Thursday, February 02, 2012
Law - "3 Chicago law schools sued by graduates"
Ameet Sachdev of the Chicago Tribune reports this morning:Three Chicago law schools were sued Wednesday for allegedly deceiving students by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 02, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
LaW - "Facebook’s New Timeline Feature: Will It Increase Users’ Risk of Identity Theft?"
Interesting article today by Prof. Anita Ramasastry in Justia's Verdict....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Law - IU-Mauer law prof starts law blog on legal profession
William D. Henderson, Professor of Law and Val Nolan Faculty Fellow; Director, Center on the Global Legal Profession; Indiana Univ....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Law - "Warning: If the Email You Just Read Isn't for You, Don't Read It "
The ILB has had several brief entries on email disclaimers (see here and here). Today the WSJ ($$) has an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 27, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Law - Prison as a fact of life
For most privileged, professional people, the experience of confinement is a mere brush, encountered after a kid’s arrest, say. For...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Law - "The high costs of sex offender civil commitment program in Washington state"
Sentencing Law Blog today highlights a Seattle Times series: Seattle Times has a very interesting set of pieces today discussing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 22, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Law - Items on lawyer ghostwriting, cut-and-paste documents
Circuit Splits had a post Jan. 13, 2012 headed "2nd Circuit Creates Split Over Lawyer-Ghostwriting Ethics Issue." ABA Journal has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 20, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Law - In NYC, "Zoning Laws Grow Up"
Interesting article today on zoning laws from Julie V. Iovine. A quote from the long WSJ ($$$) story:"Zoning has always...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 19, 2012
Law - "Cruise Lines Use Law and Contracts to Limit Liability"
"Cruise lines are protected by international law and by a carefully worded contract that passengers accept when they buy tickets,"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 19, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Law - "’60 Minutes’ got math prodigy story from IndyStar"
National columnist Jim Romensko writes today in a story that begins:Last night Morley Safer profiled 13-year-old math prodigy and college...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 16, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Law - Still more on "Obama Tempts Fight Over Recess Appointments"
Updating this entry from Jan. 7, 2012, the Justice department has released its 23-page, Jan. 6, 2012 "Memorandum opinion for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 12, 2012
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Law - "Legal Educators Grapple With How to Meet a Changing Profession's Needs"
Katherine Mangan's Jan. 6, 2012 story in The Chronicle of Higher Education begins:Seismic changes in the legal profession and a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 07, 2012
Law - More on "Obama Tempts Fight Over Recess Appointments" [Updated]
This January 5, 2012 ILB entry on recess appointments is supplmented today by two additional stories. "Debate Over Appointees Hinges...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 07, 2012
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Law - "States struggle with national sex offender law"
The ILB has had a number of entries on the federal Adam Walsh Act (AWA) aka the federal Sex Offender...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 05, 2012
Law - "Obama Tempts Fight Over Recess Appointments" [Updated]
Recess appointments by the President have been touched on in several ILB entries over the years, including this one from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 05, 2012
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Law - "Hiring Law Students for Free Online Research Is Widespread and Unethical, Opinion Says"
Thanks to the ABA Journal Blog for spotting this Nov. 15 opinion by the Utah State Bar Ethics Opinion Advisory...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Law - College coaches' football contracts longer than basketball contracts?
The ILB doesn't have much to judge by. In the past it has posted the basketball contracts of the current...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 01, 2012
Monday, December 26, 2011
Law - Subject of movie "Shattered Glass" may win California law license
Long, interesting story by Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 26, 2011
Law - "Two Lawyers Strike Gold In U.S. Disability System"
That is the title to a very lengthy story by Damian Paletta and Dionne Searcey in the Dec. 22, 2011...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 26, 2011
Law - "Artists: Can You Be Sued for Including a Real Person in Your Painting?"
Daniel Grant, identified as "Arts writer," has this long article on the Huffington Post. A few quotes:[T]he growing sense that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 26, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Law - Still more on "The Price to Play the ABA's Way"
Updating earlier ILB entries, David Segal of the NY Times reported Dec. 22nd in a story beginning:A law school in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 24, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Law - More on "The Price to Play the ABA's Way"
Updating this entry from Sunday, Above the Law reports this afternoon in an entry that begins:Well that was fast. Over...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Law - "An iPhone App for PACER"
Joe Palazzolo reviewed this new iPhone app yesterday in the WSJ Law Blog. It is "FedCtRecords, a new iPhone app...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Law - "Innocent people hurt by flawed system of background checks"
The Indianapolis Star today has an interesting AP story by Jordan Robertson. However, the original version of the story is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 19, 2011
Law - "Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches"
A quote Nicole Perlroth's long report today in the NY Times technology section:As part of the 2009 stimulus bill, the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Law - "The Price to Play the ABA's Way"
Today's (Sunday's)NY Times Business Section features a massive (2-full-page) story by David Segal placing much of the blame for the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 18, 2011
Law - "Rules to Stop Pupil and Teacher From Getting Too Social Online"
From a long story by Jennifer Preston in today's NY Times:Faced with scandals and complaints involving teachers who misuse social...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 18, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Law - "A scammer has been trying to steal newspaper carriers’ Christmas tips by putting holiday letters in subscribers’ mailboxes and newspaper tubes, leading them to believe he’s their carrier"
That from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, via JimRomenesko.com....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Law - Visualizing Student Loan Debt
Student Loan Debt: 1990 vs 2000 vs 2011. Here, via BuzzFeed....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Law - "Pssst ... Wanna Buy a Law? When a company needs a state bill passed, the American Legislative Exchange Council can get it done"
The ILB has posted several earlier entries on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This one from July 17, 2011...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Law - "With Lobbying Blitz, For-Profit Colleges Diluted New Rules"
That is the headline to a lengthy front-page story in today's NY Times, reported by Eric Lightblau. Here is how...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 10, 2011
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Law - "Ind. AG joins 53 other attorneys general in fight against robo-calls to cell phones" [Updated]
Story here, from Fox 59. "53 attorneys general"? [Updated at 4:55 pm] Thanks to Deputy AG Larry Carcare for this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Law - "Must home sellers disclose murder/suicide?"
That is the heading of this article at Benchmarks, Lawyers USA’s blog analyzing recent decisions. Here the case involved is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Law - "A Patient Sues His Dentist Over a Contractual Ban on His Posting Negative Online Reviews of Her Work"
This article was pretty eye-opening to me. Law prof Anita Ramasastry's Dec. 6th consumer law column at Justia's Verdict begins:In...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Monday, December 05, 2011
Law - "Anti-Abortion Groups Are Split on Legal Tactics"
The NY Times published this long story by Erik Eckholm yesterday. A few quotes:For decades, established anti-abortion leaders like National...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 05, 2011
Law - "Amazon's Special Deals With States Unconstitutional, Law Profs Say"
Janet Novack, Forbes staff, has this article dated Dec. 4. A quote:[I]n June, after much political drama, South Carolina Gov....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 05, 2011
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Law - What are the statutes of limitations on child sexual abuse?
A 50-state overview of the civil and criminal statutes of limitations in child sexual abuse cases: "Civil claims are brought...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 03, 2011
Law - "On Campus, a Law Enforcement System to Itself"
Nina Bernstein of the NY Times reported Nov. 11, 2011 this story on campus police forces that is relevant to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 03, 2011
Law - "Interpreting The Constitution In The Digital Era"
Jeffrey Rosen and Benjamin Wittes have co-edited an anthology, "Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change", that "details how technological changes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 03, 2011
Law - "Learning Too Late of the Perils in Gas Well Leases"
The NY Times this week ran a long, useful article on oil and gas lease contracts. A few quotes:Americans have...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 03, 2011
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Law - NY Times introduces a new reader comments system
This Nov. 29th ILB entry remarked on the Indianapolis Star's new public comment policy, which now requires that a reader...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 01, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Law - "Maryland Register reverses decision to charge consumers for real-time information"
From the Maryland Reporter, this story by Glynis Kazanjian begins:The Maryland Register, a state news publication that provides updates on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 24, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Law - Still more on: Municipal bankruptcy: How's that working out for you?
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 20th, John Gramlich today authors a long and useful Stateline Explainer examining "what it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Law - "Law professors, at especially the “top” law schools, are becoming less connected to the legal profession"
That is a line from law prof Orin Kerr's comments today on the NYT article, "What They Don’t Teach Law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 21, 2011
Law - "All in Kentucky, Indiana must report abuse"
Updating several related ILB entries, Andrew Wolfson wrote a long story for the Sunday Louisville Courier Journal on the duty...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Law - More on: Municipal bankruptcy: How's that working out for you?
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 12th, which quoted a NYT story on the difficulties surrounding municipal bankruptcy, Dan Carden...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 20, 2011
Law - "What They Don’t Teach Law Students: Lawyering"
Today's NY Times has this very long story by David Segal. The short version: "Law schools have long emphasized the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 20, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Law - "Felons Finding It Easy to Get Gun Rights Reinstated"
A very long story dated Nov. 13th in the NY Times, written by Michael Luo, reports:Under federal law, people with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Law - "Illinois law opens access to biological parents"
Mark Wilson of the Evansville Courier & Press has this story today. Some quotes from the long story:EVANSVILLE — An...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Law - "Judges with Temperaments"
Joanne Kaufman writes in a long Nov. 10th WSJ television column ($$$):For decades, the judges on television courtroom dramas and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 12, 2011
Law - Municipal bankruptcy: How's that working out for you?
Municipal bankruptcy was the topic of a number of ILB entries in late 2010 and early 2011. This long Nov....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 12, 2011
Law - "Penn State Officials, Including Paterno, Could Face Civil Lawsuits"
That is the heading to this long story today in the NY Times, authored by Bill Pennington....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 12, 2011
Law - "Punished, Debarred--But Still Members of the Bar"
Some quotes from a long article dated Nov. 14th, by Sue Reisinger in the national publication Corporate Counsel:Imagine that you...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 12, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Law - "Penn State scandal spotlights debate over who must report abuse"
Chicago Tribune reporter John Keilman's story today reports:The scandal engulfing Penn State University has highlighted the murky legal area of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 11, 2011
Law - Grand Jury report from the Jerry Sandusky/Penn State allegations
Access the 23-page report here, via CBS Chicago. [More] "Joe Paterno and the Law," a look at the criminal and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Law - "University of Illinois Issues Report on Admission Data Manipulation"
From the Law Librarian Blog:The University of Illinois has issued its report on the Law School’s revelation that it reported...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Law - Chicago mayor "calls for transparency in government — but the operations of his own office remain murky"
David Kidwell, Chicago Tribune reporter, has written a very long story on Mayor Rahm Emanuels denial of public records requests....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Monday, November 07, 2011
Law - What is coming up nationally?
The SCOTUS is hearing argument tomorrow in United States v. Jones, the much awaited GPS tracking case. See this SCOTUSblog...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 07, 2011
Law - "The growing movement among grandparents' groups has alarmed many parents and their advocacy groups nationwide"
That is a quote from a long AP story by Stephanie Reitz, headlined "States' grandparent visitation laws raise concern," datelined...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 07, 2011
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Law - Wisconsin House "passes bill giving homeowners more authority to use deadly force"
Jason Stein and Patrick Marley reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday:Madison - Homeowners using deadly force against intruders would...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Law - Still more on: "At least 93 Milwaukee police officers have been disciplined for violating law"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 27th, here is Part 3 of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel investigative series by Gina Barton....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 31, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Law - More on: "At least 93 Milwaukee police officers have been disciplined for violating law"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 24th, ere is Part 2 of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel investigative series by Gina Barton....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Law - "New York State's wine shipment law praised"
From the Rochester NY Democrat & Chronicle, a long story by Cara Matthews -- some quotes:ALBANY — A 2005 law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Law - "Iowa sex offender convictions rise, pushing up costs, data show"
Sentencing Law & Policy blog today points to this article in the Des Moines Iowa Register, reported by Lee Rood....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Law - "At least 93 Milwaukee police officers have been disciplined for violating law"
Here is a very impressive example of investigative reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the first of three parts. Take...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 24, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Law - "American Bar Association taking steps to ensure integrity of employment data from law schools"
The subhead to this column today in Ameet Sachdev's Chicago Law is "Some recent graduates have sued their law schools...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 21, 2011
Law - "School Debt A Long-Term Burden For Many Graduates"
From NPR's Morning Edition, a story on how often unavoidable school debt, taken on by young, unwitting students, may dominate...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 21, 2011
Law - More on sentencing, here at the national level
See this entry from Sentencing Law & Policy blog, quoting a story from Politico....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Law - "The Potential Consequences of Adult Adoption for Inheritance: A Recent Virginia Supreme Court Ruling"
Fascinating article by Hofstra law prof Joanna L. Grossman on Justica.com....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Law - "Opponents Say S.C.'s Voting Law Unfair For The Poor"
Supplementing this morning's ILB entry, Pam Fessler of NPR's All Things Considered >has a long story this afternoon -- some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Law - "South Carolina's new voter photo identification law appears to be hitting black precincts in the state the hardest"
An analysis by The Associated Press, reported by Jim Davenport in the Charleston SC Post and Courier, takes an in-depth...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Law - "From $25 to $10,000,000: A Guide to Political Donations"
Thanks to Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog for pointing to this interactive NYT Guide. The leadin:After the emergence of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Law - "When Should Federal Law Allow Domain Seizures?"
Orin Kerr had this post Oct. 14th in The Volokh Conspiracy. Read in conjunction with the July 25th ILB entry...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 16, 2011
Law - Here is a website that tracks law firm mergers and acquisition
Take a look. The intro:Welcome to Altman Weil MergerLine™, tracking law firm mergers and acquisitions as they are reported by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 16, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Law - "A Picture of How the Student Loan Industry Took Advantage of You"
See the great infographic at Above the Law by Elie Mystal....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: Charlie White, private citizen, files criminal complaint with prosecutor
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 12th, the Indianapolis Star has an editorial today titled "Another baffling twist in White...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Law - Lawyers, be afraid, be very very afraid
Remember the ILB entry from Sept. 19th, headed "Not law - Sportswriters (and more), be afraid, be very very afraid"?...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Law - It is now officially Faegre Baker Daniels, as of 1/1/12
Updating earlier ILB entries on the Baker & Daniels and Faegre & Benson merger plans, David Lat of Above the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Law - "Governor Brown Vetoes Bill on Searching Cell Phones Incident to Arrest"
Recall this ILB entry from May 31, 2011, headed "Warrantless cell phone searches spread to more states," and this one...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Law - "Signing scandal hitting home: Dubious names affect verification of deeds"
What is so bad about fraudulent mortgage documents? See this Oct. 2, 2010 Daily Finance article by Abigail Field for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 09, 2011
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Law - "How to Start Your Own Appellate Practice"
ABA Journal Podcast moderator Stephanie Francis Ward talks with two lawyers about how and why they built their own appellate...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Law - More on: Are law firm email disclaimers legally binding?
Supplementing this ILB entry from August 27th, Orin Kerr of the Volokh Conspiracy writes that if you use a disclaimer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Law - Rights collide ...
Recalling earlier ILB entries such as "Workers' Religious Freedom vs. Patients' Rights" (Nov. 18, 2008) and this one from Dec....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Law - "Facebook policies tricky for employers, workers"
From The Globe and Mail/AP, this lengthy Sept. 26th article. It begins:In the age of instant tweets and impulsive Facebook...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Law - SCOTUSblog now sponsored by Bloomberg Law
SCOTUSblog, by far the leading source of timely information on the SCOTUS, announces today that it will be entirely underwritten...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 26, 2011
Law - "Keeping track of sex offenders costly: Ohio Sheriff puts the low end of costs at about $179,000 annually"
Denise G. Callahan and Eric Schwartzberg have a very long report in the Middletown Ohio Journal today. Sentencing Law and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 26, 2011
Law - "Sentencing Shift Gives New Leverage to Prosecutors"
That is the headline to this story by Richard A. Oppel in today's NY Times. A subhead is "Tough sentences...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 26, 2011
Law - A solution without a problem?
A challenge to Indiana's voter ID law was rejected by the SCOTUS, but as more states move to adopt similar...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 26, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Law - "Military ban on gays ends"
Lyle Denniston has a report at SCOTUSblog, subheaded "The repeal of the military’s 'don’t ask/don’t tell' policy, in effect since...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Law - "Cities ease rules to encourage urban farms"
That headline from a story in USA Today about cities altering their ordinances to accomodate urban farming. A quote:City Farm...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Law - "Law School Supported Incubator Programs Starting to Catch On"
That is the heading to a post at the Law Librarian Blog that begins:In what was probably the first of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 16, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Law - "The NCAA And The So-Called 'Student-Athlete'"
Frank Deford had this story this morning on NPR's Morning Edition. A quote:Author Taylor Branch's article "The Shame of College...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Law - "Student Loan Default Rates Rise Sharply in Past Year"
Tamar Lewin has this report today in the NY Times. Some quotes:Although for-profit colleges, which typically serve low-income students, enroll...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Law - Estate tax issues has turned out to be terribly complex for some
This Dec. 17, 2010 column by Paul Sullivan of the NY Times was headed "Law - "Estate Tax Will Return...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 11, 2011
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Law - "Children of Sperm Donors May Have Many Siblings"
"One Sperm Donor, 150 Offspring" was the headline of a long, eye-opening story in yesterday's NY Times. Here is a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Friday, September 02, 2011
Law - "Social media emerges as battleground for protected speech at work"
From Ameet Sachdev's Chicago Law, a Chicago Tribune blog, this long, must-read article today -- some quotes:It's easy to understand...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 02, 2011
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Law - Sex offender laws under review
Sentencing Law & Policy has this entry:Two studies in the latest issue of the Journal of Law and Economics cast...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 01, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Law - Asset forfeitures where local and federal authorities cooperate in seizing assets
Note: Access to the WSJ is free, at least for today. I don't know whether that applies to earlier stories...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Law - Nancy Grace on Dancing With the Stars?
OMG!...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 29, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Law - Are law firm email disclaimers legally binding?
No, according to Evan Brown, a Chicago lawyer at Hinshaw & Culbertson, who writes a blog about law and technology,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 27, 2011
Law - "The Evolution of Unconstitutionality in Sex Offender Registration Laws"
That is the title to this new paper posted on SSRN, authored by Prof. Catherine L. Carpenter of Southwestern Law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Law - "Income Withholding Order Document Guidelines Released"
The Indianapolis Bar Association has posted the new federal income withholding order (IWO) documents, noting that "Private firms, attorneys, and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Law - "Should States Deregulate the Practice of Law?"
Updating this ILB entry from August 22nd, this WSJ Law Blog entry today collects together links to a number of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 25, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Law - "Law Firms' Profits Called Inflated: Tallies by a Citigroup Unit Come in Lower Than American Lawyer's Measure"
That is the headline to a story today ($$$) in the WSJ. The reporter, Vanessa O'Connell, also has this entry...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 22, 2011
Law - More on "Why hospital bills remain a big mystery: A dense thicket of medical, insurance variables makes it difficult to get a cost estimate for a surgery or procedure"
Recall this ILB entry from August 14th, quoting a long story by Thomas B. Langhorne in the Evansville Courier &...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 22, 2011
Law - "In California, much is officially secret"
Interesting lengthy investigative story last week from the Orange County Register. Here is a sample:Secrecy has seeped into every corner...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 22, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Law - "Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see"
The NY Times today has a long AP story, dateline San Francisco, that reports:There were insurance forms, Social Security numbers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 21, 2011
Law - "Author of federal act used to prosecute former East Chicago mayor explains RICO's power"
Bill Dolan has a story today in the NWI Times on University of Notre Dame professor G. Robert Blakey, who...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Law - "Why hospital bills remain a big mystery: A dense thicket of medical, insurance variables makes it difficult to get a cost estimate for a surgery or procedure"
The ILB posted August 2nd on an upcoming oral argument on hospital charges for uninsured patients. The argument took place...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 14, 2011
Law - "SF transit agency's cell phone shutdown: Shielding commuters or hints of Orwell?"
It the solution to "flash mobs" to shut down or block cell phone access in large venues? A long AP...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Law - Still more on: Renton Washington Police Respond To Parody Videos Investigation
Another story reporting Mr. Fiddlesticks (aka 'Mrfuddlesticks') is safe for now, this one by Jeff Hodson in yesterday's Seattle Times....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 13, 2011
Law - "Who Needs Law Firms? Cut the Law Firms, Keep the Lawyers "
From yesterday's WSJ Law Blog:In this WSJ story today, we look at a little-noticed phenomenon taking place in the legal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 13, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Law - "Earlier this year, mass murderer Charles Manson was caught for the second time with a phone at a California prison."
So reports the last sentence of this Reuter's story by Alex Dobuzinskis, from August 10th. The story begins:Facebook has shut...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Law - More on: Renton Washington Police Respond To Parody Videos Investigation
Updating this ILB entry from August 8th, Mr. Fiddlesticks is safe for now. From today's KIRO story:The city went to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Law - "Charges officially dropped against NY photographer arrested for taping police"
This post this morning at Poynter, by Julie Moos, reports that: "Long Island photojournalist Phil Datz has been officially cleared...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Law - Two technology-privacy stories; plus 2 DNA stories
Two technology-privacy stories caught my eye yesterday: "Google Group Members to Use Facial Recognition to Identify London Rioters," from TechCrunch....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Law - "Smart Reform Is Possible: States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs While Protecting Communities"
A new report, out today from the ACLU, is titled "Smart Reform Is Possible: States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Law - "Kentucky looks like only state that denies access to recordings made by police-cruiser cameras"
See this August 8th entry from the Kentucky Law Blog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Monday, August 08, 2011
Law - Renton Washington Police Respond To Parody Videos Investigation
If they catch the person behind Mr. Fiddlesticks, they will arrest him... Don't miss this KIRO TV video! Transcript from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 08, 2011
Law - "Regulatory Hide and Seek: What Agencies Can (and Can’t) Do to Limit Judicial Review "
This looks interesting. Legal Theory Blog highlights the new SSRN posting. From the abstract:Many authors discuss judicial oversight of agency...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 08, 2011
Law - "Metro Detroit attorneys call on billboards to drive up their client lists"
Gotta love this long story from the Detroit Free Press, complete with plenty of billboard photos. Reported by David Ashenfelter,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 08, 2011
Friday, August 05, 2011
Law - Mean girls and social media
In a Slate review of the revised edition of Rachel Simmons' "Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 05, 2011
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Law - "The simple case for the Affordable Care Act’s constitutionality"
Via SCOTUSblog, this article, where, per the intro: "Dawn Johnsen, of Indiana University Maurer School of Law, discusses the constitutionality...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Law - New Social Security calculators can help figure out when to begin collecting benefits
Tara Siegel Bernard of the NY Times business column, "Your Money," has had a series of columns on the new,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Monday, August 01, 2011
Law - More on: Read the pending debt bill
Add to the bill itself, this lengthy analysis by the respected Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 01, 2011
lAW - "5 years later, states struggle to comply with federal sex offender law"
It is know variously as the Adam Walsh Act (AWA or the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 01, 2011
Law - More on "How Fast Is Fast Enough to Tell Customers About Data Breaches?"
