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Tabacco Verdict Upheld by Florida Court

Posted on March 19, 2010
Prof. Rogow of NSU Law is quoted in this article discussing the recent 3rd DCA appeal upholding a $24 million verdict. He also argued the appeal. Law.com

Tobacco Verdict Upheld by Florida Court

Posted on March 19, 2010
Prof. Rogow of NSU Law is quoted in this article discussing the recent 3rd DCA appeal upholding a $24 million verdict. He also argued the appeal. Law.com

Two New Florida Bar Certifications

Posted on March 18, 2010
Adoption and Education law certifications in Florida are the first of their kind in any state. FloridaBar

The Founder of West

Posted on March 15, 2010
Prf. Jarvis is featured in this review of his new article on John B. West. Article

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Don?t Print This in Westlaw or Lexis?

Posted on March 11, 2010
Judges often find their requests ignored: A Judge added this line to at least 15 recent orders: ?This order is not intended for publication or for inclusion in the databases of Westlaw or Lexis.?. However, all are on Westlaw/Lexis. David...

Friday Fun: Zombies Have Rights, Too

Posted on March 05, 2010
On February 24, 2010, a federal court decided that zombies have rights too... at least in Minnesota. In Baribeault v. Minneapolis, the Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit found that police lacked probable cause to arrest a group of...

GovPulse.us

Posted on March 04, 2010
GovPulse.us is a fantastic new app that puts "the Federal Register at your fingertips". The front page gives you lists (with links) of comments closing and opened in the last 7 days, followed by rules taking effect and proposed within...

iPhone apps for Law Students

Posted on March 03, 2010
Law Dictionaries, court rules, & the US Code now have apps for smart phones. See the RIPS Librarian Blog

All Federal Courts on CM/ECF now

Posted on February 26, 2010
From the Federal Court newsletter the Third Branch: "When the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd and 11th Circuits went live with the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system on January 4, 2010, they completed the transition of all...

Public Knowledge's Copyright Reform Proposal

Posted on February 22, 2010
The group Public Knowledge, "a Washington DC based public interest group working to defend your rights in the emerging digital culture," (see http://www.publicknowledge.org/about) has made a bold (but not so new) proposal for the reform of copyright law...

Blog Pick: Cruise Law News

Posted on February 22, 2010
Miami is the center of cruise ship litigation and almost all accidents on cruise ships worldwide are required to be filed in South Florida via "forum selection clauses" in passenger tickets. This blog keeps readers up-to-date. Blog

Public Corruption, Part Two: Florida Faces, Tries to Fight Public Corruption

Posted on February 11, 2010
The Federal honest-services fraud statute is being tested after a number of officials in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties have been arrested for public corruption. Some Florida legislators--and the Broward and Palm Beach County State Attorrneys, Michael Satz and...

Public Corruption, Part One: Honest-Services Fraud

Posted on February 10, 2010
Public corruption and honest services fraud are an issue both in Florida and nationally. My next two blog posts will address this issue, first on the Federal level, then on the state level. Public officials and businesspeople in the U.S....

A Life Transformed--By A (Prison) Law Library

Posted on February 09, 2010
Adam Liptak has an excellent piece in the New York Times about Shon Hopwood, who transformed himself in Federal prison from a bad bank robber to an excellent jailhouse lawyer. Hopwood, who is now working as a paralegal, got his...

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" May Be Repealed

Posted on February 05, 2010
The White House and the U.S. military, with the support of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, are moving to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, codified at 10 U.S.C. §654 (1993). Under "don't ask,...

Requesting extra time on the LSAT

Posted on February 04, 2010
A prospective law student asked for double the standard time allotment for the LSAT based on an ADHD claim, and is now litigating the issue in Texas. Article

Lexis and Microsoft together?

Posted on February 03, 2010
ABA Journal reports the details of a new embedded Lexis within Microsoft Office. ABA

Blowback from Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Posted on February 02, 2010
In light of the January 21, 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the recent House bill proposing a large tax on corporate donations (H.R. 4431) is a nice idea. Hey, what's not to love about...

WestlawNext Legal Research System: Thomson Reuters

Posted on February 01, 2010
The enhancements to Westlaw known as 'WestlawNext' are slowly being revealed. This is the information page from Thomson: See How It Works : WestlawNext Legal Research System: Thomson Reuters.

Debating the Election of Judges

Posted on January 30, 2010
"For years now, judicial reform groups have more or less resigned themselves to the reality that the public likes to elect its state judges and will fight any effort to appoint them instead." Themes in this timely article come in...

Lawyer Who Inflated Grades Gets Recommended 18-Month Suspension

Posted on January 22, 2010
From the ABA journal: the law student inflated grades and exaggerated achievements, landed a job, and then was discovered. ABA

NTIS Reports Newsletter Focuses on Health Care Reform

Posted on January 22, 2010
This month's issue of the National Technical Information Service's Newsletter contains links to many federal government reports on various aspects of health care reform. The NTIS, a bureau of the Department of Commerce, "serves as the largest central resource for...

Posted on January 19, 2010

EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards for Florida

Posted on January 19, 2010
The EPA issued a press release on January 15, announcing proposed standards for water quality in Florida. These standards, prompted by a consent decree that the EPA entered into with the Florida Wildlife Federation in August 2009, would reduce the...

Graphical Dictionary: Visuword

Posted on January 15, 2010
From the Internet Scout: "What would a visual graphical dictionary look like? The Visuwords website gives expression to such a concept, and it does so by producing diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Upon entering the site, visitors will be...

Baseball Research Journal focuses on 'Baseball & Law'

Posted on January 14, 2010
A new journal edition from the Society for American Baseball Research features legal issues and 'Baseball Law.' See here. Hat tip: Sports law blog

m-Westlaw

Posted on January 12, 2010
Use Westlaw mobile for research without a laptop. The interface is perfect for a small screen, and can be accessed without a standard internet connection using a wireless mobile device such as a Blackberry. For use in court and with...

Book Cart Drill Team Competition Comes to FLA Conference 2010

Posted on January 05, 2010
Now for 2010 something different: Book Cart Drill Team Competition Comes to FLA Conference 2010.

Bush v. Gore as Precedent

Posted on December 23, 2009
As Joan Biskupic writes in her Supreme Court blog Court Beat, the case has been cited in over 200 state and federal court decisions since it was issued 9 years ago. Biskupic's post focuses on the role that Justice Antonin...

Bing vs. Google

Posted on December 22, 2009
Bing vs. Google is a great new resource that allows you to search both Bing and Google, and lets you compare the results. You can format the results as a split screen, either horizontally or vertically; you can also look...

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