Legal Research

Our Comma Delimited Social Compact
Ross E. Davies, Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, posted to the Social Science Research Network on Wednesday a fascinating article on the various versions of the Second Amendment that are in circulation ? notably historical versions of Second Amendment that contain no commas, one comma, two commas and three commas sub-dividing the constitutional text...

In favor of the serial comma
I favor using a full complement of serial commas:The flag is red, white, and blue.I put a comma before the conjunction in a series of three or more items. I haven't found any legal-writing source that says you can omit that comma...

Rhode Island Family Law Attorneys Tip - Understanding Placement
"Placement" or "Physical Placement" is often confused by laypeople with "Legal Custody" in divorce matters and post divorce relief. Without repeating the last section let's get into what "Placement" or "Physical Placement" is in a Rhode Island Divorce proceeding...

Docstoc Shares Legal Documents, But Are They Reliable
Denise Howell over at Lawgarithims has good things to stay about Docstoc, a "user generated community where you can find and share professional documents." There are tons of sample legal and business forms to be had, not to mention law school outlines and bar exam resources...

Product Placement Via Online Placement
by Tamera H. Bennett posted October 20, 2008 Interesting post at the LA Times Blog regarding online product placement company Place Vine.       

Canadian Law School Rankings
Macleans has issued its second annual ranking of Canadian Law Schools, using methodology developed with Brian Leiter that uses five variables: Placement at Elite Law Firms (20%) National Placement Success (10%) Supreme Court Clerkship Placement (10%) Faculty Hiring (Graduates Hired...

Uniform Commercial Code and Contracts
Interstate commercial transactions and sale of goods in the United States

Employment Contracts
General Contract Law Principles

Insurance Practices
AIG pays nine states $12.5 million settlement related to producer compensation and insurance placement.

AnchorBank
$1.27 million in construction contract termination lawsuit.

Ram Publishing
alleging phone book advertising contract fraud.

Ellsworth School District
4.4% increase in salaries as part of contract settlement.

Expedia
$184 Million Breach of Contract Settlement Reached

Joint Venture
Gallaher Group agrees to pay Reynolds American $387 million contract dispute settlement.