TITLE: A Right to Discriminate? SUBTITLE: How the Case of Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale Warped the Law of Free Association AUTHOR: Andrew Koppelman with Tobias Barrington Wolff PUBLICATION DATE: July 2009 PUBLISHER: Yale University Press PAGE COUNT: 192 pp. ISBN: 978-0-300-12127-8 PROBABLE PRICE: $38.00 Koppelman (law &…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, June 23, 2009:. 1. People v. Perez, 843, 5734/05, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 4972; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4899, June 18, 2009, Decided, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING…
Lyonette Louis-Jacques of the D’Angelo Law Library at the University of Chicago has conducted a quick, informal, but very interesting survey asking law school librarians how many of their faculty members use Kindles. As often happens with such surveys, the results or responses reveal more than was originally intended, thus…
Title: Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians Author: Lesley Ellen Harris Publisher: American Library Association Edition: Second Publication Date: 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8389-0992-8 Pages: 161 Price: $57.00 The author’s stated goal in writing this brief volume is to provide a primer and guide regarding digital licensing issues for librarians…
Volume 2 Number 6 June 2009. From the Desk of David Badertscher All This Functionality in One Device! Mobile communication devices (includes Blackberrys, iPhones, smart phones in general) have become indispensable tools for today’s highly mobile society. Small and relatively inexpensive, these multifunction devices can be used not only for…
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Published: New York Times June 20, 2009 The new passion of the science fiction writer Ray Bradbury is raising money for California’s libraries. See article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/us/20ventura.html
This year’s “60 Sites in 60 Minutes” program was standing room only! We had over 300 people attend. If you missed the session, or were there but want to see the presenters’ notes, you can go to the Power Point presentation with all the details. http://drop.io/60sites Thanks again to Gayle…
In its 2009 session, the Wyoming Legislature passed the Transparency in Government Act making information as to how state funds are spent readily accessible to the public. The Act requires the creation of a public finance website by January 1, 2010. The website will provide free access to financial reports,…
Below are Highlights of the ABA Criminal Justice Section 2009 Annual Meeting program schedule for Chicago, July 30 – August 2. Presentations include a wide range of programs of interest to children’s attorneys to white collar practitioners. Highlights include: Presidential Showcase Programs Hot Topics and Recent Developments in Public Corruption…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. June 15-19, 2009. U.S. Supreme Court, June 15, 2009 Polar Tankers, Inc. v. Valdez, No. 08–310 In a Tonnage Clause challenge to an Alaska ordinance imposing a personal property tax on large…