Stick It To The Feds Alabama

... government (i.e. $2 million, wink, wink.), when a driver has a blood alcohol level of .15% or higher ... of the alcohol-related accidents involve a motorist whose blood alcohol level measures .15 percent [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:54:38
Blog: Alabama-Democrat...

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Law and Literature: Two Hermeneutic Sciences

]inlovewithnight linked to this article, "Harry Potter and the Framers' Intent," ... theories of constitutional law. I used the same exact parallel in the comments of this post ... sufficiently, however, (because he is too interested in selling his position on consitutional law [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:57:42
Blog: The Tradëscan Codex...

The Future of Marketing (Conventional and Internet)

I read a quote once: “It’s not a tragedy not to achieve a goal it’s a tragedy not to have that goal to achieve! ... local law to see if this allowed where you reside) 2. Internet Marketing – having even a basic [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:11:36
Blog: Against Closed Eyes In ...

Interesting view of Parker v. DC

Over at Concurring Opinions, a former Ass't US Attorney for DC gives her take. She expects cert. to be granted, and adds "I think it's worth acknowledging the primary functions of the law ... doubtful objectives for a law of this type... but even so, could have been met with almost any other [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:55:33
Blog: Of Arms and the Law...

Save the Date!

Abbott & Kindermann’s Annual Land Use, Real Estate, and Environmental Law Update Abbott & Kindermann, ... in case law, statutes and administrative regulations, and how these changes impact your daily [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:08:35
Blog: California Land Use, En...

Paper Water Revisited: Second Appellate District Applies the Principles of Vineyard

By Janell M. Bogue The California Supreme Court’s decision in Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cordova (2007) 40 Cal.4th 412 addressed the sufficiency of future water supplies for a long-term, large scale development. (See the Vineyard blog article.) [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:01:10
Blog: California Land Use, En...

An Oxford Centenary - 100 Years of Medical Publishing

Below is a fascinating article about the long history of Oxford’s medical publishing program ... of Marketing Medicine and Law, UK The Oxford University Press Medicine Department is proud [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 13:18:02
Blog: OUPblog...

Dodd Opposes Mukasey for AG

Sen. Christopher Dodd told reporters over a conference call this afternoon that Michael Mukasey should be denied confirmation as attorney general over his view that a president can justify ignoring federal law. Mukasey's belief ... defender of the rule of law. "That is about as basic as it gets," Dodd said. "You must obey [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:23:01
Blog: CAPITOL WATCH...

Former Governor Meskill Dies Suddenly in Florida

Former Gov. Thomas J. Meskill, a longtime federal judge and a giant among Connecticut Republicans in the early 1970s, died suddenly Monday of a heart attack at a Florida hospital at the age of 79. After being named a federal judge by President Richard M [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:55:55
Blog: CAPITOL WATCH...

Fred Speaks Out on U.N. Gun Control

Fred Speaks Out on U.N. Gun Control Submitted by brfh on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 12:09pm. Tags: Fred on Gun Control Fred Speaks Out on U.N ... massacres in Bosnia? Disarming civilians under the guise of international human rights law will only [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:09:59
Blog: Blogs For Fred Thompson...

Exxon Punis Case: Who’s Psyched, and Who’s Not

Gibson Dunn’s Ted Boutrous must be fired up this morning, ... lawyers in the case. In March, Law Blog colleague Nathan Koppel wrote a story on defense firms taking ... ), the lead lawyer on the case for Faegre, told Koppel that the firm has thus far collected [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:57:10
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

Merrill CEO Candidate Greg Fleming Is One Of Us

The big news on Wall Street this morning: The dramatic ouster of Stan O’Neal as CEO of Merrill Lynch ... Merrill lawyer we’d like to spotlight: Rosemary Berkery, the firm’s general counsel. Recently given ... Vincent, St. John’s Law) began her career at Shearman & Sterling, where she was an M&A lawyer from 1978 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:26:38
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

Red Sox Nation Is Ruled By a Couple of Lawyers!

