September 7-11, 2009. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, September 11, 2009 US v. Piza-Blondet, No. 08-2263 In condemnation proceedings involving a 34 acre parcel used by the Federal Aviation Administration for…
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Health Care Reform: The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee Version
Hearing and listening to all of the media hype of the last few days, one could be convinced that the Baucus version released a couple of days ago is the only legislation being seriously considered in the present debate. Far from it. Not only do he have at least one…
Baucus Health Care Proposal: America’s Healthy Future Act 0f 2009
Today Sept. 16, 2009, Senator Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released the first draft of the committee’s long awaited proposed legislation to overhaul the country’s health care system. The proposal is the result of more than a year of preparation and more than three…
AACR Move Over! Here Comes RDA!
Here is the companion article to “In Appreciation of Library Catalogers and Cataloging Standards” posted by me 7/23/09. At the end of that article I wrote that I had asked Joni Cassidy to consider writing an article for this blog that woud explore RDA in greater depth. Joni agreed, I…
The Emerging Field of Electronic Discovery Project Management
By Brett Burney Principal Burney Consultants LLC We are proud to reprint the following article “The Emerging Field of Electronic Discovery Project Management” which first appeared as a TechnoLawyer TechnoFeature exclusive on September 1. It is being reprinted here with the written permission of both the author Brett Burney, a…
September 11, 2001 Perspectives
Articles from the New York Times and the Washington Post September 11, 2009 discussing memories and implications of the tragic events that occurred eight years ago on September 11, 2001: New York Times: September 11, 2009. Remembering a Future That Many Feared By N. R. KLEINFIELD Published: September 11, 2009…
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter for Week Ending September 11, 2009
Top Ten Stories for Week Ending September 11, 2009. Lawyer Pay Income Gap Shrinks as Lawyers and Other Top Earners Take Pay Hit Sep 10, 2009, 06:59 am CDT Legal Ethics Blogging Assistant PD Accused of Revealing Secrets of Little-Disguised Clients Sep 10, 2009, 08:41 am CDT Law Schools North…
Editorial: Judicature Calls Caperton Decision a Wake-Up Call
Des Moines, IA – September 1, 2009 – According to an editorial in the latest issue of Judicature, the journal of the American Judicature Society, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Caperton v. Massey Coal Company is a wake-up call for states to take disqualification seriously. The editorial explains that…
Vacancy Announcement: Research Manager – Congressional Research Service
Research Manager-Congress and Judiciary SALARY RANGE: 120,830.00 – 153,200.00 USD /year OPEN PERIOD: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 to Tuesday, September 22, 2009 SERIES & GRADE: GS-0101-15/15 POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time Permanent – No time limit PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 15 DUTY LOCATIONS: vacancy(s) in one of the following locations: 1 vacancy –…
New on LLRX.Com August 2009
**The Government Domain: Tracking Congress 2.0 http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain42.htm With the 111th Congress of the United States reconvening on September 8th, e-gov expert Peggy Garvin highlights new tools and sources that enhance and expand your ability to track and monitor the action. **Re-Hashing the Hash Tag – Crowd Competition and Community Standards…