Religion & Law

Analyzing Family Ties Burdens: A Framework
In two previous posts, Ethan, Jennifer Collins and I identified some practices that we characterize as family ties burdens. Here, we present a normative framework for analyzing whether such penalties or burdens can be justified...

Perspective — it is so easy to lose
Perspective – Dictionary.com defines perspective: 5. the state of one’s ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship: You have to live here a few years to see local conditions in perspective...

Illinois Oral Arguments to be Posted on Web
From the Springfield Journal-Register: "Supreme Court Web site to feature audio, video of arguments," by Adriana Colindres-- Beginning next month, the Illinois Supreme Court will add a new feature to its Internet site: audio and video recordings of oral arguments...

New HIPAA Summit video - GLB and HIPAA
New Video Posted: this is a pretty cool feature. The National HIPAA Summit folks have loaded some of their presentations onto streaming video, so you can watch them from the comfort of your computer screen...

Automated Transcript Synchronization - Sanction II
A while back Verdict Systems added a feature in Sanction II that allows you - the end user - to synch your video depositions online. This is not a new feature to presentation software packages; inData has their own version, which is called TimeCoder Pro, even the slightly popular Visionary has an online synch [...

Legally Funny Videos
Now is the time when law students can enjoy a comic and satirical perspective on law school and the legal profession, before a new semester and more serious thoughts intrude. Have you seen "Law School Musical," a popular You Tube video created by University of Maryland law student Owen Jarvis that vividly captures the life and mind-changing experience of the new law student? If you enjoy viewing lawyers and the law as shown in a variety of media and the performing arts, check out The Video Venue (TVV), just launched by The Billable Hour and featuring "video clips by, for, and about lawyers, law students, and legal professionals...

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

Feature Film Piracy
Chinese company settles piracy suit with Hollywood studios.

TransUnion
Class action credit practices suit offers free credit monitoring services for millions.

Nintendo Control
Video game giant to pay $21 million settlement in patent lawsuit.

Video Technology
RealNetworks to pay $533,500 settlement in licensing lawsuit.

Video Taping Arrest
Harris County pays wrongfully arrested brothers $1.7 million civil rights settlement.