Legal Research

Today in Presidential History: Teddy Bear Edition
  12.10.1906: Teddy Roosevelt awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for helping negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War. This paper argues that Roosevelt was constrained by European nations when searching for a mediated solution...

Not Off Today - Celebrate Presidents Day by Checking out the Research Guide on Presidential Documents!
Need an executive order, or are you needing a old issue of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents? Interested in visiting a presidential library? How about the Ronald Reagan Presidential Papers? Use the Ross- Blakley Law Library Research Guide to U...

Lincoln Presidential Library Suits Coming to an End
After years of arguments between the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois and building contractors concerning overruns on the $145 Million project a settlement has finally been reached...

"Get Real Time Buzz from a Variety of Places With Stinky Teddy"
This post was written by Tara Calisham: "When I first got the e-mail about Stinky Teddy, I almost threw it away. I mean, Stinky Teddy? That could be anything. But I read a little more and I was reassured...

Presidential Records Act Amendments and Presidential And Library Donation Reform Act Pass
Today, the House passed two key government reform bills that were passed by the House in the 110th Congress but were never acted upon in the Senate: the Presidential Records Act Amendments, which restores meaningful public access to presidential records by nullifying a 2001 Bush executive order, and the Presidential Records Act Amendments Presidential Library [...

Presidential Libraries
The presidential library has become institutionalized. Every president since Herbert Hoover has one (the controversial George W. Bush Library is in the works). However, according to a trenchant article in today's Boston Globe, presidential libraries are "undemocratic and unnecessary ...

Online Ticket Vendor
Buying Tickets Online That Never Arrive

Kimkins
alleging false advertising of online dieting.

Online Medication Sites
Prescription Drugs Sold Without Prescriptions

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

imbee Data Collection
Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

Internet/Technology
involving cyber law, consumer protection, internet crime, internet fraud, online gambling, e-commerce.