ABA Journal

• Woman Charged with Killing Infant in Suicide Attempt While Pregnant Is Granted Bond A Chinese immigrant jailed in Indiana for over a year on charges that she killed her viable fetus by eating rat poison in a suicide attempt while pregnant has lost her bid to have the controversial...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Wall Street Journal: Dewey & LeBoeuf Is Getting Prepared for Possible Near-Term... Citing unidentified sources, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) is reporting that Dewey & LeBoeuf is working with a restructuring specialist and hopes to be ready to make a potential bankruptcy...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Bank Blames Greenberg Traurig in High-Profile Contempt Case, Says Firm Had Access to All... In the first day of a contempt hearing concerning evidence that wasn't produced in a federal civil case that resulted in a $67 million judgment against Toronto-Dominion Bank, the institution's new...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orders Ouster of Justice Melvin After Criminal Charges Are... The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has relieved Justice Joan Orie Melvin of all judicial and administrative responsibilities, ordered her records secured and directed the court administrator to “ensure...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Harvard Had a Stronger Claim to Facebook than the Winklevoss Twins, Law Prof Says Policies buried in college student handbooks are being cited by universities asserting that they are due a cut of the profits from inventions conceived on campus. Harvard wasn’t one of them,...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Around the Blawgosphere: Bloggers Weigh in on LegalZoom IPO Filing; Vote for Best Law Firm... The Other Big IPO Today, Facebook makes its historic market debut. But many lawyer-bloggers are talking about a different initial public offering: Last Friday, Web-based legal services provider...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• DA in Wichita Warns that Dangerous ‘Urban Skittles’ Prank Could Be a Felony A robbery prank known as “Urban Skittles” could result in felony charges, according to a Kansas district attorney. According to a press release cited by KWCH.com, the prank originated in England...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Trayvon Martin’s Dad Told Police the Person Crying for Help on 911 Tapes Was Not His Son The fathers of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman gave Sanford, Fla., police their opinions about the person who was crying for help in 911 tapes of the Feb. 26 confrontation that ended with the...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Justice Breyer Is Crime Victim Once Again; This Time Burglar Nabbed Silver Items Justice Stephen G. Breyer has been victimized by criminals for two months in a row. In the latest incident, Breyer’s Washington, D.C., home was burglarized, according to the Washington Post blog the...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.

Am Law Daily

• The Am Law Daily Has a New Home If you're looking for news about the business of law as practiced by the biggest, wealthiest law firms in the United States and the rest of the world, and stories about the lawyers who work at...
  // Fri, May 4, 2012.
• Linklaters, Herbert Smith Advise on $1.7 Billion Vodafone Deal The British mobile phone service provider will acquire business telecommunications company Cable & Wireless Worldwide.
  // Mon, April 23, 2012.
• Mayer Brown Helps Nestle Whip Up $11.9 Billion Baby Formula Deal Nestle will acquire pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's infant nutrition business to expand its own global presence in the formula market. Mayer Brown, Skadden, Clifford Chance, and DLA Piper all have...
  // Mon, April 23, 2012.
• Covington Takes Lead on Pair of Health Care Deals as Sector Stays Hot Two transactions announced Monday--Thomson Reuters's $1.25 billion sale of its health care unit to a Veritas Capital affiliate, and AstraZeneca's $1.26 billion acquisition of Ardea...
  // Mon, April 23, 2012.
• Fenwick, Covington Advise as Facebook Snags Chunk of AOL Patent Portfolio From Microsoft The social networking leader and the software giant turn to familiar firms for representation on a $550 million deal involving intellectual property assets.
  // Mon, April 23, 2012.
• D.C. Dewey Partner Heads to Allen & Overy Project finance partner Gregory Smith's departure for Allen & Overy pushes Dewey & LeBoeuf's partner losses so far this year to an even 70.
  // Mon, April 23, 2012.
• The Careerist: Latham & Watkins's Women Go Back to the Kitchen Will master classes in canapé making help women in business development? Latham's London office seems to think so.
  // Mon, April 23, 2012.
• Dealmaker of the Week: Iain Wagstaff of Linklaters Wagstaff and fellow M&A partner Marc Loy, respectively, led the Linklaters teams in London and Paris advising multinational utility GDF Suez on its $10.8 billion acquisition of the stake in...
  // Sun, April 22, 2012.
• Amid Bankruptcy Reports, Dewey Says It’s Eyeing All Options; Greenberg Confirms Possible... The drama swirling around Dewey & LeBoeuf took a new turn Friday when Greenberg Traurig said it has had "preliminary discussions relating to lawyers at Dewey & LeBoeuf," but has...
  // Fri, April 20, 2012.

