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Sep 18, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Lawyers.com: Yes, you can ditch a student loan in bankruptcy

The mantra is repeated over and over: You can’t discharge student loans through bankruptcy. However, while it’s reality for most indebted people, the conventional wisdom isn’t quite true.

Sep 12, 2012

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on marijuana possession arrests; Hupy on restoring public confidence in the judicial system

In 2010, Wisconsin law enforcement agencies reported 16,111 arrests for simple possession of marijuana, including both adult and juvenile offenders. The same year, Minnesota agencies reported only 7,453.

Aug 28, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Who’s legally liable for bullying?

The perpetrators of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre were discovered to have previously been the victims of bullying.

Aug 17, 2012

BLAWG LOG: DiMotto on credibility of witnesses; Barnes on health care

One of the most important functions of the "fact finder" in a judicial proceeding is to determine the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence.

Aug 14, 2012

BLAWG LOG: McMullen on ‘We are all Sikhs’

The day after the dreadful attacks of September 11, 2001, the French newspaper Le Monde published an editorial under the headline “Nous Sommes Tous Américains” (“We Are All Americans”).

Aug 8, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Court reporters see their numbers dwindle

Humans or machines? When it comes to documenting proceedings in courts, technology seems to be winning out.

Aug 6, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Lawyers and copyrights: Copyright in the house

Copyright laws apply to lawyers too. Yet sometimes they seem to forget this seemingly obvious fact.

Aug 2, 2012

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on Dorsey v. US: So long, saving statute?; Helding on from council to counsel: Reflections of a lawmaker turned law student

Last month, in Dorsey v. United States (No. 11-5683), the Supreme Court resolved an important circuit split on the interpretation of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.

Jul 13, 2012

BLAWG LOG: WestLaw Insider on how to write an effective lawyer’s blog

One of the most effective ways to bring attention to your firm’s website is through blog content.

Jul 6, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Helding reflects on July 4, oppressive heat; Greipp on iCivics

Independence Day was a hot one this year. Amid the celebrations and the record high temperatures, I thought about the framers of our constitution, who, in 1787, dealt with similarly oppressive heat.

Jun 29, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Boyden on unsolved mysteries of Copyright Law, 1963 Edition

I recently came across an interesting cluster of similar statements from copyright decisions in the late 1950s and early 1960s, which struck me as significant: It is a curious fact that although the Copyright Law has remained without relevant change since 1909 this case should present a question both basic and novel. Does either the Copyright Act or the common law provide copyright owners with a r[...]

Jun 28, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Fallone on victory for ObamaCare

The decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius is a victory for the supporters of the Affordable Care Act, and a fairly broad vindication for the constitutionality of the law.

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