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Of headnotes and issue statements

Ernie the Attorney had an interesting post yesterday asking how the headnotes in West digests encourage lawyers to write long-winded sentences. The answer: the headnote authors follow the senseless convention of trying to cram all the pertinent information into one...
Posted on the (new) legal writer on November 19, 2009 at 9:50 PM

CC board chair Esther Wojcicki on teachers sharing ? and supporting CC

Esther Wojcicki, Chair of the Creative Commons board of directors, has insightful comments on a recent New York Times story on teachers selling lessons online. Esther’s column in the Huffington Post closes with: While it is an interesting alternative for teachers to have the option of selling their lesson plans, realistically the culture of teach
Posted on Creative Commons.org on November 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM

New York's Court of Appeals got it right, I think, by holding that the State must recognize marriages that are legal where performed, including same-sex unions, and I am pleased that Western New York's own Judge Eugene Pigott wrote the majority opinion. During argument Judge Pigott had seemed troubled by the idea that holding this way would amount to t
Posted on Outside Counsel on November 19, 2009 at 2:02 PM

Mr. Mayo?s Class Integrates CC, Skypes with Lawrence Lessig

Photo by Mr. Mayo CC BY-NC A few weeks ago, I had the chance to talk to George Mayo, known as Mr. Mayo to his students, a middle school Language Arts teacher in Maryland. Mr. Mayo was brought to CC Learn’s attention by Lawrence Lessig, CC’s founder and current board member, who Skyped with Mr. Mayo’s [...]
Posted on Creative Commons.org on November 19, 2009 at 1:52 PM

Video from Testimony of Mike Carey, President of the Ohio Coal Association

Posted on The Pullins Report on November 19, 2009 at 1:24 PM

The Madoff Social Network Map

To pull off a $20 billion ponzi scheme, you need a broad web of social and business connections. In the case of Bernard Madoff, the network of feeder funds and sub-feeder funds that funneled investors' money his way was particularly complex. For a striking visual depiction of this complex network of funds, check out this interactive network map: <a
Posted on Lawsites on November 19, 2009 at 1:23 PM

Twitter's New 'Retweet' Feature

<a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> has now rolled out its beta retweet feature to most users. Not all of them are happy about it. You will know if you have it when you go to your Twitter home page, where you will find a notice describing the new feature. Formerly, you could pass along a tweet of interest by add
Posted on Lawsites on November 19, 2009 at 1:23 PM

Google Gets into Legal Research

In a post earlier today at Legal Blog Watch, <a href="http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2009/11/the-google-gorilla-enters-the-research-game.html">The Google Gorilla Enters the Research Game</a>, I wrote about Google's <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/200
Posted on Lawsites on November 19, 2009 at 1:23 PM

LCCHP Announces Winners of Annual Student Writing Competition

From the Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP)The Lawyers? Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2009 annual student writing competition, sponsored by Andrews Kurth LLP. The first-place winner is Amelia Sargent of Stanford University Law School for a paper entitled ?New Ju
Posted on Law & Humanities Blog on November 19, 2009 at 1:13 PM

Translation, Comparative Law, and Localism

P. G. Monateri, University of Turin School of Law has published "'Cunning Passages': Traductology, Comparison and Ideology in the Law and Language Story." Here is the abstract.My standpoint in this paper is that in affording the subject of Law and Language we face a mass of ?local issues?, and ?local puzzles?, but that we still lack a theory to grasp w
Posted on Law & Humanities Blog on November 19, 2009 at 1:08 PM

Indaba Launch CC BY Loop Library, Contest With Filter Magazine

Indaba Music just launched a fantastic new clip library of over 8,000 CC Attribution licensed sounds and loops. Already one of the premier destination for musicians to collaborate online, their new clip library adds to Indaba’s appeal by offering an easy and legal way for musicians to add sounds and loops to their work. To celebrate, [...]
Posted on Creative Commons.org on November 19, 2009 at 11:30 AM

Children of Same-Sex Parents "Just Fine"

I strongly believe that "marriage defense" is grounded in an ideology of male supremacy. The basic idea behind many people's "defense of traditional marriage" is the idea that men and women are complementary beings who, when they come together in a pair bond, naturally create the institution of marriage. Because men and women are different in this c
Posted on Fannie's Room on November 19, 2009 at 11:30 AM

We Won a Decision Today In the Court of Appeals Against a Foreclosure Rescue Scam

We won a decision today in the Fifth District Court of Appeals against a scam artist who fancies himself a real estate mogul. He has also continued to labor under a theory that he can practice law in Ohio without a license. The Court of Appeals found that he had no right to practice law on behalf of others without a license and dismissed hi
Posted on The Pullins Report on November 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM

Short Cellar: Gobsmacked - South Africa's Wine

Everyone has their own price limit for wine, the number above which they will not pay. For instance, my father...
Posted on Precedent on November 19, 2009 at 5:26 AM

CDLPA elects new chair and executive

The County and District Law Presidents' Association (http://www.cdlpa.org/) (CDLPA) new chair and executive was elected last week.Oshawa lawyer Robert...
Posted on Precedent on November 19, 2009 at 5:16 AM

Court Reporter: Thursday, November 19

Every weekday morning, Precedent scours the headlines to find stories likely to be today's hot topics. Prominent defence lawyer Joe...
Posted on Precedent on November 19, 2009 at 2:43 AM

ABA Journal Features 'LawSites' as Blawg of Week

We are honored to be the featured blog this week on the <a href="http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/">ABA Journal's Blawg Directory</a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_iHYDAo93tQY/SwPznTBlrnI/AAAAAAAAGB0/y9S3OQc9UpI/s1600/ABAJournal_lawsites.png" i
Posted on Lawsites on November 18, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Lawyer2Lawyer: The Impact of Civil Gideon

The Supreme Court's 1963 decision, Gideon v. Wainwright, guaranteed that criminal defendants unable to afford their own lawyer would have one appointed at the public's expense. Should there be a corollary right in certain types of civil cases that involve basic human needs, such as when a person faces eviction from a home or the loss of parental rights
Posted on Lawsites on November 18, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Sponsor the Bar Foundation's 45th Anniversary

The <a href="http://www.massbarfoundation.org/">Massachusetts Bar Foundation</a> is celebrating its <a href="http://www.massbarfoundation.org/news/2009/mbf-celebrates-45th-anniversary">45th anniversary</a> this year. I am honored to serve as <a href="http://www.massbarfoundation.org/about-the-mbf/board-of-trustees">a trust
Posted on Lawsites on November 18, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Book Review: The Mercury 13- The True Story of the Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight

I knew going into Martha Ackmann's historical account The Mercury Thirteen: The true story of thirteen women and the dream of space flight that it would be difficult, frustrating, and infuriating to read. During a time when John Glenn and other male pilots and astronauts were national heroes, the superior physical and mental fitness of white men to tr
Posted on Fannie's Room on November 18, 2009 at 11:30 AM

FMC partner recognized for immigrant mentoring work

Yesterday evening, the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (http://www.triec.ca/) (TRIEC) recognized FMC partner Michael Schafler (http://www.fmc-law.com/People/SchaflerMichael.aspx?tab=0) (pictured) for his...
Posted on Precedent on November 18, 2009 at 5:21 AM

Court Reporter: Wednesday, November 18

Every weekday morning, Precedent scours the headlines to find stories likely to be today's hot topics.Cleantech patent races (http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/legal/story.html?id=2234712)...
Posted on Precedent on November 18, 2009 at 2:10 AM

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