The rule of law

I continue to be a big fan of Glenn Greenwald's work in exposing the authoritarian movement in this country ... about the rule of law. And our opinion-making elite is eagerly defending this -- insisting that while the poor ... breaking the law, should have special laws written decreeing that they are immune from all consequences [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 13:34:48
Blog: Drug WarRant...

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Malaysia considers switch to Islamic law

Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Malaysia. By Thomas Bell in the Telegraph (thanks to DFS) ... of colonialism". Sharia law should be "infused" into the gaps created by abolishing common law, he said ... - that Malaysia is a secular state. Sharia law already operates in some Malaysian states and is occasionally [more...]

Date: 2007-09-01 11:47:57
Blog: Dhimmi Watch...

Call for National Debate on Pro-Life Strategy

The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, ... -life movement. The Law Center’s active support to end abortion, including the actual drafting of state ... of abortions, without eliminating abortion all together. Robert Muise, the Law Center attorney [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 09:04:28
Blog: café theology...

The Rule of Some Laws (But Not Others)

A New York Times article this morning reports that the Bush Administration is about to crack down hard again on immigrants who ... access to real Social Security cards, so that they would be within the law, contributing and paying ... they can. No, the right wing insists there’s a principle of the rule of law at stake, and Lou [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 13:30:26
Blog: Firedoglake - Firedogl...

Randomness

Randomness 16th October 2007 - 22:17 by zizou My sister-in-law text messaged me in the afternoon, telling me that she’s making ‘chicken chop’ ( ... ingredients. Every time my sister-in-law decides to make dinner like that, she will always ask ... -in-law’s mother while my brother was sleeping with my niece :evil: After that, I became [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 14:17:08
Blog: kanryu ...

Latest JIPLP; Scotch whisky -- the SWA replies

The October 2007 issue of the Oxford University Press monthly Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice leads with an editorial, "Killing the orphans", on the curious position of orphan works within the scheme of copyright law ... * "The interplay between IP rights and competition law in the context of standardization" by Polish [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 04:47:06
Blog: IPKat - IP news and fun...

A P.O.S. sneaks into law

Over the last few days, we've spend a lot of time talking about the great bills that were signed, and those that were vetoed ... further ado, I give you the freshly minted California law formerly known as AB 1430 (Leg. Analysts's Summary): (Bill info here) Existing law provides that, for the purposes of contribution limits [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 03:42:14
Blog: Calitics California Po...

How's Your Walk with God?

Img_0879 Title: Losing My Religion Cast: family, friends, in-laws, ex-girlfriend, people Plot: Why Monkey Boy is a heathen 1973-1983: ... in the church league. Practically every game I played in or watched ended in a scuffle.  My brother-in-law ... of his, but the brother-in-law wasn't fazed by Jesus' displeasure. 1985-1986: Monkey Boy attended [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 13:20:36
Blog: Les Singes: The Life of...

Lawyerly Lairs: It's Good To Be King A Biglaw Partner

Lawyerly Lairs: It's Good To Be King A Biglaw Partner Rick Presutti apartment 2 small Leticia Presutti Abovethelaw Above the Law blog.JPG The miseries of life at a large law firm are regularly chronicled in these pages. But don't forget ... : down payments, mortgages, tuition bills for the kids. Second, some law firm associates -- those [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 01:56:10
Blog: Abovethelaw.com...

Effective Congress Watch

It's more than four months into the new Democratic Congress--not a bad time to see how they're doing. So far there have been 25 bills signed into law. Here's the list: A bill to redesignate ... . To provide a new effective date for the applicability of certain provisions of law to Public Law [more...]

Date: 2007-05-11 16:24:30
Blog: The Weekly Standard...

Pollit, Blumenthal and Rell

Over at the Journal Inquirer, Chris Powell, who has been skewering political gaffers for many years, ... to suspend every constitutional law on the books, not to mention a few centuries of common law, and recommit ... Blumenthal was nudging, Judge Susan Handy, ruled strictly on the law and told Blumenthal [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 03:08:32
Blog: Connecticut Commentary:...