PR Newswire

• U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for May 19 WASHINGTON, May 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Finkelstein & Krinsk LLP Advise Investors To Act By July 13, 2012 To Seek Appointment As... NEW YORK, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 16, 2012, FINKELSTEIN & KRINSK LLP and MURRAY FRANK LLP filed a class action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• JacksonWhite Files Overtime Lawsuit Against Quintiles Commercial U.S., Inc. MESA, Ariz., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 15, attorneys at the Arizona law firm of JacksonWhite filed a collective action lawsuit against Quintiles Commercial U.S., Inc., for failure to pay its...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• What Tax Hikes Does Beth Anne Rankin Support? Congressional candidate refuses to sign Taxpayer Protection Pledge to oppose higher taxes in 2012 ...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Virginia Governor McDonnell Signs Voter ID Bill & Challenges Obama Justice Department WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) today issued the following statement concerning the voter identification legislation signed by...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• ShengdaTech Submits Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- ShengdaTech, Inc. ("ShengdaTech" or the "Company") (SDTHQ) reported today that it has filed a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan")...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Cass Sunstein Honored With 2012 Regulatory Innovation Award, Established By Morrison &... NEW YORK, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Morrison & Foerster LLP announced Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the White House Office of...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Momentum Continues To Build For Federal Plan Of Action For Lung Cancer -- Advocate Voices... Over a Dozen New Members of Congress Added to the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Business and Entertainment Litigator Larry S. Greenfield Joins Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro,... LOS ANGELES, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP announced that Larry S. Greenfield has joined their West Los Angeles-based law firm effective May 1,...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.

Newswire

• Risky business The financial services industry and more than a dozen top law firms that represent the industry are expressing concern that reaction to JPMorgan's recent $2 billion loss could sour months of expensive...
  // No publish date provided.
• Did End of Missouri Malpractice Case Feed Dewey's Money Woes? The abrupt dismissal of a $3 billion malpractice case came amid concerns about Dewey's finances and a stream of partner departures, but it's hard to know whether resolving it added to the fiscal woes...
  // No publish date provided.
• New Law Takes Canadian Spam Off the Marketing Menu If you think your company doesn't send spam, you may want to double-check. A Canadian anti-spam law with global reach is poised to cast a wide net for offending communications. Given the hefty fines...
  // No publish date provided.
• As Facebook Goes Public, Privacy Lawyers Chase Its Billions Facebook may rake in more than $18 billion in its initial public offering. And plaintiffs lawyers are already vying for a big chunk of the proceeds: Plaintiffs in a proposed privacy class action have...
  // No publish date provided.
• Justice's Disclosure Highlights Medical Marijuana Debate New York lawmakers battling to legalize the medicinal use of cannabis are lauding an op-ed column by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach in which he admitted smoking marijuana to cope with...
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• Pacenti's rant: Law firm layoffs It's not easy being a lawyer these days. And even harder being part of the law firm's support staff as law firms are cutting back on those positions. John Pacenti asks "Is this more about management...
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• How the Firms Reacted to the First Am Law 100 Read more...
  // No publish date provided.
• Telling The American Lawyer's Creation Story Read more...
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• Recorder Roundtable: Outstanding Trial Work Four judges talk about the do's and don'ts of trial practice as observed from the bench.
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Jurist

• Malawi president vows to decriminalize homosexuality [JURIST] Malawi [BBC backgrounder] President Joyce Banda announced in her first national address [text] on Friday that she will decriminalize homosexual acts. The provisions she intends to repeal are...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Federal court upholds key provision of the Voting Rights Act [JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [official website] decided [text, PDF] to uphold Section 5 [DOJ backgrounder] of the Voting Rights Act [text] Friday, affirming the ruling...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Maryland high court grants same-sex divorce [JURIST] The Maryland Court of Appeals [official website], the state's highest court, ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that a lesbian couple legally married in California can get a divorce in Maryland....
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Mississippi governor signs voter ID bill [JURIST] Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant [official website] on Thursday signed [press release] legislation [HB 921 materials] that would require voters to show photo identification at all elections....
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• US House panel votes to cut off aid to countries hosting Sudan president [JURIST] The US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee [official website] approved legislation [press release] Thursday that would suspend foreign aid to countries that host Sudanese...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Brazil freedom of information law takes effect [JURIST] The Brazilian Access to Information Act took effect Wednesday, increasing government transparency. The law will allow citizens to seek access to information that has previously been shrouded...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Second Circuit rules against town board-led prayer [JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that a New York town council beginning its meeting with prayer is an unconstitutional...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Brazil president swears in truth commission to investigate dictatorship-era rights abuses [JURIST] Brazil President Dilma Rousseff [official profile, in Portuguese] on Wednesday swore in seven members of a truth commission [press release, in Portuguese] who will investigate alleged human...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• ACLU criticizes Georgia immigration detention centers [JURIST] Illegal immigrants [JURIST backgrounder] face constitutional and human rights violations in Georgia detention centers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLUGA) [advocacy...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.

