Legal Research

Permanent Access to the Records of Science in Europe
Das EU-Projekt „PARSE.Insight - INSIGHT into issues of Permanent Access to the Records of Science in Europe“ (http://www.parse-insight.eu/) hat zum März 2008 seine Arbeit aufgenommen...

New policy for SCC access to court records
Via CALL-L, there is a new policy at the Supreme Court of Canada, effective today for access to court records. The most interesting part? Webcasts! In addition to the records already listed in this policy, members of the public shall have remote access to those court records, or portions thereof, listed in this subsection: [...

Access to and Sealing of District Court Records
The District Court has issued a revised version of A Guide to Public Access, Sealing & Expungement of District Court Records. This is a publication we have long loved in the law libraries for its clarity in explaining which court records are available to the public and which are not...

Access to Court Records in Ontario
Is there anyone else out there who is tearing their hair out over Ontario’s antediluvian system of providing access to court records? In the Federal Courts, the Supreme Court of Canada, and (to some extent) the Manitoba courts, one can obtaine free, web-based access to case and docket entry information...

Revised Guide to Mass. Court Records
The District Court Department of the Massachusetts courts has issued a revised version of its Guide to Public Access, Sealing & Expungement of District Court Records. The blog Massachusetts Law Updates says of it: "This is a publication we have long loved in the law libraries for its clarity in explaining which court records are available to the public and which are not...

Courts - Oklahoma Supreme Court "cuts off online access to records"
This could be ILB "pretty astonishing" #2 for the week. #1 was Monday's story on Elliot Spitzer. Ron Jenkins of the AP reports:The Oklahoma Supreme Court has adopted rules cutting off public access to court records now available on the...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

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

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Medical Records
To Stay out of Pharma's Hands

Getty Images
Faces Class Action over Premium Access

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Microsoft Corp.
allegedly failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribers.

Disability Access
Developers pay $175,000 settlement for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act.