Supplementing this ILB entry from July 25th, here is a story headed "WellPoint reaches tentative accord in data breach suit:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 01, 2011
Law - "No-fee public access to government information is in danger"
This is very concerning. Some quotes from Bernadine Abbott Hoduski's report July 29th in American Libraries Magazine:No-fee public access to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 01, 2011
Law - Read the pending debt bill
Slate has posted the 74-page, large-type proposal online....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 01, 2011
Law - "Bearing Arms in Public Is Next Legal Battlefield "
Ashby Jones has the story today ($$$) in the Wall Street Journal. A quote:"Whether the right to bear arms extends...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 01, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Law - "A Law Dean Resigns, And Spills The Beans On How His University Has Been Taking Advantage of Law Students"
The school is University of Baltimore Law School. Here is the story from Above the Law, by Elie Mystal. [More]...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 29, 2011
Law - "Some Real Numbers for How Much Should A Solo Lawyer Charge"
Take a look at this helpful entry from Carolyn Elefan at MyShingle.com. And don't miss the comments....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 29, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Law - "Are Criminal Background Checks Unfairly Discriminatory?"
That is the heading of an interesting item in the WSJ Law Blog yesterday, by Nathan Koppel. The intro:The Equal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Law - IU's Dawn Johnsen just one of many law profs "shut out of top jobs" [Updated]
"Law Professors Find a Hard Road to Federal Appointments" is the headline to a long story by Karen Sloan in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Law - "How Fast Is Fast Enough to Tell Customers About Data Breaches?"
From Corporate Counsel, a story today by Sue Reisinger that begins:In financial data breaches, timing is almost everything. On June...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 25, 2011
Law - "Online Poker Business: A 'Busted Flush'? Business Is Still Good Despite Recent Ban On American Customers "
Updating earlier ILB poker stories, and particularly the seizing of domain names, 6News has posted a long CNN story --...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 25, 2011
Law - "Rule Changes Proposed for Research on Humans"
Interesting article in yesterday's NY Times, by Andrew Pollack. It begins:The government is proposing sweeping changes in the rules covering...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Law - "Gambling interests cover their bets with campaign contributions: In the last 10 years, gambling interests have given nearly $10 million to Illinois politicians"
Long story today in the Chicago Tribune, reported by Joseph Ryan and Bill Ruthhart (formerly of the IndyStar). Some quotes:Nearly...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 24, 2011
Law - Indiana's criminal laws may be in better shape than fed's
Gary Fields and John R. Emshwiller report in the Wall Street Journal in this (perhaps $$$) story that the feds...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 24, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Law - The private copyright of public statutes
The ILB has had a number of entries on the private copyrighting of state fire and building codes by trade...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Not law - "You can tell how a female politician is faring by looking at the photographs of her in print media"
Interesting op-ed piece in Politico. The author, Martin Frost, concludes:The story about female public figures and photos is not new,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 21, 2011
Law - More on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
Apparently I'm not the only one of two minds after reading stories about ALEC and looking at some of its...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 21, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Law - "Finally, Minnesota open for business"
From Politico, a story by Jennifer Epstein that begins:Minnesota’s legislature approved a budget deal in the early hours of Wednesday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Sports Law - "NCAA social networking regulations provide challenge for MU compliance department"
From the Columbia Mo Missourian, a story dated July 16th by David Conway that begins:COLUMBIA – Social networking websites like...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Law - "Where to watch Murdochs’ testimony to Parliament"
Jim Romenesko of Poytner.org has posted this guide. C-Span's coverage has already begun, the Murdocks are scheduled for 9:15 am...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Law - "Many Motorists Enraged by Camera-Issued Tickets"
Updating a long list of earlier ILB entries on red light cameras (beginning with this one from Jan. 18, 2011),...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Law - "Ohio state rep caught driving drunk with stripper quits legislature"
Actually, there is even more than the headline indicates to this story by Darrel Rowland in the Columbus Dispatch....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 17, 2011
Law - Still more on: NPR investigation of ALEC, "the birthplace of a thousand pieces of legislation introduced in statehouses across the county"
This July 15th ILB entry ended:And here is the press release from Common Cause, headed "ALEC Bills Expose Corporate Drive...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 17, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Law - More on: NPR investigation of ALEC, "the birthplace of a thousand pieces of legislation introduced in statehouses across the county"
Remember this ILB entry from Oct. 29, 2010? On July 13, 2011, Tom Hamburger and Neela Banerjee, of the Washington...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Law - "Sheboygan DA blasts concealed-carry law: Gun rule raises questions of owner privacy, officer safety"
Gitte Laasby, award-winning environmental reporter for the Gary Post-Tribune, moved on earlier this year to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 14, 2011
Law - "Amazon Takes On California"
The ILB has been following stories about Amazon.com and sales tax collection, most recently with this entry from May 9,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Law - "How a New Police Tool for Face Recognition Works"
Emily Steel reports today in a WSJ technology blog entry that begins:Police forces across the country are planning to start...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Law - "When a Wait of One Day Feels Like One Too Long"
That is the headline to this great story today in the NY Times about the history of the waiting period...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Law - "June Legal Jobs Economy Shows Biggest Decline this Year"
The WSJ Law Blog has the story, with plenty of links....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 11, 2011
Law - "Law Schools Get Practical: With the Tight Job Market, Course Emphasis Shifts From Textbooks to Skill Sets"
Pastrick G. Lee has a story ($$) in today's WSJ that begins:Looking to attract employers' attention, some law schools are...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 11, 2011
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Law - Authentication of statutes, rules, opinions, etc.
As some readers may know, this topic has been a long-time interest and concern of the ILB. This June 18,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 07, 2011
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Law - "Minnesota Opens Bar Exam Somewhat To Unaccredited Law School Graduates"
Interesting post in Law Librarian Blog. The ILB has the background, from Dec. 3, 2009....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Law - "Immigration law sows farm woes"
The Evansville Courier & Press has an editorial today focusing on the new Georgia immigration law. A sample:According to St....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Law - More on the law school industry
See the entry here on the Law Librarian Blog, compiling recent reports....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Monday, July 04, 2011
Law - California bill would require warrant to search cell phone
Bob Egelko at the San Francisco Chronicle reports that:California legislators are nearing a final vote on a cell phone privacy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 04, 2011
Law - For the 4th of July
The Law Librarian Blog this morning has this interesting entry headed "Documenting the Drafting Process for the Declaration of Independence."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 04, 2011
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Law - "When Same-Sex Marriages End" [Updated]
A news analysis today in the Sunday NY Times, by legal correspondent John Schwartz, begins:IF you thought the fight over...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 03, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Law - "After New York, New Look at Defense of Marriage Act"
Interesting article today in the NY Times, reported by John Schwartz. A sample:With New York’s law applying to 19 million...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Law - "The Lawyer Surplus, State by State"
Check it out here, at the NYT blog, Economix....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 27, 2011
Ind. Law - "The fact that the judge was able to find grave problems with the legislation raises questions about how much consideration -- and how much input from doctors -- went into drafting those two measures in the first place" [Updated]
Re the PPIN opinion issued Friday, Heather Gillers has another story today (see Sat. story here) in the Indianapolis Star....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Law - More on "New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, where I included a link to the text of the new NYS law for you legislation...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 26, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Law - "New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law"
The law passed late last evening, and was signed into law by Gov. Cuomo. It takes effect in a month....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Law - Legal ethics and Watergate, taught by John Dean
Ameet Sachdev of the Chicago Law column in the Chicago Tribune has a fascinating story today - a quote:Dean's misconduct...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 24, 2011
Law - This may be a "must read" for practitioners
"How to Lose a Case With Simple Computer Cluelessness " is the heading of this post on Above the Law,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 24, 2011
Law - "Gaming the System: How the Political Strategies of Private Prison Companies Promote Ineffective Incarceration Policies"
That is the title of a post this morning at Sentencing Law blog, citing a report by the same name...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 24, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Law - Much about redistricting
The NY Times has had a recent, two-part piece on redistricting in Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight column - here is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 23, 2011
Law - More on "Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look"
If you found the NY Times story referenced in this entry from Monday interesting, you'll want to catch this morning's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Law - "Pricing Legal Services in Eight Easy(ish) Steps"
Jay Shepard, who runs Prefix, LLC, a firm that helps lawyers learn how to value and price legal services, has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Law - "Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look"
Patricia Cohen of the NY Times has this unexpected story today that begins:It was less than 20 years ago that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 20, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Law - "Advances, setbacks, and continuing impediments to government transparency"
Long, informative, link-rich blog entry here, from Andy Oram, an editor at O'Reilly Media....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 16, 2011
Law - "WestlawNext: Pros and Cons and General Comments from Law Librarians"
The Law Librarian Blog has this useful entry today....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 16, 2011
Law "The Rise of the Temp Lawyer"
Vanessa O'Connell has this entry in the WSJ Law Blog, referencing her two articles today in the WSJournal itself (which...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Law - "Computer crash wipes out access to Missouri laws"
From the AP, this brief story:JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's laws are missing — at least for people who...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Law - "States weigh relaxing penalties for teen sexting " [Updated]
That is the heading of a long story by David Klepper of the AP in today's Gary Post-Tribune. Oddly, it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 13, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Law - "Anti-abortion efforts in states hit obstacle of own making"
Interesting Reuters story by Kathy Finn, from June 11th. And John Gramlich of Stateline has a national survey article headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 12, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Law - "American Bar Association Takes Heat From Advisory Panel on Accreditation"
Unfortunately, the article, in the Chronicles of Higher Education, is available only to subscribers. BUT you can read about it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 10, 2011
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Law - Excellent blog on law and technology
Internet Cases, "a blog about law and technology." Run by a Chicago attorney who went to Wabash College....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Law - More on: Two interesting prison stories
Updating yesterday's ILB entry that quoted an IndyStar story on educational opportunity in Indiana's prisons, NPR's Deena Prichep had an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Monday, June 06, 2011
Law - "With social media, police and reporters grapple over control of ‘message’"
This interesting story by David Krajicek at Poynter.org reports on how law enforcement is using Twitter and Facebook. A sample:Justin...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 06, 2011
Law - Two interesting prison stories
Prison education. Dan McFeely's report today in the Indianapolis Star begins:Indiana prisoners will no longer be able to earn a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 06, 2011
Friday, June 03, 2011
Sports Law - "Lawyers will be the stars as NFL labor battle goes back in session; Owners and players turn to star lawyers to argue case in appellate court today"
How Appealing has collected a number of news stories today under this heading....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 03, 2011
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Law - "Federal Adoption Tax Credit Accounts For Huge Refunds"
A story from Blake Ellis at 6News begins:NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Tina and Kenny Thomas filed their taxes in February...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 02, 2011
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Law - More on "Illinois has issued its first civil union license, launching a historic day for same-sex couples across the state."
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, the Gary Post-Tribune has a story posted at noon by Darryl Holliday, headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Law - "Illinois has issued its first civil union license, launching a historic day for same-sex couples across the state."
That is a quote from today's story by Rex Huppke in the Chicago Tribune. The story concludes:Illinois is now the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Law - "Class Action Filed Against Thomas Jefferson School of Law Over Misrepresentation of Placement Data"
Worth reading, includes documents. The post, from the Law Librarian Blog, begins:A big hat tip Kyle McEntee, Executive Director of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Law - "State lawmakers work to defund Planned Parenthood"
Judy Keen of USA Today has a survey article that begins:Legislators in several states are trying to do what social...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 26, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Law - "The nation’s biggest law firms are creating a second tier of workers"
Catherine Rampell has the front-page story today in the NY Times. It begins:WHEELING, W.Va. — The nation’s biggest law firms...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Law - "States' immigration efforts fizzle"
A lengthy article today, dateline Miami, here in the South Carolina Herald, reported by Laura Wides-Munoz, AP Hispanic Affairs Writer,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 23, 2011
Law - ABA sentencing reform article
Referenced here in the Sentencing Law Blog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Law - "Legal materials often disappear as Web site content is rearranged or deleted over time"
Unsettling but true, that linked footnote in an opinion often leads to nothing but frustration after a few years. Sarah...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 20, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Sports Law - More on "Department of Justice asks NCAA why it does not have football playoff"
Updating this ILB entry from May 4, 2011, Indy Star reporter Jeff Rabjohns wrote yesterday in a story beginning:The letter...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Law - "Wealthy Hesitate to Take a Break on Estate Taxes"
From the NYT column "Wealth Matters," Paul Sullivan this week writes about the "two-year window that makes it cheaper to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 15, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Law - "Poker as a Game of Skill"
Patricia Cohen wrote yesterday evening in the NY Times blog, Economix:Is poker a game of luck or skill? That’s the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Friday, May 06, 2011
Law - WSJ launches "WikiLeaks"-type site
I saw this WSJ announcement yesterday. A sample:We want your help. Documents and databases: They're key to modern journalism. But...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 06, 2011
Law - "Oklahoma on verge of joining states enacting significant prison and sentencing reforms"
Sentencing Law Blog in this entry yesterday quoted from a story in The Oklahoman that begins: "A bill intended to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 06, 2011
Law - "US News: Law Schools Should Quit Blaming Us for Their Policies"
Debra Cassens Weiss of the ABA Journal blog has this post. See also the ILB's May 1st entry....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 06, 2011
Law - "It is a civil violation for an immigrant to be in the United States illegally; it is not a crime."
That is a quote from this long story today reported by Julia Preston of the NY Times. The headline: "States...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 06, 2011
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Sports Law - "Department of Justice asks NCAA why it does not have football playoff"
Christine Varney, Assistant U.S. Attorney General heading the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, sent a letter dated May 3, 2010...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Law - LexisNexis messes up 2010 Connecticut General Statutes
Law Librarian Blog has the story today. A law librarian from the Connecticut Legislative Library gave the alert, writing "just...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Law - Nolo, legal publisher for those seeking self-help, sold to advertising-driven internet company
Richard Granat of Lawyering Blog has a long entry on this news, dated April 30th, expressing concern over whether Nolo...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Law - Do any Indiana law schools do this? [Updated]
Send admission letters to prospective students along with an offer of a full tuition merit scholarship. To keep the grant,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 01, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Law - "Recently, Attorneys General have had the spotlight thrust upon them by assistant or deputy attorneys general exchanges over the Internet or even an Attorney General’s own 'tweet!'"
"An Attorney General's Headache: Balancing Personal Social Media with Public Service," is the headline to this very good article by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Law - iPhone tracker logs have been an open secret with law enforcement for at least a year
Check out the story from CNet's Declan McCullagh - here is a sample:Apple has never publicized the undocumented feature buried...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 23, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Law - "After Latest $450K Poker Win, Yale Law Student Says She May Practice Only Part-Time"
Love this post by Martha Nell at the ABA Journal Blog about 2nd year Yale Law Student Vanessa Selbst. A...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Law - Signing statements: "Obama’s Embrace of a Bush Tactic Riles Congress "
Updating this ILB entry from April 16th, Charlie Savage of the NY Times, who wrote the book on signing statements,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 18, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Law - "President Obama Issues Signing Statement Indicating He Won’t Abide by Provision in Budget Bill" [Updated]
From the blog of ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper, this entry. The entry begins:In a statement issued...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 16, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Law - "Livestock Farms Could Be Off Limits To Photos"
Heard this story this morning on NPR's Morning Edition. The intro:Animal rights activists have secretly filmed the inner workings of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Law - New Pew Report, this one on recidivism
See the description in Sentencing Law blog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Law - "Companies Get Creative to Cut Legal Costs"
Interesting article from Law.com. A sample:Microsoft, which has an annual legal budget of $130 million, identified "routine and repetitive" legal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Law - "Unable to Prevent Inmate Cellphone Smuggling, Calif. Ponders Plan to Jam Prison Cellphone Calls"
Martha Nell has this interesting item in the ABA Journal blog. For background on cellphones in prison, start with this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, April 04, 2011
Law - "Wholesale Robbery in Liquor Sales"
An op-ed in the NY Times from April 3rd, written by David White, begins:IMAGINE if Texas lawmakers, in a bid...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 04, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Law - More on "Wisconsin Union Law Battle Has Republicans Facing New Hurdle"
Updating this entry from earlier today, Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi has reiterated her earlier ruling and this time,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 31, 2011
Law - "Wisconsin Union Law Battle Has Republicans Facing New Hurdle"
Amazing things happening in Wisconsin and its equivalent to our Legislative Services Agency seems to be in the middle, defying...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 31, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Law - NYT focuses on the sexting issue
Sentencing Law Blog has collected links to the stories here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Law - "Does the Supreme Court care more about free speech for the wealthy than about political corruption? [Updated]"
Richard L. Hasen, the William H. Hannon distinguished professor at Loyola Law School, and author of the Election Law Blog,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Law - "Wave of anti-abortion bills advance in the states "
David Crary of the AP has a long story today that begins:NEW YORK (AP) -- Dozens of bills are advancing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Law - "Look! On The Web! The 'Comic Book Nerd Lawyers!'"
This is fun. NPR's All Things Considered had a story yesterday with this lead-in:If you've ever wondered whether Robin —...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Law - "LegiStorm Posts Online Database of Congressional Staff Salaries"
Check here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Law - "This week in law" worth a listen
"This Week in Law," an hour-long (or more) weekly program hosted by attorney Denise Howell, is a show the ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Law - Interesting legal issues in Hawaii legislative proposal
"Bill holds writers liable for trespass: Lawmakers blame injuries on guidebooks when people are lured onto private property," is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 21, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Law - "The 2012 U.S. News Law School Rankings Are Out"
Above the Law has a detailed overview this morning of the newest U.S.News rankings. IU Mauer is #23, tied with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Law - New U.S. FOIA site
Named FOIA.gov. Much data!...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 14, 2011
Law - "Brady, Manning, Brees Take Super Bowl Wins to Court Against NFL"
This long story today in Bloomberg News, quotes Gary Roberts, dean of the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 14, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Law - "School of Glock"
From a March 9, 2011 op-ed column in the NY Times, authored by Gail Collins, a snippet:The nation’s state legislators...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 12, 2011
Law - "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Great op-ed March 11th in the NY Times by Howard Mansfield, author of “Turn and Jump: How Time and Place...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 12, 2011
Law - "A Legal Privilege That Some Lawmakers See Broadly"
Article 4, Sec. 8 of the Indiana Constitution includes this language:Section 8. Senators and Representatives, in all cases except treason,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Law - "NFL Labor Talks Collapse, Union Decertifies"
The headline to a 5:25 pm WSJ story. The Indy Star has posted this AP story....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Law - "Credit Card Debt That Outlives Mom"
This regular column in the NYT is titled "The New Old Age." Its mission:Thanks to the marvels of medical science,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 10, 2011
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Law - "MERS? It May Have Swallowed Your Loan"
The ILB has had a number of entries on MERS, the Mortgage Electronic Registration. Today the NY Times has this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 05, 2011
Law - Another concern for prospective big-law 1st year associates? And others too?
"Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software" is the headline to this NY Times story by John Markoff. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 05, 2011
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Law - What lawyers earn, really
This pointer from the Law Librarian Blog begins:ABAJ's first installment of a periodic series is reporting on the geography of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Law - "‘Ghostblogging’ Law Firms Risk Their Reputations, Consultant Says"
Debra Cassens Weiss of the ABA Journal has this entry, with the quote "But don’t go so far as to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 17, 2011
Law - "Accurate Case Law on Westlaw?"
Law Librarian Blog has this post dealing with a Connecticut case. And recall this ILB post from Jan. 6, 2011,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Law - "New York State Public Health Legal Manual - A Guide for Judges, Attorneys and Public Health Professionals" [Updated]
Be Specific highlights this new, sure to be useful, manual. You may want to try later, as downloading seems not...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Law - "NCAA president says transparency vital to future"
In an interesting AP story that appears in a number of papers today:NCAA president Mark Emmert says transparency is critical...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 13, 2011
Law - "Dispute Shines Light on How Homes Are Measured"
The NY Times had a story Feb. 11, 2011 that may also have applicability to realty sales elsewhere. Some quotes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 13, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Law - Hearing on Utah's copycat immigation bill postponed because of $11 million price tag
Read the story here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 10, 2011
Monday, February 07, 2011
Law - "Emerging Legal Issues in Social Media: Part I"
This lengthy and valuable article, published by Ken Strutin at LLRX.com, has this introduction:Social media is engaging masses of people...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 07, 2011
Friday, February 04, 2011
Law - "Researching Bush and Obama Presidential Signing Statements"
The Law Librarian Blog today points to a great resource, Joyce Green's Presidential Signing Statements....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 04, 2011
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Law - "Iowa lawmakers get price-tag for serious sex offender monitoring"
Sentencing Law & Policy Blog this morning quotes a DesMoines Register story headlined "Tracking Iowa sex offenders to cost millions"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Law - "In the Age of Alternative Reproduction, Who Are a Child's Parents?"
