Legal Research

What Banned Books have you read
Google blog has a post on the American Library Association's Banned Books Week (Sept. 23-30) and Google has also created a Banned Books page (in conjunction with Book Search) to highlight novels that have been threatened or actually banned....

This Week is Banned Books Week
The last week in September is the week the American Library Association has set aside to raise awareness about book censorship. On the positive side, when the ALA first designated Banned Books week, in 1982, hundreds of books were being...

It's Banned Books Week
As we commemorate Banned Books Week, September 27-October 4, let's pause to reflect on former ALA President Nancy Kranich's comments about our frontline warriors against censorship, public librarians like Mary Ellen Emmons: Faced with such dilemmas, librarians know that even...

Expose yourself to ideas: celebrate Banned Books Week
As negotiators and mediators know from experience, knowledge and information are power. That’s true for all of the negotiations in life we face — the political, the transactional, and the personal...

Banned Books at Time.com
Time has a list of banned books and the controversy surrounding them on their website (click next in gray bar to see more).Some surprises in there including a couple of children's books...

Banned in Boston - law books for prisoners
Prison Legal News, a publisher that distributes books dealing with prisoners’ legal rights, has been forced to sue the Massachusetts Department of Corrections for banning its publications from Mass...

Chilean Farmed Salmon
Could Contain Banned Chemicals

MCM Construction
$6 million payout in banned, outdated vehicle use suit.

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.

Asbestos and Mesothelioma
Studies have shown that asbestos particles in the air can cause mesothelioma, lung cancer, and lung disease asbestosis, and many former and all new uses of asbestos in the U...