THE BBC REPORTS: Google has offered concessions to European publishers who are concerned about the Internet giant’s plans to put books into a massive online library. Material which is out of print in the US, but still available for sale elsewhere, will not be added to...
Supreme Court Opens Up to C-SPAN
A new justice joining the Supreme Court is something of a mixed blessing, it turns out. While Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. called it “an exciting part of life at the Court,” Justice Clarence Thomas noted, “You have to start all over; the chemistry is different,”...
Unit of Louis Vuitton Wins Trademark Lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — Louis Vuitton Malletier SA, a unit of French luxury goods maker LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, said Monday that a federal jury in California awarded it $32.4 million in damages in a copyright infringement lawsuit against businesses that hosted Web...
Social Networking Sites Carry Ethics Traps and Reminders
By Tiffany M. Williams, Litigation News Associate Editor, ABA– August 27, 2009 Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace are among the top social media websites that have transformed electronic communications and social interactions culturally. Inevitably, these...
New Law School Ranking: Judicial Clerkship Jobs
Published By US News & World Report, Sep. 1, 2009 Behind every great judge is his or her law clerk. Judicial clerkships are considered very prestigious. However, they are very difficult to obtain because they are highly coveted by law school graduates. Federal...
Appellate Panel Questions Lawyers in Salinger Copyright Case
In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, a history teacher offers protagonist Holden Caufield some friendly advice: “Life is a game that one plays according to the rules,” he said.A similar message was delivered Thursday by lawyers for Salinger seeking to block an...
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