So asks attorney Liz Mandarano in an article in the Huffington Post today. The article includes "A sample of notable...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Law - "Supreme Court of Kentucky adopts statewide rules for family law cases"
So reports the Kentucky Law Blog in a lengthy entry today. Some quotes:FRANKFORT, Ky. -- For the first time, the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 28, 2011
Law - "Teaching Alternatives to WEXIS in the Legal Academy"
Interesting post from Law Librarian Blog. A quote:[W]elcome to the huge divide between research instruction in the legal academy and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 28, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Law - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial today on back-alley abortions
Today's Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial concludes:When safe, legal abortions are no longer available, the horrific back-alley abortions that preceded...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Law - Arkansas, the state that went bankrupt; and what about Indiana?
Monica Davey of the NY Times has a long story today headed "The State that Went Bust." Some quotes:Some policymakers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 23, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Law - The face of the future?
After reading this ABA Journal entry headed "Crowdsourced Legal Answers Website Gets $600K from Investors, Including Google Ventures," and then...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 21, 2011
Law - Localize your Google Scholar search for state and federal cases
From the Law Librarian Blog:Hat tip to WisBlawg for calling attention to enhanced filtering for searching court opinions using Google...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 21, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Law - Cost of indefinite detention of sex offenders shocks Virginia lawmakers
The ILB has had a number of entries on the high cost of civil commitment of sex offenders. The most...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 16, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Law - More on "Is Law School a Losing Game?"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 9th, which quoted a NYT story, Stan Jastrzebski has this article and video for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 13, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Law - "Law schools should stop being "wannabe" research institutions and do a better job of training their students ..."
A companion piece to this ILB entry from Sunday on law school costs is this story dated Jan. 9th from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Law - "Is Law School a Losing Game?"
A very long story today in the Sunday NY Times, beginning on the front page of the Business section and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 09, 2011
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Law - Cell phones in prison, more
The NY Times had an eye-opening story Jan. 2, 2011, reported by Kim Severson and Robbie Brown, headlined "Outlawed, Cellphones...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Law - "Lawyers Still Cleaning Up Over Superfund Sites: Superfund has been good for the legal profession"
From the NY Times today, a story by Lawrence Hurley. Some quotes from the long story:Entering the fourth decade of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Law - More on "The Changing Role of Criminal Defense Lawyers"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 22nd, here is another story on the impact of the Supreme Court's March decision...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 30, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Law - How is the NY civil committment of sex offenders after prison program working out?
This March 4, 2007 ILB entry began:"Doubts Rise as States Detain Sex Offenders After Prison" is the headline to the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 27, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Law - "The Changing Role of Criminal Defense Lawyers"
That is the heading of this Blog of LegalTimes entry today by Tony Mauro that begins:Is the role of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Law - "2 Law Profs Win $5.2M Verdict in Defamation Case Over Pocket Part Authorship"
Martha Neil of the ABA Journal Blog had this interesting article today. Be sure to read the earlier coverage too,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Law - "2010 Census and Redistricting"
The NPR Diane Rehm Show this am, at 10 EST:Later today the U.S. Census Bureau will release the first official...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Law - WSJ today has story on national push to end puppy mills
The story may be available here to nonsubscribers. It is reported by Stephanie Simon and headed "States Nip at Dog...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 20, 2010
Law - "Chicago's top-ticketing suburbs"
An investigative series Saturday in the Chicago Tribune on Chicago's top-ticketing suburbs is of particular interest here because of all...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 20, 2010
Law - LCJ has massive 3-day series on "Preying on Seniors"
Day 1 was Sunday, the Louisville Courier Journal Special Report continues today and tomorrow. Here is the overview:PART 1 -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Law - "Estate Tax Will Return Next Year, but Few Will Pay It"
From Paul Sullivan's Dec. 17th column in the NY Times:Almost no one will have to worry about paying the estate...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 19, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Law - "Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard University law professor selected by President Barack Obama to police consumer finance, is wooing state attorneys general to act as her deputies"
So begins this story from Bloomberg Business Week by Carter Dougherty. The interesting story points out that "The new geniality...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 10, 2010
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Law - "As Bullies Go Digital, Parents Play Catch-Up"
What's a mother to do? That is the focus of this very long NY Times article from Dec. 4, 2010,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Monday, December 06, 2010
Law - "Shipping law far from settled: High court ruling only introduced more confusion"
Adding to the ILB's lengthy list of entries on wine shipping, Dan and Krista Stockman, who write the "Uncorked" column...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 06, 2010
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Law - "Civil Unions Advance in Illinois"
Updating yesterday's entry, Monica Davey of the NY Times has this story today. It is accompanied by a helpful sidebar:Commitments...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 02, 2010
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Law - "Illinois Senate approves civil unions, measure heads to Quinn "
From the Chicago Tribune:SPRINGFIELD --- Civil unions for same-sex couples would be allowed in Illinois under historic legislation the state...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Law - "As newspapers shrink, journalists land jobs in state government "
Rob Gurwitt has a lengthy article today in Stateside. It is pretty interesting, here is why:Had Vogel’s reporting appeared in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Law - "Typo" acquits Virginia man who passed stopped school bus
Some quotes from a story by Tom Jackson in today's Washington Post:Virginia law on passing a stopped school bus has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Law - "Federal repeal of marriage act gays’ best hope"
The impact of the federal Defense of Marriage Act is examined in this Washington Post editorial, reprinted today by the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 29, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Law - "Ask an Elder Law Attorney: Medicaid and the Primary Residence"
This looks to be one of a useful series of columns in the NY Times under the heading "The New...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Law - Dawn Johnsen: Regrets, she has a few, but then again ...
Continuing a long list of ILB entries on Dawn Johnsen, the last several of which were labeled "Dawn Johnsen: Let...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Law - More on "Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for Financial Stability and Foreclosure Mitigation"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry re the meeting of the Congressional Oversight Panel, here is an entry from The Wonk Room...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Law - "Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for Financial Stability and Foreclosure Mitigation"
From NPR this morning, a news story that began:The disarray stemming from flawed foreclosure documents could threaten major banks with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Law - "Kentucky Bar Association seeks to regulate attorneys' Facebook comments offering services"
Jason Riley of the Louisville Courier Journal reported Nov. 14th in a lengthy story:When Louisville attorney Christian Mascagni wanted to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 15, 2010
Law - "Betting on Justice: Putting Money on Lawsuits, Investors Share in the Payouts"
From the front-page of today's NY Times, a very long investigative story by Binyamin Appelbaum. This is the start of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 15, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Law - "Why the lawyer job market is changing"
IU Mauer Law School Professor William D. Henderson has an interesting article in this month's National Jurist that begins with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 12, 2010
Law - "Butler Professor Says FCPA Enforcement Is A ‘Facade’"
Yesterday's WSJ reported on "The Facade of FCPA Enforcement," by Mike Koehler, Butler University College of Business, a paper published...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 12, 2010
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Law - Adopt a volume of the First Series of the Federal Reporter of the United States!
Read about it here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Law - "$103 million verdict against Baker & McKenzie"
Julie Wernau reported in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 26, 2010 in a story that begins:A $103 million verdict was...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 04, 2010
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Law - "Split Court Denies Rehearing En Banc in Sun Pharmaceuticals v. Eli Lilly"
I've posted a link to this story by contributing author Jason Rantanen in the blog Patently-O, run by Dennis Crouch,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Monday, November 01, 2010
Law - "Money Woes Can Be Early Clue to Alzheimer’s"
This is an important article for attorneys. Reported by Gina Kolata in the Sunday NY Times, the lengthy front-page story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 01, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Law - NPR investigation of ALEC, "the birthplace of a thousand pieces of legislation introduced in statehouses across the county"
The report on Morning Edition this morning begins:When you walk into the offices of the American Legislative Exchange Council, it's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Law - "Law schools are manufacturing more lawyers than America needs, and law students aren't happy about it."
Annie Lowrey's story on Slate, posted yesterday afternoon and reportedly very popular....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 28, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Law - "Google 'mortified' that Street View cars scarfed up e-mail, passwords; privacy criticism intensifies"
A recent entry from Cecilia Kang's Washington Post Tech blog begins:It turns out Google’s Street View cars found out more...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 25, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Law - Why our laws and rules must be freely available to everyone
Recalling this ILB entry from Sept. 2, 2008, headed "Indiana building codes, part of the Indiana Administrative Code, are not...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 23, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Law - "Proposed Law Could Limit Interstate Wine Shipping"
The ILB has blogged before about the federal legislation to regulate interstate wine shipped. See, for example, this ILB entry...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 21, 2010
Law - "So you want to go to law school"
This is a very funny video, although it goes on a little too long:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 21, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Law - "You will not survive in a small firm environment if you are not a social creature. This is a big reason small firms generally place less of an emphasis on grades than Biglaw."
This is a great post from Above the Law, headed "Caveat Small Firm Hopeful: Socially Inept Need Not Apply."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 18, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sports Law - "N.C.A.A. Is Investigating Baylor Men’s Program"
Many aspects of this story in today's NY Times, reported by Pete Thamel, will be of great interest Hoosiers. Not...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 14, 2010
Law - "Ask the Old Cog: Fresh young attorneys just getting started at Big Law need answers"
This is fun. "The Snark," a column in the The Fulton County Daily Report, has added a feature called:"Ask the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 14, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Law - "Attorneys general to initiate foreclosure probe" [Updated]
Ariana Eunjung Cha and Dina Elboghdady report in the Washington Post:Attorneys general from dozens of states are set to announce...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Law - "New blog examining the 'intersection between criminal law and emerging technology'"
So reports Sentencing Law Blog here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 11, 2010
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Courts - How significant are halting foreclosures to the housing market overall?
An excellent review from NPR's All Things Considered, audio will be available at about 7 pm....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Monday, October 04, 2010
Law - "Hoosier casinos battle cheaters: Ind. casinos' high-tech defense can't always stop the crooks"
Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal as two very long stories today on Indiana casinos:"Hoosier casinos battle cheaters: Ind....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 04, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Law - "Dissent Breaks Out Over ABA Fees for Ethics Opinions"
Leigh Jones reports today in The National Law Journal in a story that begins:The American Bar Association is under fire...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 30, 2010
Law - "The Ultimate Power Hobby: Bankers, Lawyers, Executives Jockey to Teach a University Class, Play Professor "
Katherine Rosman reports today in the WSJ about adjunct professors. A few quotes:In a time of inconspicuous consumption, an adjunct-professorship...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 30, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Law - "Clandestine photo upsets CTA rider: Request to remove image from Web site met with resistance"
Fascinating "What's Your Problem" column by Jon Yates of the Chicago Tribune....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 27, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Law - "Recent developments of potentially great consequence are pushing the question of standing to the forefront in a way that promises to make it one of the hot legal topics of the coming months or even years"
So writes Linda Greenhouse today in her Opinionator column ("exclusive online commentary from the NYT"). It is long and a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 24, 2010
Law - "Student Loan Relief for Public Defenders and Prosecutors"
Above the Law is reporting:We have good news on the student loan front. Really good news if you are a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Sports Law - IUPUI Terminates Contract of Women's Basketball Coach
Here is the news release from the school:IUPUI Athletic Director Michael Moore today announced that the university has terminated without...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 23, 2010
Law - Forclosure mess is even worse than previously thought
Yesterday a story by Ariana Eunjung Cha in the Washington Post began:Some of the nation's largest mortgage companies used a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 23, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Law - "Another Lesson in How Not to Handle a Traffic Stop "
This is fun reading. From Above the Law. a story about "Woman allegedly performed model walk, asked for ‘Amanda rights’...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 17, 2010
Law - More on "Digital Data Makes For A Really Permanent Record"
Supplementing this ILB entry from Nov. 1, 2009, about how "expungement" really has little effect in today's digital world, Michael...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 17, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Law - "Three students offer a completely candid student perspective on every aspect of law school, from classmates to bar review"
The new book, "What the L?: 25 Things We Wish We'd Known Before Going to Law School," is available from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Law - "Voting System Failures: A Database Solution"
The Brennan Center has a new report, "Voting System Failures: A Database Solution," by Lawrence Norden. From the executive summary:When...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Law - "The Student Loan Racket: Now in One Easy-to-Understand Graphic "
Above the Law from earlier this month, writes:Luckily, the people at CollegeScholarships.org are good with pictures. They brilliantly break down...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 13, 2010
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Sports Law - "As NCAA Investigations Increase, Lawyers Find New Opportunities"
Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal has this long and interesting story today. Some samples:"The process has gotten lawyered-up...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Law - "Are Law School Faculties Part of the Problem with Legal Education?"
That is the heading to this interesting WSJ Law Blog entry today by Ashby Jones. Some quotes:It’s often struck us...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Law - U.S. Rejected Hen Vaccine Despite Success in Britain"
A long story August 24th in the NY Times, reported by William Neuman, begins:Faced with a crisis more than a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 27, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Law - " DOJ Leads Federal Agencies In Student Loan Repayment"
Andrew Ramonas' article in Main Justice begins:The U.S. Justice Department helped more of its employees pay off student loans...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 20, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Law - Prisons Without Walls?
Tieing together our entry earlier today on "Prison Growth and Problems" and earlier entries on GPS surveillance, Ashby Jones of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Law - "5 Things Every Plaintiffs Attorney Should Know About Tax Law"
A useful article, it begins:While tax law may seem dull and irrelevant to most attorneys' day-to-day practice, in order to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 16, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Sports Law - More on: "Ex-players say coach 'did it again' Story unfolding at IUPUI sure sounds familiar to some
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, USA Today's site now has the entire story on one page, without the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Law - "Justice Department report cites backlog in DNA analyses"
From a story by Ed O'Keefe in today's Washington Post:Thousands of legal proceedings could face delays because the FBI has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Sports Law - "Ex-players say coach 'did it again' Story unfolding at IUPUI sure sounds familiar to some" [Updated]
Following up on their July 25, 2010 Indianapolis Star investigative report (ILB link here) and their July 28th story (ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Monday, August 09, 2010
Law - Two new practice specialties: Circumcisions and bed bugs
"Atlanta Lawyer Takes on Botched Circumcision Claims Nationwide" is the headline to this article by Katheryn Hayes Tucker in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 09, 2010
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Law - Are advance sheet services obsolete?
It would seem so, although some law libraries are still using the expensive services. See this post from the Law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Law - "State laws on posthumous birth—or the birth of a child after the death of a parent—vary widely"
"Reproductive Technology Advances, but the Law Struggles to Keep Up" is the heading to this new WSJ Law Blog entry,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Monday, August 02, 2010
Law - Read this for chuckles
"Thinking Like a Lawyer: The Case of the Broken Copier" from Above the Law....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 02, 2010
Law - "Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age"
Trip Gabriel has a story today in the NY Times on a subject I consider to be very important -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 02, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Law - "New Study: Forget the Rankings, Just Bring Home Straight A’s"
The WSJ Law Blog as this interesting post today that begins:It’s advice that’s been passed down through the ages, from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Law - "Northwestern is just more market-savvy than most"
Law school geeks are talking about this story headed "Is Northwestern Law School Clever or What? reported by Vivia Chen...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Law - "Freedom of photography: Police, security often clamp down despite public right"
An interesting story today by Annys Shin of the Washington Post - I thought I'd done a similar post a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Law - "Lawyer Says He Helped Client Show That $45 Garage-Sale Buy is Worth Some $200M" [Updated]
A great story put together by the ABA Journal blog. It begins:After paying $45 for a box of old negatives...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Sports. Law - More on "'Emotional abuse' at IUPUI? 28 have left women's basketball program"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, there is another story today by Indy Star reporters Mark Alesia, Heather Gillers and Tim Evans....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Law - Cloud computing for governmental entities
To alleviate concerns over the risks of cloud computing by governmental entities, Google announced yesterday:Today we’re excited to announce a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Law - "IRS extends deadline for small charities "
Updating this ILB entry from May 14, 2010, headed "Thousands of non-profits could unwittingly lose tax status," the AP is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Law - "Should the American Bar Association require law schools to maintain a tenure system?"
That is the lede to this story today by Karen Sloan of the National Law Journal. More from the story:The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Law - "Holder: New Rules For Disabled Access Coming"
Channing Turner reported yesterday in Main Justice in a story that begins:The Justice Department will soon be seeking comment on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 23, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Law - "Georgia softens once lauded strict sex offender law"
Greg Bluestein reported this AP story on Monday, July 19. Both Sentencing Law Blog and WSJ Law Blog have picked...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Law - More on "Finding Accurate Law Text Online Nearly Impossible" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from July 31, 2009, Eugene Volokh in his blog yesterday (7/20/2010) wrote in part, after finding...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Law - "FinReg: A Full Employment Act for the Nation’s Lawyers?"
Ashby Jones asked that question Friday in the WSJ Law Blog. He cites a story in the Toronto Globe &...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Law - "Is a Big Tax Break for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers on the Way?"
Dionne Searcey's entry yesterday in the WSJ Law Blog began:Will a recent Ninth Circuit ruling mean that plaintiffs’ attorneys get...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 16, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Law - "Tuition is rising at law schools even as lawyer jobs are disappearing, raising questions about whether there is a dangerous bubble that is about to burst."
So reads the lede of this ABA Journal entry by Debra Cassens Weiss, quoting Indiana University law professor Bill Henderson....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Law - It was certainly the first thing I thought when I heard the news yesterday
The Indianapolis Star reports today in a long, unattributed story:CHICAGO -- Born on the Fourth of July, George Steinbrenner left...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Law - "Too Rich to Live? "
Supplementing this June 13, 2010 ILB entry, headed "Legacy for One Billionaire: Death, but No Taxes" (Ripped from the Headlines),...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Law - Bankruptcy and BP
The NY Times reporter John Schwartz reported in a long story yesterday:With pockets as deep as BP’s — its assets...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 11, 2010
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Law - "'Paperless ticketing' aims to thwart scalping at concerts, sports events"
A long, interesting article reported by Paul Farhi in the Washington Post. Here is a quote from far into the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Monday, July 05, 2010
Law - "Online Bullies Pull Schools Into the Fray"
From the June 27, 2010 NY Times, a very long story by Jan Hoffman. A quote:Schools these days are confronted...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 05, 2010
Friday, July 02, 2010
Sports Law - "The Man Who Carries LeBron’s Legal Bags"
Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog writes about LeBron James’s lawyer, Squire Sanders’s Frederick Nance, with a link to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 02, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Law - "Financial Regulatory Bill: Jobs Bill for Lawyers?"
That is the headline to this article today by Zach Lowe of The American Lawyer. It begins:We chuckled Sunday at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Law - "Families are confused over health-care law's coverage for young adults"
This is a useful article from today's Washington Post, reported by N.C. Aizenman. Here is how it begins:It is among...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 27, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Law - More on: "Dawn Johnsen: Let Me Be Clear, I Have No ‘Regrets’ "
Updating this ILB entry from June 18, 2010, NPR's Morning Edition today has a similar story - the blurb:One of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 25, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Law - "In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That"
Long and fascinating story today in the NY Times, reported by Catherine Rampell. Some quotes:One day next month every student...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Law - Four Indiana congressmen sign on to liquor distributors' nationwide anti-wine-shipping bill
Congress is considering legislation, proposed by wholesale distributors, that could limit wineries' ability to sell and ship directly to consumers,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 19, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Law - "Dawn Johnsen: Let Me Be Clear, I Have No ‘Regrets’ "
From the American Constitution Society blog this morning:Dawn Johnsen, President Obama's initial nominee to head the Office of Legal Counsel...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 18, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Law - "Legacy for One Billionaire: Death, but No Taxes" (Ripped from the Headlines)
This story from last Tuesday's NY Times bears some similarities to a recent episode of Law & Order, but I...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 13, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Law - "Restoring leadership and integrity to the Office of Legal Counsel"
Dawn Johnsen is identified in her Washington Post column today as "The writer, a professor at Indiana University Maurer School...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 11, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Law - "Fairfax Virginia police writing fewer tickets because of problematic computer system"
From the June 7, 2010 Washington Post, some quotes from a lengthy story by Tom Jackman:Fairfax County police launched a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Monday, June 07, 2010
Law - "Could Law School Loans Become More Easily Dischargeable in Bankruptcy? "
Here is a long list of ILB entries re the fact that, under the current law, student loans are almost...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 07, 2010
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Law - "Divorce attorneys catching cheaters on Facebook"
Stephanie Chen of CNN Tech reported June 1, 2010 in a long story - some quotes:Posting hugging and kissing photos...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 03, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Law - 'How Facebook Is Redefining Privacy"
Updating this May 14th ILB entry, headed "Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options," NPR's Morning Edition this morning had...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Law - "Outdated patents are new company liability: Court opens the door for lawsuits that threaten to yield big fines for companies"
An interesting article yesterday in the Indianapolis Star business section reported by Bruce C. Smith. Some quotes:Those tiny patent numbers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Law - "Daley to post all investigative reporter requests online "
There were several somewhat outraged stories last week reporting that Chicago's Mayor Daley was posting all FOI requests online. For...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 23, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Law - Fencing off trout streams
This article today in the South Bend Tribune, by Lou Mumford, caught my eye because I have read similar stories...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 21, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Law - More on "Big changes to the sex offender registration provisions of the Adam Walsh Act proposed"
Updating this ILB entry from May 13th, that included a link to the Federal Register proposal, Wendy Koch of USA...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Law - "Tax Credits are First Step in Health Insurance Reform for Small Businesses"
Thanks to Politico, this information:Treasury and IRS release guidance on the small-business health care tax credit in health-reform bill, to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Law - "Sex offenders, advocates push for Va. law notice"
From the May 15, 2010 Washington Post, this story -- some quotes:Unlike some states, Virginia doesn't provide its 16,500 registered...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 16, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Law - More on "Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options"
Updating yesterday's entry, Jennifer Valentino-DeVries has posted this entry, headed "Looking to Delete Your Facebook Account? You’re Not Alone," in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 14, 2010
Law - More on "The battle over direct shipping of wine from producer to consumer has returned to Congress."
