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Montana Firearms Freedom Act Predictably Falls in 9th Circuit 27 Aug 2013 | 02:53 am
I remember the case vividly from law school. It was a stupid holding. The Supreme Court said that the federal government could regulate wholly intrastate matters, such as growing of wheat for personal...
Scottie Pippen's Defamation Claims Against NBC Fail 27 Aug 2013 | 12:55 am
Scottie Pippen was named one of the NBA's top 50 greatest players, and won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. His stellar athletic career ended in 2004 and he followed up with endorsement d...
Okla. Abortion Case: Amicus Argues in Favor of Restrictive Statute 27 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
When the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a state law restricting medical abortions, it did so in a 388 word (including citations and headings) opinion. The cursory treatment of the case can be summ...
American Companies Not Liable in US Courts for Apartheid Abuses 26 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
Though apartheid ended in 1994, the wounds are still deep. In what's been over a decade of litigation, South African nationals initiated a lawsuit in 2002 against American companies with subsidiaries ...
Former Massachusetts House Speaker DiMasi's Convictions Upheld 26 Aug 2013 | 11:55 pm
There once were four men: Joseph Lally, businessman, Richard W. McDonough, lobbyist, Richard Vitale, financial advisor and (now former) Speaker of the House of Representatives Salvatore F. DiMasi. All...
Dying BlackBerry Releases Q10 on Sprint; You Shouldn't Buy It 26 Aug 2013 | 11:55 pm
We weren't ready to declare BlackBerry dead. We had hopes for the once-leader, now-follower. They were the only company to take smartphones with keyboards seriously. They were also the only smartphone...
CA Wants Reimbursement from NV for Greyhound Therapy 26 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Greyhound Therapy. It's an evocative, sarcastic colloquialism used to describe the practice of dumping your mental health patients on busses or trains, with one-way tickets, in hopes that they'll beco...
SEC CEO Compensation Rule Is Coming Soon -- Again 26 Aug 2013 | 10:01 pm
After the 2008 financial meltdown, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank") was enacted to reform our crumbling financial services industry. After languishing for s...
Soaring Child Care Costs -- What Your Firm Can Do To Help 26 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
The New York Times recently ran an opinion piece about the significant costs of child care, and its effect on families. It told the horror stories of various women and their experiences with finding s...
OCI Week: 5 Mistakes Made in Legal Resumes 26 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm
Full disclaimer: On Campus Interviews are almost certainly a complete waste of your time, unless you are either the editor of the Law Review, or are on the magna cum laude path. But, you can always ta...