Wall Street Journal Law

• Dewey & LeBoeuf Readies Bankruptcy Filing New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, said people familiar with the matter, a move that would initiate...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Watchdog Asks Judge to Uproot Pot Grower’s Bankruptcy The feds are burned out with a medical marijuana grower that it suspects isn’t quite taking its bankruptcy case seriously.
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Voting Rights Act The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today upheld the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act -- the one that requires states deemed to have historically suppressed minority...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Lawyer Ads: Funny or Die? Check out the seven funniest lawyer ads Martindale could find on YouTube.
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• The IPO that Everyone Is Talking about. . . The company filed for an IPO with the SEC last week that could raise as much as $120 million.
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• The AM Roundup: Uncivil Fight, Breyer’s Bad Luck, More Law Blog rounds up the morning's news.
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Document Dump: George Zimmerman Discovery File Authorities in Florida have released hundred of pages of evidence, audio recordings and photos in connection with the prosecution of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• In Class-of-One Case, Seventh Circuit Splits in Three What happens when a federal appeals court, reviewing a case en banc, votes 5-5? It takes a majority to reverse a lower court's ruling, so the win goes to the appellee. It's a rare thing, the en banc...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Potential Witnesses Revealed in Gupta Case The upcoming insider-trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co., could be quite the affair. Several corporate titans are among the potential...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.

The Volokh Conspiracy

• The PPACA in Wonderland (David Kopel) That’s the title of a new article by Gary Lawson and me, in Boston University’s American Journal of Law and Medicine, in a symposium issue on the PPACA. Except that unlike...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Tax Exemption Law and Camp Predominantly Used by Muslims (Eugene Volokh) An interesting case in Michigan, in which a Tax Tribunal decision was reversed by Camp Retreats Foundation, Inc. v. Township of Marathon (Mich. Ct. App. May 15, 2012). The question is...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Anagrams with Law Professor Names (Orin Kerr) Kyle Graham takes a look into this critical question. My own name can be turned into “Ink Error,” which certainly was true of my first article or two. Entertain yourself here.
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Justice Breyer’s Bad Luck (Jonathan H. Adler) Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has had a home robbed twice in the past three months. First burglars raided his Carribbean vacation home, while Breyer was there with guests....
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Cloture Vote on the Nomination of Paul Watford to the Ninth Circuit (Eugene Volokh) I was happy to hear that the cloture vote on the nomination of Paul Watford to the Ninth Circuit will be held Monday, and I very much hope that Paul will be confirmed. For those...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Divided D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Voting Rights Act (Jonathan H. Adler) This morning, in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a constitutional challenge to Section 5 of the Voting...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• The Harmful Side Effects of Drug Prohibition (Randy Barnett) There are so many reasons why drug prohibition is objectionable, it is hard to enumerate them all.  In my Utah Law Review article, The Harmful Side Effects of Drug Prohibition, I try...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• White on Toobin on Citizens United (Jonathan H. Adler) Adam White finds Jeffrey Toobin re-writing history in his much discussed New Yorker article on Citizens United. As Toobin set up the story, Citizens United was a little case,...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• New England Historical Genealogical Society Rescinds Conclusion that Elizabeth Warren... (Todd Zywicki) I was out of town most of last week and I wasn’t planning on blogging any more on the increasingly bizarre saga of Elizabeth Warren’s claim to Native American ancestry,...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.

Around the Blawgs

In-House Counsel

• Law firm leaders expect permanent change to the legal industry The times, they are a’changin’. For everyone, but for the legal industry in particular.InhouseBlog.com
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Working In-House from Your Own House A zero-minute commute and the ability to work in your pajamas are just a few of the perks of working from home. More and more in-house counsel are finding it's possible to enjoy the benefits of...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Best Legal Departments 2012: From Singular to Plural For the first time, we've chosen four Best Legal Departments as winners in our annual competition. They range from a department with 140 attorneys to a department with just one. This year, size really...
  // Wed, May 16, 2012.
• Securities Suit Filed Against JP Morgan Chase Over Massive Trading Losses In the wake of JP Morgan Chase’s startling news last week of its $2 billion trading loss, and of the equaling startling statements of Jamie DImon, the bank’s CEO, that the losing trades...
  // Wed, May 16, 2012.
• D&O Insurance: Officer Not Acting in Insured Capacity When Guaranteeing Company Debt A company’s D&O insurance policy provides liability protection for the company’s individual directors and officers, but only for their actions undertaken in their capacities as...
  // Wed, May 16, 2012.
• Making GC: Moving Up in the In-House World Counsel wishing to advance should consider several steps, including learning the business and taking risks.InhouseBlog.com
  // Tue, May 15, 2012.
• In-House Lawyers Provide Pro Bono Several major corporations are creating structured pro bono programs and setting benchmarks for contributions by their legal staffers. At the Pro Bono Institute’s annual conference last month,...
  // Mon, May 14, 2012.
• More law firms may end up like Dewey, Forbes says When it comes to Dewey & LeBoeuf, we’ve been like gawkers driving slowly past a car crash, our morbid fascination at times overwhelming the tragedy of the long-established firm’s slow and...
  // Mon, May 14, 2012.
• Crowdfunding: Who Will (and Who Won't) Be Doing It Among the features of the recently enacted JOBS Act that has attracted the most attention are the legislation’s provisions for “crowdfunding.” Under these provisions, a company is...
  // Sun, May 13, 2012.