Updating this ILB entry from May 5, 2010, the Washington Post has a second story on the bill introduced in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 14, 2010
Law - "Complaint Box | Ambulance Chasers"
From the NY Times City Room blog today, an item by Penny Musco that begins:Getting involved in a minor auto...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 14, 2010
Law - "Thousands of non-profits could unwittingly lose tax status "
From USA TODAY, Sandra Block reports:Hundreds of thousands of small non-profits, from Little League teams to community soup kitchens, could...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Law - "Big changes to the sex offender registration provisions of the Adam Walsh Act proposed"
If you are following the federal sex offender registration law, you will want to read this post from Sentencng Law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 13, 2010
Law - "Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options"
If you think tax law or environmental law is complicated, take a look at this chart from the NY Times...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Law - No surprises here
"Study Finds Male Lawyers More Overconfident" is the heading of a story by Petra Pasternak of The Recorder. Some quotes:Male...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Law - More on "What’s important when you have two people with disabilities is you don’t treat one as inherently more important than the other”
Yesterday's NY Times story, quoted in this ILB entry, is supplemented today by this story in the Indianapolis Star, reported...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Law - "What’s important when you have two people with disabilities is you don’t treat one as inherently more important than the other”
A "must read" story today by Steven Greenhouse in the NY Times:In her first week at a new job, Emily...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Law - "Forensic Evidence and the CSI Effect"
This article at LLRX.com (law and technology resources for legal professionals) rounds up the "legal scholarship and media studies that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 09, 2010
Friday, May 07, 2010
Law - Still more on "Learning How to Fight the Debt Collector"
Updating earlier ILB entries, Willliam Glaberson of the NY Times has a story today headed "New York Judges Resist Claims...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 07, 2010
Law - "States vary on dealing with youth sex offenders"
A long AP story yesterday by Greg Bluestein - some quotes:Juvenile justice advocates want rehabilitation instead of registration, yet public...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 07, 2010
Law - "Dish on Big Law Websites: the Good, the Bad and the Cheapest"
This story is fun. From The Snark at Fulton County Daily Report...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 07, 2010
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Law - "The battle over direct shipping of wine from producer to consumer has returned to Congress."
That is the lede to this story today in the Washington Post, by Dave McIntyre. More quotes:Last month, Rep. Bill...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Law - More on "School Law Clinics Face a Backlash"
Updating this ILB entry from April 3, 2010, today Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal has a story headed:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Monday, May 03, 2010
Law - "Illinois hair-braiding bill offers regulatory compromise"
The Sunday NWI Times had this lengthy story by Karen Hawkins -- some quotes:Oumou Wague has been braiding hair in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 03, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Law - More on "Learning How to Fight the Debt Collector"
Supplementing this ILB entry from April 25, 2010, here is a very long story from the Dallas Observer, dated Jan....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Law - Is Arizona's new immigration law constitutional?
"A Law Facing a Tough Road Through the Courts" is the headline to a NY Times story today by John...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Law - Pew Report on "Government Online: The internet gives citizens new paths to government services and information"
Issued April 27, 2010, the new Pew Research Report. From the 44-page report's 2-page Summary of Findings:As government agencies at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Law - "Law school: Big debt, shrinking payoff" [Updated]
Ameet Sachdev writes about this in his "Chicago Law" column today in the Chicago Tribune. Here are a few quotes:The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Law - "Learning How to Fight the Debt Collector" [Updated]
That is the headline to this lengthy story from the Saturday NY Times. A few quotes:Even as collectors try to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 25, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Law - "McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes PCs"
Entities hit appear to include much of Kentucky government. From an AP story by Peter Svensson:Computers in companies, hospitals and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Law - More on Health Care Law from David Orentlicher
David Orentlicher (Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Law and Health, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Law - "Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive - like the one on your personal computer - storing an image of every document copied, scanned, or emailed by the machine"
The title of the report by Armen Keteyian of CBS News is "Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets: Your Office Copy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Law - Valpo Law professor named 'Champion of Consumer Rights'
From a news release today:The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) this week named Alan White a recipient of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 19, 2010
Law - More on: New Michigan law permits vintners inside and outside the state to ship their products directly to consumers
That was the heading to this ILB entry from Dec. 16, 2005. A quote from an AP story at the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 19, 2010
Law - Missouri Governor uses "signing statement" to strike part of budget bill
Fascinating story from the April 18, 2010 St. Louis Post-Dispatch by David A. Lieb of the AP - some quotes:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 19, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Law - "The Office of Legal Counsel, still in limbo"
Excellent editorial today in the Washington Post....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Law - "Dusk for Dawn Johnsen: Why Obama Backed Down on a Nominee"
That is the heading to a Time story today by Theo Emery. Some quotes:And a recess appointment, which some liberals...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Law - More on: "In N.C.A.A., Question of Bias Over a Test for a Genetic Trait"
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, April 12th, the NYT's Kate Thomas reports today under the headline "N.C.A.A. Council Approves...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Law - "The Future of Legal Education: Get Real"
Here is a sample from a story by Irene Plagianos of The American Lawyer re a conference called "Future Ed:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Law - "In N.C.A.A., Question of Bias Over a Test for a Genetic Trait"
A number of issues may occur to you while reading this lengthy story today in the NY Times, reported by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Law - "Dawn Johnsen secret keeps David Hamilton appointment festive"
More from Prof. Johnsen's "home town" paper, the Bloomington Herald Times, today -- reporter Mike Leonard has a long commentary...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Law - More on "Dawn Johnsen withdraws"
From the "home town" paper, the Bloomington Herald Times ($$), some quotes:Many of Johnsen’s family members were in Indianapolis Friday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Friday, April 09, 2010
Law - "Dawn Johnsen Withdraws"
Not surprising by now, but still very bad news, IMHO. Andrew Ramonas has the story at Main Justice:President Barack Obama’s...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 09, 2010
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Law - "Pittsburgh Law Firm Expands by Adding Family Law Boutique"
Interesting story today from Zack Needles of The Legal Intelligencer. Some quotes:Lateral hires and law firm acquisitions are generally meant...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Law - "New Institute for Justice Report on Asset Forfeiture"
The ILB has had many entries on asset forfeiture. Today Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy highlights "an important new...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Monday, April 05, 2010
Law - "Cocaine sentencing disparities may drop"
Dan Hinkel reports today in the NWI Times:If you have a bag of cocaine and you want to add years...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 05, 2010
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Law - Is there a warranty on that new hip or new knee implant?
Barry Meier reported Saturday in the NY Times in a lengthy story that begins:When a car breaks, a computer fails...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 04, 2010
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Law - "School Law Clinics Face a Backlash"
A long story today in the NY Times, reported by Ian Urbina, begins:ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Law school students nationwide are...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 03, 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010
Ind. Law - More on: "Rethinking Sex Offender Laws for Teenage Texting"
Updating this ILB entry from March 20, 2010, which notes that legislation with differentiated sexting language re juveniles, SEA 224,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 02, 2010
Law - "Judging Former Judges Who Call Themselves Judge"
This is interesting, an entry in the WSJ Law Blog by Ashby Jones that asks:To what degree is it proper...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 02, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Law - Digest of International Law
This is published by the U.S. Department of State and is available online....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Law - Who is in charge of determining a state's legal position? A governor or an attorney general?
Is the attorney general of a state and his or her office a part of the executive branch, representing the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Law - "A Lawyer Rejoins a Cause That First Gripped Her 70 Years Ago"
Susan Dominus reports today in the NY Times about a 90+ attorney. The story begins:Ileta Green woke up Monday morning...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Law - "In New York, Breaking a Law on Roommates"
Recall this ILB entry from Oct. 4, 2008 headed "Two cases before COA involving West Lafayette's application of city occupancy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Law - Obama makes nine recess appointments, but not Dawn Johnsen
Here is the story by David Ingram of the Blog of Legal Times, which includes biographical material on all nine...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Law - Revamping of Student Loans is Final
Updating this ILB entry from March 24th, David M. Herszenhorn and Tamar Levin report in the NY Times in a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Law - "Don't forget to multiply those per minute charges by 60 and let everyone at your firm know that accessing a brief will cost you $3,300.00 an hour"
That is a quote in this entry headed "Shock and Awe-Inspiring: All Your WestlawNext Pricing Questions Answered in a Simple...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Law - More on: A double whammy for the student loan industry?
Updating this ILB entry from March 23rd, Jim Kuhnhenn writes today in USA Today in a story headed "Health care...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Law - More on: An incredible resource coming Wednesday via C-SPAN
Updating this ILB entry from March 15th, which did mention that the C-Span archive is located in West Lafayette, Eric...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Law - "Kentucky lawmakers ask for gun ban in Capitol"; what about Indiana?
Via the Lexington Herald-Leader: FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Some lawmakers are pressing for a ban on people carrying guns into the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Law - A double whammy for the student loan industry?
The student loan industry, already subject to reining in via provisions which accompany the health care reform legislation (see ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Law - Some useful articles on health reform
"What health-care reform means to Indiana" is a comprehensive article today from John Russell, Daniel Lee and Shari Rudavsky of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Law - Chief Justice John G. Roberts to speak at IU School of Law - Indianapolis
From a news release:INDIANAPOLIS -- When John G. Roberts Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, delivers the Ninth Annual...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Law - WestlawNext pricing
The Law Librarian Blog has a long analysis today, headed "In re WestlawNext Pricing: "\'Hi, My Name is Johnny Westlaw,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Law - An incredible resource coming Wednesday via C-SPAN [Updated]
From the end of a story by the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza:On Wednesday, C-SPAN will launch a searchable video library...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 15, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Law - Magnus-Stinson joins three other Hossiers awaiting Senate approval
Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, whose nomination to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana was held over...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Law - "Public Pension Funds Are Adding Risk to Raise Returns"
Mary Williams Walsh has a long story in the NY Times today, under that headline. Some quotes:States and companies have...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Monday, March 08, 2010
Law - "Federal Program Will Pay Homeowners to Sell at a Loss"
This NY Times long story today by David Streitfeld begins:In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 08, 2010
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Law - Illinois attorney charged with bilking village of Calumet Park
From the NWI Times today, Rick Bird reports:A Chicago attorney employed by the village of Calumet Park has been charged...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 06, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Law "Judiciary Committee Approves Dawn Johnsen, But is This as Far As She’ll Get?"
This entry this afternoon by Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog voices what many of us may be thinking...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 04, 2010
Law - Dawn Johnsen Approved by Judiciary Committee, Again
Main Justice reports "The panel voted to report Johnsen out of committee by a 12-7 vote." No word yet on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 04, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Law - "The law firms of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP and Dann Pecar Newman & Kleiman P C announced that they will merge their practices, effective March 1, 2010"
Here are some quotes from a press release the ILB just received: CLEVELAND, OH and INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- March 2,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Law - "Digital Billboards, Diversions Drivers Can’t Escape "
The ILB has had a number of earlier entries on digital or electronic billboards and the surrounding controversy. Now Matt...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Monday, March 01, 2010
Law - Still more on: Four Indiana nominees on Committee on the Judiciary agenda for Thursday
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 25th, where, after the postponement last Thurday, Chairman Leahy promised:“Next week we will complete...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 01, 2010
Law - "The Politicization of 'Miranda'"
An article by Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm today, published as a special to Law.com, concludes:We cannot dispense with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 01, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Law - "Fourth Amendment Seizures of Computer Data."
Fascinating new Yale Law Journal article by George Washington University Law School Prof. Orin S. Kerr, titled "Fourth Amendment Seizures...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Law - More on: Four Indiana nominees on Committee on the Judiciary agenda tomorrow
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, here is a just-posted report by Andrew Ramonas of Main Justice. It is headed "Healthcare Summit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Law - Four Indiana nominees on Committee on the Judiciary agenda tomorrow
On Thursday, Feb. 25th the full U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on the Judiciary will convene at 10:00 AM to consider,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Law - "Thomas M. Cooley Law School Buys Stadium Naming Rights"
Don't miss this just-posted entry in the WSJ Law Blog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Law - "Wine shipping laws vary by state, are contradictory, unfair"
Howard W. Hewitt, Crawfordsville, writes in a long special to the Terre HauteTribune-Star that begins:CRAWFORDSVILLE — If you love hazelnuts...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 22, 2010
Law - "Starting Monday [today] legal handgun owners may now carry at National Lakeshore"
From the Feb. 19th Chesterton Tribune: A change in federal law, to take effect on Monday, Feb. 22, will now...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 22, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Law - "Legislation templates make proposing bills easy"
Erik Schelzig of the AP has a long article on model legislation. Some quotes: NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- For state legislators...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Law - "Proposed Changes to Psychiatric Manual Stir Lawsuit Fears"
Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal reported on Feb. 12, 2010:Employment lawyers are shaking their heads over this one:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 14, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Law - Obama rules out recess appointment next week for Dawn Johnsen
From Main Justice:President Obama signaled last night that he does not intend to make recess appointments next week for three...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 12, 2010
Law - More on "Judiciary Panel Holds Over Johnsen Again"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Kassie Hunt of Politico has this story today....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Law - "Judiciary Panel Holds Over Johnsen Again"
Andrew Ramonas reports at Main Justice:The Senate Judiciary Committee today again did not act on President Obama’s pick to lead...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Law - Above the Law asks: "Did You Go to Law School to Make $15/Hour?"
The entry is apparently so popular it has been hard to log on to read it. Access it when you...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Law - "Picture proof with every parking ticket?"
Another Chicago parking ticket story - Fran Spielman of the Chicago Sun-Times reports today:Motorists who park illegally on Chicago streets...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Ind. Law - Pending bill "would allow Indiana residents to legally bet on horse races over the Internet"
From a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial today:Hoosiers and their elected representatives should pay closer attention to a bill moving...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Law - More on: Possible recess appointment for Dawn Johnsen floated
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Main Justice has a story today by Andrew Ramonas that begins:President Barack Obama told reporters today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Law - Possible recess appointment for Dawn Johnsen floated
Manu Raju of Politico reports today:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid used to consider recess appointments “an end run around the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010
Law - Dawn Johnsen vote in Senate Committee "delayed"
As noted here yesterday and here Feb. 1st, the Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled yesterday to vote on the re-nomination...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 05, 2010
Law - "Take the Money and Run:The crazy perversities of civil asset forfeiture"
Supplementing this ILB entry from Feb. 1, 2010, and recalling the many ILB entries on the controversy surrounding the Delaware...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 05, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Law - "Wall Street Journal, N.Y. Times Face Off Over Dawn Johnsen Nomination"
Ryan J. Reilly has a report today in Main Justice, complete with quotes from the dueling editorials, that begins:Ahead of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 04, 2010
Law - "Is it ethical to have a ghostblogger secretly write your law blog?"
"Ghostbusters of the Blawgosphere Take Aim at 'Ghostblogging'" is the heading of this entry on Legal Blog Watch. The example...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 04, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Law - Thomson Reuters Buys Super Lawyers
From a news release:EAGAN, Minn., USA, Feb. 2, 2010 – Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Law - Still more on: Free Fastcase access on iPhone
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 30, Ted Waggoner of Peterson & Waggoner, LLP, Rochester, IN, wrote early yesterday to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
Law - "Internet experts and estate planners say a cybercrisis is brewing because Internet services, barring court order, forbid accessing or transferring accounts unless someone has the password"
This interesting article by Michael S. Rosenwald appeared in the Jan. 25, 2010 Washington Post. Some quotes:[At least a dozen...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 01, 2010
Law - "Asset Forfeiture: 'A License to Steal'”
Updating earlier ILB entries on Alvarez v. Smith, Ilya Somin has this entry today in The Volokh Conspiracy on "the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 01, 2010
Law - Opening: Research Librarian, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville KY Office
Take a look at the qualifications....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 01, 2010
Law - Dawn Johnsen on Senate Judiciary Committee agenda again
At the end of a very long list of items to be considered by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 01, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Law - More on: Free Fastcase access on iPhone
In this ILB entry on Jan. 28, 2010, I wrote:[The new] free Fastcase iPhone application may be worth the price...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Law - Free Fastcase access on iPhone
This free Fastcase iPhone application may be worth the price of an iPhone, or an iTouch (a.k.a. mini-iPad). See Robert...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Law - "Northwestern University Law School is offering a “dovetail” loan forgiveness program that could wipe out all of the student loans for graduates who work in the public sector"
That is the lede to this story by Debra Cassens Weiss in the ABA Journal. More:Under a new federal program,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Law - More on "On the Lexis and Westlaw of the (Very) Near Future"
See this lengthy story that will appear in the February 2010 issue of the ABA Journal....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Law - "On the Lexis and Westlaw of the (Very) Near Future"
Interesting. See this entry at WSJ Law Blog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Law - "On the Isolation of Legal Practice and Suicide"
A sobering article today in the WSJ Law Blog about solo or small firm practice. A quote:[T]he profession is increasingly...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 22, 2010
Law - Obama resubmits Dawn Johnsen nomination to Senate
The story in the Blog of Legal Times begins:President Barack Obama isn't giving up on filling three open slots at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Law - Senate Republicans want new Judiciary Committee hearing on Dawn Johnsen because of Christmas Day bombing attempt
Really. See this Roll Call report ($$) that begins:Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Law - "BigLaw Stepping Up on Haiti Aid"
The WSJ Law Blog has a rundown here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Law - "28 percent of accidents involve talking, texting on cellphones"
From the Washington Post Breaking News Blog, a long story by Ashley Halsey III that includes:Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Law - Are thngs looking up for Dawn Johnsen nomination? [Updated]
David Ingram of the Blog of Legal Times is reporting:[L]ast year Specter helped delay Johnsen’s nomination. Specter was the top...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Law - "Obama Takes New Route to Opposing Parts of Laws"
Charlie Savage, who has written much on presidential signing statements, including on Aug. 10, 2009, "Obama’s Embrace of a Bush...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 09, 2010
Friday, January 08, 2010
Law - "American Bar Assn. allows unneeded new law schools to open and refuses to regulate them"
That is the charge in this opinion piece today in the LA Times, written by Mark Greenbaum. Ashby Jones of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 08, 2010
Law - "President Obama will renominate Dawn Johnsen"
So reports Charlie Savage of the NY Times in this story today that begins:President Obama will renominate Dawn Johnsen to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 08, 2010
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Law - "Dawn Johnsen On Track For Re-Nomination" [Updated]
"Johnsen On Track For Re-Nomination" is the headline to this story by Andrew Ramonas of Main Justice. But other than...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Law - "Some foes of health-care bill hope courts will stop legislation"
The Washington Post had a long story Sunday, reported by Ben Pershing, that began:Opponents of the health-care reform bill are...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Friday, January 01, 2010
Law - "Feds Warn Small Businesses to Use Dedicated PC for Online Banking"
The ILB has had a number of earlier entries on the growing problem of thefts of funds out of bank...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 01, 2010
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Ind. Law - Several Indiana papers look back on 2009
"Floyd County Top Stories of 2009," compiled in the News & Tribune, leads off with:David Camm’s conviction overturned; headed to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Law - Cost of parking meters in Chicago to climb again
The Chesterton Tribune reports today:CHICAGO (AP) — Starting next week, the price of metered parking on city streets will climb....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Law - "IU professor Dawn Johnsen's nomination to legal post sent back to White House"
ILB readers first learned the news in this December 24th ILB entry. And there have been a number of ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Law - another entry on: Dawn Johnsen and two other Assistant AG nominees "rejected" by Senate
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 27th (where I noted the parallels between Loni's Guinier's nomination and that of Ms....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Law - Still more on: Dawn Johnsen and two other Assistant AG nominees "rejected" by Senate
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 24th, which began "I'm not sure what this means," and this one from Dec....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 27, 2009
Law - "Stand Your Ground Law vexing Florida courts"
Reminiscent of the Yalanda Parrish trial in Clark County earlier this year (some earlier entries here, and this one from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 27, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Law - More on: Dawn Johnsen and two other Assistant AG nominees "rejected" by Senate
In light of the Senate's "action" yesterday, this Dec. 9th story by Andrew Ramonas becomes relevant. Some quotes:Two stalled Justice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Law - Dawn Johnsen and two other Assistant AG nominees "rejected" by Senate today [Updated]
I'm not sure what this means. This item posted this morning by Ed O'Keefe the Washington Post, after the Senate...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Law - "For a while, they could practically name their own price. Now, they're lucky if they can find a job"
Leigh Jones of The National Law Journal today chronicles the decade of the big law firm associate. It begins:It was...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 21, 2009
Law - "Colleges subpoenaed in gender bias investigation"
Kathy Matheson reports in USA Today in a story that begins:PHILADELPHIA — A federal civil rights agency investigating possible gender...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Law - Grandparents' visitation rights in Iowa
Thanks to How Appealing, here is a link to a comprehensive story Friday in the Dec. 18, 2009 Des Moines...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 20, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Law - More on: "If Tiger and Elin Split, How Might They Divvy Up the Goods?"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 16th, the Chicago Tribune today has this story by Jim Peltz and Carol J....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 18, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Law - "If Tiger and Elin Split, How Might They Divvy Up the Goods?"
Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog has this interesting read this afternoon....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Law - "Michigan holds the eyebrow-raising distinction of having the highest ratio of its citizens on a state sex offender registry"
Some quotes from a story in yesterday's Michigan Messenger, reported by David Alire Garcia:With over 45,100 names and faces on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Law - "A J.D. used to mean a first-class seat on the gravy train. Now? Not so much. Critics say law schools have a duty to warn" [Updated]
"Going to law school? Proceed with caution" is the headline to this story today by Karen Sloan of The National...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Law - "Chicago-based firm under fire: Critics say it acts as referral service, a violation of ethics rules; company says its approach similar to Google's"
Ameet Sachdev of the Chicago Tribune has this report from Dec. 12th. Here are a few quotes:A Chicago legal marketing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 13, 2009
Ind. Law - Legislation proposed to remedy Indiana's 2009 golf cart legislation
The brief list of bills introduced so far in the Indiana General Assembly includes SB 2, which would remedy faults...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 13, 2009
Law - NY Times story today on surogacy focuses in part on the Melinger twins
Stephanie Saul of the NY Times has a lengthy story today headlined "21st-Century Babies: Building a Baby, With Few Ground...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 13, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Law - "Paper-based data breaches on the rise"
Recall earlier ILB entries such as "Boxes of medical files found abandoned in South Bend" from Nov. 14, 2009, and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Law - "Legal Heavies Tackle the First-Year Associate Dilemma"
Well worth reading, this WSJ Law Blog entry today. A sample:For our money, the most interesting exchange focused on first...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Law - "Text Messages: Digital Lipstick on the Collar " [Updated]
An interesting and lengthy article in today's NY Times by Laura M. Holson that begins:There is a question that has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
Law - Indiana's Judge Hamilton has been approved for the 7th Circuit, but Dawn Johnsen still waits.
