Law Students

Gizmodo: Is Flipboard Legal
Social news app Flipboard was yesterday's hot new app, despite?or perhaps because of?technical problems that prevented some features from working. But there might be a bigger snag: Is Flipboard scraping content it doesn't have the rights to? Flipboard, the new iPad app that renders links from your Twitter feed and...

Some New and Interesting Readers
I’ve run across a few interesting tools for making reading the web a bit easier. Depending on what you are after, one of these might suit… Readability a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading...

How much should an agent be paid
The difficulty of ascertaining the amount of compensation which is "reasonable" for an agent acting under a power of attorney is highlighted in Helen W. Gunnarsson, What's a POA agent worth?, 96 Ill...

US Patent 7413550 - Bad breath detector using nanoparticles
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7413550.htmlThis patent from Kimberly-Clark Worldwide teaches using silica or alumina nanoparticles in a high sensitivity bad breadth testing device...

Friday IP Round-Up
FDA Sets New User Fee Rates FDA published a Federal Register notice announcing the 2009 user fee rates under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA).  A similar notice  will also be issued with the FY 2009 user fee rates established under the Medical Device User Fee Amendments...

Ex-NFL Star Sues Agent Over Bad $$$ Advice
Former NFL bad boy Brian Bosworth is suing his former agent because he thinks the agent steered him toward a dirty accountant ... on purpose. According to a lawsuit filed in L.A. Superior Court, Bosworth claims his former agent, Gary Wichard , pushed… Permalink

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Probation User Fees
Clark County Council pays $1.1 million settlement after misappropriating funds.

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Agent Orange,
Heart Disease, and Parkinson's Disease may be Linked

Apprehension Agent
State of Minnesota pays employee whistleblower and discrimination settlement.