BLAWG LOG: Hupy on social responsibility and giving back; Idleman on legal anomalies in federal Indian law
Years ago, I attended a seminar where the late Attorney Harry M. Philo was one of the speakers. I don’t remember where the seminar was or who the other speakers were, but I will never forget one thing that this very prominent lawyer said, “The primary social responsibility of personal injury lawyers is to prevent accidents and reduce the number of injuries. It is only when we fail in this resp[...]
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.
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.
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.
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”).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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[...]
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.
BLAWG LOG: Boyden on speech by proxy and do video games dream of electric speech?
On Friday I mentioned Tim Wu’s op-ed last week, which asked if machines “have a constitutional right to free speech”?
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