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What Can and What Can Not Be Posted Online? US vs. UK Libel Law at Out-Law.com : The Special Problem of Anonymous Libel

Posted on April 17, 2010
In Unvarnished law: review site shows why UK is playing digital economy catch-up | Pinsent Masons LLP Struan Robertson at Out-Law.com (Pinsent Masons) looks at the differences between the United Kingdom and the United States in their handling of identifiable as well as anonymous online libel and also discusses the enforceability of foreign libel judgments...

The Law of Copyright Fair Use and Bloggers

Posted on April 17, 2010
Martha Neil at the ABA Journal writes about Copyright Law and Fair Use for Bloggers.

Google Company Files Patent on Promotional Tweets & Facebook Messages

Posted on April 17, 2010
Google Company Files Patent on Promotional Tweets & Facebook Messages

Politics, Banks, Bailouts and Derivatives

Posted on April 17, 2010
Paul Krugman writes about politics, banks, bailouts and derivatives in The Fire Next Time - NYTimes.com

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A Mess You Can't Clean Up: Data, Privacy, And The Law

Posted on April 16, 2010
From Jeff Yablon, at AnswerGuy.com:A Mess You Can't Clean Up: Data, Privacy, And The Law

Facebook's Patent 7669123 Not Unique

Posted on April 16, 2010
In Facebook's Patent 7669123 ? Not Unique. How Was It Issued? Jeff Yablon begins his blog posting by writing:"I?ve long believed that in general software patents are a very bad idea. This week the United States Patents and Trademarks Office set a new record for calling something unique that?s just not anything of the sort...

A Changed Germany as German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Speak on April 15, 2010 at Stanford University

Posted on April 15, 2010
See News Analysis - Germany's E.U. Policy Shift Reflects Generational Change - NYTimes.com and Stanford University News

Rethinking the First-Year Curriculum « Stanford Lawyer

Posted on April 14, 2010
Rethinking the First-Year Curriculum « Stanford Lawyer

No Free Lunch for Greece: Germany and France in a Struggle over the Greek Debt Crisis

Posted on April 14, 2010
French and German Ties Fray Over Greek Crisis - NYTimes.com by Steven Erlanger, April 12, 2010, who writes inter alia: "France and Germany traditionally have been the ?motor? of the European Union, but relations between the two countries are badly strained over the Greek debt crisis, which is just the latest example of a new German willingness to resist the demands of Europe and assert its self-interest under Chancellor Angela Merkel...

National Health Care Reform and the Law: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act

Posted on April 13, 2010
A detailed view of the new health care law in the United States can be found at The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actand theHealth Care and Education Reconciliation ActA short summary of the major provisions of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as passed by Congress and signed by President Obama is found at Martindale...

Recent developments in European Consumer Law

Posted on April 13, 2010
We note here a relatively new law blog (blawg) onRecent Developments in European Consumer Law

US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens to Retire : Possible Successors : The LawPundit Casts a Vote for Cass Sunstein

Posted on April 13, 2010
John Paul Stevens: Supreme Court Justice Retires - ABC News as Ariane de Vogue writes: "Justice John Paul Stevens to Retire From Supreme Court: A Liberal Voice for 34 Years, Stevens Hailed by Obama As An 'Impartial Guardian of the Law'"More about Stevens is found at a special site at The National Law Journal titled: Speaking of Stevens:  A Forum on Justice John Paul Stevens, his Legacy, and the Future of the U...

UPCOMING EVENT! What is the Future of Legal Education? New York Law School and Harvard Law School Present ?Future Ed: New Business Models for U.S. and Global Legal Education?

Posted on April 07, 2010
We have received the following media advisory from LaToya Jordan and pass it on to those who might be interested in attending. The kick-off event is this Friday and Saturday in New York City, 185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets), starting at noon on April 9, 2010...

The Future of Law Firms in the Present World

Posted on April 06, 2010
What the New Law Firm Looks Likeby Ronda Muir at Robin Rolfe Resources

Big City Law Firm Health Benefits? Everyone Talks About National Health Reform, but How about the Benefits of Urban Living, like Walking? WalkScore Provides a Walkability Score For Your Address

Posted on April 06, 2010
Walkscore.com has become a very popular Internet address to determine the walkability of neighborhoods in the United States and -- apparently -- around the world. We tried our German address and it worked, and then plugged in one of our previous US addresses during the time that we we were an associate at the international law firm of Paul Weiss et al...

California Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman, the Former Head of eBay, Looks Like a Winner : Women Run Family Finances in the USA so Why Not Sacramento?

Posted on April 06, 2010
At the New York Times, the Reuters headline blares Meg Whitman Leads California Governor's Race: Poll. What does it take to become governor of California? This is a case of (our) quick first impression.... Money helps ... as billionaire Meg Whitman, former head of eBay, reportedly donated another $20 million to her Gubernatorial campaign: "...

Longer Vacations are not About Taxes but about Unions and Government Policies: Paul Krugman at the New York Times writes about European Leisure

Posted on April 05, 2010
Paul Krugman at the New York Times writes about European Leisure. The fact is that average "vacation time" in Europe is much longer than in the United States, also in terms of paid vacations, and it does not seem to negatively impact productivity. In fact, the increased leisure time helps to develop leisure-related products and service industries, raising general quality standards in recreation and accomodations that are probably unique to Europe...

