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BigLaw Laid Off More than 12,000 People in 2009, the Worst Year Ever - News - ABA Journal

Posted on January 04, 2010
BigLaw Laid Off More than 12,000 People in 2009, the Worst Year Ever - News - ABA JournalBut there is a silver lining of sorts, as Debra Cassens Weiss writes:"Last year was the worst year ever for layoffs at large law firms, but there is one bright spot in the statistics: The pace is slowing...

Recession Far From Over, Says Legal Directory Avvo's Consumer Data - News - ABA Journal

Posted on January 04, 2010
Recession Far From Over, Says Legal Directory Avvo's Consumer Data - News - ABA Journal

Law Food? T.K. BURGERS : Voted Best Burgers in L.A. (Los Angeles) and Orange County

Posted on January 04, 2010
Law Food?T.K. BURGERS: Voted Best Burgers in L.A. (Los Angeles) and Orange CountyThis is not an ad. We have a private reason for wanting to know what makes these Burgers so good. Drop us a comment at our mirror blog at LawPundit II.

Edward Hugh interviews Paul Krugman in Ten New Year Questions at A Fistful of Euros

Posted on January 04, 2010
AtA Fistful of EurosEdward Hugh interviews Paul KrugmaninTen New Year Questions.See:Ten New Year Questions For Paul Krugman

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U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Calendar starting 3 January 2010 : Legal Information Institute (LII) Cornell University Law School

Posted on January 03, 2010
The Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School has a calendar of U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments starting 3 January 2010.

Libel Reform Campaign - Free Speech Is Not For Sale : Libel Law Reform in the United Kingdom (UK)

Posted on January 03, 2010
There is a strong ongoing movement in the United Kingdom to reform the libel laws.See Libel Reform Campaign - Free Speech Is Not For Sale

January 1, 2010 : New Laws covering texting, tanning beds, trans fat take effect in 2010 - CNN.com

Posted on January 02, 2010
January 1, 2010New Laws covering texting, tanning beds, trans fat take effect in 2010 - CNN.com

2010 Market Could be Greatest Bull of Modern Age -- Seeking Alpha

Posted on January 02, 2010
2010 Market Could be Greatest Bull of Modern Age -- Seeking Alpha

Law and Music in 2010: All the Rules of the Music Business Have Been Remade - NYTimes.com

Posted on January 02, 2010
All the Rules of the Music Business Have Been Remade - NYTimes.com"By now, in 2010, we?re all geeks, conversant with file formats and software players. Our cellphone/camera/music player/Web browser gadgets fit in a pocket, with their little LCD screens beckoning...

Lawmakers tweet their 2010 greetings - The Hill's Twitter Room

Posted on January 02, 2010
Lawmakers tweet their 2010 greetings - The Hill's Twitter Room

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 and WELCOME TO THE NEW DECADE OF THE 2010s - THE TEENS which follow THE AUGHTS (2000s)

Posted on January 01, 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!The New Year always begins for us with the televized live New Year's Concert (in German "Neujahrskonzert") of the Vienna Philharmonic (Wiener Philharmoniker) which is broadcast worldwide (ca. 11:15 a.m. European time) and this year reached a record 72 countries...

Paul Krugman at NYTimes.com pinpoints the world's number one economic problem in the Chinese Year of the Tiger : China and Chinese Mercantilism

Posted on January 01, 2010
Paul Krugman - Chinese New Year - NYTimes.com:"The bottom line is that Chinese mercantilism is a growing problem, and the victims of that mercantilism have little to lose from a trade confrontation."Hat tip to CaryGEE.

The European Union has taken a few steps in the quicksand of copyright law in the digital age

Posted on December 30, 2009
The European Union has taken a few steps in the quicksand of copyright law in the digital age:"For that reason, the year 2010 promises to be richer in legislative initiatives in the field of digital books."

European Union EU approves Microsoft ballot screen for choice of browsers

Posted on December 29, 2009
The European Union (EU) has approved a Microsoft ballot screen for choosing web browsers.As Peter Sayer writes at PCAdvisor.co.uk:"The EU has accepted Microsoft's 'ballot screen' offer, which will allow Windows users to choose the web browser they want, ending the commission's antitrust investigation...

Paris court rules against Google in book copyright case | The Industry Standard

Posted on December 29, 2009
Paris court rules against Google in book copyright case | The Industry Standard:"Google's book search project suffered a legal setback in Paris on Friday, as a court ordered it to pay ?300,000 (US$432,000) in damages for breach of copyright, and to stop distributing digital copies of French books to French Internet users without the permission of their publishers...

