A new study of judicial independence from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University Law School Authored by James Sample, Adam Skaggs, Jonathan Blitzer, Linda Casey Edited by Charles Hall Foreword by Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor August 16, 2010. This Report has been out less than…
David Badertscher Introduction In an August 6, 2010 posting on the AALL Washington Blawg, “As Talks Break Down, What is Next for Neutrality”, Emily Feldman discussed the implication of talks on network neutrality between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and stakeholders of network neutrality falling apart, or at least being…
TITLE: JUSTICE BRENNAN SUBTITLE: Liberal Champion AUTHORS: Seth Stern & Stephen Wermiel PUBLICATION DATE: October 4, 2010 PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt PAGE COUNT: 688 pp. ISBN: 978-0-547-14625-7 (Paper) PRICE: $35.00 Stern, a reporter for CQ, and Wermiel, a law professor and former WSJ reporter, team up to chronicle the career…
Volume 3 Number 7 July 2010 July 2010 PROTECTING DATA CONTAINED IN COPIERS AND PRINTERS From the Desk of David Badertscher What kind of data can be stored in copiers and printers? You are probably familiar with many of the standard best practices for safeguarding your data, such as avoid…
Today we received a link to a slide presentation by Glenn Patton, Director of Wordcat Quality Management at OCLC on July 11 at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. We are sharing this information with you because these slides convey an important message regarding…
On JUly 28, 2010, Skyriver Technology Solutions, LLC and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. filed a complaint against Online Computer Library Center, Inc.(OCLC) in the District Court Northern District of California alleging federal and state antitrust violations and unfair competition. More specifically the complaint states that OCLC “…is unlawfully monopolizing the bibliographic…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw August 2-6, 2010. United States Second Circuit, 08/02/2010 US v. Johnson Defendant’s sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where a violation of Connecticut General Statute section…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw August 2-6, 2010. United States First Circuit, 08/04/2010 IMS Health Inc. v. Mills In a challenge to the constitutionality of 22 Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 22, section 1711-E(2-A), which allows prescribers…
On Wednesday August 4, 2020 Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco struck down California’s ban on same sex marriage in a 136 page opinioon, ruling that voter approved Proposition 8 violates the constitutional right of equal protection. Proposition 8 defines marriage as a union between a man…
Robert Richards, Editor in Chief of the VoxPopuLII Blog at the Legal Information Institute at Cornell has just announced an important and helpful posting “IT and the Access to Justice Crisis” by Judge Dory Reiling, Vice President of the Amsterdam District Court on that blog. Mr. Richards writes: “Judge Dory…