I looked this afternoon for up-to-date information on the status of IU Law Prof Dawn Johnsen's nomination to head the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 07, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Law - "Why are so few temporary mortgage modifications turning permanent?"
So asks Floyd Norris in this Dec. 3rd NY Times story that begins:One reason may be the same one that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 06, 2009
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Law - Following up on "Concord Online Law School Places Second in National Moot Court Competition"
Following up on this ILB entry from July 13, 2009, which ended:The point? Virtual schooling is now accepted at the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 03, 2009
Law - "‘Fear of Falling’: How the U.S. News Rankings Have Changed Law School"
Fascinating. The WSJ Law Blog's Ashby Jones' just-posted entry begins:It’s something we all sorta know — that the law school...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 03, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Law - "U.S. House posts lawmakers' expense data" [Updated]
From USA Today, Fredreka Schouten reports in a story that begins:WASHINGTON — House spending reports went online for the first...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Law - "Legally Blonde" in Britain
The headline to the story in the Nov. 13th issue of the British paper, The Daily Mail, reads "Beautician turns...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Law - "California's Jessica’s Law too vague to enforce? Most local offenders too close to schools, parks"
A story today by Denise Zapata and Kevin Crowe from San Diego's Union-Tribune includes this overview:Background: One of the aspects...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 29, 2009
Law - "Ambassador to Costa Rica: Who is Anne Slaughter Andrew?"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 16th headed "Obama Picks Another Ambassador From Big Law", AllGov has a story today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Law - "So here's what free speech has come to on campus"
The ILB has had a number of entries under the heading "'Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web': Students at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Law - How to use the new Google Scholar legal search options; the demise of courthouse libraries
See this Nov. 17th entry from the Supreme Court of Texas Blog. And for a story on how the combined...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Law - Marriage between first cousins permitted in many states; what about Indiana?
Some quotes from this long story by Sarah Kershaw in today's NY Times:While many people have a story about a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 26, 2009
Law - Answers about divorce and money
Following up on the earlier NYT columns (see Nov. 22nd ILB entry here) on "Financial Decisions to Make as You...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 26, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Law - "In the area of criminal justice, the whole idea of less government, less intrusion, less regulation has taken hold"
That is a quote from Adam Liptak's front-page story today in the NY Times. Headed "Right and Left Join to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Law "Tracking sex-crime offenders gets trickier"
From today's Washington Post, some quotes from this story by Jerry Markon:The nationwide crackdown on child pornography and other sex...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Law - "Chicago's red-light cameras don't always deter accidents"
That is the headline to this Chicago Tribune story today by Bob Secter and Erika Slife - it begins:Cars and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 22, 2009
Law - "DNA testing has led more men to discover that their children are not biologically theirs. Families are upended, and so is the law"
The NYT Sunday Magazine today has a very long article by Ruth Padawer on paternity and fatherhood. Here are just...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 22, 2009
Law - More on "Financial Decisions to Make as You Divorce"
The NYT columnist, Ron Lieber, who wrote the very useful column, "Financial Decisions to Make as You Divorce" )noted in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 22, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Law - "Chicago's Camera Network Is Everywhere: Extensive Surveillance System Integrates Nonpolice Video, Raises Concerns About Possible Privacy Abuses"
From today's WSJ, this story by William M. Bulkeley, reporting that not only are there video cameras all over Chicago,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 19, 2009
Law - More on: Federal golf cart subsidies
Updating this Oct. 18, 2009 ILB entry, which ended with quotes from a WSJ story about federal and state tax...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Law - Indiana Daily Student editorial on stalled Dawn Johnsen nomination
Published late Monday, Nov. 16th, the headline is "Unacceptable obstruction":IU law professor Dawn Johnsen was supposed to be confirmed by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Law - Report of the GAO on cybersecurity and evolving threats
Today the Government Accountability Office has issued a 24-page report titled "Cybersecurity: Continued Efforts are Needed to Protect Information Sysytems...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Law - Hackers reportedly targeting law firms via e-mail
An AP story, reported by Lolita C. Baldor, is headed "FBI says hackers targeting law firms, PR companies." The story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Law - Some legislators in Maryland are shocked! shocked! at expansive definition of "slot machines"
Some quotes from a story today in the Washington Post, reported by John Wagner:When Maryland legalized slot machines last year,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Law - "Prostitution Now Outlawed In R.I."
NPR's Weekend Edition this morning had this story by Iam Donnis. It begins:Until earlier this month, Rhode Island was the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 15, 2009
Law - "Special report | Fighting domestic violence in Kentucky"
The Louisville Courier Journal today has a number of stories on fighting domestic violence in the state. Here is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 15, 2009
Law - "Financial Decisions to Make as You Divorce"
The NY Times' Ron Liber had a very useful article in his "Your Money" column this week - it could...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Law - "If BigLaw is Changed For Good, What Happens to Law School?" [Updated]
Fascinating. Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog looks at:a piece that takes a harder look at what might become...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Law - "ABA Proposes Law Student Loan Relief"
That is the heading of this story today by Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal. It begins:The American Bar...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Law - "Shudder speed: Rise of the stealthy traffic camera fuels drivers' disgust"
Adding to a by now long list of ILB entries on red-light cameras, Neely Tucker reports in the Washington Post...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 05, 2009
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Law - "Missing Georgia Lawyer and Her Husband Are Declared Dead" [Updated]
This is pretty scary (especially in light of recent news here in Indiana). From the ABA Journal Blog:A Savannah lawyer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Law - "Driven to Distraction: When Texting Kills, Britain Offers Path to Prison "
The NY Times had a long and moving, front-page story Sunday, by Elizabeth Rosenthal, about texting. "A 24-year-old fashion designer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
Ind. Law - Update on Ed DeLaney’s medical condition
The ILB has just received this statement re the condition of Indianapolis attorney and legislator Ed DeLaney: Indianapolis, IN. –...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 02, 2009
Law - "Groups urge Senate leader to move ahead with Dawn Johnsen confirmation"
Updating the ILB's long list of earlier entries on Indiana Universtiy Mauer School of Law professor Dawn Johnsen's long-pending nomination...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 02, 2009
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Law - "Digital Data Makes For A Really Permanent Record"
The ILB wrote Oct. 8th on the "Streisand effect", when, for example, an attempt to expunge past criminal records instead...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 01, 2009
Law - "GQ Ranks Elizabeth Warren Among D.C.’s Most Powerful"
That from this entry by Jacqueline Palank in the WSJ Bankruptcy Blog. See the entire list of 50 here, at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 01, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Law - "NCAA clarifies its recruiting rules: Common practices in recruiting are no longer allowed"
Jeff Rabjohns reports today in the Indianapolis Star, in a story that begins:Louisville is recruiting Pike High School basketball star...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 30, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Law - GAO report blames U.S. News law school rankings for rising cost of legal education
See Ellie Mystal's Above the Law entry here. It begins:The Government Accountability Office has released a new report on the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Law - "Internet advocate argues for open access to government law and policy" [More]
From the Daily Emerald, the independent daily newspaper of the University of Oregon, this report from CJ Ciaramella, dated Oct....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Law - Continuing on computer security problems: Kentucky county's funds stolen by online hackers
This August 25th ILB entry began:Be concerned. When the ILB posted this story July 27th from the Louisville Courier Journal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Law - Dawn Johnsen nomination still caught in Senate delay
Indiana Universtiy Mauer School of Law prof Dawn Johnsen's nomination to head the Office of Legal Counsel is still stalled,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 22, 2009
Law - "‘Absolutely Wretched’: One Prof’s Take on the State of Legal Ed."
That is the heading to this new WSJ Law Blog entry by Ashby Jones....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 22, 2009
Law - More on "Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects of Anonymous Attacks
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 6, 2008, Edmund H. Mahony of the Hartford Connecticut Courant reports today in a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Law - "Facebook, MySpace Divide Along Social Lines"
Given the ILB's recent entries about MySpace, this report I listened to on NPR this morning was really interesting. Also...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Law - Jan Crawford Greenburg to become CBS News chief legal correspondent [Updated Oct. 21st]
From a CBS press release:Jan Crawford Greenburg will become CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent, it was announced today by Sean...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Law - More on "The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: A Preliminary Report"
FindLaw.com columnists and law professors Joanna Grossman and Deborah Brake have written a three-part article on the Lilly Ledbetter Act....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 19, 2009
Law - Reading the bills may not be the answer ...
Today Al Kamen's "In the Loop" column in the Washington Post includes this gem:They call it the World's Greatest Deliberative...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Law - "Obama Picks Another Ambassador From Big Law"
That is the headline to this item just posted to The Blog of Legal Times by David Ingram, about IU...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Law - Will NCAA repeal its rules prohibiting player agents/counsel?
In a July 26th story, Mark Alesia of the Indianapolis Star wrote:But it's another pending case that, because of its...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Law - "Virginia Board of Bar Examiners Threatens Retaliatory Action Against Eager Test Takers"
Don't miss this - from Above the Law....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Law - "Top Judge Calls Calif. Government ‘Dysfunctional’ "
And I think most would agree. Jennifer Steinhauer's story in the NY Times begins:LOS ANGELES — In a rare public...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 11, 2009
Law - "Justice Dept. to Review Bush Policy on DNA Test Waivers"
Jerry Markon of the Washington Post reports today in a long story that begins:Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 11, 2009
Law - "President Obama has yet to name NW Indiana's U.S. attorney general, district court judge"
Andy Grimm reports today in the Gary Post Tribune:Nearly a year into his term, Obama has yet to fill two...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 11, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Law - More on: Dawn Johnsen's DOJ nomination impacts Monroe County school board
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 6th, along with these earlier ILB entries relating to DOJ nominee Dawn Johnsen, Andy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 10, 2009
Law - "Elizabeth Warren on Vanishing TARP Money "
Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law professor and Chairman of the Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP, and well-known to many of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Law - "ACLU Says Extracting DNA From Suspects Unconstitutional"
David Kravets reports in Wired's Threat Level:California’s law requiring the authorities to take a DNA sample from every person arrested...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 08, 2009
Law - "Blog Response to Law Firm’s Demand for Photo Takedown: We’ll Mock You"
An interesting report today by Martha Nell of the ABA Journal Blog. It led me to this entry on TechDirt,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 08, 2009
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Law - Changes to the Federal Register to make it more accessible - Part II [Updated]
Earlier today I posted Part I, detailing the new availability of Federal Register data in XML format. This Part II...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Law - "Belmont (TN) To Open New Law School -- Just Because They Can"
Hilarious must read, with "you have to be kidding" portions, from Above the Law by Elie Mystal....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Law - Changes to the Federal Register to make it more accessible - Part I
"A More Web-Friendly Register: With Federal Data in XML Form, Users Have New Options," is the headline to this story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Law - AG Holder on the stalled Dawn Johnsen nomination
Updating this long list of ILB entries on IU Law professor Dawn Johnsen's long pending nomination to the Office of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Law - "A Smarter (and Cost-Efficient) Way to Fight Crime"
In the "Economic View" column today in the NY Times, Robert H. Frank's article begins:LAW enforcement policy in the United...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 04, 2009
Law - Donna Shalala says she is not interested in the top NCCA post
My candidate for NCCA President, Donna Shalala, makes a pretty good case that she is not interested, in this story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 04, 2009
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Law - "Options for Managing Law School Student Loan Debt"
Available here, via Law.com....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 03, 2009
Law - "The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: A Preliminary Report"
FindLaw.com columnists and law professors Joanna Grossman and Deborah Brake have written a three-part article on the Lilly Ledbetter Act....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 03, 2009
Law - "Texas Battle on Gay Marriage Looms" and "The High Price of Being a Gay Couple"
James C. McKiney Jr. reports today in the NY Times:HOUSTON — A judge in Texas paved the way for a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 03, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Law - Still more on: Maintaining governmental emails in Boston and elsewhere
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 17th, which started with the Boston Globe's report "about a high level city employee...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 01, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Law - "Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars -- 1774 to Estimated 2019"
This very useful website is the work of Robert Sahr, Associate Professor of Politcal Science at Oregon State University. If...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Law - Yet more on "Amazon's Kindle to Sell Law Books" and the implications
Updating these earlier ILB entries, today a report in The Daily Princetonian on a Kindle trial there. Hyung Lee writes,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Law - "A new push to define 'person,' and to outlaw abortion in the process"
Robin Abcarian reports today in the LA Times - the subhead is "Some abortion foes think the rationale for Roe...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Law - NY Times on "High Cost of Death Row"
A NY Times editorial today begins:To the many excellent reasons to abolish the death penalty — it’s immoral, does not...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Law - Lawyers blogging critically about judges; students mocking teachers online
Those are the topics of two new Findlaw articles: "Should Lawyers Be Allowed to Blog Critically About Judges?" by Julie...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Law - "Keep Your Resume Honest"
That is the advice in this article today from Deborah Ben-Canaan and Martha Fay Africa of The Recorder. Some quotes:In...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Law - "Is the Billable Hour Dying? Here’s More Evidence That it Might Be"
"Is the Billable Hour Dying? Here’s More Evidence That it Might Be," writes Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Law - "College Stars Run for Cover From Fans’ Cameras "
This story in the NY Times today, reported by Pete Thamel and Thayer Evans, begins:While shopping recently at RadioShack, Florida...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 17, 2009
Law - More on: Maintaining governmental emails in Boston and elsewhere
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 15, quoting a Boston Globe story about a high level city employee who routinely...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Law - Carl Malamud speaks on "why access to the working of government by private citizens is crucial for our economy and for our democracy"
The Gov 2.0 Summit took place in Washington DC from Sept. 9-10. Among the spealers was Carl Malamud, who has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Law - Maintaining governmental emails in Boston and elsewhere
Last Sunday, Sept. 13th, Donovan Slack and Michael Levenson of the Boston Globe reported under the headline "Boston Mayor Menino’s...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Law - Two with Hoosier connections featured by ABA Journal
The ILB has had a long list of entries on Carl Malamud. Now the ABA Journal is featuring him as...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 13, 2009
Law - "Legal ethics experts say that collisions between the freewheeling ways of the Internet and the tight boundaries of legal discourse are inevitable"
"Legal Battle Plays Out: Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar" is the headline to this lengthy Sept. 12th story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 13, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Law - "Cass Sunstein's nomination to be head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has been approved by the Senate in a 57-40 vote"
News item from the Washington Independent, via The Volokh Conspiracy. Here is a long list of earlier ILB entries on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Law - "Reality's knocking" The recession is forcing law schools to bow to reality"
This story, dated Sept. 7th, reported by Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal, begins:Washington and Lee University School of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Law - "Major Banks Still Grappling With Foreclosures"
Chris Arnold of NPR has this nearly 9 minute report this morning - listen if you can, there is more...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Monday, September 07, 2009
Law - Sex offender laws in the news
"Unjust and ineffective: America has pioneered the harsh punishment of sex offenders. Does it work?" is the title to a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 07, 2009
Law - "Judges’ Frustration Grows With Mortgage Servicers"
That is the headline to this lengthy NY Times story by John Collins Rudolf, dated Sept. 3rd. Some quotes:With consumers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 07, 2009
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Law - "Safeguarding History: Why the records of Supreme Court justices should be governed by rules -- not individuals"
An important editorial today from the Washington Post:THE CASE of former Supreme Court justice David H. Souter shows why the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 06, 2009
Law - Dawn Johnsen's DOJ nomination impacts Monroe County school board
Updating the ILB entries on DOJ nominee Dawn Johnsen, Andy Graham of the Bloomington Herald-Times (who also wrote this earlier...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 06, 2009
Law - Angie's List calls for better regulation; plus see the ILB's dog
Posted on Sept. 3rd, via dBusinessNews, this very long press release that begins:(INDIANAPOLIS) -- Angie’s List Founder Angie Hicks today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 06, 2009
Law - "Cyberlaw Cases: The Top Ten Pending Cyberlaw Cases"
This is a good idea *, a new blog designed to follow ten cases: 1. The Google Books Settlement; 2....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 06, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Law - "Case Shows Limits of Sex Offender Alert Programs "
The NY Times' Monica Davis reported yesterday, Sept. 1:In all 50 states, registries of sex offenders have grown sophisticated and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Law - "Blast faxes" and Robo-Calls
Stories today: "Attorney General Greg Zoeller applauds efforts by federal government to ban robo calls" - From the press release:“There...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Law - Still more computer problems: Kentucky county's funds stolen by online hackers [Updated]
Be concerned. When the ILB posted this story July 27th from the Louisville Courier Journal about the theft of $415,000...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Law - "Fans Cannot Be Involved in Recruiting, but the Line Blurs"
Eric Prisbell and Steve Yanda have an interesting, and very long, story today in the Washington Post about "a growing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Law - Yet more on: Chicago Mayor Dailey privatizes City parking meters
Updating this June 7th ILB entry, Slashdot has an interesting post this morning on the "smart" meters installed in Chicago....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Law - "Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs overhaul of state's open records law; Attorney general's office gains powers, but often-abused exemptions remain"
From a report today in the Chicago Tribune by Monique Garcia:Gov. Pat Quinn signed an overhaul of the state's open...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Law - "Where’s the Rulebook for Sex Verification? "
The Sports Section of today's NY Times has a long, fascinating article by Alice Dreger, professor of clinical medical humanities...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 22, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Law - More on: "New appraisal rules raise many concerns"
"New appraisal rules raise many concerns" was the headline to a story by Nicole Blake of the Indianapolis Star, dated...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Law - Prof. Dawn Johnsen to teach course this semester at IU Maurer School of Law
So reports The Blog of Legal Times this afternoon. A quote:Dawn Johnsen is making a tentative return to the classroom...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 17, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Law - "Pitino contract contains morality clause"
Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal reports:The University of Louisville's contract with men's basketball coach Rick Pitino allows him...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Law - Wisconsin governor's counsel not admitted to Wisconsin bar
Jason Stein of the Wisconsin State Journal reported yesterday:Gov. Jim Doyle’s chief legal counsel resigned today after the Republican Party...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Law - The Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act (2009 Edition)
Available here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Law - "Obama’s Embrace of a Bush Tactic Riles Congress"
On March 12th the ILB had this entry, quoting from a story by Charlie Savage of the NY Times, who...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 10, 2009
Law - "Chicago red-light camera company open to two-tiered ticketing: Rolling right turns may net lower fines"
This April 6th ILB entry is the most recent - it is headed "Red light camera bill may have hit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 10, 2009
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Law - Illinois bans texting while driving
See the AP story here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 06, 2009
Ind. Law - Should courts determine what legislators intended in passing a law they apparently didn’t understand?
An editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette begins:In weighing evidence, judges often are called upon to determine legislative...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 06, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Law - More on "Illinois Law Dean Announces New Admission Policy in Wake of Scandal"
Updating this ILB entry from July 12th, the Chicago Tribune has a breaking news report this afternoon headed "U. of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 03, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Law - The New Director of the Ivy League has Indiana connections
From this story by Katie Thomas, dated July 31, in the NY Times:PRINCETON — Like many leaders of athletic conferences,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 01, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Law - "Finding Accurate Law Text Online Nearly Impossible"
The ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress had a panel today at the ABA's annual meeting in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Law - "Mortgage Servicers Are Under Pressure to Modify More Loans"
Ruth Simon reports today in the WSJ:Frustrated with the slow progress of President Barack Obama's housing-rescue plan, administration officials met...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Law - Still more on "Amazon's Kindle to Sell Law Books" and the implications
Updating this ILB entry from July 23rd, here are several items of interest. "When the Kindle Hits the Ivory Tower,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 27, 2009
Law - More computer problems: Kentucky county's funds stolen by online hackers
This quote from a LCJ story posted yesterday from Kentucky's courts:Chief Justice John Minton Jr. said in an interview that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 27, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Law - More on "Amazon's Kindle to Sell Law Books" and the implications
Updating this ILB entry from last Sunday, which ended with this quote:Already, we’ve learned that they’re not really like books,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 23, 2009
Law - "Personal Jurisdiction Caught in a Web"
The New York Law Journal published this interesting article yesterday, written by Stephen M. Kramarsky. A quote:Some of the thorniest...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Law - "Hoosier senators cross over on gun vote"
Maureen Groppe reports for the Indianapolis Star this afternoon:WASHINGTON -- Indiana's senators crossed party lines today over whether to allow...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Law - "Arbitration company to cease consumer work" [Updated]
From the Chicago Tribune blog, Chicago Law, an entry, complete with links to the complaint and settlement agreement: It begins:The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Law - Homeowners beset from many directions
Stories today:"New appraisal rules raise many concerns" by Nicole Blake of the Indianapolis Star. The story begins:When Jake Stamper chose...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Ind. Law - "Unpaid homeowner association dues split neighbors"
Benjamin Lanka has this story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:A sputtering economy with piling job losses...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Law - "Amazon's Kindle to Sell Law Books" and the implications
Last week a reader referred me to this July 10th article in the Wall Street Journal, headed "Amazon's Kindle to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 19, 2009
Law - "Working with foreclosure consultants can get a lawyer burned"
This article by Steven Seidenberg in the July issue of the ABA Journal begins:As the recession puts a dent in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 19, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Law - "Bankruptcy Won't Discharge $350,000 of Student Loan Debt for Law Graduate"
The ILB mentioned the case of Mark Jesperson in an entry earlier this week on the high cost of traditional...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Law - "After Injuries, College Athletes Are Often Left to Pay the Bills"
The NY Times today has a lengthy, front-page story by Kristina Peterson on college athlete injuries and lack of insurance...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 16, 2009
Law - Home owners nationally seeking property tax reductions because of tumbling property tax values; new tools aid in effort
See the story today by M.P. McQueen in the Wall Street Journal....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 16, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Law - "Illnesses Afflict Homes With a Criminal Past" - meth contamination
Here are some recent ILB entries on meth lab cleanup: Ind. Law - "Plymouth motel pays price for meth cleanup"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Law - Still more on "Concord Online Law School Places Second in National Moot Court Competition"
Updating this ILB entry from June 26th about Concord Law School, which is an online school. Kashmir Hill of Above...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 13, 2009
Law - "For Some, the Downturn Keeps Divorce on Ice"
Jennifer Levitz of the Wall Street Journal has a story today headed "What God Has Joined Together, Recession Makes Hard...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Law - "Illinois Law Dean Announces New Admission Policy in Wake of Scandal"
Updating this ILB entry from June 28th, Lynne Marek reports in The National Law Journal:University of Illinois College of Law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Law - More on "Private data tossed in the trash by businesses trigger a crackdown"
Updating this ILB entry from April 3, 2008, quoting a national story which included:In Indiana, the attorney general has filed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Law - "For now, progress is constrained by the limited capacities of mortgage servicing companies"
You will find that quote in this June 29th ILB entry headed "Paper Avalanche Buries Plan to Stem Foreclosures." Today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 10, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Law - What do law firms charge for their time?
