And we have a new favourite politician : Meet Dr. "Goodluck Jonathan" Nigeria's new acting President who assumed powers today after President Umaru Yar'Adua, who has been ailing and out of the country for the last two months, called the BBC and said he was in Saudi Arabia recovering from a heart ...

The Ninth Circuit has a little ruling today that rejects a Second Amendment challenge to the federal felon-in-possession prohibition in light of Heller. The ruling in , No. 09-10072 (9th Cir. Feb. 9, 2010) ( ), gets started this way: And here is the heart of the panel's analysis of the Second ...

Speaking of honours, nice to see that former Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby AC is to receive the 2010 International Privacy Champion award from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).The award recognises his work, at the time President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, t ...

Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles and has assembled a team of lawyers for his defense.  Leading the defense team is Ed Chernoff, who will be joined by his partners Matthew Alford and William Stradley, of the Houston ...

Mike Masnik of the Techdirt blog asks why shouldn't jurors be allowed to do a little online research outside the courtroom. His view is since jurors come to the table with their outside experiences, biases and prejudices, what harm would it do to allow the smart ones to use a little technology to ai ...

Recession Proof Event - for a cost of $55.00 for non-ABA members and $30.00 for ABA members - see and...

On behalf of Clients of ING Financial Services, a subsidiary of ING Group NV, Signator Investors and Michael Joseph DiMare, Houston based Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LLP is investigating claims that DiMare may have encouraged many of his clients to invest in a Ponzi scheme. This may have hap ...

A few days ago I criticized an entry on a Chronicle of Higher Education blog, The Ticker, that found less “opportunities” for women as coaches and athletic directors based only on evidence that women made up a higher proportion of players than of coaches and ADs. Now “The Ticker” is back with news ...

Houston lawyer Harry C. Arthur’s courthouse battle with Christ Church Cathedral and The Beacon, a homeless day center in downtown Houston, is over. This morning, 234th District Judge Reece Rondon of Houston signed an order granting Arthur’s motion for a...

EON Corp. IP Holdings, LLC v. Sensus USA Inc., 2010 WL 346218(E.D.Tex. Jan 21, 2010) (NO. 6:09-CV-116) Judge: John Love Holding: Motion to Compel Testimony/Strike Infringement Contentions DENIED without prejudice; Motion for Protective Order DENIED; Infringement contentions ordered supplemented. Thi ...