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Free Mortgage Modification & Foreclosure Defense Clinic for Homeowners Thursday, February 11th, 2010
LaBovick & LaBovick, P.A. will hold a FREE Mortgage Modification and Foreclosure Defense Clinic for Homeowners at its office in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida from 6:00 p.m.
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Free Mortgage Modification & Foreclosure Defense Clinic for Homeowners
Law firm suing China says hit by Google-style cyber-attacks. Reuters Google said on Tuesday that it was considering closing down its Chinese site after being subject to a “phishing” campaign aimed at accessing the Google mail . …
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We’ve previously written about Denise Megan Bronsdon , who graduated from the (unaccredited) Southern New England School of Law and then failed the bar three times. Not surprisingly, she had some difficulty finding gainful employment.
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Bankruptcy Judge to the Rescue of Poor Old Lady / Law School Grad
The AALL Leadership Development Committee is seeking nominations for the Emerging Leader Award. The award recognizes newer members of AALL who have made significant contributions to the Association or to the profession and have demonstrated the potential for leadership and…
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Nominations Sought for AALL Emerging Leader Award
Shortly before 5 p.m., the Supreme Court ruled against broadcast of the Proposition 8 trial, currently taking place in San Francisco. The Court split 5-4, with the majority setting forth its reasoning in a 17-page per curiam opinion
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Breaking: SCOTUS Rules Against Broadcast of the Proposition 8 Trial
The blog post announcing Google’s possible/likely retreat from the Chinese market due to cyber attacks on its systems has a number of repercussions on other technology companies doing business within China. Specifically, Microsoft and Yahoo will be forced to make…
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Some Thoughts on Google’s China Action
Sometimes, helping your client avoid media scrutiny has consequences, even in England. The Lawyer reports that the lawyer who helped keep naked, sexy pictures of Tiger Woods out of the U.K. press has mysteriously left his firm: Schillings partner Simon Smith has left the media boutique weeks after winning a controversial injunction on behalf of golfer Tiger Woods.
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Tiger Woods’s U.K. Lawyer Leaves His Firm, Heads for the Hills
Ah, censure. It’s what politicians do when no laws have been broken but they’re still really pissed about what went down. With little debate, the South Carolina House of Representatives overwhelming voted to censure Governor Mark Sanford.
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Breaking: Mark Sanford Censured by South Carolina Legislature
Google reported yesterday that an alleged attack on its corporate infrastructure last month originating in China and targeted the email accounts of Chinese human rights activists. On the Official Google Blog, David Drummond, SVP, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer,…
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No Longer Willing to Censor Google.cn Search: Google Reviewing Business Operations in China After Attack on Its Infrastructure
Looking back in LLB Turns Five Years Old: Another Day, Another Post, I mentioned that it was a fair assessment to characterize 2009 was the year the legal information professional blogosphere became the consumer advocate for legal resources users, individual…
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Taking the Proverbial Bull by the Horns: AALL as an Agent of Change
A disclaimer: we’re not sure how we feel about Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal constitutional challenge brought by superlawyers Ted Olson and David Boies to Proposition 8, California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. We are somewhat sympathetic to Jonathan Adler’s position : gay marriage makes perfect sense as a policy matter, but the constitutional case is less clear
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Cameras in the Prop 8 Courtroom: Why Not?
Joel Tenenbaum, found liable by a jury in federal district court for copyright infringement by sharing files, last week filed a motion for a retrial and a reduction in damages. His lawyer, Charles Nesson, has characterized Tenenbaum’s file sharing as…
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Defendant in File Sharing Case Asks For Retrial: Some Thoughts
* Boy, it’s going to be interesting to see if NBC’s attempt to screw over Conan O’Brien will succeed because Conan’s lawyers didn’t include every conceivable way NBC could screw over Conan. I hope Conan gets his money, but whatever happens, the show that he’s sure to get to go up against Leno (on Fox or whatever) is going to kill.