Law School Education Works : In the Setting of Legal Clinics, it may be TOO GOOD

Posted on April 05, 2010
Are people versed in the law and armed with knowledge comparable to an attorney a force to be reckoned with, even if they are only law students in a clinical program at a law school? You bet they are. That is the name of the game. Money, power, etc. Ian Urbina at the New York Times writes that School Law Clinics Face a Backlash: "Law school students nationwide are facing growing attacks in the courts and legislatures as legal clinics at the schools increasingly take on powerful interests that few other nonprofit groups have the resources to challenge...

Jewish Law: Cairo Genizah Manuscripts : Lost Segment of Jerusalem Talmud Found in Geneva

Posted on April 04, 2010
Lost segment of Jerusalem Talmud unearthed in Geneva - Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews by Tzofia Hirshfeld "Researchers find whole missing Talmud sentence in collection of Cairo Genizah manuscripts which renders part of Tractate Bikkurim intelligible Manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah, a collection of ancient Jewish writings stored in an Egyptian synagogue, which were recently examined reveal new segments of the Talmud, Mishnah (oral Jewish laws) and rabbinic literature...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Loses Bet on Health Care Reform: He Can Redeem Himself with the patent law case Bilski

Posted on April 03, 2010
From Elyse Siegel at The Huffington Post: Scalia Health Care Bet: Justice Must Buy Dinner For Zeke Emanuel "Justice Antonin Scalia will have to pay up after losing a bet to Obama administration adviser Zeke Emanuel on whether health care reform would pass...

What is the EVIDENCE? The Facts vs. Mainstream BS: Moses and Exodus and Kings of Egypt and Judah

Posted on April 03, 2010
Quizzes by Quibblo.com

April Fool's Trick at New York Personal Injury Law Blog Fools Some and Shows How False Stories Become Mainstream -- as in Ancient History, Egyptology and Biblical Studies

Posted on April 03, 2010
This was such an obvious April Fool's posting yesterday that we suspected a law-made "fun" conspiracy. New York Personal Injury Law Blog: About That White House Blogger Post from Yesterday....(NYT Gets Punked) writes in that vein: "Welcome to April 2nd...

U.S. Lacks Competition : 17 Countries Have Faster Internet Connections : South Korea Leads the List

Posted on April 02, 2010
Why Internet connections are fastest in South Korea - CNN.com"Editor's Note: Which 17 countries have faster Internet connections than the United States? See our Internet speed map."Read the answers at this CNN article by John D. Sutter.

How SWEET It Is! Gene Patents Ruled Invalid as Genes are Found to be Non-patentable Subject Matter

Posted on April 01, 2010
Are genes patentable? Did the Founders foresee gene patenting? What about it, Justice Scalia? Origenetic or not? We posted about this high tech legal topic previously here and here. There has now been a decision issued in the so-called "Myriad case", Association for Molecular Pathology and ACLU v...

Blond and the Broken Society: Repairing the USA from Within: Remoralize the Market, Relocalize the Economy and Recapitalize the Poor

Posted on April 01, 2010
Blond and beautiful? (we are aware of the correct spelling) David Brooks at the New York Times has a strong broadside against the United States as The Broken Society, citing to the ideas of British writer Phillip Blond who claims that the revolutions of the left and right in the past generation have led to a situation in which "The welfare state and the market state are now two defunct and mutually supporting failures...

???????? (yú y? xióng zh?ng bù k? ji?n dé, ????????): You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too: Internet Censorship in China

Posted on April 01, 2010
From the Wiktionary: ???????? (traditional, Pinyin yú y? xióng zh?ng bù k? ji?n dé, simplified ????????) One can't have one's cake and eat it, too. To become more informed about Google's battle with China on the issue of web censorship, we were reading the Wikipedia entry Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China...

Money and the Market for Currency: How Strong is the Euro versus the U.S. Dollar? Long-term? Short-term?

Posted on March 31, 2010
Harvard doctoral researcher Robert Foa at his Merchant of Venice blog at EUobserver.com in The Euro: A Better Reserve Currency comments on a chart at Clemens Kownatzki's blog FXIS Market Insights which shows a long-term trend for the Euro as getting stronger against the dollar, in spite of periodic short-term downturns, such as the downward turn of the current Euro-phase: The graphic is copyright © eSignal 2008, a popular provider of real-time quotes and analysis on world markets...

Work. Work. Work. Apple Enterprise iPad Due in Days

Posted on March 31, 2010
Neville Hobson at TheNextWeb.com tells us that: The Enterprise iPad is Coming "It?s just a matter of days before the iPad is released in the United States, on April 3. It comes to the UK and other countries later in April."

Google Co-Founder on Pulling out of China: 'It Was a Real Step Backward' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Posted on March 30, 2010
There is an old rule in the stock market and that is that NO ONE is bigger than the market. That also applies to China and we hope their leadership ultimately understands that. But Google is subject to this rule too.Google Co-Founder on Pulling out of China: 'It Was a Real Step Backward' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International"Last week, Google announced it would withdraw its Chinese operations from Beijing and instead serve the market from freer Hong Kong...

Sweden tops IT economy ranking - The Local

Posted on March 30, 2010
Sweden tops IT economy ranking - The Local

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