Which side is the federal government on?

I love writing about the Freedom Movement, as I’ve learned to call the Civil Rights Movement ... come and swoop them up with his coded speeches about “law and order”. While it’s true ... by and watched while local law enforcement broke federal law and beat up people trying to enroll to vote [more...]

Date: 2007-05-01 13:28:59
Blog: Alas, a blog ...

Multi-Core Microprocessors Break the Software Performance Gains of Moore's Law

Advanced Micro Devices Monday unveiled its quad-core Opteron server chip also known as “Barcelona ... from the software industry. Both companies make use of Moore's Law which doubles the number of transistors ... process to keep up with Moore's Law. And by doing so, software automatically runs faster [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 02:41:39
Blog: Silicon Valley Watcher ...

China Lawyer Ethics -- Perils And Pitfalls For Foreign Companies

Brad Luo over at the China Business Law Blog recently did a two part series on legal ethics in China ... of using a Chinese lawyer or law firm. The first of Brad's posts is entitled, "Time to Raise ... , but they go little beyond that. A proposed law would expand this to require lawyers "avoid conflict [more...]

Date: 2007-07-25 04:41:39
Blog: China Law Blog: a blog ...

Who did you think was going to pay for it?

A local School District Superintendent just said the most ignorant thing on TV. It had to do with a new Texas state law that mandates safety training for students before they ride the bus. They passed the law but didn’t fund it. He said, “The state passed this law and did [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 03:22:58
Blog: STUFFLEUFAGUS ...

The good, the bad, and the illogical

I meant to write about this a day or two ago, but got sidetracked - a collaboration between scientists from the World Health Organization in Geneva ... is that the law does not influence a woman’s decision to have an abortion. If there’s an unplanned pregnancy, it does not matter if the law is restrictive or liberal." But the legal status of abortion [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 02:59:09
Blog: pesky'apostrophe: alway...

The 515 ways Minnesota discriminates -- People of the same gender in committed relationships are victimized by the state of Minnesota every day ... . In the eyes of the credit union -- and under Minnesota laws -- the girl's legal parent isn't a family ... of your decisions -- both great and small -- are dictated by laws that are in opposition to your best [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 07:01:00
Blog: BRUEN/BENSLEY Credit Un...

How to Fling About Legal Insults Like a Lawyer, Part 1 of Many Parts

Source: Snuffle Guppy It has occurred to me, from my years of online inhabitation, ... to a person’s reputation. From the Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition: An intentional false ... to do a couple of posts on the law of defamation so that when people become unhappy with what I have written [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 09:00:53
Blog: Dear Author: Romance B...

The relational

Roses says: I like "in the transference" better than "with". It's nicer I think - well way rougher and hurty, but it's nice ... that both parties must abide by the laws of the land and by the rules that are provided by the various ... then no professional practice guidelines apply and their relationship is only bound by the laws of the land [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 07:33:50
Blog: Tony White: Graffiti...

I'm Sorry, I Didn't Catch That?

Isn’t there a law or best practice on how to approach employees who prefer to speak their foreign tongue in the workplace in front of other employees ... . Thanks. A law is very different from a best practice. I am not a lawyer and I don't like to give legal ... , so you will be forced to wear mismatched shoes all day.) Second: English is the easiest [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 12:17:59
Blog: Evil HR Lady...

SVU update

Adam Beach had his first Native moment on last week's episode of Law & Order: SVU. Titled Impulsive, the show had the following premise:A teacher ( ... to ratchet up intensity on 'Law and Order: SVU'Working in collaboration with the show's writing team ... are they going to bring in his connection of roots to the city? His family were ironworkers [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 04:52:04
Blog: Newspaper Rock -- Where...

