Court Blocks Texas Law on Women’s Health – Abortion Debate Rages On On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled that a Texas law banning Planned Parenthood from receiving funds from the state's Women's Health Program was unconstitutional. The state has appealed immediately. (2 views)
Top EU Court Limits Copyright Protection on Computer Programs In what is seen as laudable by open source developers and as downright terror by monopolistic software companies, the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union has held that ideas and concepts behind computer programs are not entitled to copyright protection. The verdict opens a floodgate for complementary and competing software to challenge market leaders.... (2 views)
NYU School of Law Offers Solution to U.S.-China Diplomatic Tensions The diplomatic tensions between U.S. and China over the escape of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng timing his escape with Hillary Clinton’s visit to China and taking shelter at the U.S. Embassy seems to be ending with the NYU School of Law stepping in for rescue. Though the series of events including the number of volte-faces encountered in the episode raises... (2 views)
Strategies to Increase Focus in Work and Learning Part 1 Every student knows that absorption and internalization of learning and quality of output depends upon the amount of concentration and focus you can bring to bear upon your work. However, one of the most common causes of frustrations for law students is the inability to focus on work due to non-conducive environments. For many, the library is usually a safe refuge to do... (2 views)
Connecticut Passes Law to Check “Bullies with Badges” On Monday, following the earlier arrest of four East Haven police officers for targeting and harassing people of Hispanic origin, the state legislature of Connecticut passed a bill to prevent racial profiling. The new law is named “An Act Concerning Traffic Stop Information” (SB364), and it mandates local and state law agencies adopt policies preventing racial... (2 views)
Sex Change Becomes Legal Right in Argentina This is an area where our U.S. lawmakers can definitely take a cue from Argentina to increase the freedom of humans to live as they want to. Argentina has recently passed an incredible law that allows: (2 views)
Strategies to Increase Focus in Work and Learning Part 2 In the first part of this series, we had discussed building comfort zones and creating environmental and physical conditions conducive for increasing concentration and focus, in this part we would be dealing with creating the mindset and handling distractions. Constant distractions are a part of modern-day living. iPhones, iPads, continuous internet browsing, emails,... (2 views)
Ohio Set to Repeal Changes in Voting Law On Tuesday, the Republican Governor of Ohio, John Kasich signed into law a bill that Democrats have been calling repressive and designed to pre-empt a repeal referendum. The new law repeals provisions of a voter law passed last year that barred counties from unsolicited mailings to voters and required poll workers to help voters who were aware that they were in the wrong... (2 views)
Bhutan: Lost in the Hidden Kingdom What will you find in faraway Bhutan? No clients, no partners, no professors, no tests, no problems. (2 views)
Student Litigators: Three Court Fights to Watch Clinics offer law students real-life cases to whet their appetites. Here's a look at three of them. (2 views)
Know Your Job If You Intend To Keep It Your chances of career progress, appreciation and retention increase when you succeed in satisfying expectations of stakeholders. Just slogging away and keeping your head down to somehow finish appointed tasks by the end of the day is insufficient to ensure progress and security. One must act, as well as look, the part expected of his/her job role to keep things in... (2 views)
White & Case Expands Mideast Practice White & Case Expands Mideast PracticeFoley & Lardner Enters ChinaU.S. and U.K. Firms Open Branches in Italy (2 views)
Get LOST: Obama’s Ready to Kill the Navy and Hand over Our Marine Rights If you think that the title of this article is way too melodramatic, then read on to find out the implications of the Obama administration’s latest move to scupper our sovereignty, and to half-murder our naval and marine rights in the process. Beginning Wednesday, Senator John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat is going to hold a series of hearings to convince the Senate... (2 views)
Supreme Court Affirms Rights of a Secured Creditor to Make a Credit Bid On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling of though 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said that a secured creditor has the right to make a “credit bid” involving sale of assets as part of a bankruptcy reorganization plan. Though, this point has been long at issue before the courts and several Circuit courts have ruled against such a supposition, in the... (2 views)