To accompany this July 3rd ILB entry on what law firms charge for cost recovery, this item today from Above...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Law - More on "Jackson’s Will Could Set Off Legal Battle Over Estate" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from July 1st, several stories of interest today. "Despite a Will, Jackson Left a Tangled Estate"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Monday, July 06, 2009
Law - "As BigLaw Stumbles, SmallerLaw Picks up the Pace"
That is the heading to this entry in the WSJ Law Blog today, reported by Ashby Jones. It begins:The well-chronicled...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 06, 2009
Law - "Are Law Schools Relevant to the Future of Law?"
Here is a post by William D. Henderson, Associate Professor of Law at IU Mauer School of Law, on the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 06, 2009
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Law - "States Plot New Path to Tax Online Retailers"
Geoffrey A. Fowler and Erica Alini had this report in the July 3rd Wall Street Journal. It begins: Amazon.com Inc....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 04, 2009
Law - "Tax Bill Appeals Take Rising Toll on Governments "
Jack Healy of the NY Times has a long report today on falling property values and sometimes rising property taxes....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 04, 2009
Friday, July 03, 2009
Law - Impact of Ricci on private employers in NE Indiana
Jenni Glenn and Marty Schladen have a story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette headed "Local job tests avoid...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 03, 2009
Law - "Law Firm Cost Recovery Is Here to Stay"
An article today by Robert C. Mattern at Law.com details the results of a survey on what law firms recover...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 03, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Law - "It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado"
Kirk Johnson of the NY Times had a story June 28th on "Western" water law. It began:DURANGO, Colo. — For...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 02, 2009
Law - Passes NY bar, but denied character and fitness approval because of amount of outstanding student loan
Or, as the headline in the NY Times story by Jonathan D. Glater reads, "Finding Debt a Bigger Hurdle Than...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 02, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Law - "Jackson’s Will Could Set Off Legal Battle Over Estate"; well duh!
On Nov. 28, 2007, the ILB wrote:The Brooke Astor estate dispute promises to become the stuff of trusts and estates...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Law - "Paper Avalanche Buries Plan to Stem Foreclosures"
Here is a quote from a story today in the NY Times by Peter S. Goodman:For now, progress is constrained...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Law - Interesting observation on U. of Illinois Law School admissions scandal
This entry today at Brian Leiter's Law School Reports on the Chicago Tribune series on "the use of political clout...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 28, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Law - More on "Concord Online Law School Places Second in National Moot Court Competition"
This ILB entry from June 22nd reported that "The moot court team of Concord Law School of Kaplan University won...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Law - Miami paper features Thomas E. Lauria, who represented Indiana's treasurer in the Chrysler bankruptcy
The story, by Patrick Danner of the Miama Herald, is headed "Miami lawyer Thomas E. Lauria is in the middle...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Law - More on "Amazon Threatens Cuts Over State Taxes "
Updating this ILB entry from June 19th, Geoffrey A. Fowwler of the WSJ has a story today headed "Amazon Warns...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Law - "Howrey Introduces Apprenticeship Program for Associates" [Updated]
This is interesting. Jeff Jeffrey of the Blog of Legal Times did the report on Howrey LLP that begins:Starting this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 22, 2009
Law - "Concord Online Law School Places Second in National Moot Court Competition"
The team included Marjorie Daily from Indiana, and lost out to Standford University, according to this story in Welt Online,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 22, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Law - "Amazon Threatens Cuts Over State Taxes "
Geoffrey A. Fowler reports today in the Wall Street Journal - here are some quotes:Cash-strapped states trying to force retailers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 19, 2009
Law - Most looked-up NYT word is a legal term
See the NY Times column, "Big, Fancy Words," here, written by Philip B. Corbett. I expect the #1 word on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 19, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Law - "Virtual Contacts and Personal Jurisdiction"
Robert S. Friedman and Mark E. McGrath write today in the New York Law Journal in an article that begins:Since...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Law - "The Maturing of a Movement: Statute of Limitations Reform for Sex Abuse Victims"
Marci A. Hamilton, a FindLaw columnist and professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, has this lengthy June 11th...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 15, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Law - "Obama Administration Plans to Scale Back Real ID Law"
Spencer S. Hsu reports today in the Washington Post:Yielding to a rebellion by states that refused to pay for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 14, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Law - "Government Data and the Invisible Hand"
The article referenced here, about how to use infotech to make government more transparent, is about the federal government, but...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 12, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Law - "Facebook and Divorce"
Belinda Luscombe has a long article in the June 22nd Time that includes:For those who want to connect or reconnect...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
Law - "Law firms are especially vulnerable to embezzlement"
Leigh Jones of The National Law Journal has a long article today on the topic. Some quotes:Law firms are especially...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Law - "A Study in Why Major Law Firms Are Shrinking "
The NY Times had a lengthy story June 5, reported by Alan Feuer, on the down-sizing of the white shoe...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Law - "Antiabortion Efforts Move to the State Level: Legislatures Often Mandate Restrictions"
Updating this ILB entry from June 1, which rundown of state laws currently on the books, Peter Slevin of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Law - Still more on: Chicago Mayor Dailey privatizes City parking meters
Updating this ILB entry from June 1, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis today by Fran Spielman, city hall reporter, begins:Chicago's parking...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 07, 2009
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Law - Some useful information on obtaining loan modifications
Check out this long article by Alexandra Andrews of ProPublica re helping homeowners avoid foreclosure....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 04, 2009
Law - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette asks "Where is the outrage?"
From an editorial today:Many of the mainstream groups opposing abortion have rightly denounced the slaying of Dr. George Tiller, recognizing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 04, 2009
Law - More on "New Hampshire. Legislature Approves Gay Marriage "
Abby Goodnough of the NY Times has a comprehensive story on the new law, signed yesterday by the New Hampshire...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 04, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Law - "New Hampshire. Legislature Approves Gay Marriage "
Updating this ILB entry from May 6th, headed "Gay-rights activists have moved remarkably close to their goal of making same-sex...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Law - More on "Recession Imperils Loan Forgiveness Programs"
If you read this June 1st ILB entry with interest, then you will want to read Above the Law's post...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Law - What exactly is "data mining"?
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette today reprints a useful article on data mining first published in the Hartford Courant. Brief...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Monday, June 01, 2009
Law - "Abortion Doctor Murder: A Threat to Access?"
Deborah Kotz, senior writer for U.S. News & World Report, has a column today on abortion access. Some quotes:News that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 01, 2009
Law - "Recession Imperils Loan Forgiveness Programs"
The NY Times has this story, by Jonathan D. Glater, on May 26th. A quote:From Kentucky to Iowa to California,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 01, 2009
Law - More on: Chicago Mayor Dailey privatizes City parking meters
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 6, 2008, you may wonder, how has the privatization turned out? A story in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 01, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Law - Same sex marriage poses interesting legal issues
Early this afternoon, the Supreme Court of California will announce its decision in the Prop. 8 challenge. The headline to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Law - Obama issues policy memo on federal pre-emption; perhaps pre-empting new regulatory czar
Recall this entry from Sept. 11, 2007, headed "Regulatory Preemption: Are Federal Agencies Usurping Congressional and State Authority?" And this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 25, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Law - "President’s Detention Plan Tests American Legal Tradition "
William Glaberson has this lengthy and outstanding article today in the NY Times. Some quotes:President Obama’s proposal for a new...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 23, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Law - Concealed carry to be allowed in Indiana national, as well as state, parks [Updated]
The ILB has had a number of entries on recent moves to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons in state...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Law - "Is This the Beginning of the End for Summer Associate Programs?"
So ask David Lat and Elie Mystal today the Above the Law....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Law - "GOP state senators off track on Dawn Johnsen"
An editorial today from the Bloomington Herald-Times ($$):So, 31 of Indiana’s 33 Republican state senators have asked U.S. Sens. Evan...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Law - "Storm of taxation threatens to swamp Internet"; Indiana connection
James G. Lakely of the Heartland Institute in Chicago and managing editor of InfoTech & Telecom News. has this opinion...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 17, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Law - "Justice Dept. nomination becomes proxy fight for Supreme Court battle "
Reid Wilson reports in The Hill in a long story that begins:Outside organizations on both the left and right increasingly...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 15, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Law - "Student Loan Bailout: The Choice of a New Generation"
The ILB has had a number of entries about student loans, including the impact of the 2005 bankruptcy law amendments,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Law - "Dead Law Firm Web Sites Haunt the Web" [Updated]
You have to love the headline, kind of like "Ghost ships haunting the seas ...". Here is the story, from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Law - Three US Gov. Accountability Reports of Interest
"Federal Rulemaking: Improvements needed to Monitoring and Evaluation of Rules" - 115 pp. - access it here. "Global Positioning System:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Law - "Republican criticism of Obama's pick to head the Office of Legal Counsel is hypocritical and shouldn't be allowed to derail her confirmation"
That is the sub-head to an editorial today in the LA Times, headlined "Defending Dawn Johnsen."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Law - "Illinois law allowing hearsay to shape Peterson case"
The ILB has no plans to cover the Illinois Drew Peterson murder case. However, this AP story today in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 09, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
Law - The law firm of the future?
From the American Law Daily, an article from April 20th headed "The Future Comes to Bloomington." It begins:Bill Henderson, the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 08, 2009
Law - Allegedly "certain law firms are using Westlaw and Lexis as profit centers, as compared to simply passing along their actual costs to their client"
Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal has a story today headed: "Lawsuit Claims Chadbourne Overcharged for Computerized Legal Research:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 08, 2009
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Law - "College Athletes Finally Sue Electronic Arts/NCAA for Misappropriation of their Likenesses"
A long story by Elie Mystal today in Above the Law Here is a quote, taken from about a third...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 07, 2009
Law - "More States Start Pension Inquiries "
Mary Williams Walsh has a long story today in the NY Times examining fraud related to state pension fund investment...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 07, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Law - "Gay-rights activists have moved remarkably close to their goal of making same-sex marriage legal throughout New England just five years after Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to allow it"
Earlier today Abby Goodnough and Katie Zezima of the NY Times reported:AUGUSTA, Me. — Gay-rights advocates moved remarkably close to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Law - "Your government in secret: Weak Illinois laws let public officials stonewall citizens looking for information"
The effort this year to put some teeth in the Indiana public records law failed. See this April 8th ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 03, 2009
Friday, May 01, 2009
Law - "Academic Innovation Hits the Legal Web"
Robert J. Ambrogi of Law Technology News begins his report:Recent projects launched online with the support of law schools show...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 01, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Law - "Recession hits top law firms' profits: Many Chicago practices have cut staff and even the top firms are seeing their revenues fall or flat line"
That is the headline to this long story today in the Chicago Tribune, reported by Ameet Sachdev. It begins:Partners at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Law - "Maryland State Law Targets 'Minimum Pricing'"
Joseph Pereira of the Wall Street Journal reports today in a long story that begins:In a move that could lead...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Law - Amid continued rumblings that the Senate might not confirm her, supporters of Dawn Johnsen are stepping up efforts for a vote
So reports David Ingram of The Blog of Legal Times this afternoon....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Law - "Fight for Astor Estate Mirrors Battle 50 Years Ago "
Here are some earlier ILB entries on the legal battle involving the estate of Brooke Astor. Today John Eligon reports...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 26, 2009
Law - Is the Dawn Johnsen nomination in trouble?
Here is a list of earlier ILB entries on IU Law prof Dawn Johnsen's nomination to lead the Office of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 26, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Law - "Door still revolving between Capitol, lobbyists"
Fredreka Schouten reports in USA TODAY in a detailed story that begins:WASHINGTON — Despite congressional pledges to stop the revolving...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Law - More on: Can the Indiana General Assembly appropriate money to Notre Dame?
As it turns out, it already does . . . When I wrote this ILB entry yesterday, Notre Dame was...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 20, 2009
Law - "Most diverse Cabinet in history still incomplete"
USA Today has a good overview of the new cabinet today in a report by Richard Wolf that includes a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Law - Can the Indiana General Assembly appropriate money to Notre Dame?
That question crossed my mind when I read this story today by Roger Alford in the Lexington Kentucky Herald-Leader. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 19, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Law - "In Grim Job Market, Student Loans Are a Costly Burden "
The ILB has had a number of entries on student loans. Today the NY Times has this lengthy article by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 18, 2009
Law - More on "Students Sue Anti-Cheating Service" for copyright violation
Updating this March 30, 2007 ILB entry, Howard Bashman of How Appealing reported on April 16th that the students' suit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 18, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Law - "What Would Arthur Miller Do?"
Above the Law is holding its First Ever Law Revue Video Contest. Check it out. My vote goes to the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 17, 2009
Law - "Considering Bankruptcy Law? Proceed With Caution"
Here is an interesting article, from the Texas Lawyer, written by Harley Caudle. A few quotes:If the practice of law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 17, 2009
Law - More on: What can law schools do to help graduating students?
Updating this ILB entry from April 15th, see this new entry from Above the Law that begins:Just yesterday, we were...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Law - What can law schools do to help graduating students?
From Above the Law, a great entry this afternoon by Elie Mystal that begins:Northwestern University School of Law has stepped...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Law - NCAA nixes Facebook sites wooing prospects
From the San Francisco Chronicle, an AP story by Justin Pope that begins:College sports fans, be careful of the company...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Law - This is hilarious
This is hilarious, particularly in light of Indiana's squabbles over license plate messages....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 09, 2009
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Ind. Law - Governor Daniels signs 8 bills
Governor Daniels has signed eight bills into law today - see this list here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Law - Just in, Vermont legalizes gay marriage [Updated]
Via the NYT:Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage -- and the first to do so with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Monday, April 06, 2009
Law - "Mediation Courts May Ease Foreclosure Backlog"
NPR this afternoon has an interesting story on mediation courts. Access it here, audio is available at 7 PM. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 06, 2009
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Law - "Panel shouldn’t dismiss judicial nominee"
That is the heading of the editorial column today of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's Washington-based Sylvia A. Smith, who...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 05, 2009
Law - "In many ways, Dawn Johnsen is a typical Bloomington mom. So why has her nomination to a Justice post sparked such outrage?"
Laura Lane of the Bloomington Herald-Times ($$$) takes a long look today at Bloomington's Dawn Johnsen, who is President Obama's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 05, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Law - "With the Downturn, It’s Time to Rethink the Legal Profession"
That is the headline to an opinion piece in the NY Times today by Adam Cohen that makes a number...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 02, 2009
Law - Governor Schwarzenegger Launches Website to Increase Government Transparency
From the press release:Continuing his commitment to making government more transparent to the people of California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 02, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Law - Dawn Johnsen vote may not be for another three weeks
The Blog of Legal Times reports:Dawn Johnsen, nominated to be assistant attorney general in charge of the Office of Legal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Law - Gary Post-Tribune parent company files for bankruptcy [Updated]
Just posted on the NWI Times website:CHICAGO | The Sun-Times Media Group, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Post-Tribune in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Law - "Data Mining Case Heads to the Supreme Court"
Tony Mauro reports today in The Blog of Legal Times in an entry that begins:Two major publishers of health care...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 27, 2009
Law - "Cameras to Catch Speeders and Scofflaws Are Spreading -- And Sparking Road Rage"
Supplementing this ILB entry from March 24th, today's Wall Street Journal has a lengthy article by William M. Bulkeley. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Law - NY Times editorial on Dawn Johnsen
"A Legal Adviser Worthy of the Job " is the headline today to this editorial in the NY Times. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Law - Mississippi passes law banning red light cameras
The ILB's most recent entry on the bill authorizing red-light cameras, which is making its way through the General Assembly,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Law - "The end of lawyers as we know it"
Here is an article from The Lawyers Weekly at CourtCanda.com, dated Feb. 27th, that I have been meaning to post...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Law - Educating & Informing Chicagoans About Fighting Parking Tickets & Parking Issues
The Chicago Tribune's featured blog today is theexpiredmeter.com. A recent post is "‘Meter Beater’ Arrested For Weekend Parking Meter Assault."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Law - Church, genealogist in tussle over cemetary information
Updating the ILB entries from March 18th and March 19th on death certificates, here is a somewhat related story from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 22, 2009
Law - "Supermajority rule: good or bad?"
An interesting "Backgrounder" today in the LA Times, written by Nicholas Goldberg. It begins:It is one of the many oddities...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 22, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Law - Two interesting items from other law blogs
SCOTUSBlog's report on the Dawn Johnsen nomination includes a link to the webcast of the committee debate and vote. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 20, 2009
Law - "Governors can reject stimulus, congressional report concludes"
So reads the headline to this story by James Rosen of McClatchy Newspapers. Some quotes from the story:A nonpartisan congressional...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 20, 2009
Law - Attorney General Holder Issues New FOIA Guidelines
From the Blog of Legal Times, an entry begins:Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. strongly encouraged federal agencies to voluntarily disclose...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 20, 2009
Law - More on: Senate panel OKs Ind. nominee Dawn Johnsen for DOJ role
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, David Ingram of Legal Times reports today in a story that begins:The Senate Judiciary Committee voted...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 20, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Law - Senate panel OKs Ind. nominee Dawn Johnsen for DOJ role
Marueen Groppe has this report in the Indianapolis Star. It begins:WASHINGTON — The nomination of Hoosier lawyer Dawn Johnsen to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 19, 2009
Ind. Law - More on the 2009 Sunshine Week survey spotlighting death certificates
Yesterday, this ILB entry focused on the widely disseminated 2009 Sunshine Survey, and specifically its section on "online access" to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 19, 2009
Law - "Charity scraps idea for sex offender home in Kentucky"
A lengthy story by Jeffrey McMurray in the Lexington Herald-Leader today begins:LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A Catholic charity in Kentucky faced...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Ind. Law - More on: Indiana fails 2009 Sunshine Week survey; specifically, death certificates
Indiana failed the 2009 Sunshine Week Survey, but some research by the ILB indicates that the Survey itself is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Law - Chicago sees more money to be made from red-light cameras
The ILB's most recent entry on red light cameras (SB 389) was March 14th, quoting a story from Iowa headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Law - "Another sign of tough times: legal aid for the middle class"
This story in the March 10th LA Times, reported by Carol J. Williams , is subheaded "Among the resources available...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 16, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Law - "President Obama on Wednesday issued his first signing statement, reserving a right to bypass dozens of provisions in a $410 billion government spending bill even as he signed it into law"
Updating this ILB entry from March 9th, headed "Don’t Rely on Bush’s Signing Statements, Obama Orders," and this March 10th...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Law - More on "Don’t Rely on Bush’s Signing Statements, Obama Orders"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, here is President Obama's 2-page Executive Order on presidential signing statements....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 09, 2009
Law - "Don’t Rely on Bush’s Signing Statements, Obama Orders"
Charlie Savage won a Pulitzer prize while writing about President Bush's signing statements for the Boston Globe. Now he has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 09, 2009
Law - "Firms Trade Brick-and-Mortar Prestige for a Better Business Model"
An interesting article today in the Washington Post, reported by V. Dion Haynes. It begins:Across the country, the recession is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 09, 2009
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Law - More on "Citing Cost, States Consider End to Death Penalty"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 25th, the Washington Post has a similar story today by Deborah Hastings of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 07, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Law - Still more on unfinished or lost transcripts, and court transcripts in general
Updating this ILB entry from April 22, 2007, which looked at the problem of missing or unfinished court transcripts, here...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 05, 2009
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Law - Various gay marriage issues in the news
(1) California's Prop. 8 challenge will be argued before the California Supreme Court tomorrow. Maura Dolan of the LA Times...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Law - "You’re Dead? That Won’t Stop the Debt Collector "
So reads the headline to this long story today in the NY Times by David Streitfeld. Some quotes:MINNEAPOLIS — The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Law - Dawn Johnsen questioned by Senate committee [Updated]
The confirmation hearing for Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen was today. The Blog of LegalTimes has this report today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Law - "Citing Cost, States Consider End to Death Penalty"
That is the headline to this lengthy NY Times story today by Ian Urbina. Some quotes:When Gov. Martin O’Malley appeared...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Law - "New Rule Enacted by Bush Administration Impedes Cases Against Nursing Homes"
Cindy Skrzycki, business columnist for the Washington Post, reports today in her column, "The Regulators," that:The Bush administration shut off...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Law - Even more on: "Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects of Anonymous Attacks
Supplementing this ILB entry from this morning, Yale Law School had a conference last weekend, "The Future of Student Internet...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 20, 2009
Law - More on: "Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects of Anonymous Attacks
Updating this lengthy ILB entry from Sept. 6, 2008, David Margolick has an article upcoming in the March 2009 issue...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Law - "Former fed Blakey gets top Cook County corruption-fighting post"
Rummana Hussain, Criminal Courts Reporter for the Chicago Sun Times, writes today:Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez introduced Jack Blakey...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Law - "After Prison, Few Places for Sex Offenders to Live "
"After Prison, Few Places for Sex Offenders to Live" should not be news to anyone who has been following the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Law - More on: "Forensics Rife With 'Serious Problems'"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Solomon Moore of the NY Times reports today under the headline "Study Calls for Oversight of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Law - "Forensics Rife With 'Serious Problems'"
Nell Greenfieldboyce reports for NPR - access it here. A quote:The new report from the National Academy of Sciences' National...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Law - "Kentucky agencies must give more than Web addresses"
From the Lexington Herald-Leader. this brief AP story this afternoon: FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky attorney general's office says a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Law - "Final Draft on Stimulus Bill, Complete With Last-Minute Edits" [Updated]
Here, thanks to a NY Times blog on politics and government, is the starting point. It notes:[T]he annotations in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Law - Lincoln's law practice explored tonight, on Lincon's 200th birthday
"Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency" will air tonight on PBS, here in Indianapolis on WFYI at 9:00 PM. H Here...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Law - "Bankruptcy Boom Is Big Business For Lawyers"
So reported Richard Gonzales of National Public Radio this monring. A quote:This demand for bankruptcy lawyers comes after they were...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
Law - Above the Law reports: "Locke Lord Bissell swapping Lexis for Lois"
Very interesting. Read it here. And ISBA members here in Indiana have the option of using Casemaker in much the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 09, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009
Law - "Small Firms Targeted by Con With Fishy Fees"
This con appears to be a more sophisticated version of that practiced on individuals for years, often lured by emails...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 06, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Law - More on avoiding tax problems
On Jan. 24th the ILB linked to a useful article providing a step-by-step description of what you have to do...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Law - Yet more on "Kentucky Tests State's Reach Against Online Gambling"
Updating this list of earlier ILB entries under the same heading, Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 01, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Law - "Billable Hours Giving Ground at Law Firms "
That is the headline to a lengthy front-page story today in the NY Times, reported by Jonathan D. Glater. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 30, 2009
Law - "U.S. To Unveil Used-Car Database"
Here is a story that was on NPR's All Things Considered last evening. A few quotes:A new car-titling system from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 30, 2009
Law - "Dawn Johnsen, an IU law professor, is awaiting Senate approval"
Updating earlier ILB entries on IU-Blommington law prof Dawn Johnsen, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star has a lengthy feature...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 30, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Law - More on: Obama appoints Cass Sunstein as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 8th, Tom Hamburger and Christi Parsons of the LA Times report today in a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 26, 2009
Law - "As Mergers and Other Work Dry Up, Bankruptcy Becomes Lawyers’ Oasis"
Jonathan D. Glater of the NY Times reports today in a story that begins:There sure do seem to be a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 26, 2009
Law - "Recession Batters Law Firms, Triggering Layoffs, Closings"
This is the headline to this lengthy story today in the WSJ, reported by Nathan Koppel. Some quotes:After upending a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Law - "Bush's legal foes now Obama's legal team"
IU-Bloomington Law Prof Dawn Johnsen, selected to head President Obama's Office of Legal Counsel (see ILB entries here), is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Law - "Doing the Right Thing by Paying the Nanny Tax "
That is the heading to this useful article today by Ron Lieber of the NY Times, providing a step-by-step description...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Law - More on: Promising start for Obama re public records, transparency and open government
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 21, the documents are now available on WhiteHouse.gov. Presidential Memorandum on Transparency and Open...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Law - Promising start for Obama re public records, transparency and open government
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 21, 2009 The President today signed two...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Law - "A Kinder Bankruptcy Law Is Sought as Filings Soar "
That is the headline to a lengthy story in today's WSJ, reported by Kristina Doss. Some quotes:As bankruptcy filings ramp...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Law - Even more on "Kentucky Tests State's Reach Against Online Gambling"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 13th, which began with this quote from the Lexington Herald-Leader:LOUISVILLE — Lawyers representing online...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Law - "Interest Rate Drop Has Dire Results for Legal Aid"
First there was the concern about the safety of attorney trust accounts in a time of bank failure - see...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 19, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Law - "Bush pushed the limits of presidential power"
Warren Richey, staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, has a lengthy article today on presidential power. A quote:[E]ven Mr....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Law - "Angie's List claims data theft"
From a report by Daniel Lee in today's Indianapolis Star:Indianapolis-based consumer rating service Angie's List is suing a rival startup,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Law - "Democrats Look for Ways to Undo Late Bush Administration Rules"
Charlie Savage has this story in the NY Times, that begins:WASHINGTON — Democrats are hoping to roll back a series...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Ind. Law - Golf carts bills are in the legislative hopper
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today under the headline "Many Ind. bills cater to constituents' wishes."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 11, 2009
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Law - Obama appoints Cass Sunstein as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Some quotes from this story by Jonathan Weisman and Jess Bravin in the Wall Street Journal:Cass Sunstein, a Harvard Law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 08, 2009
Ind. Law - "Lending system wracked with issues"
Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press has good coverage today of yesterday's Indiana house committee hearing on Indiana's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 08, 2009
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Law - More on: IU-Bloomington Law Prof to head Obama's Office of Legal Counsel
Maureen Groppe of the Gannett News Service has this story today on President-elect Obama's nomination of Dawn Johnsen to head...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Monday, January 05, 2009
Law - IU-Bloomington Law Prof to head Obama's Office of Legal Counsel
From the Washington Post:Dawn Johnsen, an Indiana University law school professor who has been handling transition work for the department's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 05, 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Law - *Analysis: Must U.S. Senate seat Burris?"
