Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl; watching Peyton Manning channel his inner Favre was a bit surreal. Anyway, we had 129 posts on the LexBlog Network today with Jamie Spencer providing one of the more interesting posts, offering insight on cops, lawyers and judges using iPhone apps. ...

Many Michigan prisoners may be glad to have their sentences commuted, but some victims' families feel just the opposite. They are unhappy that Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is granting commutations at a record rate. She has freed 124 prisoners in the last two years -- including killers -- and ...

What's Happening and When in 2010 Last year brought many changes in labor and employment law. Expect more of the same in 2010. Join our experienced attorneys for an informative breakfast discussing all of the hot topics that will affect you and your employees:My head hurts... the new laws in effec ...

Philadelphia - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will be arguing this Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia, urging the court to block a government attempt to seize telephone company records detailing a cell phone user's past locations without first get ...

Here is an interesting new article by Professor Jennifer Gordon, whose scholarship in my view is always interesting: "Explaining Immigration Unilateralism" Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 104, No. 3, 2010 JENNIFER GORDON, Fordham University - School of Law. ABSTRACT: Classical...

I know, I've been remiss in my blogging. Blame it on Jennifer Shaw's new baby. She can't read yet.So, the Court of Appeal in Dotson v. Amgen (opinion here) held that Amgen's arbitration agreement was lawful. Specifically, a limitation of one deposition per side unless the arbitrator ordered more ba ...

"The Trial: Eric Holder and the battle over Khalid Sheikh Mohammed." Jane Mayer will have this article in the February 15, 2010 issue of The New Yorker. And the February 15, 2010 issue of The Weekly Standard contains an article by Jennifer Rubin headlined "Obama's Attorney General (for now): Eric H ...

Yup, there's an app for that.Fastcase has announced their iPhone app for searching cases and statutes. Details at http://www.fastcase.com/fastcase-releases-first-legal-research-app-for-iphone/One of my fellow librarians, Riva Laughlin, sent me a short list of reviews:Robert Ambrogi's revie ...

Case Considered: J.S. v. D.J.K., 2009 ABQB 426 In my post A Clarification of Evidentiary Requirements under the Protection Against Family Violence Act, I reluctantly agreed with Justice Donald Lee’s interpretation of section 3(2) of the Protection Against Family Violence Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. P ...

In Overcoming the Ugly Factor in Building-Integrated Solar Design, journalist Jennifer Kho reports on how Skidmore Ownings, & Merril and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are collaborating to make solar energy-gathering materials look better. One source says "most applications thus far ...