December 3 2007 Legal Blog Roundup ''Christmas is coming, the goose is getting...tired.'' So instead of following our usual format, this week we'll take a gander (get it?) at the best law student blogs on the web. With finals out of the way, you can put your brains on autopilot for a week or two while the eggnog wears off and you're wallowing in your 17th airing of A Christmas Carol. (2 views)
Dewey Cited in Coudert Brothers’ Case for Clawback Clarification The judgment of the New York federal district court in the Coudert Brothers’ case holding that a law firm bankruptcy estate has rights, title and interests in matters that were taken to other firms by exiting partners has stirred up fears and controversies. (2 views)
No Time Limit is Applicable on No-Fault Divorce: NY Fourth Department On Friday, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department of New York, held that while the statute of limitations in the states ‘no-fault’ law is technically five years, a new cause of action is born each day that a spouse is “imprisoned” in a marriage. Consequently, a person seeking a no-fault divorce in New York, should be allowed to file a suit at any time once the... (2 views)
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2nd Circuit Rules Jurors Can Take Indictment Home On Wednesday, in a case called the first of its kind, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged that human nature and the internet already added a “marginal” risk on jurors taking indictments home, but that by itself was insufficient to overturn a conviction as of a denial of fair trial. The Court of Appeals also held that in the instant case, the trial judge... (2 views)
How Law Students Can Identify Their Success Pattern Transferable/functional skills are ways that we characteristically react to problematic situations throughout life. As a child, if confronted with a puzzle or task, your reaction may have been to organize the pieces and then examine alternative solutions. As a teenager repairing a car engine, the same problem-solving skills may have been utilized. These problem-solving... (2 views)
Attorney Interviews: Wrapping Things Evaluating your interviews will assist you in making a decision about whether or not to accept a job. It will also help you to recognize ways you can improve future interviews. (2 views)
October 15 2007 Legal Blog Roundup On October 3 Law.com's blog posted two interesting articles, one by Carolyn Elefant declaring, ''Number of Women Attending Law School on the Decline'' and one by Robert J. Ambrogi detailing ''The Most GLBT-Friendly Law Firms.'' Elefant cites Loyola Law Dean David Yellen as citing the same reason for declining female enrollment as for male enrollment: the strength of the... (2 views)
What’s happening with the Texas Voter ID Law The Texas Voter ID Law is in the center of a national debate for right or wrong reasons according to how you view it. However, political camps have been blasting each other over what is essentially a legal issue, but with wide political ramifications. Especially so, because this is the election year, and because several other states have proposed or pending litigation in... (2 views)
British Judge Tells Apple to Advertise for Samsung In a decision, which is quite unusual in the legal world, a judge in Britain has ordered Apple to publish newspaper advertisements declaring that Samsung did not infringe Apple design patents, and has also ordered Apple to post such notices on its Web site. The same judge, last week, provided a questionable victory to Samsung while rejecting Apple’s claims over tablet... (2 views)
Cyrus Vance Becomes President of NY District Attorneys Association On Saturday, well-known Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance became the new president of the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York. Vance has declared as part of his foremost agenda, enhanced penalties for gang activity and a national expansion of the DNA data collection. He has also promised to work for improving New York’s financial crime statutes.... (2 views)
Using and Building Your Social Capital Correctly to Boost Your Attorney Career Research (Bourdieu, 1986, Coleman, 1988) shows that “achievement within the bar is directly and heavily influenced by an attorney’s membership in organizations, networks of friends, family, community members and colleagues, or professional activities outside of one’s workplace” (Dinovitzer, 2006). This entire range of human resources is clubbed together as the... (2 views)
DOJ tells California High Court Not to Allow Illegal Immigrant Practice Law On Thursday, an amicus brief filed by the DOJ in response to the California Supreme Court’s request for guidance from the DOJ over bar admission to illegal immigrant Sergio Garcia, the DOJ advised that Garcia should not be allowed to practice law in the U.S. (2 views)
My Christmas Adventures in Colorado Summary: I traveled to Colorado to spend time with my family over the holidays. Here is what happened. (2 views)
EPA Pollution Rule Overturned by D.C. Court of Appeals On Tuesday, in a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit said that the EPA had exceeded its mandate with the rule, which was primarily meant to limit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants. The rule is applicable to only 28 Eastern States and Texas. (2 views)