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Non-Sequiturs: 01.12.10
After being inundated with firms that are trying to cut salaries through the implementation of a merit-based associate compensation structure, it’s refreshing to see a firm cut salaries the old fashioned way. Tipsters report that Kaye Scholer is just going about its paycut in a straightforward manner: Associates will be paid on a 145K scale for 11 months, and then, provided they are above some level of hours, will have a “keep what you earn” December. This comes months after Kaye Scholer told half the class they would be making 60K and doing pro bono work for the first year.
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Kaye Scholer: Back to More Simple Methods for Cutting Salaries, Plus a Big Time Bonus
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ALM’s Law Technology News today announced the law firm and in-house law department winners in its seventh annual Law Technology News Awards program.
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Law Technology News Announces Law Firm Winners of Seventh Annual …
In a knee-jerk reaction to the the current labor market, Mark Greenbaum, a DC attorney and writer, calls on the federal government to consider taking steps to “stop the flow of attorneys into a saturated marketplace” in a Los Angeles…
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Turning Law School Accreditation Over to the Corrupt?
Apparently not, according to a new study by the University of New Hampshire School of Business & Economics. In Social Networking Usage and Grades Among College Students, 1,127students from all colleges at the university were surveyed.
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Does Social Networking Negatively Affect Students’ Grades?
One of the unintentional consequences of the Web 2.0 is that once you, or someone else, has posted an embarrassing photo, gossip or other unwanted personal information, it’s there forever. As a result, the French are considering addressing this problem…
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Here’s a good idea: France considers a "right to forget law"
From the Chronicle of Higher Ed: Barnes & Noble’s college-bookstore division has entered the growing field of textbook rental for college students, the bookseller announced Monday. After testing the waters with a pilot program, the service has expanded.
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Barnes & Noble to begin offering textbook rentals to students
Update: SCOTUS says “wait.” The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the broadcasting of the trial except to other rooms with the confines of the courthouse where to the trial is being held to give it more time for further consideration of…
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Update – SCOTUS Limits Live Feeds Temporarily: Video Broadcasting of Propostion 8 Trial Set to Begin Today
The journalism students at the Northwestern University got a little help today in their battle with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office over evidence they colleted in the case of Anthony McKinney. The State challenged the motive of the students…
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News Organizations Support NU Innocence Project Students
Jason Wilson reports on what’s known and unknown about Project Cobalt, the soon to be appearing new platform for Westlaw at Westlaw 2.0: Project Cobalt. This is a highly recommended post for its detailed information.
AALL Call for New Product Award Nominations; Submissions Due by Feb. 1 Monday, January 11th, 2010The New Product Award honors a new and innovative commercial legal information product that enhances or improves existing law library services and/or procedures. New products may include, but are not limited to, printed material, computer hardware and/or software, or other…
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AALL Call for New Product Award Nominations; Submissions Due by Feb. 1
Privacy, Free Speech, and ‘Blurry-Edged’ Social Networks [SSRN] by Stanford Law’s Lauren Amy Gelman, 50 Boston College Law Review ___ (2009) discusses the technological, social, and legal regimes that have combined to create the tension between the positive benefits for…
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"Blurry-Edged" Social Networks
Who are the richest members of Congress and who are cutting coupons out of the Sunday paper? Check out the Center for Responsive Politics database for your lawmakers’ personal finances: net worth, assets, liabilities, and the always interesting outside income….
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Are Your Senators and Congressional Representatives Just Scraping By?
This list from Inside Higher Ed not only makes me feel old, but also out of touch (since when did DVD players and photocopiers become obsolete?). The IHE list was inspired by Silicon Alley Insider’s list of 21 things that…
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Learning technologies that became obsolete this decade past
By India News , Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News – Times of India. The number of adult Bollywood films will fall in the next six months if the information and broadcasting ministry introduces two new categories …
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Soon, 2 new categories will cut down on 'A' fare | CASSANO LAW FIRM