Institutions averse to parting with information under RTI

New Delhi, Oct 15 Amidst efforts by the government to usher in transparency in the functioning of public bodies, many institutions, ... as maintained by the offices. Concerned over the growing “misuse” of the transparency law, public ... the Right to Information Act, according to a CIC report. “The Supreme Court (Ministry of Law and Justice [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 02:26:09
Blog: RTI India - Complete Ri...

That Old Roman Law Thing

Just a gentle reminder: "The Maestro's wishes in the first will have been respected and we have no problem with how that has been attributed. However this did not cover the American estate and the three daughters from his first marriage are entitled to a share of this." There's a huge difference between Continental (ie Roman) law [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 07:49:28
Blog: Tim Worstall Tabloid Ed...

The Law Doesn’t Matter?

Labor vs Justice Second in the series The Law Doesn’t Matter? Interview with Jon Neukam part 1 can be found here ... with the labor Board. What happened when you tried to get them to abide by the contract? J: Well, I never ... up. And they screwed up. So I canceled the contract. Labour did not like this. They fought against [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 02:45:50
Blog: Japan Probe...

More Overlooked History: The Muslim Libel Cases

Two news flashes on August 1, 2007. First, the lawyers representing the so-called Flying Imams in their lawsuit against US Airways announced that ... by offering their services, given what is in the law books. The only thing more important to lawyers ... explaining why, I will let the law books do the talking. DATELINE - BOSTON 2003 The Boston Herald [more...]

Date: 2007-08-02 19:44:53
Blog: Counterterrorism Blog...

Unimpeachably Impeachable

BY RAY McGOVERN, July 2, 2007 Last week’s four-part Washington Post feature on Vice President Dick Cheney removed any doubt in my mind as to ... offends our Constitution and the rule of law. Suggestion: From the most heinous, select just one for which ... has already admitted to, with claims it is above the law and the Constitution: electronic [more...]

Date: 2007-07-03 15:21:50
Blog: NO QUARTER...

Clinton Library Donors Remain Secret

ABC News' Rick Klein and Eloise Harper Report: Former president Bill Clinton said Thursday that he will not reveal the names of donors to the Clinton Presidential Library unless he is required to by law, rebuffing pressure from his wife's ... that if such a bill becomes law, he will also disclose donors to his library, even though he would [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 12:09:15
Blog: Political Radar...

The Surreality that was this Eid

Maybe it is just a part of getting older, but I have convinced myself that living in Amman that has turned me into a hermit of sorts. ( ... it would be to visit my mother-in-law on Friday for the final 'iftar' of Ramadan--i.e., the 30th day. My mother in law expects us every Friday for lunch, but especially in Ramadan does she love [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 06:56:46
Blog: Southern Muslimah...

The All So Ugly Truth

The All So Ugly Truth cross-post by Snooper Media Matters will make the false assumption that folks cannot hear for themselves and that they ... joined the prestigious Rose Law Firm after Bill became Attorney General and made partner only after ... , as opposed to service, long ago. Bill says: In law school Hillary worked on legal services [more...]

Date: 2007-09-03 00:35:15
Blog: Miss Beth's Victory Dan...

Giuliani California Poll Watch: Rudy Leads Thompson by 21 Points

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjzE1YAbDKo Former New York Mayor and Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani at Joe’s Cafe, Santa Barbara, ... from a month ago, when Giuliani trailed Thompson by 2 among Pro-Lifers. Thompson’s “Law and Order” ... who watch the TV show Law and Order, Thompson’s support is 19%. Among those who “almost never” watch [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 14:32:32
Blog: FullosseousFlap’s Dent...

EU FUND FRAUD, A MILLION A DAY

Read more... Post to: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Politics, Entertainment, BBC, Ofcom, Brown, Current affairs, Harry Potter, ... to: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Politics, Family, Capital punishment, Current affairs, law ... , law and order, Business and money, General Comments 0 Back to top THERE BE [more...]

