FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 8, 2010 – A bust of Justice William E. McAnulty Jr. will be unveiled Thursday, Feb. 11, as part of a tribute to the late justice during the Black History Month program at the Capitol in Frankfort. The event will take place at noon in the Capitol Rotunda and is open to the pu ...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld San Francisco's policy of strip-searching arrestees without individualized suspicion they were concealing contraband. The opinion is here. "The record reveals a pervasive and serious problem with contraband inside San Francisco's jails, as well ...

Thomas W. Mitchell (Wisconsin), Stephen Malpezzi (Wisconsin), and Richard Green (USC) have posted Forced Sale Risk: Class, Race, and The 'Double Discount' on SSRN. Here's the abstract: What impact does a forced sale have upon a property owner's wealth? And...

At our LTN Awards ceremonies at LegalTech New York, I was honored to present our inaugural Law Technology News Lifetime Achievement Awards to three wonderful members of our legal technology . John Alber, Thomas Burke, and M. Thomas Collins have all demonstrated leadership and a fierce commitme ...

At our Awards ceremonies at , I was honored to present our inaugural Lifetime Achievement Awards to three wonderful members of our legal technology community.  LTN LegalTech New York Law Technology News John Alber, Thomas Burke, and M. Thomas Collins have all demonstrated leadership and ...

Remember Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, No. A-2963-07 (per curiam), the decision from New Jersey's Appellate Division which held that the government can assert inverse condemnation in order to take property without compensation? As noted in this order dated November...

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 ...

A few weeks ago, a client who will be opening a factory in China within a couple of months told me how much he has been learning about China by following people on Twitter and following their news links. He then asked me who if I had a list of "China people" he should be following. I said abou ...

Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), called for comprehensive and inclusive immigration reform at the opening plenary of the 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. To make...

In the month of February we celebrate Presidents Day in honor of two great United States Presidents; George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both were heroes of wars fought on U.S soil for freedom and unity of our great country. The United States has fought many wars throughout the world since that ...