Small Firm Business

• How to Decode Nonprofit Legal Jargon If you're thinking of starting a nonprofit tax-exempt entity, you'll likely ...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• You Should Download FindLaw's Free Guide to Hiring Are you planning on hiring some new employees? There's a lot to consider besides qualifications these days. Chief among them is your own potential legal exposure....
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• How to (Legally) Start a Homemade Food Business When it comes to food, many people usually have one specialty they believe they make better than anyone else. But making the jump to selling it isn't as easy as just having a good product. Whether...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Dog-Bite Niche Is No Gravy Train for Atlanta Solo Evan L. Kaine has somewhat unexpectedly become a go-to lawyer for people bitten by dogs. With two recent wins totaling $760,000, the Atlanta solo should be basking in the glow of victory. But because...
  // No publish date provided.
• Former McCarter Attorney a Key Figure in New Madoff Film In 2009, Gaytri Kachroo resigned as chair of McCarter & English's international practice due to conflicts related to cases she was pursuing on her own into Bernard Madoff's $20 billion Ponzi scheme....
  // No publish date provided.
• Economy Spurs Recent Law Grads to Go Solo Law graduates are increasingly going solo or opening small practices amid one of the worst job markets in generations. In the biggest one-year jump since 1982, the number of recent law graduates going...
  // No publish date provided.
• Are You Beer-Worthy? Many lawyers are introverts, more comfortable at their desks than at a networking reception filled with strangers and awkward moments. While such lawyers may be drawn to using LinkedIn, Twitter and...
  // No publish date provided.
• SEC Litigator Joins San Francisco Trial Boutique Mark Fickes, who spent the past seven years prosecuting some of the nation's highest-profile securities enforcement actions, has left the SEC for startup trial boutique BraunHagey. "Going to a shop...
  // No publish date provided.
• Miami Solo Suspended for Year Over Solicitation Letter The Florida Supreme Court has suspended a solo's law license for a year for improperly soliciting clients in a proposed class action. The decision exceeded the 90-day suspension recommended by a...
  // No publish date provided.

Law Professors

• Voluntary Separation To Avoid Discipline Disqualifies Employee From Unemployment Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• My “Top 10” List of Bank Regulatory Issues for 2012 Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Alleged Conspiracy in the Rosa Parks Estate Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• A Certain Cache: Court Of Appeals Of New York Finds Web "Cache" Evidence Insufficient To... Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• We're Four Years Old Today Our International Law Prof Blog started May 19, 2008. We appreciate your support, contributions, and feedback. Thanks everyone! Mark, Cindy, Cyndee, Laurant, and Michael
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Education Law Jobs Read more...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Two New Federal Reserve Board Governors Confirmed by the Senate Read more...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• How Big a Pop for Facebook's IPO? After some hiccups, Facebook shares hit the market late this morning priced at $38, the high end of their target range.  According to the WSJ's Deal Journal, "given the hype and demand the question...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• D.C. Circuit Upholds Key Provisions in Voting Rights Act Read more...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.

Law Students

• 15 years : Bezos to Zuckerberg 15 years ago this week (5/16/1997), a New York Times headline read: ‘Amazon.com Stock Sale Raises $54 Million.’ SEATTLE, May 14— Amazon.com Inc. sold shares today at $18 each in a $54...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Q Words Have you ever noticed the similarity in vocalization when you utter words starting with wh- and those beginning with qu-? Go ahead and try it now. Don’t be embarrassed -- nobody’s looking....
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : May 18, 2012 The week comes to a close with 148 posts hitting the LexBlog Network. Closing out Friday, we have excellent posts from Robin Shea and Lindsay Griffiths. Also, on LXBN TV, we interview Keith Hall on...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Maryland Permits Same-Sex Divorce Read more...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Appellate Jurisdiction and Abu Ghraib Read more...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Perspective Would this have changed the George Zimmerman case?
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Charest’s Bill 78 Riot Guide
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• "Deny, Deny, Deny" Read more...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Elephants, Donkeys And Judges Read more...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.

