by Floyd Abrams who says…
Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs
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Dec
Florida Family Lawyer Blog http://www.floridafamilylawyersblog.com/ http://www.floridafamilylawyersblog.com/index.xml Discusses family law cases, news, and opinions in Florida. Published by Steven Blumenthal . Mississippi Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog http://www.mississippicriminaldefenselawyer-blog.com/ http://www.mississippicriminaldefenselawyer-blog.com/index.xml Examines criminal cases, news, and opinions in Mississippi. Published by The Stroud Law…
How to Write A Petition to Vacate Civil Assessment Under CA Penal Code 1214.1
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Dec
How to Fill Out a Petition to Vacate Civil Assessment under Penal Code section 1214.1 with the best legal argument to win and/or set up a Traffic Court Appeal Continue reading
