Governor Rendell has nominated Lewis Wood Wetzel, Esquire of Dallas and Joseph Van Jura, Esquire of Kingston to fill the open judgeships on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. It is hoped that these nominees will be whisked through the nomination process quickly so they can assist with the bac ...

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 ...

We have launched a new web site and blog for Judge Rudisill. http://www.judgerudisill.com/ Judge Rudisill is currently assigned to the Civil/Family Division of Seminole County. He and three other Circuit Judges serve the people of the 18th Judicial Circuit at the Civil Courthouse in Downtown Sanford ...

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 ...

During  Estimates hearings of the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee  on Monday (08/02/2010), The Greens Senator Bob Brown raised with the Governor General's Official Secretary (F&PA 44-46), the issue of unsuccessful nominations for honours (446 of 738 nominees or 60% w ...

beck-blog - Steht das lukrative Geschäftsmodell mit Abmahnungen wegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen möglicherweise vor dem Aus? Ein entsprechendes Signal sendet jedenfalls das Amtsgericht Frankfurt/Main mit seinem Urteil vom 29.01.2010 (Az. 31 C 1078/09 – 78, abrufbar im Volltext bei RA Thomas St ...

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Anwalt Niemeyer - Bei der Begutachtung von typischen urheberrechtlichen Abmahnungen, die gegen Tauschbörsen-Nutzer ausgesprochen werden, liegt immer wieder die Frage auf der Hand, inwieweit die Kosten der seitens der verletzten Rechteinhaber eingeschalteten Anwälte ersetzt verlangt werden ...

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. ...