Legal Subjects

• A Sun Position Paper on Software Patents, 2006 ~pj I can't find it on Oracle's website any more, but thanks to Internet Archive, we can find Sun Microsystems writing about software patents in 2006 and explaining its position. This was back when the...
  // Sun, May 20, 2012.
• The Oracle v. Google Trial Exhibits - Can You Help List Them? ~pj I'm so excited to tell you that we have all the publicly available trial exhibits from the Oracle v. Google trial. We should thank this judge, the Hon. William Alsup, because he is the one insisting...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Day 20 in Oracle v. Google Trial And More Prior Art? ~pj - Updated 2Xs The day begins with the juror who got sick yesterday being dismissed from the jury, after she called in sick. You only need six, and the reason the judge started with 12 is precisely to be able to...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Oracle v. Google - JMOL (Patent) Response Briefs Responsive briefs are almost always more interesting than the initial briefs because you gain some insight into the weakness or strength of a party's arguments by the ability of the opposing party to...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Barry George in compensation case – BBC News “Barry George, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of BBC TV presenter Jill Dando, can fight a test case for compensation, a judge has ruled.” Full story BBC News, 18th May 2012...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Juror fined £450 after smoking cannabis on rape trial lunch break – The Independent “A juror on a rape trial who smoked a cannabis joint in his lunch hour was today fined £450 after admitting contempt of court.” Full story The Independent, 18th May 2012 Source:...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• How do you insult someone legally? – BBC News “Campaigners want to overturn laws targeting “insulting words and behaviour”. Just how safe is it to scorn others?” Full story BBC News, 18th May 2012 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• BAILII: Recent Decisions Court of Appeal (Civil Division) MM and AO (A Child), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 668 (18 May 2012) Maswaku v Westminster City Council [2012]...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Sam Hallam: the cost of failure – Halsbury’s Law Exchange “Imagine that and you are 17-years-old and wrongly convicted! Yesterday, the Court of Appeal quashed Sam Hallam’s conviction for murder by joint enterprise after he had served seven years of a...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.

Legal Commentators

• The Career of a Textbook For an essay on Obama's syllabus for his "current issues in racism and the law" class that Stacey Gahagan and I are writing, I've been going through the six editions of Derrick Bell's Race, Racism,...
  // Sun, May 20, 2012.
• North Carolina Sterilization Victims Compensation: Draft Act Thanks to a pointer from Daniel Goldberg, here is the current version of the North Carolina bill to provide compensation for sterilization victims. A key part of the bill is that each "qualified...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Law professor anagram names Kyle Graham kicked off the meme with examples that include “Guido Calabresi” = “Discourage Bail,” “Elizabeth Warren” = “Brazen Wealthier” and...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• JP Morgan's Whale-sized Lobbying As I mentioned the other day, one of the reasons that the press, pundits, and politicians are taking such pleasure in bashing JP Morgan on its trading losses is because Jamie Dimon has been one of the...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Thurgood Marshall, Uncle Tom’s Cabin & Texas State University for Negroes School of Law I’d like to thank Al for inviting me to blog here for a stint. As he mentioned in the post introducing me, I’m finishing a manuscript on the epithet Uncle Tom. In the book, I start from the...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• The FTC’s sketchy Skechers settlement Columnist Debra Saunders quotes me on the Federal Trade Commission’s extraction of $40 million from a shoe maker for hyping its sneakers in its ads. As Saunders points out, we rely on...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Nicholas Kristof vs. Anheuser-Busch I’ve got a piece out at Reason today in which I de-foam the Times columnist’s highly aerated assertions about beer sales near the Pine Ridge, S.D. Oglala Sioux reservation. And a followup...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Logic Lane Easement St. Louis University Law Professor Eric J. Miller sent along the photo at right of Logic Lane in Oxford. There's apparently an easement in gross on it for public access during the day.
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Toobin on Citizens United Ed Whelan charges the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin with spinning the history of the First Amendment campaign regulation case [first, second, followup] Tom Goldstein at SCOTUSBlog, while...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.

Arstechnica Law & Disorder

• Law & Disorder wrap up: PC-stabbing pedophiles and ditching software patents The FCC is also wondering what's up with some unused Verizon spectrum.
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Record companies score infringement victory over "Russian Facebook" vKontakte's file-sharing feature got the social networking site into hot water.
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorola’s Android devices Motorola may have to pay dearly to get the ban lifted.
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Feds considering allowing DVD-encryption cracking The U.S. Copyright Office heard requests for loopholes in its rules this week.
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Exporting copyright: Inside the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership Meet "ACTA plus," and the people trying to stop it.
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Those $22,600 W. Virginia routers were "economical" Congress wants to know how enterprise routers end up in rural libraries.
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Justice Dept. defends public’s constitutional ‘right to record’ cops The DoJ sent a letter to the attorneys for the Baltimore Police Department.
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Comcast answers data cap questions "We're out of the cap business," Comcast says.
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Comcast suspends 250GB data cap—for now Everyone will get at least 300GB—and possibly more—when caps return.
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.