So it looks like John Montgomery & Co. at Ropes & Gray in Boston will be enjoying some good ol’ fashioned Rocky Mountain haute cuisine, ... Watergate impeachment committee. He then went to work for famed trial lawyer Edward Bennett Williams [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 13:33:11
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

The Days & Nights Of Diversity In the Legal Profession

A couple of stories on diversity in the legal profession caught our eye ... Roger Clegg, a lawyer who runs the anti-affirmative action Center for Equal Opportunity, who criticized ... . Sherman notes that it’s been more than a year since a black lawyer in private practice has argued [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 13:33:11
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

The Ever Escalating Cost of Judicial Election Campaigns

Yesterday’s WaPo had a page-one story on the jaw-dropping spending on judicial elections ... percent of it came from business interests. That’s double the amount given by lawyer [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 13:33:11
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

Do Investors Get Enough Data on Climate Change?

Do Investors Get Enough Data on Climate Change? Kara Scannell reports on companies and climate change ... at Wesleyan University; Jeffrey Smith, a partner at law firm Cravath, Swaine, and Moore; Mindy Lubber [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:10:14
Blog: Washington Wire - WSJ.c...

Rocky Mountain High

The legal world this morning is bereft of Bench-worthy stories and, anyway, all I want to talk about is the fact that the Boston Red Sox ( ... Bashman, of HowAppealing.com law-blog fame, cherishes and frequently writes about. He's a...Please [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 14:17:07
Blog: Bench Conference...

New Passport

Like Meike Reichle I'm going to order a new passport without fingerprints before this stupid new law becomes reality/active. What Meike forgot to mention: you maybe need a certificate of birth [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:50:59
Blog: The personal blog of ij...

Celebrate Halloween With Halo, Lord of the Rings Online

It's the week of Halloween, and some of your favorite virtual worlds are celebrating the holiday with special events and areas ... , though, you'll be dressing up like the citizens, law enforcement officials, and villains you see [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:52:50
Blog: Game | Life...

The Role Of Norman Bates Will Be Played By Charlie Rangel

The Role Of Norman Bates Will Be Played By Charlie Rangel Published by Gaius under Taxes, Politics Kevin Hassett, writing for Bloomberg, ... -income families. If Rangel's monster becomes law and the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 13:28:10
Blog: Blue Crab Boulevard...

Law and Order star expecting his second

Law and Order star expecting his second October 29, 2007 at 8:38 am · Filed under And more, Due Oct-Nov-Dec, Actor/Actress vincent_donofrio180 ... .jpg Law & Order: Criminal Intent actor Vincent D’Onofrio, 48, is expecting his second child with his wife, Carin Van Der Donk. “We’re very excited,” Vincent tells People. The baby, due this winter [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:38:30
Blog: Celebrity Pregnancy :: ...

We Are All College Dropouts

By Richard Vedder Everyone who enters college ultimately drops out. My wife and I did --but only after receiving three degrees ( ... , bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, etc. The same is true of law school. Those going for two years [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:38:29
Blog: Center for College Affo...

UAW Members Approve Chrysler Contract Despite Lead Negotiator’s Dissent: Has the Process Been Corrupted?

Negotiations between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers ended a couple of weeks ago with contracts that were once again overwhelming wins for management. Now two of the contracts - with GM and Chrysler; the contract with Ford will probably be sent to members this week - have been subjected to a vote and both have been accepted, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:54:47
Blog: Comments from Left Fie...

Inoculate Yourself Against Negativity

Unfortunately we come into contact with negativity everyday. We can’t avoid it. But we do not have to let ourselves be effected by it ... your friends but not your relatives, so you can’t just go along and “boot out” your mother-in-law [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:02:39
Blog: Avoiding the Drag of th...

Celebrity Real Estate Wrap: Case Closed fo Hargitay, Another Apthorp Defection, More

2007_10_hargitay.jpg 1) The old "let's go with a high asking price because I'm a celebrity" trick didn't quite work out for Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay. After heading to the chopper [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 14:07:54
Blog: Curbed : The New York C...