Date: 2007-07-10 13:04:09
Blog: My Telegraph...

Just A Hoax? It Resonates for a Reason

Rachel, 15, from the Northeast "says she doesn't have to choose between marriage and a career like other girls because being married is the only ... someone do this? Site creator John Ordover claims he was trying to draw attention to marriage laws in the states. In the US, laws regarding the legal age for marriage vary by state and often conflict [more...]

Date: 2007-09-24 12:17:02
Blog: RHRealityCheck.org | In...

Supremes To Decide New Jersey-Delaware Boundary Dispute

We can barely contain our excitement, because it’s not every day that a case that falls within the Supreme Court’s original jurisidiction ... Jersey’s boundaries, that are at issue in the case. What fun! Law Blog Special Master of the Day ... Atwood in Portland, Me., and the newest member of the Law Blog Bow Tie Club. This is his third stint [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 13:25:10
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

International Media Roundup of the Referendum Result

Marwaan Macan-Markar in IPS: ‘’This is anything but a vote of confidence for the junta; it is a remarkable outcome,’’ Giles Ungpakorn, ... martial law; anti-junta critics were prevented from travelling to Bangkok for protest rallies ... -appointed parliament in Bangkok pass a law that made it a crime to obstruct the referendum, attracting [more...]

Date: 2007-08-21 13:06:07
Blog: Bangkok Pundit...

Why do we let cops be our "drug experts"?

Why do we let cops be our "drug experts"? Posted in Chronicle Blog by Phillip Smith on Sun, 06/10/2007 - 2:06pm We see this at all levels, ... experts on marriage. (For anyone who does assume that, check out their divorce rates.) Law enforcement ... from the local DARE officer misinforming the kids to national law enforcement associations [more...]

Date: 2007-06-10 18:22:04
Blog: Raising awareness of th...

All You Need Is Loving

The Beatles aren’t the only ones noting the 40th anniversary of a momentous event this month. It’s also been 40 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws against interracial marriage were unconstitutional. Now there’s another group that is campaigning to reconfigure another set of marriage laws, and they’re using [more...]

Date: 2007-06-02 18:34:46
Blog: Shakesville...

Allah Ska Med

Fjordman, in his post on Thursday, said this about Sweden’s Muslim immigrants and the Social Democrats: In 2006, ... , separate family laws regulating marriage and divorce, public schools with imams teaching homogeneous ... if they want to regain power, so we shouldn’t be surprised to see calls for the use of sharia law in family [more...]

Date: 2007-08-25 14:42:41
Blog: Gates of Vienna...

States’ Immigrant Policies Diverge

States’ Immigrant Policies Diverge October 16, 2007 at 9:24 am · Filed under Uncategorized In Differences, ... some of the toughest immigration laws in the nation, including one making it a felony to “transport” ... and church pastors may be at risk of doing time. Tennessee’s legislature this year revoked laws granting [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 23:24:10
Blog: Immigration Watch Inte...

Credit Rationing

Utah payday lenders began refusing Monday to make loans to members of the military rather than give them much lower rates mandated by a new federal law. That new law, which took effect Monday, caps the annual interest on payday, car title ... ," he said. I'm surprised that it is constitutional for the government to require firms to lower prices [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 11:10:00
Blog: Marginal Revolution...

Lawyers Using Social Networking Sites For Legal Information

Good article from Law.com about how lawyers are using social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace to get information on clients ... . "It's an everyday occasion," said Joan Malbrough, a partner at the three-attorney firm, which handles family law ... . By Vesna Jaksic The National Law Journal October 15, 2007 At Malbrough & Lirette in Houma [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 22:58:49
Blog: Legal Search Marketing ...

I Hates Teh Lying Senators [Dan Collins]

8:08 am Comments (77) | Trackback Share This August 30, 2007 “Judge strikes down Iowa’s same-sex marriage law” With the stroke of a pen, ... the wishes of the state’s electorate. Let’s hear it for the philosopher kings! From the Chicago Tribune: A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa’s law banning gay marriage. The ruling [more...]

