What's being said on the web about "law"

You can get a ranking of law schools in the US at US News & World Report's web site (see link below). You can get some information there — but you can get more information from the web sites of the individual schools. ... [view original]

I recently saw an article entitled Clinton: Iraq War Bush's Responsibility. I very rarely touch on political topics because I. [view original]

Michael Scott points us to a very interesting analysis of how to different appeals courts have very different interpretations of our federal anti-hacking law. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was passed by Congress to create criminal ... [view original]

Gov. Mitch Daniels added his signature this week to a controversial measure prohibiting Indiana employers from banning guns in their parking lots. [view original]

But there is growing consensus among lawyers and legislators that the child pornography laws are too blunt an instrument to deal with an adolescent cyberculture in which all kinds of sexual pictures circulate on sites like MySpace and ... [view original]

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jude Law reeled in shock when they tried on their outfits for "The Aviator" - after the film's costume designer demanded they wore figure-enhancing corsets. DiCaprio played eccentric Hollywood director Howard ... [view original]

Ohio's tort reform law hasn't lowered health-care costs. Heh. I was just watching the reconciliation conference on CSPAN 2, and all of the R reps were afflicted with what I call Tort Reform Tourette's. Guess they need to get another ... [view original]

This standard is still irrational, if significantly less so than current law. It's imperative for the House to fight for the 1-to-1 ratio when it takes up the issue. Otherwise, the law will remain tinged with racism even if relative ... [view original]

There's a connection between the demand to criminalize mephedrone and Tim Loughton's call to prosecute more teenagers for having sex. Both fail to see what the law does. The law does not ban things - at least not directly -... [view original]

According to case law, tents are able to be erected as long as there is no sleeping—the Park Service forced the campers to take down the tents Monday afternoon immediately after they were set-up. “On the 7th anniversary of an illegal ... [view original]

In dueling summary-judgment motions unveiled Thursday in the long-running, heated battle between Google and YouTube, some new intriguing allegations were revealed. [view original]

Yale Law School Professor Jack Balkin: >Jack Balkin: [W]hat Munoz-Flores seems to be saying is that when people challenge laws on the grounds that they did not originate in the House (as all appropriations bills must under Article I, ... [view original]

Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a handful of environmental protection bills into law Thursday, including a ban on the sale of children's drinking cups that contain the plastics hardener bisphenol-A, or BPA. [view original]

HARRISBURG - The Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement has used the authority provided by the new Dog Law to shut down five of Pennsylvania's most notorious. [view original]

Just as Davenport Lyons lawyers are being sent for disciplinary action over the firm's practice of sending large numbers of "pay up or we sue" pre-settlement letters, ACS:Law, the shady firm that effectively spun out of Davenport Lyons ... [view original]

Once again, the Conservative government is warning Canadians that our laws are not strong enough to “protect society.” This time, it is young offenders, as young as 14, who apparently pose a threat. ... [view original]

New York City on Tuesday amended a law that labeled bees — along with polar bears and snapping turtles — as wild animals; and therefore illegal to keep in the five boroughs. With Colony Collapse Disorder wreaking havoc on bee ... [view original]

When it comes to California's landmark global warming law, gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is now at odds with the environmentally conscious company she helped run for nearly a decade. [view original]

Second, this would clearly change United States law, something that the supporters of ACTA have claimed that the agreement would not do. While the agreement itself may not have the power to change the law, the very fact that the ... [view original]

You can be sure Obama, a student of history, is aware of how LBJ captured the moment when Medicare became law with his pen. That happened in Independence, Mo., in the presence of the very first American to sign up for the program: Harry ... [view original]