Legal Research

New on LLRX.com - The Government Domain: Tracking Congress 2.0
The Government Domain: Tracking Congress 2.0 - With the 111th Congress of the United States reconvening on September 8th, e-gov...

New on LLRX.com: The Government Domain: Tracking the Transition
The Government Domain: Tracking the Transition - Peggy Garvin's thorough and concise guide to free online presidential transition trackers allows...

RLUIPA and Eminent Domain: How a Plain Reading of a Flawed Statute Creates an Absurd Result
Texas Review of Law & Politics: "This article addresses the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. It argues that while the courts hearing RLUIPA cases have correctly held that eminent domain is not land use regulation under RLUIPA, Congress intended eminent domain to be covered under RLUIPA, sound public policy holds that sacred property ought to be afforded special protection from burdensome government action, and Congress must cover eminent domain under RLUIPA in order to adequately protect religious liberty in the land use context...

Switched.com: "US Government May Be Tracking You With Your Cell Phone"
This article was posted on Switched.com today: US Government May Be Tracking You With Your Cell Phone, by Terrence O'Brien: It was disturbing enough when the government was just listening in...

Cybersquatting Domain Trademarks: Update On .ME Domain Name Disputes
The .me domain name has clearly earned its place in the market as a preferred domain. And not unexpectedly, cybersquatting using .me domain extensions has also found its place in the domain name game...

In the News and Blogsphere
Kim Christensen, LA Times - Irvine Lawyer Arrested on Wire Fraud Charges (securities lawyer) John Christoffersen, Newsday (AP) - Lawyer Challenges Government Use of GPS Tracking Device (discussing the government placement of a GPS tracking device on a defendant -...

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

MindWare
Animal Tracking Explorer Kit Recalled

Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui Tam Whistleblower alleging fraud against the government reported by an individual acting as a government whistleblower.

Network Solutions and ICANN
allegedly registers searched domain names to prevent others from selling and forces customers to pay expensive fees.

Eminent Domain
University of Akron pays property owner $443,000 settlement.

The Plainfield School District
$10,500 settlement resolves eminent domain dispute.

Downtown Improvement
Springfield to pay more than $2.5 million settlement in eminent domain lawsuit.