Reddit

• Kinda urgent. I don't know who to ask or what to even search on this matter. So here is the scoop. My girlfriend had a person message her on Facebook about a year ago with photos of her that were obviously Photoshopped to make it seem as if she had cum all over her face. I...
  // Sun, May 20, 2012.
• Kinda urgent. I really don't know where to turn to or what even to search. So here is the scoop. My girlfriend had a person message her on Facebook about a year ago with photos of her that were obviously Photoshopped to make it seem as if she had cum all over her face. I...
  // Sun, May 20, 2012.
• Idiotic Copyright Comparisons in Canadian Parliament submitted by captianD [link] [comment]
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• What are some laws that you believe everyone should know but doesn't? I'm 17 and I figure that it wouldn't hurt to ask. submitted by Stacks_On_Deck [link] [138 comments]
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Christian providers attack Dutch net neutrality submitted by cocoon56 [link] [8 comments]
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• One Area Where China Should Definitely Stop Ripping Off The West: Copyright Law submitted by nomdeweb [link] [comment]
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Anti-protest legislation passes in Quebec - The Globe and Mail submitted by mrpopenfresh [link] [comment]
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Record companies score infringement victory over "Russian Facebook" submitted by TuneRaider [link] [comment]
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Facebook Suit Over Subscriber Tracking Seeks $15 Billion submitted by trombodachi [link] [comment]
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.

Patently-O

• Guest Post by Sarah Burstein: Apple v. Samsung Guest post by Sarah Burstein, who will joining the faculty of University of Oklahoma College of Law this August. Her research focuses on design patents, an important piece in the smartphone wars. -...
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• Examiner Interviews 101 May 30: Good looking upcoming seminar on Examiner Interviews being held simultaneously in DC (live), NYC, Chicago and Boston. Cost is only $25 for Patently-O readers who use the code NLC530 and...
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• Federal Circuit Annual Conference I’m sorry that I can’t make it to Thursday’s Federal Circuit Judicial Conference at the Grand Hyatt in DC. The program looks excellent, including discussions from most of the Federal Circuit...
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• Patently-O Bits & Bytes by Lawrence Higgins Freedom of Speech and Facebook Technology is forever changing, and with technological change there is also legal change. In a recent Virginia District Court case, the judge decided that liking a...
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• In Memoriam Best Mode By Jason Rantanen When Congress passed the America Invents Act and President Obama signed it into law, courts were stripped of the power to declare patents either invalid or unenforceable for failure...
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• Judge Wallach and Claim Construction By Jason Rantanen Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. v. International Securities Exchange, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2012) Download 11-1267-1298 Panel: Rader, Wallach (author) and Fogel If my own conversations...
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• The USPTO Patent Backlogs: Falling and Rising By Dennis Crouch Under Director Kappos' tenure, the USPTO has focused on reducing the backlog of unexamined cases. That approach has been quite successful. The table below shows a 10% reduction in the...
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• Princeton Event: Patent Success or Failure? The America Invents Act and Beyond by Dennis Crouch When listed as a potential survey response, Princeton University School of Law regularly ranks as a top-ten law school. Although Princeton actually has no law school, the Ivy League...
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• Overlapping Copyright and Patent Rights by Dennis Crouch Oracle v. Google (N.D. Cal. 2012) Oracle and Google are battling over whether Google improperly relied on Java OS code when developing its Android operating system. The intellectual...
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Lawyerist

• Last Week’s Most-Popular Posts (May 20, 2012) If these posts were high school students, they would stuff your high school self into trash cans for yuks. Good think they aren’t. Best Law Firm Websites of 2012 (Vote for #1) (Karin) 3...
  // Sun, May 20, 2012.
• What’s Happening in the LAB (May 18, 2012) If you aren’t already a member of the LAB, join our community of innovative lawyers for FREE! Popular Discussions Considering a Flat Monthly Rate Billing Structure, Would Appreciate Input Laptop...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Create Superb Legal Writing With the ‘Fictional Dream’ First, read this short story by David Foster Wallace. It won’t take you longer than 15 minutes. It’s that short. I challenge you to read this and not get completely absorbed. Then read...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook Review The Dell XPS 13 is a great-looking, well-built, and well-integrated ultrabook. One of the last ultrabooks to market, Dell used its time wisely to put together what is definitely the best ultrabook...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Five Essential PC Performance Tasks Over time, you’ll inevitably notice your Windows PC getting slower and slower. While a professional performance tuneup might be in order every couple of years, there are lots of things you can...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.

The Hill

• Blind Chinese dissident Chen arrives in NY White House officials said they were pleased that Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng had left China for the U.S. Read more...
  // Sun, May 20, 2012.
• NAACP endorses gay marriage as ‘civil right’ The civil-rights group's board of directors Saturday passed a resolution supporting same-sex marriage equality. Read more...
  // Sun, May 20, 2012.
• Three charged in plot to firebomb Obama campaign headquarters The three men were making Molotov cocktails to disrupt the NATO summit, prosecutors told The Associated Press. Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Rep. Ryan touts GOP student loan plan, hits Obama's 'short-sighted' approach Rep. Paul Ryan defended House Republicans' approach to student loan debt and critized President Obama's approach. Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Obama to Congress: Implement Wall St. reforms for growth President Obama said economic recovery is threatened by Congress' threat to undo financial reforms. Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Sen. Johnson calls GOP 'ready' to reclaim America's heritage Sen. Ron Johnson said the Republican Party is "ready, willing and able" to take back the Senate. Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• State Department: Chinese dissident Chen on his way to US Chen Guangcheng, the blind human rights activist whose case became a diplomatic crisis for the administration, has left China. Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Norquist compares Sen. Schumer’s tax-dodger bill to the Nazis, communists Sen. Chuck Schumer proposed tax penalties in response to Facebook co-founder giving up his U.S. citizenship. Read more...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Obama tweets in Spanish President Obama sent a Spanish tweet on Friday. The tweet promoted the Spanish version of a new voter registration initiative by the campaign and linked to the new website "GottaVote."Prepárate para...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.