Two interesting articles today on the question. Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog presents his analysis of the June 16, 1969, decision...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 01, 2009
Law - "Law firms' woes likely to last: More layoffs, fewer bonuses may persist with economic slump"
That is the headline from this story today in the Chicago Tribune, reported by Ameet Sachdev. Some quotes:Much has changed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 01, 2009
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Law - "Laws to Track Sex Offenders Encouraging Homelessness"
Karl Vick of the Washington Post has a lengthy story today that begins:LOS ANGELES -- Upon release from state custody,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 27, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Law - "Top 10 Wackiest Wine Laws That Still Exist"
Okay, here is #5 on the list:5. Seven states still enforce Prohibition-era Bans on Election Day - Not even a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Law - Still more on "Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody"
In this Dec. 9th entry, the ILB linked to the 78-page criminal complaint (provided via the Chicago Tribune) filed against...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Law - Illinois and national "right of conscience" rules at issue
In a decision issued this morning, per a report from the Springfiled State Journal-Register:llinois Supreme Court justices, in a 5-2...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Law - More on: Law prof gives Illinois AG's brief a "C-" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 14th, the Supreme Court of Illinois has rejected the Illinois AG's motion. See more...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Law - Law prof gives Illinois AG's brief a "C-"
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS V. ROD BLAGOJEVICH, GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has posted online...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 14, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Law - Update on: Kentucky Attorney accused of posting bonds
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 9th, Andrew Wolfson reported in the Louisville Courier Journal yesterday:Louisville attorney William O. Ayers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 13, 2008
Law - Still more on "Kentucky Tests State's Reach Against Online Gambling" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 15th, there are several reports today. Brandon Oriz of the Lexington Herald-Leader writes today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Law - Traffic and red light cameras ruled constitutional by federal judge in Akron case
Laura Johnston of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Wednesday: Akron -- Opponents of traffic-enforcement cameras are running out of arguments...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Law - More on: SEC's Division of Enforcement issues a 122-page Enforcement Manual
Updaitng this Nov. 5th ILB entry is this Law.com story today by Harold K. Gordon and Tracy V. Schaffer, headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 11, 2008
Law - Still more on "Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody"
Updating this Dec. 9th ILB entry, an editorial today in the Christian Science Monitor, headed "Shock and gall in Illinois:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Law - More on "Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from this morning, here is the 78-page criminal complaint, thanks to the Chicago Tribune. [Updated 12/10/08]...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Law - "Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody"
The Chicago Tribune is reporting: "Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff were arrested today by FBI agents on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Law - Kentucky Attorney accused of posting bonds
Indiana has bail bondsmen - they are the subject of several earlier ILB entries. Kentucky does not have bail bondsmen,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Law - Utah's Legislative records on archive's Web site
On Dec. 3, an ILB entry headed "Report on the current status of the Indiana statutes on the General Assembly...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Law - Chicago Mayor Dailey privatizes City parking meters
A interesting story in the Sun-Times this morning, reported by Fran Speilman, begins:No wonder Mayor Daley is so touchy about...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 06, 2008
Friday, December 05, 2008
Law - More on "Victory for wine lovers sours as Michigan tries again to ban direct shipping"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 29th, the Michigan House of Representatives has voted to bar wine shipments to consumers....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 05, 2008
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Courts - "if an emoticon amounts to government inducement, then an exclamation point must be, too"
To understand the context, see this WSJ Law Blog entry, headed "Emoticons on Trial at the Nebraska Supreme Court."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 04, 2008
Law - Just out: 2nd GAO report on TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program)
The GAO has just released a 24-page report, subtitled "Status of Efforts to Address Defaults and Foreclosures on Home Mortgages."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 04, 2008
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Law - "A simple checklist for legislators to follow that could dramatically reduce the number of unnecessary lawsuits"
Peter H. Schuck, a professor at Yale Law School, a very interesting article in The American Lawyer. It begins:Every once...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Law - Just out: GAO report on TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program)
The GAO has just released a 72-page report, subtitled "Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Law - "Obama To Tackle Explosion In Federal Contracts"
Outsourcing government work - the explosion in government contracts under the Bush administration - is the subject of a two-part...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Law - "Victory for wine lovers sours as Michigan tries again to ban direct shipping"
Updating this long list of ILB entries on wine shipping, including this most recent entry from Nov. 1st headed "Judge...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 29, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Law - "Pro Se Litigants: On the Rise and Mucking Things Up"
That is the heading to this WSJ Law Blog entry today, written by Jennifer Forsyth. She references this AP story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 28, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Law - Still more on: "Lawyers worry about liability if banks holding client trust accounts fail"
Updating earlier ILB entries, the most recent here, Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal is reporting, in a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Law - "Grinches target Light Up Louisville"
The Louisville Courier Journal today has this not surprising story. My first thought when I read the report was -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Law - "'You take the house!' 'No, You take the house.' 'I don't want it, you take it.'"
Monica Hatcher's story in the Nov. 15th Miami Herald is headed "When couples split, the home is a hot potato:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Law - More on "Workers' Religious Freedom vs. Patients' Rights"
Updating this ILB entry from July 31, quoting a Washington Post story that began:A Bush administration proposal aimed at protecting...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Law - "Administration Moves to Protect Key Appointees: Political Positions Shifted To Career Civil Service Jobs"
Juliet Eilperin and Carol D. Leonnig of the Washington Post report today in a story that begins:Just weeks before leaving...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Law - "Caught in the legal recession? - ABA Journal Survey"
The ABA Journal is surveying lawyers about the job market and the current state of the economy. Follow this link...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Law - More on "Kentucky Tests State's Reach Against Online Gambling"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 9th, Stephenie Steitzer of the Louisville Courier-Journal reports:FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Court of Appeals...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Law - Cloak of executive powers may follow Bush out of office
That according to a story by Charlie Savage published yesterday in the NY Times that begins:When a Congressional committee subpoenaed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 14, 2008
Law - Hoosier native named as Biden's top aid
From the Washington Post, a story by Ceci Connolly. Some quotes:Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. turned to one of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 14, 2008
Law - More on "Democrats Eye Bush Midnight Regulations"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 11th, Erika Lovley and Ryan Grim of Politico had a lengthy story Nov. 12th,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 14, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Law - "Fed Defies Transparency Aim in Refusal to Disclose" [Updated twice]
Mark Pittman, Bob Ivry and Alison Fitzgerald of Bloomberg News report in a lengthy story: Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Law - "Democrats Eye Bush Midnight Regulations"
Cindy Skrzycki, business columnist who writes the column, The Regulators, for the Washington Post, has an important article today that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Law - "Obama Lawyers Ready Their Plan for DOJ"
Joe Palazzolo of Legal Times reports today in a story that begins:For more than a month, a squad of lawyers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Law - "Foreclosures Pick Pockets of Homeowners Associations"
Elizabeth Razzi has this report in today's Washington Post that begins:If you live in a neighborhood that has a homeowners...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 09, 2008
Friday, November 07, 2008
Law - "Push to Expand Voter Rolls and Early Balloting in U.S. " [Updated]
This lengthy story by Ian Urbina was on the front-page of my NY Times this morning, but appears as an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 07, 2008
Law - Still more on "Neb. Officials: Parents Misusing Infant Drop-Off Law"
Updating earlier ILB entries (start here), Erika D. Smith of the Indianapolis Star has a story today headed "Indiana boy,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 07, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Law - "An Early Line on Legal Slots in Obama Administration "
Marisa McQuilken and Brian Katkin of Legal Times run though some of the regulatory agency and Justice Department speculation in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Law - SEC's Division of Enforcement issues a 122-page Enforcement Manual
Amy Walsh of the New York Law Journal has a long article today headed "New SEC Enforcement Manual: Better Late...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Law - Social issues on the ballot
How Appealing has a rundown, here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Law - "As Building Projects Collapse, Suits Pile Up"
Lynne Marek of The National Law Journal reported yesterday on the legal aspects of the commercial building crisis. Some quotes:Litigation...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Law - "Online Law Grads: Older, No Slackers"
Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal has a long and interesting story today on online law schools. A sample:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Law - "Was There a Loan It Didn’t Like?"
The NY Times Pulitzer-winning business and finance editor Gretchen Morgenson has a long column today about the testimony of former...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 02, 2008
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Law - More on: Judge orders Michigan to Allow Wine Shipping by Out-of-State Retailers
Dan & Krista Stockman, authors of Uncorked - A column for those who want to love wine, but don't know...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 01, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Law - Fort Wayne paper's editorial on "The right to vote"
Well worth reading, access it here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Law - "Get Ready to Relearn the ADA"
An important heads-up article today in Legal Times, reported by Lawrence Lorber, Fredric C. Leffler and Samantha Morris. It begins:Get...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Law - "The Lawyers Who May Run America"
The November 2008 issue of the ABAJournal has two articles on the lawyers who may run America: if Obama is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 24, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Law - Jenner & Block "shows 10 partners the door"
Lynne Marek of The National Law Journal has a story that begins:CHICAGO — Jenner & Block, following in the footsteps...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Law - "Walgreens Begins Retail Sale of Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit"
From Market Watch, this news release from Identigene. Some quotes: SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Identigene...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 20, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Law - Chicago firms laying off attorneys and staff
Ameet Sachdev of the Chicago Tribune reports:Two Chicago law firms fired attorneys this week, and more layoffs loom as firms...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Law - "Lawyers worry about liability if banks holding client trust accounts fail"
An article in The National Law Journal, by Julie Kay, begins:Following the failure of California's IndyMac and the very real...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 09, 2008
Law - "Kentucky Tests State's Reach Against Online Gambling"
Stephenie Steitzer of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today on a much-watched lawsuit going on in Kentucky:FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 09, 2008
Law - Voting Access In 10 Key States
NPR's Fresh Air had this story yesterday:A new report issued by the nonpartisan advocacy group Common Cause gauges the voting...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 09, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Law - Latham & Watkins represented Eli Lilly in ImClone deal
See the report by Zach Lowe in The American Lawyer....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
Law - "Legal professionals shed light on mental illnesses"
Deborah Yetter of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story that begins:By last year, University of Louisville law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 06, 2008
Friday, October 03, 2008
Law - More on "Neb. Officials: Parents Misusing Infant Drop-Off Law"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 29th, my copy of the printed NY Times today has a page 1 story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 03, 2008
Law - Judge orders Michigan to Allow Wine Shipping by Out-of-State Retailers [Updated]
Dan & Krista Stockman, authors of Uncorked - A column for those who want to love wine, but don't know...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 03, 2008
Law - A lone dissenter in Indiana weighed in against SEC rule change
A reader has pointed me to an intriguing reference in a NY Times story today by Stephen Labaton that is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 03, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Law - "Registration lawsuits could shape election"
Tim Jones has an interesting story today in the Chicago Tribune that begins:In a furious, multistate campaign raging far from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 02, 2008
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Law - Law prof creates useful websites for his students and others
Douglas O. Linder, Elmer Powell Peer Professor of Law, University of Missouri- K. C. School of Law, has created a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Law - More on: "Tech activist takes on governments over 'copyrighted' laws"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 26th, two new stories today: "Who Owns the Law? Arguments May Ensue " is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 29, 2008
Law - "Neb. Officials: Parents Misusing Infant Drop-Off Law"
From NPR's Morning Edition this morning:A new law intended to protect abandoned infants in Nebraska is having an unexpected effect....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Law - Text of the bailout bill [Updated]
[Updated 9/29/08] Here is the 110-page, publicly accessible "Discussion Draft" posted by the WSJ. Here is the same, via the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 28, 2008
Law - "Companies increasingly adopt gay-friendly policies"
Dana Hunsinger reports today in the Indianapolis Star:Large corporations are finding it increasingly important to create a welcoming environment for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 28, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Law - "In scattered cases, state regulation of reproductive rights remains a part of the legal culture"
Dan Slater has an interesting article today in the Wall Street Journal, beginning with discussion of forced sterilization for the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 25, 2008
Law - "Tech activist takes on governments over 'copyrighted' laws"
Updating these earlier ILB entries on making building codes and similar documents available online, CNET's Declan McCullagh has a great...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 25, 2008
Law - Article titled "What states can and should do to reduce illegal immigration"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 18th, headed "Courts - 9th Circuit upholds Arizona immigration law imposing employer sanctions," a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Law - "Authentic Legal Information in the Digital Age"
The American Association of Law Libraries has a long and very useful online resource collecting together many articles, including a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Law - "Wine Lovers See Red Over State Laws That Restrict Home Delivery of Bottles"
"Wine Lovers See Red Over State Laws That Restrict Home Delivery of Bottles" is the headline to this story by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Law - Brush up on your election law knowledge
The ABA has a website designed both for the public and for attorneys. The main page provides information for voters....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Law - More on: Text of Draft Proposal for Bailout Plan
Updating this ILB entry from earlier this morning: "Dodd, Democrats Question Lack of Court Access in Rescue Plan ," a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 22, 2008
Law - Text of Draft Proposal for Bailout Plan
Here, from the Sept. 20 NY Times, is the brief text of the proposed bailout legislation. Here is Sec. 8:Sec....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 22, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Law - One of the "retirement states" grants reciprocity, kind of
From the Sept. 18th Arizona Republic, a story by Craig Harris:After a nearly two-year wait, a Phoenix attorney has persuaded...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 21, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Law - "NCAA pre-screening gets attention in USC case involving O.J. Mayo"
Lance Pugmire of the LA Times reports today:When allegations surfaced this year that USC basketball star O.J. Mayo had received...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Law - Lawyers' shark sign grandfathered under new sign ordinance
Here is the story from the Charleston Post & Courier, reported by Edward C. Fennell, which you will want to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 15, 2008
Law - California demands site stop posting building code and other California laws online
Recall earlier ILB entries on copyrighted building codes, from August 7th, Sept. 2nd, and Sept. 3rd. Today the Washington Times...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 15, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Law - Will law school texts be replaced by the Kindle?
It is in the talking stages, according to this story by Andrea Jones, a reporter for Seatle PI. The headline...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 14, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Law - Still more on: Florida defense attorneys demand source code of breath analyzers
Updating this ILB entry from March 2, 2006, Kim Smith of the Arizona Daily Star reported today in a long...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 13, 2008
Law - "In Digital Age, Federal Files Blip Into Oblivion"; state files too
A lengthy and important story today in the NY Times, written by Robert Pear. Some quotes:Countless federal records are being...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 13, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Law - "Settlement Over Target's Web Site Marks a Win for ADA Plaintiffs"
Evan Hill of The Recorder published this story August 28th. It caught my eye at the time, but today there...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Law - "Amazon gets into wine"
This should be interesting. The Wall Street Journal has this brief story today, by Mylene Mangalindan and Julia Flynn Siler....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 11, 2008
Law - "Ky. high court weighing how to apply new self-defense law"
"Lethal force", "no retreat", "castle law", there are a lot of different names for the law Indiana and Kentucky both...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 11, 2008
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Law - "Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects of Anonymous Attacks
First, the Yale Law back-story: In a lengthy March 7, 2007 front-page Washington Post article, Ellen Nakashima reported:She graduated Phi...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 06, 2008
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Law - "Big corporations touting the use of minority- and women-owned law firms"
Lynne Marek of The National Law Journal reported Wednesday on big corporations touting the use of minority- and women-owned law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 04, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Law - "Police Using G.P.S. Units as Evidence in Crimes"
That is the headline to this AP article published today in the NY Times. Some quotes:Like millions of motorists, Eric...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 31, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Law - More on: US News Law School ranking system may be changed
If you read the entry earlier today with interest, you may want to check it again -- I've updated it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Law - US News Law School ranking system may be changed [Updated]
The WSJ reports today, in a front-page story by Amir Efrati headlined "Law School Rankings Reviewed to Deter 'Gaming,'" that:The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Law - Still more on "Loan repayment assistance programs progress"
Updating earlier ILB entries on the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Act, Julianna Parker of the Norman Oklahoma Transcript...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Law - "E-book publisher to pay $50K to settle piracy claim"
Tom Spalding of the Indianapolis Star reports in a story that begins:Web-based self-publishing specialist Author Solutions of Bloomington has agreed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 25, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Law - Legal resumes of potential vice presidential candidates
American Lawyer has a story looking at the legal resumes of potential vice presidential candidates. For examples:[Evan] Bayh, 52, started...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Law - "Plaintiffs' Lawyers Fight Restrictions On Product-Liability Suits"
From today's WSJ, an article by Alicia Mundy on the upcoming:Supreme Court case, Wyeth v. Levine, which is to be...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Law - "Are Contingency-Fee Arrangement Between an Attorney General and a Private Law Firm Illegal?"
Tobacco litigation. Asbestos litigation. Lead paint litigation. An interesting article today on Findlaw.com by Anthony J. Sebok, a Professor at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Law - More on "Loan repayment assistance programs progress"
Updating this ILB entry from March 27th, the AP is reporting, in a story with an Oklahoma slant, but one...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 11, 2008
Law - Kentucky prosecutor charges husband with murder after wife kills herself; likened to Indiana case
From a long story today by Jason Riley in the Louisville Courier Journal:During a drunken argument with her husband on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 11, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Law - Law librarian comments on the law student "search" mentality
The Houston Chronicle had a feature August 1st on DeCarlous Spearman, law library director at Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Ind. Law - Attorney Alan T. Nolan, 85, dies
Today's Indianapolis Star contains the obituary of Alan T. Nolan, prominent Indianapolis attorney and historian, who practiced 45 years with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Monday, August 04, 2008
Law - Employee cellphones a fringe beneifit, per IRS
From a July 28th story by Jim Puzzanghera of the Los Angeles Times:Times and technology have changed. Federal tax rules...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 04, 2008
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Law - Strict Construction & Judicial Acitivism.
