Law Students

Alabama: Siegelman released pending appeal
The Birmingham News reports: A federal appellate court today ordered former Gov. Don Siegelman released from prison while he appeals his 2006 conviction, but denied co-defendant Richard Scrushy s request to be released...

B.C. PIPA Review Released
David Fraser notes that a special committee has released its recommendations for reforms to the B.C. privacy legislation.

Former Bangladeshi PM released from jail
Former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has been released from jail. She was under arrest for over 11 months for corruption charges. Following successful negotiations with the government, she was released on the condition that her party will participate in the ongoing national political dialog and eventually in the next general election scheduled later this year...

Castle Crashers Soundtrack Released Under CC License
Castle Crashers, an action/RPG video game, was released a few weeks ago on the XBox Live Arcade service and has been receiving rave reviews for its gameplay, graphics, and sound design...

NLRB Decisions To Be Released On-line
A June 6, 2008, NLRB Press Release, available here, states that NLRB and ALJ decisions will be released on-line under a pilot program. Currently, NLRB decisions are mailed to the parties and released on the Board's web site 3 business...

Secondary Sound Released Under CC-License
Secondary Sound, a book of poems and short stories by Justin Sirois, was recently released simultaneously through BlazeVOX [books] as well as online via afree PDF. Much of Secondary Sound, which is released under a CC BY-NC-SA license, addresses copyright reform and freedom of information, making for interesting parallels and diversions between content and distribution...

Bayer CropScience AG
alleging farmers suffered economic losses after Bayer's biotech Liberty Link rice was released into the food supply and countries banned US rice.