How Appealing

• "Montana AG urges U.S. Supreme Court to keep corporate spending ban" "Montana AG urges U.S. Supreme Court to keep corporate spending ban": The Missoulian has a news update that begins, "Attorney General Steve Bullock has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Montana's...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• "Christie's second N.J. Supreme Court nominee to get confirmation hearing" "Christie's second N.J. Supreme Court nominee to get confirmation hearing": MaryAnn Spoto of The Newark Star-Ledger has this news update....
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• "A campaign bombshell: If the court upholds the healthcare reform law, the president wins;... "A campaign bombshell: If the court upholds the healthcare reform law, the president wins; if it declares the law unconstitutional, he loses. Right? Well, not so fast." Columnist Doyle McManus will...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• "Judge's departure continues Supreme Court's makeover" "Judge's departure continues Supreme Court's makeover": In today's edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, "A dramatic reshaping of the Supreme Court of Canada...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• "Judge weighs multiple Guantanamo 9/11 trials" "Judge weighs multiple Guantanamo 9/11 trials": The Associated Press has this report.
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• "Md. high court will not reverse DNA ruling; state officials plan Supreme Court challenge" "Md. high court will not reverse DNA ruling; state officials plan Supreme Court challenge": Today's edition of The Washington Post contains an article that begins, "Maryland's highest court will not...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• "Obama may stay clear of court fight over Prop. 8" "Obama may stay clear of court fight over Prop. 8": Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• "Voting Rights Act upheld by appeals court" "Voting Rights Act upheld by appeals court": The Shelby County (Ala.) Reporter has this local coverage of a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• "Appeals Panel Weighs Question on Press Rights" "Appeals Panel Weighs Question on Press Rights": In today's edition of The New York Times, Charlie Savage has an article that begins, "At least two members of a three-judge federal appeals court panel...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.

SCOTUSblog

• This week at the Court On Monday we expect orders from the May 17 Conference as well as opinions in argued cases. Our list of “Petitions to watch” for that Conference is here. On Thursday, the Court will meet for its...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• SCOTUS for law students: A campaign finance face-off (sponsored by Bloomberg Law) The Supreme Court is accustomed to having the last word on matters of constitutional interpretation. But in the application of First Amendment free speech principles to restrictions on corporate...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Friday round-up Coverage of the Court yesterday was dominated by the news that, earlier this month, Justice Breyer was the victim of a break-in at his Georgetown home.  Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports on the...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Petition of the day The petition of the day is:
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Relist (and hold) watch John Elwood reviews Monday’s relisted and held cases. Monday was a big day.  Facebook raised the price range of its IPO to $34-38 a share, up from $28-35; in a related story, CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Thursday round-up Coverage of Monday’s decision in Hall v. United States continued yesterday. Writing for this blog, Ronald Mann argued that the case, in which the Court held that tax liability incurred from...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Petition of the day The petition of the day is:
  // Wed, May 16, 2012.
• Opinion analysis: When worlds collide, the IRS wins and bankrupts shudder Monday’s decision in Hall v. United States is emblematic of the Court’s long-standing skepticism of the Bankruptcy Code as an important institution for mitigating the long-term costs of financial...
  // Wed, May 16, 2012.
• Wednesday round-up Coverage of Monday’s opinions and orders continued yesterday.  At JURIST, Julia Zebley summarizes Monday’s decision in Hall v. United States, in which the Court held that the federal income tax...
  // Wed, May 16, 2012.

Circuit Courts

• Oxford Aviation, Inc. v. Global Aerospace, Inc. 11-2208
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• Crowther v. Consolidated Rail Corp. 11-1578
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• Wright v. Owens Corning 11-2026
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• Welch v. US 2011-5090
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• Yankee Atomic Electric Co. v. US 2011-5020
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• US v. Williams 11-324
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• US v. Batista 10-3284
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• Galloway v. Town of Greece 10-3635
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• US v. David 11-741
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Lowering the Bar

• THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE A woman defended herself with a "pooper scooper" for nearly half an hour while a man tried to hit her with another pooper scooper in Plymouth Pillars Park early Thursday, according to the Seattle...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• You Know, Some Appeals Really Aren't "Worth a Shot" Understandably, anybody who loses a case (especially a criminal case) is inclined to appeal, even if their arguments are pretty weak and even though every appeal is, statistically, a long shot. I...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• TSA Gropes Another Senior Citizen (Specifically, Henry Kissinger) Is it still news that the TSA's pointless policies hassle Americans from cradle to grave? It is as far as I'm concerned. See, e.g., "TSA Says Baby-Frisking Justified" (May 12, 2011); "TSA:...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Ron Paul: the Video Game Ron Paul may have stopped "actively campaigning," but that doesn't mean his adventures are over. Far from it. Although so far he only has 98 delegates, he may be able to rack up a lot more between now...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Alleged Wallaby Harborer Gets Probation According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a Pennsylvania man accused of harboring a wallaby has pleaded no contest to that charge, and was sentenced last week to one year of probation. ...
  // Wed, May 16, 2012.