On Why I haven’t been blogging lately - no I’m not dead (yet)

Read all about it, among other things in my crazy law practice, knowing that as of this moment I still have a court hearing scheduled for Wednesday on this deal, but it may resolve this afternoon [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:43:16
Blog: Drell’s Descants...

Textbooks On Reserve Program at Miami University

At the Academic Library Association of Ohio meeting last week, I saw a presentation by John Burke, director of the library at Miami University – Middletown, and Krista McDonald, director of the library Miami University – Hamilton called “You Can’t Do That! Library-Initiated Textbooks on Reserve Programs [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:58:30
Blog: Disruptive Library Tech...

ElBaradei ticked off

Ynetnews reported Mohamed ElBaradei accuses Jewish state of 'taking the law into its own hands', says 'if countries have information that another country is working on a nuclear-related program [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 13:35:10
Blog: Don Singleton...

Rendell's Healthcare Plan: Town Hall at WHYY

The Hoagiemeister was in town on Friday to talk about his healthcare plan for PA which he calls Cover All PA . He came to town with Rosemarie Greco, Director of Health Care Reform for PA. They were in town for a WHYY TV town hall discussion which will air on November 4th at 6p on channel 12 in Philly [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:37:34
Blog: philly ...

The Return of Oneliner Monday!!

The Return of Oneliner Monday!! Schizophrenia beats being alone. Hard work never killed anyone, but why chance it? Confession is good for the soul, but bad for your career. Hell hath no fury like the lawyer of a woman scorned. Polynesia — memory loss in parrots. My inferiority complex is not as good as yours [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:55:22
Blog: Dragon’s Den...

Bad news travels fast

The State: "Long before law enforcement officers or University of South Carolina officials made public statements, the story of the tragic house fire in Ocean Isle Beach unfolded on message [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 14:47:23
Blog: EdCone.com...

Big Brother and Ma Bell are dating

Studs Terkel: "During my lifetime, there has been a sea change in the way that politically active Americans view their relationship with government ... of their subscribers. Some in Congress argue that this law-breaking is forgivable because it was done to help [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:16:41
Blog: EdCone.com...

The News-Gazette.com:Top salaries continue to rise as UI competes for talent

Well this was sent to me, it is not to as a means of saying so and so gets too much, merely to report that it really is a different world ... and law schools. And many hold endowed chairs, meaning some of the salary is funded by a donor.Such [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:13:41
Blog: FinanceProfessor.com...

Durian

I was ecstatic to hear that there was a Durian Festival in Quezon Memorial Circle. And when my father in law wanted to go and see, I was even more excited! Because, of all the fruits in the country, this is just my favorite of them all! Its tough and spiny covering doesn't [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:36:02
Blog: My Little Space...

Religious leaders call Santa Fe's living wage ordinance a "moral choice"

(Column first published here.) Eight years ago, at its 65th General Assembly, the Union for Reform Judaism passed a resolution supporting living wage campaigns. The resolution urged its member congregations across North America to become involved in these campaigns so that workers would be treated with justice [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:55:53
Blog: Greensboro Minimum Wage...

Are We Ready for the Week Ahead?

Next Saturday is the wedding of one of Tom's nieces. This, of course, will mean a big family gathering and much merriment and celebration ... from a brother-in-law asking, "Did Mom tell you that she's staying with y'all for the wedding?" No, no she didn't. Not that it is a problem. I absolutely adore my mother-in-law. This is made very easy [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 13:21:29
Blog: Happy Catholic...

Joe Biden and Chris Dodd Come Out Against the Mukasey Nomination

Joseph Biden says that unless Michael Mukasey renounces waterboarding and the legal immunity of a president, he won’t vote for him: ... that waterboarding constitutes torture and that the president is bound by the law. Has Joe Biden started to regret ... . Mukasey’s position that the President does not have to heed the law disqualifies him from being the [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 13:51:30
Blog: Irregular Times: News U...

