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Legal Theory Blog: Wiseman on Connick v. Thompson & the Curtailment of Brady v. Maryland

Samuel R. Wiseman (Florida State University - College of Law) has posted Brady, Trust, and Error (Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s retreat over the last thirty-plus years from the...

PrawfsBlawg: Sentencing Guidelines: Discretion or Bias?

Last week I took my 1L students on a field trip to the Federal District Court. The students met with a judge, who briefly discussed an imminent sentencing hearing and how the Federal Sentencing Guidelines limited his ability to give the defendant a longer sentence. We stayed to watch the sentencing

EXCESS COPYRIGHT: Will AUCC Settle With Access Copyright, with UBC in Support?

< span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" > The following announcement has just been made by UBC, whose President Stephen Toope < a href="http://ubyssey.ca/opinion/letters-toope-responds432/" > < span style="color: #6aa84f;" > < b > at one point < /b > < /span > < /a > had seemed vigorously

JURIST - Paper Chase: Colorado district court upholds tribal sovereign immunity

JURIST - Paper Chase: Colorado district court upholds tribal sovereign immunity

Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice: Order on Motion for Separate Trials by Chief

CEATS v. Continental Airlines, Inc., 6:10cv120 (E.D. Tex. 2/14/12) Judge: Leonard Davis (Photo by Danny Hurley) Holding: Motion for Separate Trials DENIED Eighteen defendants remain in this case, in two groups, airline defendants and ticketing defendants. The defendants sought separate...

Is There A Gaping Hole in the Mortgage Fraud Deal (CL&P Blog)

A couple days ago we told you about criticism of the mortgage fraud settlement between the states and five large banks that was brokered by the Obama Administration. Now, Michael Hiltzik of the LA Times tells us about what he...

Legal project management in the real world: The case of Williams Mullen (Part 2 of 2) - Legal

Last week, we talked about how legal project management (LPM) has helped Williams Mullen litigators find new work, and perform it more efficiently. On the transactional side of the house, M&A Lawyer Steve Burke has also seen LPM marketing benefits,...

California Appellate Report: Watison v. Carter (9th Cir. - Feb. 13, 2012)

< a href="http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/02/13/10-16778.pdf" > I agree with the vast majority of what Judge Farris says in this opinion < /a > . < br / > < br / > Indeed, I must say, I'm somewhat shocked at the decision by the district court -- Judge Reed, a senior judge from

Ninth Circuit Blog

< div align="justify" > < span style="color:#3333ff;" > < em > U.S. v. Yeung < /em > , No. 10-10381 (2-13-12) (Ikuta with Graber and Quist, D.J.) < /span > . < /div > < br / > < div align="justify" > To the point: courts must explain why they order certain restitution amounts to victims under the

Environmental Crimes Blog: Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws

And now a commercial break - this is a GREAT program put on by my good friends Joe Block and Judd Starr! 17th Annual Advanced ALI-ABA Course of Study for the Defense and Government Bars Thursday, April 26, 2012, at...

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