So reports Alex Long’s [Insert Song Lyrics Here]: The Uses and Misuses of Popular Music Lyrics in Legal Writing. OK, the Sentencing Law and Policy connection is my own, but SL&P is by a huge margin the most-cited blog in court opinions, and by a smaller margin the most-cited in law review articles. (The 3L […]
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Will New York Law Bloggers Find It Much Harder To Blog?
Gregory Beck of Public Citizen points to proposed New York bar rules that might make lawyer blogging prohibitively difficult. Under the rubric of regulating lawyer advertising, the rules will apply to “any public communication made by or on behalf of a lawyer or law firm about a lawyer or law firm, or about a lawyer’s […]
Three Lawprofs’ Comic Book About Copyright Law:
Keith Aoki, Jamie Boyle, and Jennifer Jenkins’ “Bound by Law?” My favorite item: The “surrealist garden of intellectual property delights,” p. 12:
“A Pop Quiz for Constitution Day,”
from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Commemorating 9/11 at Case:
At Case, the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy is sponsoring three events to commemorate September 11. This morning at 9:00am, Institute director Amos Guiora led the campus in a moment of silence and the planting of 3,000 flags on the University quad in memory of the victims of the attacks. At noon, Ohio […]
CIA Officers Seek More Insurance:
An interesting story in today’s Washington Post: CIA counterterrorism officers have signed up in growing numbers for a government-reimbursed, private insurance plan that would pay their civil judgments and legal expenses if they are sued or charged with criminal wrongdoing, according to current and former intelligence officials and others with knowledge of the program. The […]
Hail to the Redskin Potatoes:
I am usually unmoved when activist groups attack the names of various athletic teams for alleged ethnic or racial insensitivity. I don’t believe that names like the Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Florida Seminoles, or Fighting Illini are inherently disrespectful or demeaning. And, from the survey data I’ve seen in the past, it seems that most […]
The Once and Future Lobby:
Jeffrey Birnbaum takes a look at the growth of lobbying in Washington, D.C. Every 10 years or so, reformers have sought to rein in these paid persuaders, but the influence of lobbyists has only expanded. Today, twice as many registered lobbyists — about 30,000 — ply their trade than did so just six years ago. […]
Sunday Song Lyric:
Storm Large will not be the lead singer of the TV-fab supergroup “Supernova,” but she seems to have struck a chord with her recent performance of her song “Ladylike.” the song may even become Ann Bartow’s new anthem. Whether the song qualifies as a new feminist fight song, it’s a fun, rockin’ tune. The TV-edit […]
More on LP v. Blackwell:
Yesterday’s Sixth Circuit decision finding that Ohio election regulations unconstitutionally denied ballot access to the Libertarian Party is more significant than the relatively sparse press coverage would suggest. Our local paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, only ran this small story on the decision. As Richard Winger notes, this is the first time a minor party […]
Lawsuits over “Crackberry” Addiction?
When I read stories like this, I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. A professor at Rutgers’s School of Business, Gayle Porter, predicts in a soon-to-be-published study that disgruntled workers who feel they are unable to turn off their personal digital assistants and mobile telephones will begin suing their employers for their technology […]
Phasing Out Dibutyl Phthalate:
The New York Times reports that several cosmetic makers are ending the use of dibutyl phthalate in nail polish due to concerns about possible health effects. Some studies have linked exposure to dibutyl phthalate — a plasticizing ingredient that has been used to increase flexibility in nail polishes as well as medical equipment — with […]
National Security Advisors:
Law professors Bobby Chesney, Steve Vladeck, and Tung Yin have launched a new blog, National Security Advisors. As the name implies, the blog will focus on national security law. It should be well worth reading.
Libertarian Party Beats Ken Blackwell:
Today a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that two of Ohio’s ballot access regulations, in combination, are unconstiutional. Specifically, in Libertarian Party v. Blackwell, the Court ruled: the combination of two Ohio election regulations – the requirement that all political parties nominate their candidates via primary election […]
Second Time’s the Charm on Standing:
The NRDC v. EPA decision discussed below is also interesting for its treatment of standing. When NRDC first sued to challenge the EPA’s methyl bromide exemptions, the D.C. Circuit held that the environmental organization lacked standing to bring the claim. NRDC argued that the EPA’s rule, by allowing for the greater use of methyl bromide, […]