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"Crackdown was the word of the year in 2011"; US drops 20 positions in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, 2011/2012 Rankings
02
Feb
In the press release for its annual ranking of countries based on an assessment of country-by-country freedom of the press track records, Reporters Without Borders reports: This year’s index sees many changes in the rankings, changes that reflect a year…
New Jersey Proposes Merging Rutgers-Camden With Rowan University
31
Jan
The plan to merge Rutgers University-Camden with Glassboro-based Rowan University (about 20 miles away) is meeting resistance, or at least shock and outrage by students at the law school. Various press outlets interviewing students for their articles has them expressing…
Supreme Court Action Today: GPS Tracking, Sex Offender Registration, Preemption, And Tort Immunity For Police
23
Jan
The United States Supreme Court issued four opinions this morning, one of which is receiving significant press coverage. That case is United States v. Jones (10-1259). The Government obtained a search warrant allowing it to install a GPS tracking device…
New Legal Skills Textbooks from Carolina Academic Press
13
Jan
Federal Legal Research by Mary Garvey Algero, Spencer L. Simons, Suzanne E. Rowe, Scott Childs, Sarah E. Ricks Forthcoming January 2012 Federal Legal Research explains how to conduct research in the U.S. Constitution and in federal cases, statutes, and administrative…
TRUSTe’s 2011 Website Privacy Index
07
Jan
From the press release: In the 2011 Website Edition of its Privacy Index, TRUSTe analyzed the privacy policies of the top 100 U.S. websites (as ranked by Alexa Sept. 2011) to evaluate privacy practices by measuring key policy attributes, as…
Adapting Constitutional Values to Plausible Technological Developments Circa 2025
15
Dec
NPR’s Interpreting The Constitution In The Digital Era featured Jeffery Rosen on Nov. 30th to discuss Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change (Brookings Institution Press, Nov. 29, 2011)[Amazon] he co-edited with Benjamin Wittes. From the blurb for the book: Technological…
Say "Hi" to Savannah Law School
10
Dec
Just when you think the ABA might be starting to get its act together, comes word that Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School has received ABA Council on Legal Education and Admissions approval to open a branch campus in Savannah. [Press…
Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer is Out, COO Jim Smith to Replace Him; What’s Next?
02
Dec
Yesterday, TRI reported in a press release, Thomson Reuters Announces New Organizational Structure and Leadership, the Company’s latest shake up in its executive suites: On December 31, 2011, Thomas H. Glocer, chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters and Reuters Group…