E-Commerce News: IT Management: The Stunning Impact of E-Discovery on IT (via TweetALink.com)

Posted on December 29, 2009
E-Commerce News: IT Management: The Stunning Impact of E-Discovery on IT (via TweetALink.com)

Social Media in 2009 : Video

Posted on December 29, 2009
Check out this video:Video: 2009 in social media

AIG?s General Counsel Scores Millions In Severance Pay - Law Blog - WSJ

Posted on December 29, 2009
AIG?s General Counsel Scores Millions In Severance Pay - Law Blog - WSJ

Ten Predictions for 2010 - Financial Adviser - WSJ

Posted on December 29, 2009
Ten Predictions for 2010 - Financial Adviser - WSJ

Facebook and Privacy : FTC complaint says Facebook's privacy changes are deceptive

Posted on December 29, 2009
Facebook faces an FTC complaint. As headlined by Jacqui Cheng at ars technica: FTC complaint says Facebook's privacy changes are deceptive. The suit involves EPIC - the Electronic Privacy Information Center.Cheng writes:"The basic premise of the complaint is that most users either don't understand the changes they are being prompted to make, or that the changes are so complex that even experienced users are confused by them...

Copyright Law : Google Books : Google is sued by Chinese author Mian Mian, China's Literary Wild Child : Sex Drugs Rock & Roll

Posted on December 29, 2009
Everybody is now getting into the act of suing search engines for including scanned excerpts of their books in search results. See, for example:BBC News - Google is sued by Chinese author Mian MianMy own book, Stars, Stones and Scholars is found at Google Books and I am very pleased about it, since it makes that book much more accessible to millions of potential readers...

Sun Bowl : Oklahoma vs. Stanford : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season

Posted on December 28, 2009
December 31, 2009, Thursday (New Year's Eve)17. Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas, Oklahoma vs. Stanford, 2:00 pmAs a law school alumnus of Stanford, my allegiance in this game is of course with the Cardinal team, head coach Jim Harbaugh, Heisman 2nd-placed Toby Gerhart, and rising QB star Andrew Luck, whose recent surgery on his throwing hand makes his start in the Sun Bowl doubtful...

Armed Forces Bowl : Houston vs. Air Force : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season

Posted on December 28, 2009
December 31, 2009, Thursday (New Year's Eve)16. Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, TX, Houston vs. Air Force, 12:00 pmThe opening line favored Houston by 7 points, which has fallen to a spread of 4 points at the time of this posting, surely because of the strength of the Air Force defense, which ranks 1st in the nation in passing defense, in spite of BYU's Max Hall, who zipped the Falcons for 377 yards and 5 touchdowns in their last regular season game...

Holiday Bowl : Nebraska vs. Arizona : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season

Posted on December 28, 2009
December 30, 2009, Wednesday15. Holiday Bowl, San Diego, CA, Nebraska vs. Arizona, 8:00 pmThe opening line on the Holiday Bowl game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Arizona Wildcats saw this game as even, and the Arizona Wildcats are now surprisingly seen by the line as 1-point favorites, in spite of the Huskers narrow 13-12 loss in the Big 12 championship game to highly-ranked Texas, a game which Nebraska actually deserved to win...

Humanitarian Bowl : Idaho vs. Bowling Green : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season

Posted on December 28, 2009
December 30, 2009, Wednesday14. Humanitarian Bowl, Boise, Idaho, Idaho vs. Bowling Green, 4:30 pmBy common opponent comparison this football season, the Idaho Vandals lost to Boise State 63-25 while the Bowling Green Falcons lost to the Broncos 49-14, but comparative scores can be deceiving, as Boise State outgained Bowling Green 529 yards to 282 yards, whereas the Vandals actually put up MORE yards total offense than the Broncos, outgaining them 514 yards to 458 yards...

Music City Bowl Game Result 2009 : Clemson over Kentucky 21-13

Posted on December 28, 2009
Clemson beat Kentucky 21-13 in the Music City Bowl. The Tigers' C.J. Spiller had 67 yards rushing and 1 TD on 15 attempts and 58 yards on three pass receptions. Clemson averaged 6.8 yards per play to 4.1 yards per play for Kentucky and should have thus won more handily than the they did...

Leading-Edge Law: Congress made patent situation worse | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Posted on December 28, 2009
Leading-Edge Law: Congress made patent situation worse | Richmond Times-Dispatch:JOHN FARMER, TIMES-DISPATCH GUEST COLUMNIST, December 28, 2009"

Inventing a New Economy: What patent applications can tell us about America's economic prospects. - By Eliot Spitzer - Slate Magazine

Posted on December 28, 2009
Inventing a New Economy: What patent applications can tell us about America's economic prospects. - By Eliot Spitzer - Slate Magazine:"Eliot Spitzer is the former governor of the state of New York."

BCS Championship Game : Alabama vs. Texas : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season

Posted on December 28, 2009
January 7, 2010, Thursday34. BCS Championship Game, Pasadena, CA, Alabama vs. Texas, 8:00 pmAlabama was favored in the opening line by 4 points and that has dropped at the time of this posting to 3.5 points.YPPSYS I ranks Alabama 2nd with a ranking of 2...

GMAC Bowl : Troy vs. Central Michigan : YPPSYS NCAA FBS College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2009 / 2010 Season

Posted on December 28, 2009
January 6, 2010, Wednesday 33. GMAC Bowl, Mobile, Alabama, Troy vs. Central Michigan, 7:00 pmCentral Michigan was favored in the opening line by 4.5 points and that has dropped at the time of this posting to 3 points. YPPSYS ranks the Chippewas 36th with a rating of -0...

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