Lawrence B. Solum, John E. Cribbet Professor of Law & Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois College of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 03, 2008
Law - "If You Run a Red Light, Will Everyone Know?"
That is the headline to an essay today in the NY Times, written by Brad Stone, who covers Internet trends...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 03, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Law - "Workers' Religious Freedom vs. Patients' Rights"
Rob Stein of the Washington Post has a lengthy story today that begins:A Bush administration proposal aimed at protecting health-care...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Law - "Conflicting Gay Marriage Laws Cause Headaches for Companies"
Some quotes from an article by Sherry Karabin in Corporate Counsel:California wasn't the first state to legalize same-sex marriage; Massachusetts...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Law - More on "Who Killed Chandra Levy?"
The Washington Post's multi-part series on the Chandra Levy murder has now concluded. Today the Post's ombudsman, Deborah Howell, begins...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 27, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Law - Killer countertops?
"What’s Lurking in Your Countertop? " was the headline to this NY Times story by Kate Murphy yesterday. Some quotes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 25, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Law - "Perverted Justice" praised in Kentucky
"Online sex stings in Kentucky win praise" is the headline to a lengthy story by Jason Riley Riley in today's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Law - "Who Killed Chandra Levy?"
The Washington Post today begins a 12-part investigation into the death of Washington intern Chandra Levy. From "About this Series":The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 13, 2008
Law - Soul singer James Brown and the right of publicity
NPR's Morning Edition last Friday had a fascinating, nearly 6-minute feature on the right of publicity. You may read or...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 13, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Law - Chicago: "The winners in city scandals? The lawyers "
A long story today by Tim Novak, Art Golab and others today in the Chicago Sun-Times begins:As City Hall's scandals...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Ind. Law - More on: "Indy Law Firm moves beyond its nightmare"
This morning the ILB quoted from John Ketzenberger's story in the Indianapolis Star:The partners made an undisclosed cash payment to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Law - "In One Ohio County, Golf Carts Patrol Streets"
From NPR's All Things Considered yesterday, this story, to which you may listen here:Some sheriff deputies in Fairfield County, Ohio,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Law - Do sex offender laws make homelessness a crime?
Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported yesterday:Georgia's sex-offender registry law should be struck down as unconstitutional because it makes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Law - "Ave Maria School of Law Dodges Bullet, Retains Accreditation"
For those following news of the Ave Maria Law School (which the ILB covered for a time last year because...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 03, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Law - Indiana-born civil rights lawyer Thomas Atkins dies
In an article today in the South Bend Tribune, Laureen Fagan, writes:Elkhart native and nationally prominent civil rights lawyer Thomas...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Law - "N.C. legislators debate golf carts as transportation as gas prices remain near $4 a gallon"
The Wilmington NC StarNews had this story Sunday, reported by Joe Johnson, that begins Raleigh | Golf cart owners who...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Law - Northwestern University School of Law plans to offer 2-year program [Updated]
Jodi S. Cohen of the Chicago Tribune reports today in a story that begins:In a move that could shake up...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Law - "California cellphone law may be more costly than the $20 fine"
Another California story, but something to keep in mind. Indiana has no state-wide law, but Gary has an ordinance -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Law - E-mail has changed the legal landscape
NPR's Morning Edition had an interesting story this morning titled "E-Mail, the Workplace and the Electronic Paper Trail" by Ari...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Law - Kentucky state government changes policy on blogs
From the Lexington Herald-Leader, a brief report today:A political blogger whose Web site was blocked on state government computers by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Law - Interesting procedural details of NCAA infraction hearing
Mark Alesia of the Indianapolis Star had a lengthy, detailed story Friday on the NCAA Committee on Infractions meeting Friday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 14, 2008
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Law - More on: DOJ moves to improve immigration judges, after months of criticism
This Aug. 10, 2006 ILB entry is essential background for today's entry. Today's entry is a speech given by Judge...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 07, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Law - Lawsuits Test Associational Discrimination Under the ADA
"Lawsuits Test Disabilities Act: Two Cases Cite Little-Known Protections For People Who Aren't Disabled But Care For Those Who Are,"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 05, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Law - "A Deluge of Law Schools"
Leigh Jones of The National Law Journal writes today:As many as 10 new law schools are in the works, with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Monday, June 02, 2008
Law - "Gossip blogs bedevil law firms"
Leigh Jones of the National Law Journal has a long article today that begins:Many of the nation's most renowned law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 02, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Law - More on: E-mails and the statutes of frauds
Updating this ILB entry from May 22nd, FindLaw has an article by law prof Anita Ramasastry titled "A New York...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Law - "37 fired attorneys at Sonnenschein represent about 5 percent of the firm's 691 lawyers"
The Chicago Tribune reports today:Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, one of Chicago's biggest corporate firms, broke with that tradition Wednesday, acknowledging...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 29, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Law - "Technical glitch" necessitates farm bill do-over
This ILB entry is not about the pros or cons of the farm bill, but about how a technical glitch...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 26, 2008
Law - "Exemptions for Charities Face New Challenges"
So reads the headline to this lengthy, front-page story by Stephanie Strom in today NY Times. Some quotes:RED WING, Minn....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 26, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Law - E-mails and the statutes of frauds
Although based on New York law, this article, "E-Mail Meets the Statute of Frauds", by Stephen M. Kramarsky New York...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 22, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Law - "U.S. Legal Work Booms in India: New Outsourcing Industry Is Growing 60 Percent Annually" triggered by E-discovery rules
Rama Lakshmi of the Washington Post Foreign Service reports today:GURGAON, India -- When Aashish Sharma graduated from law school two...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 11, 2008
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Courts - "Having access to case status throughout the pipeline is enabling lawyers to better advocates"
My friend Diana Skaggs, of the excellent Kentucky Divorce Law Journal, has an entry today that is applicable to all...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 08, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Law - Interesting juxtaposition of legal views this week
Earlier this week the ILB pointed to Justice Scalia's 60 Minutes interview. After reading Jon Murray's story in the Indianapolis...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Law - More on "Ave Maria Law Wants To Sell Its Naming Rights"
Updating this entry from Dec. 19, 2007, a brief article by Julie Kay in today's National Law Journal is headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 28, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Law - U.S. Senate kills bill to right the wrongs of Ledbetter
Remember Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co ., the Supreme Court decision from last May, where, to quote Steven...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 26, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Law - Another update on efforts to receive compensation for land taken to build Kentucky Camp Breckenridge
This ILB entry from May 22, 2007 began:The ILB has had four earlier entries about Kentucky families' "long legal fight...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 20, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Law - "Law Firms Curtail Associate Programs As Economy Slows"
That is the headline to this story ($$$) this morning by Ashby Jones of the WSJ. It begins:For associates at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 14, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Law - Interesting business model
Sheri Qualters of The National Law Journal has a story today that begins:E. James Perullo realized that switching from an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 10, 2008
Monday, April 07, 2008
Law - Look at your charge receipt; it's likely you too can bring a class action
"Landslide of Suits Over Data on Receipts: 16-month-old statute decried as a 'gotcha' law brings 300 class actions," is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 07, 2008
Law - More on "High Stakes for Regulated Industry in Supreme Court Pre-emption Cases"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 1, 2007, and this list of entries on protecting drug makers from lawsuits, Gardiner...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 07, 2008
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Law - Adam Liptak to succeed Linda Greenhouse at NYT
Updating this March 27th ILB entry reporting that Linda Greenhouse had accepted a buyout package from the NYT, there is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 05, 2008
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Law - "Lawyers Fight DNA Samples Gained on Sly"
A long and very interesting front-page NY Times article today on “surreptitious sampling” of DNA, reported by Amy Harmon. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 03, 2008
Law - "Private data tossed in the trash by businesses trigger a crackdown"
Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal writes today in a story that begins:Shred it, or regret it. That's the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 03, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
Law - "Foreclosure Machine Thrives on Woes"
The NY Times had a very long, front-page article Sunday explaining how mortgage servicers and law firms specializing in default...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 31, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Law - "Loan repayment assistance programs progress"
From a February article in the ABA's "Your ABA":The House of Representatives passed its version of the Higher Education Act...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 27, 2008
Law - "Rising toll revives helmet issue"
The Indianapolis Star has a story today by John Yaukey and Robert Benincasa of Gannett News Service reporting:WASHINGTON -- Death...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 27, 2008
Law - More on: NYT reporter Linda Greenhouse may move on
Updating this Feb. 29 ILB entry quoting an AP story that "Linda Greenhouse, who has covered the Supreme Court for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 27, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Law - "1.8 million pages of federal case law online, free of copyright or other restrictions, including all U.S. Supreme Court cases and all federal circuit decisions since 1950"
Robert J. Ambrogi of Law Technology News has a very informative column today on the "Online Legal Research Revolution."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Law - A primer on how subprimes "work"
The Volokh Conspiracy this afternoon points to an "informative and amusing cartoon guide to the subprime debacle."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Law - Pretty astonishing
The NYT is reporting: "ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 10, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Law - "Legal Aid Society of Evansville, and other members of the association offered their services as busboys, servers and dishwashers"
Kate Braser of the Evansville C&P reports:A group of about 30 attorneys participated in the event, which kicked off the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
Law - NYT reporter Linda Greenhouse may move on
The AP reported yesterday:Linda Greenhouse, who has covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times for 30 years, said...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 29, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Law - Metadata, can you get it, can you use it?
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reported an interesting story on metadata last week. Some quotes from the long...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Law - WSJ Law Blog interviews Sampson's lawyer
Dan Slater of the WSJ Law Blog has posted an entry this afternoon titled "A Q&A With Mike Glazer: The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Law - Professor says suits over formaldehyde in trailers are likely to focus more on manufacturers than dealers
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 19th ("FEMA offers refunds on toxic trailers") and this one from Sept. 28, 2005...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Law - New movie about the legal profession
A review of the George Clooney movie, Michael Clayton, appears in today's Slate....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Law - Incredible but true! "Kentuckians rejected Lincoln presidency"
Louisville Courier Journal columnist Bob Hill writes today:Somewhere in Kentucky's mad bicentennial birthday rush toward further deification of Abraham Lincoln,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 14, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Law - "Feeling Misled on Home Price, Buyers Are Suing Their Agent"
An interesting story reported by David Streitfeld in the Tuesday, Jan. 22nd NY Times. Are are some quotes:CARLSBAD, Calif. —...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 26, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Law - New blog on criminal law launched
The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law has started a blog, OSJCL Amici: Views from the Field, described as:A first-of-its-kind,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 25, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Law - "Foreclosures Prompt Cities to Make Plea for Aid"
A troubling article today in the NY Times, reported by Ian Urbina, on how the subprime collapse is crippling the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 24, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Law - "Federal regulators have proposed requiring the alcoholic-beverage industry to put nutrition and alcohol-content labels on their containers"
"Alcohol Labeling Proposal Sets Off a Brawl" is the headline of Cindy Skrzycki's Washington Post column, The Regulators, this week....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Law - Should government employees be deleting their emails?
This month's issue of Governing.com has an important article by Ellen Perlman titled "Delete at Your Own Risk: Governments need...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Law - "Bella is bewildered about blogs"
A reader has pointed me to this 26-page booklet by a Wisconsin reference librarian. It begins:Once upon a time,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 21, 2008
Law - "Reading the law" not enough to take bar exam in most states
A story by Jerry Harkavy of the AP, that appeared this weekend in the Boston Globe, reported:Self-taught lawyers have all...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 21, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Law - "Lawyer-Client Relationships Can Arise From Legal Hotline Calls, NJ Panel Rules"
Mary Pat Gallagher'sreport today via the New Jersey Law Journal begins:Lawyers who answer legal hotlines can't rely on a disclaimer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 18, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Law - More on: Mortgage servicing company "recreates" letters
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 8th, Peter Lattman of the WSJ Law Blog reports today that a number of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 14, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Law - "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet"
The Washington Post this morning had a Q & A with:Daniel J. Solove, associate law professor at George Washington University...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 10, 2008
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Law - Mortgage servicing company "recreates" letters
Don't miss this, especially if you do any consumer bankruptcy work. It involves lenders pursuing "borrowers for additional money after...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Law - "Most political law schools"
The new National Jurist (Jan. 2008) has an article titled "Most Political Law Schools." In the "Students Lean to the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Law - "Law School Ranking by Starting Salaries of Graduates"
TaxProf Blog today quotes from the new National Jurist article ranking law schools by starting salaries of grads. The chart...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Law - How the professions of law and medicine are changing
A feature today in the NY Times by Alex Williams is headlined "The Falling-Down Professions." If is about how the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 06, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Law - "A Taxing Issue: What to Render Unto Whom?"
A timely article today ($$$) on the front page of the Marketplace section of the Wall Street Journal, given the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Law - "Same-Sex Divorce Challenges the Legal System: Most States Lack Law, Precedent To Settle Issues"
Dafna Linzer of the Washington Post has a lengthy report today -- here are some quotes:When her three-year-old marriage broke...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
Law - Does anyone else find this off-putting?
On Dec. 14, 2007, I received a letter from LexisNexis headed "Martindale-Hubbell Institutes a Peer Review Ratings Administration Fee." About...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 31, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Law - "Attorneys often avoid medical malpractice suits because California limits 'pain and suffering' awards to $250,000"
The caption under the photo or a doctor in surgical gear on today's LA Times front-page reads:Once an advocate of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 29, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Law - "Documents of Library in Boston to Go on Web"
John Markoff reports today in the NY Times:The historical record of the United States government will soon be more accessible....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 27, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Law - Where do the presidential candidates stand on signing statements?
Charlie Savage of the Boston Globe has written an article on where the candidates stand on signing statements, based on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 23, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Law - More on "Louisville panel opposes panhandling ordinance"
"Metro Council OKs restrictions on panhandling" is the headline to a story today in the Louisville Courier Journal reported by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 21, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Law - "Ave Maria Law Wants To Sell Its Naming Rights"
Here are links to some earlier ILB entries on Ave Maria Law School. Today it looks like there is chance...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Law - Proposal would give the administration veto power over any JAG promotion or appointment
Fort Wayne native and Pulitzer prize-winning Boston Globe reporter Charlie Savage (presidential signing statements), wrote Sunday that the Bush administration...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 17, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Not Law - "The National Press Club has elected The Journal Gazette’s Sylvia Smith as its next president"
Pretty prestigious! And we can expect to see a lot of her on C-SPAN now. Read the story here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 15, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Law - "Misclassification of Independent Contractors and Employees Can Be Expensive"
This is a useful article by Carla J. Rozycki and Darren M. Mungerson of Jenner & Block, setting out the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 14, 2007
Law - "GPS Privacy Concerns Hard to Navigate"
NPR's Talk of the Nation had a very interesting 30 minute segment earlier this week titled "GPS Privacy Concerns Hard...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 14, 2007
Law - 4th Amendment Roadmap Podcasts
Check it out - recommended by Orin Kerr of the Volokh Conspiracy: The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center podcasts providing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 14, 2007
Law - "Dealing With the Legal Profession's Generation Gaps"
Here are some quotes from an enlightening article by Douglas B. Richardson of the Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 14, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Law - "Bankruptcy Lawyers Behaving Badly"
Robert Loblaw of the blog, Decision of the Day, had an interesting entry yesterday on the 9th Circuit's decision in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Law - "Louisville panel opposes panhandling ordinance"
Dan Klepal of the Louisville Courier Journal has a story today about a proposed ordinance in Louisville:which aims to outlaw...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Law - Another take on massive suits against lead paint manufacturers
NY Times business columnist Joe Nocera's Saturday column in the NY Times is headed "The Pursuit of Justice, or Money?"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 09, 2007
Law - Lawyers Probed in ‘Pretext’ ID Theft
Martha Neil reports in the ABA Journal blog:Lawyers throughout the country reportedly may be investigated as part of a Washington...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 09, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007
Law - More on "Justice Is Unequal for Parents Who Host Teen Drinking Parties"
Updating this ILB entry from July 4th, which quoted stories about cases in Virginia and Maryland, here is a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 07, 2007
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Law - "Other countries have done away with the felony murder rule"
I remember how amazed many of us in Dean Cleon Faust's first-year Wrongs class in the 60s were to learn...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Law - "High Stakes for Regulated Industry in Supreme Court Pre-emption Cases"
Marcia Coyle of the The National Law Journal wrote Friday on pre-emption cases before the Supreme Court this term:A concerted...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 01, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Law - Friday reading: How students enter law school with high-minded ideals and walk out the doors avaricious corporate lawyers
Two good posts this afternoon in the WSJ Blog: "Law Blog Advice Column: What Should Beirne Do?" is the first;...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Law - More on "Georgia's top court overturned a state law Wednesday that banned registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools, churches and other areas where children congregate"
Updating this ILB entry from November 21st, Laura Bauer of the Kansas City Star reports today under the headling "Georgia...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Law - Brooke Russell Astor and Anna Nicole Smith
The Brooke Astor estate dispute promises to become the stuff of trusts and estates casebooks, moving along-side the Anna Nicole...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Law - Resources on electronic discovery
Robert Ambrogi, Law Technology News, has posted two valuable columns linking to e-discovery resources: this one from Oct. 8, 2007,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 26, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Law - "Missouri high court to weigh the legality of at-home births" [Updated]
Kirsten Scharnberg of the Chicago Tribune reports today on midwifery in a long story datelined Kansas City, Mo. Here is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 25, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Environment - An update on outdoor wood-fired boilers
The ILB's first entry on wood-fired boilers was nearly two years ago. (Here is a list of all entries.) IDEM...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 24, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Law - A good Friday story, 18-year-old easily passes dreaded California bar
The WSJ Blog had this entry earlier this week, about 18-Year-Old Kathleen Holtz passing the California Bar. By now there...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 23, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Law - Arizona ruling involving move to Indiana may derail grandparents' visitation rights in that state
Howard Fischer of the Arizona Business Gazette reports:A new court ruling could set back more than two decades of efforts...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 22, 2007
Law - As the volume of e-mail to Congress skyrockets, questions arise about computer generated messages
A long story in the Washington Post today by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Kim Hart begins by looking at e-mails...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 22, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Law - "Georgia's top court overturned a state law Wednesday that banned registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools, churches and other areas where children congregate" [Updated]
The AP report this afternoon by Greg Bluestein continues:"It is apparent that there is no place in Georgia where a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Law - "Women Lawyers to Watch"
The WSJ had a whole section yesterday on "50 Women to Watch." I think it is available online to non-subscribers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Law - "Even as symbolism, legal notice advertising in newspapers smells of another era, of telegrams and carbon paper"
A quote from Adam Liptak's "Sidebar" column today in the NY Times:Even the lawyer who placed the ad concedes that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 19, 2007
Law - "Lawyer Groups to Flag Cases Needing Review"
John Solomon reports in the Washington Post today:Two umbrella groups for criminal defense lawyers announced yesterday that they will independently...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 19, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Law - "Legal champion for the middle class"
The LA Times today has a "Sunday profile" by Kathy M. Kristof of "Ralph 'Jake' Warner [who] took the mystery...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 18, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Law - "In mass torts, who but the plaintiffs' lawyers really win?"
The NY Times business columnist, Joe Nocera, today has written a very interesting column on "the Vioxx litigation, which the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 17, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Law - "Report urges open access to records for adult adoptees"
Bonnie Miller Rubin of the Chicago Tribune writes today in a lengthy story that begins:Few issues are more heatedly debated...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 12, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Ind. Law - "Should the Indiana General Assembly order a return to the 'certificate of need' program for hospitals?"
So asks this editorial today in the NWI Times. Some quotes:The question of how many hospitals Porter County needs --...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 11, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Law - Stll more on: Lawyer in Kentucky schools case seeks fees, bonus
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 25th, Chris Kenning of the Louisville Courier Journal has a lengthy story this morning...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 10, 2007
Friday, November 09, 2007
Law - The life of a temp attorney
Reading for a Friday afternoon. This Volokh Conspiracy entry, and some interesting comments, all based on a story today in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 09, 2007
Law - Trusts for pets, and other pet law information
"Lawyer Makes It Easier to Provide for Pets After Death" is the headline to an AP story dated Nov. 8th...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 09, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Not law but interesting - "Reagan library can't fully account for 80,000 artifacts"
C-SPAN has been running a wonderful series every Friday evening on hidden treasures in the Presidential Libraries. My favorite so...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 08, 2007
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Law - Bankruptcy law changes and mortgage servicing fraud may heighten impact of mortgage crisis
"Bankruptcy Reform Bites Back:For consumers, debt relief is harder to come by. And that's adding to housing woes," is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Monday, November 05, 2007
Law - More on: Lafayette native Brian Lamb will be presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom this morning [Updated]
Updating the ILB entry from earlier today, you can now watch this morning's award ceremony here, via Real Video. See...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 05, 2007
Law - Lafayette native Brian Lamb will be presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom this morning
Max Showalter of the Lafayette Journal & Courier reports today:Twenty-eight years after C-SPAN was first broadcast on America's television sets,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 05, 2007
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Law - Still more on: Does Avowal of Fatherhood Impose an 'Equitable Paternity'
This lengthy ILB entry from March 18th began:Last month the ILB had an entry on this issue, noting that there...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 03, 2007
Friday, November 02, 2007
Law - Two interesting Wal-Mart stories for a Friday afternoon [Updated]
Both from the WSJ Blog: "Wal-Mart Strikes Back at Associate Salary Increases" - an entry this afternoon that begins:Before any...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 02, 2007
Law - "Lobbying rule changes have companies thinking twice about interaction with public officials"
Sonia P. Fois of Legal Times writes today under the headline "Companies, Beware! Taking a Congressman to Lunch Can Land...Posted by Marcia Od