The Dykas case finally comes to an end, an appellate argument on sentencing comes a cropper, and we learn valuable lessons about no contest pleas.  All that, and a sidenote on the intricacies of insufficient evidence claims and affirmative defenses, represent the courts body of work for the week. Om ...

By Chinta Puxley, THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG – There was no lasting help for a man who twice risked his life last year to save drowning people, his stepdaughter said after a vicious weekend attack left the “Homeless Hero” unrecognizable in hospital. Kristy Assin said Faron Ha ...

Snow and Republicans are conspiring against the nation's unemployed. There's not much anyone can do about the former, with even more forecasted over the next day and a half. And with Scott Brown now seated, there are questions about what can happen with the latter. Although both parties say Washin ...

When I first started in private practice, I'd go anywhere to represent someone. I'd drive hours to a courthouse, or meet a client at a convenient place. I went to some interesting places.... Now, a few years later, most meetings are in my office, most cases, close to home. But then there was last Th ...

Great video on copyright policy and remix culture. "In a world of digital network media, copyright policy isn't just about how to incentivise the product ion of a certain type of artistic commodity. It's about what level of control we are going to permit to be exercised over our social realities. S ...

My advice is to fire your ghost blawgger today. Right now. This minutes. Now sit down and write something. Don't think, just write. Proof-it, Post it. Your on your way...

Professor Pike, who passed away on January 24, was a leading contributor to philosophy of religion and longtime member of the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, where he was Professor Emeritus. The UC Irvine Department has...

In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Friday, February 05, 2010    1. People v. Ortega2010 WL 375079, 2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 00777(N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. Feb 04, 20 ...

Last Thursday, Comcast and NBCU marched up to Capitol Hill to testify before the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications. At times it was a raucous exchange with Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker making promises about what they will deliver once the two giant corporations are ...

Did Corporate Governance 'Fail' during the 2008 Stock Market Meltdown? The Case of the S&P 500, by Brian R. Cheffins, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the...