Residential Real Estate More About Personalities than Homes

Standing around at a cocktail party or the water cooler you first hear about the dynamic with the personalities of a real estate transaction than the home that was just purchased or sold. The sellers who took every light-bulb, the low-ball offer, the realty agent who took negotiations on a needless tangent that derailed the transaction, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:59:00
Blog: The Jeffrey And Tracey ...

MIKE HUCKABEE IV

Last week W$J pundit blasted Mike Huckabee's fiscal record in Arkansas. NRO further advanced Fund's critical exposition ... in comparison to other candidates. A degree from Harvard Law School, unreasonably trumps a Master [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:31:34
Blog: jeffreymark...

Dzanc Books Interview with Steve Gillis

Dzanc Books first caught my eye in a recent Wired article entitled From Old to New Media: Blog Begets Publishing House. It's great to see a new independent publisher like Dzanc do so well out the gate, but what's particularly interesting is that they got their start in the blogopshere [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:01:36
Blog: Joe Wikert's Publishing...

Bon Jovi at the Rock

Last night Mrs. Legalbgl and I, along with my sister-in-law and her friend, saw Bon Jovi at Newark New Jersey's new Prudential Center, a/k/a The Rock. For those of you who didn't know, last week [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:07:51
Blog: A Blog For All...

AARP Semmel Fellowship applications now available

AARP Foundation Litigation announces the second annual AARP Foundation Litigation Herbert Semmel Elder Law Fellowship for law students interested in issues affecting older persons. This Fellowship [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:24:58
Blog: Elder Law Prof Blog...

Lawand medicine writing competitions for law students and other professonial students

The American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM) 2008 Student Writing Competition Is again offering 4 legal medicine writing competitions for students ... Award - for law students 2. The Hirsh Award - for Dentistry, Podiatry, Nursing, Pharmacy ... in an accredited law, medical, podiatric, nursing, dental, health science or health care [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:26:30
Blog: Elder Law Prof Blog...

USDA buys Alaska pink salmon for food aid programs

I found this piece interesting. When I tell people my interest in Food Law extends to nutrition policy, because nutritional guidelines play into the USDA's purchases for food aid programs [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:19:01
Blog: Food Law Prof Blog...

Arianza on Morse v. Frederick: History, Policy and Temptation

Arianza on Morse v. Frederick: History, Policy and Temptation William D. Araiza, Loyola Law School Los Angeles, has posted a new essay, Morse v ... . It concludes with some cautionary words about finding black-and-white distinctions in the common-law cases [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:17:29
Blog: Legal History Blog...

Free Debates: Fox's fair (use) fight

When in April we launched the campaign to get the candidates and political parties to require that any network televising a presidential debate do so ... as he has is arguable at best. Under the law as it has been articulated by the highest courts [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:21:52
Blog: Lessig Blog...

Fred Thompson on the U.N. and Our Gun Rights

A recent statement by the Fred Thompson campaign was sent to David Patzal at the Gun Nut … I will be brief. Yesterday, I was contacted by a Mr ... of Human Rights declared that international human rights law requires all nations to adopt strict gun ... Besides concluding that all nations are obligated under international human rights law to control [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 16:18:16
Blog: Maine for Fred Thompso...

Free At Last, Free At Last

Slavery is an interesting topic to me for several reasons. One is that it seems so...remote. It doesn't apply to our day and age ... in favor of slavery from the Bible. Slavery was a part of Old Testament culture. The law did [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 15:42:27
Blog: caught in the middle...

Sometimes I get the chills

The text below is a comment left on a post I wrote a few months ago called Baptist Pedophile in Lubbock Texas ... the church will not listen. He's made a lot of threats but is smart enough to stay just inside the law [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 13:40:23
Blog: Deep Thoughts...

Comparisons

Just one more entry today. I received a forward from a beloved conservative relative ... , the law-abiding world, who are willing to be tolerant in kind. Mostly I just appreciate [more...]

Date: 2007-10-29 17:14:28
Blog: The Mysterious Mrs. B. ...

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