To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. July 6-10. 2009. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, July 08, 2009 McCullen v. Coakley , No. 08-2310 In an action challenging a statute creating a fixed buffer zone around reproductive health…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. July 8-13, 2009 ADMIRALTY, CORP. GOVERNANCE, CORPORATION & ENTERPRISE LAW, DEBT COLLECTION Transfield ER Cape Ltd. v. Industrial Carriers Inc., No. 09-1733 In a dispute involving a maritime attachment and garnishment against…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, July 2009. 1. People v. Lasalle, 1006, 3722/06, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 5603; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5422, July 2, 2009, Decided, July 2, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT…
On june 15, 2009 we received an interesting question by e-mail regarding law school journals and open access. Somewhat later we received another e-mail from the same person, summarizing the responses to her original query. Due to increasing interest and concern regarding information access issues, including open access to law…
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