iPhone JD

• Review: Widge by X-Doria: iPad case perfect for kids Read more...
  // Mon, May 14, 2012.
• Review: iPad Apps in One Hour for Lawyers by Tom Mighell -- overview of legal apps Read more...
  // Tue, May 15, 2012.
• Review: Paperless by David Sparks -- excellent iBook on going paperless Read more...
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• In the news Read more...
  // Fri, May 11, 2012.
• CTIA Wireless 2012 Read more...
  // Thu, May 10, 2012.
• Review: GoodNotes -- take handwritten notes on the iPad Read more...
  // Wed, May 9, 2012.
• Review: BoxWave EverTouch Capactive Stylus -- fabric mesh tip that glides on iPad screen Read more...
  // Wed, May 16, 2012.
• Review: Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad -- excellent stylus for taking notes Read more...
  // Tue, May 15, 2012.
• In the news Read more...
  // Thu, May 3, 2012.

Popehat

• Chilling Tales of Crazy/Evil Stuff I've written here has gotten crazy people, vengeful people, and very nasty people angry at me. Some have acted on it in various annoying and occasionally unsettling ways. Some of it you know...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• But I Tell You, Resist A Censor. If Anyone SLAPPs You, SLAPP Back. So, approximately eleventy billion people wrote to me with tips about the story of Beaverton Grace Bible Church in Oregon and its pastor, Charles O'Neil, suing a former parishioner and her family...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Popehat Signal: Louisiana Justice I'm looking for someone admitted in Louisiana with expertise in First Amendment issues, specifically defamation defense, to help someone getting a raw deal. Though it would be for a pro bono consult,...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Road To Popehat: "We Hates It Forever!" Edition It's been over two months since we last explored what brings you hobbitses to this site. So it's time for Road to Popehat, the feature in which we review search logs to examine the hidden things, long...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Sex-and-Speech-Related Question: Am I Normal? In the course of pondering the correct response to internet trolls, my law school classmate David French poses an interesting question — "isn't there a middle ground between porn and prude?" Or,...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Questions About Instapundit Day Passover has its traditional questions. So does Instapundit day. These are but a few of them: 1. How many people will remember that we did this last year? 2. How many people will, despite Patrick's...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• Icelandic Parliamentarian Moves For Protection Of Elves; Dwarves Outraged According to the Iceland Review, Icelandic MP Árni Johnsen has taken steps to protect a family of elves by relocating a thirty ton boulder. Johnsen explained that the boulder was home to three...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
• ANGUS ON WHAT QUALIFIES AS A "SAVAGE SPENDING CUT". The equivalent, in the private sector, would be losing out on a merit raise and describing the result as a "savage pay cut". © 2007-2012 by the...
  // Thu, May 17, 2012.
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JONATHAN TURLEY

• 1-2-3 -Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger We present the extended version, by Len Barry (a member of The Dovells on Bristol Stomp) in glorious STEREO!
  // Sun, May 20, 2012.
• The Lure of Certainty is Fear of Uncertainty Submitted by: Mike Spindell, guest blogger Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) :  “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Divorced From Logic -Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger Michael LaBossiere, a philosophy professor at Florida A&M University, has written a short Kindle book entitled For Better or Worse Reasoning: A...
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Dogs Shall Lie Down With Cats -Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• Bristol Stomp -Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger For your listening enjoyment, we present The Dovells in glorious STEREO!
  // Sat, May 19, 2012.
• New Evidence in Zimmerman Case Undermines Prosecution’s Case on Second Degree Murder... The evidence continues to roll in on the Zimmerman case. While the new evidence is not entirely bad for the prosecution, it does contain some evidence that will likely bolster the defense of George...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Federal Trial Of Officers Accused Of Shooting Family Dog In Unlawful Search We have been following the continuing line of cases of police officers shooting pets during raids or investigations. The latest is in Hartford where two police officers shot a family dog in front of a...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• Say It Ain’t So “Zo”: Florida Police Officer Charged With Witness Tampering Broward County Detective Anthony “Zo” Costanzo, 42, has been arrested in a remarkable case involving alleged police misconduct, including witness tampering. Known as “Zo,”...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.
• New York Judge Admits To Using Medical Marijuana To Relieve Pain From Cancer Judge Gustin Reichbach of Brooklyn has written an extraordinary op-ed in the New York Times where he admits to breaking the law by using marijuana to relieve his suffering from Stage 3 pancreatic...
  // Fri, May 18, 2012.