Date: 2007-08-31 14:08:16
Blog: protein wisdom...

Newsletter to Blog: Quoting, Referencing, Citing, and Not Copyright Violating

What do you stuff in your newsletters? Hmm? Is it only information about what your group or business is doing? ... opportunity to teach this team of business women about copyright law. Everything printed, published, recorded, or “fixed” in a permanent form is copyrighted. That’s the international law and standards [more...]

Date: 2007-09-18 11:00:04
Blog: The Blog Herald...

Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 12, 2007

As is typical for Sundays, there were far fewer LexBlog clients blogging this morning than there were the rest of the week. Here are some of August 12's discussions: Shannon Cavers in the Houston Divorce & Family Law ... and attorneys at the Harris County Family Law Center. Showing that Corvette enthusiasm is not only limited [more...]

Date: 2007-08-12 21:24:56
Blog: Real Lawyers Have Blogs...

How not to hire a lawyer

Filed under: My Kid Has Four Parents Edan just had a birthday. This, of course, made me think about when she was first born ... people involved in family law, but this guy was a jack ass. In fact, let's call him Jack, as using ... about lawyers up to that point was learned from TV and movies. Because I always heard characters on Law [more...]

Date: 2007-06-12 11:30:00
Blog: ParentDish...

October 10 roundup

She wore a wire: defense attorney says administrative assistant to one of the three lawyers in Kentucky fen-phen scandal worked as FBI mole, ... and the only Law Firm Financing company endorsed by the AAJ (formerly ATLA)"; its friendly public ... -lawbreaking cyclists "Critical Mass" just considered above the law? Kersten @ Star-Tribune "Look [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 04:42:06
Blog: Overlawyered...

Three women finally get their day in court against NJ pharmaceutical company, Wyeth…

Across the country there has been ongoing litigation about certain drugs Wyeth has been distributing containing Premarin, an estrogen replacement, ... of penalty set by law to help deter future reckless or intentional conduct.  Usually, a Plaintiff ... lawyer, Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq. of Saile & Saile LLP, Attorneys-at-Law focuses his practice [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 13:24:59
Blog: PA & NJ Personal Injury...

Will “YouTube Video ID” Assuage Copyright Owners?

Google released its long-promised video-filter system yesterday designed to give owners of copyrighted videos more control over whether ... and the NYT. Here’s what the Law Blog wants to know: How do all those plaintiffs that have sued ... t know who owns what.” youtube YouTube Video of the Day: Last month the Law Blog co-wrote [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 13:47:07
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

Single parents losing their children while serving their country

Filed under: Moms, Dads, Child Custody, Parental relationships, DivorceThere is a federal law called the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The purpose of this law is to protect those who are serving active duty in the military from any ... though it was a temporary order," says Lt. Col. Steve Elliott, a judge advocate with the Oklahoma [more...]

Date: 2007-05-02 17:58:00
Blog: ParentDish...

Michael Clayton (2007) -vs- The Rainmaker (1997)

Randall_2_3 Review by Randal Cohen The Smackdown. People like lawyers only slightly better than the U.S. Congress which is to say, not so much ... " explores corporate greed and the massive law firms that defend them and lets him transcend ... " which let him play the good David-lawyer against the bad-Goliath law firm. So, today, we put two [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 03:12:28
Blog: Bryce Zabel's MOVIE SMA...

Advice for Dean Chemerinsky, cont'd

A few days ago, I linked to some advice that (former Dean and now) Prof. Dan Rodriguez offered to Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. Dan had suggested that "[ ... as stakeholders, as investors in the preliminary and long-term financial well-being of this law school ... or un-understood by outsiders -- cannot find ways to educate the law-school's various [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 13:03:36
Blog: PrawfsBlawg...

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