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http://www.law.com ― President-elect Barack Obama said last week he would nominate Harvard Law School President Elena Kagan as solicitor general. If confirmed, she will t read more…

http://socialmedialawstudent.com ― The courtroom now includes Twitter.

What? Twitter inside the courtroom?

Yes, it’s true. A Colorado judge recently approved the use of Twitter read more…

http://thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com ― Porn industry asking for its piece of bailout money; recession has hit as hard as rest of economy. read more…

http://www.law.com ― The generation that lived through the Great Depression might now have an advantage when it comes to managing a budget for a corporate law department read more…

http://www.smh.com.au ― Canberra lawyers have won the right to serve legally binding court documents by posting them on defendants' Facebook sites.
Email and even mobile p read more…

http://www.chron.com ― Convicted last year of intoxication manslaughter for the death of her boyfriend, the 21-year-old daughter of a state district judge is suing the truc read more…

http://www.law.com ― In a 4-3 ruling, the high court held that a state statute immunizing rescuers from liability applies only if the individual is providing medical care read more…

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com ― The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia rendered its judgment in the Astrit Haraqija and Bajrush Morina Co read more…

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com ― It sentenced Bagosora, Ntabakuze and Nsengiyumva to life imprisonment for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes based on their role in cri read more…

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com ― There exists an international law concept that piracy is a crime over which there is universal jurisdiction, i.e., that all states have the duty to p read more…

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com ― On Monday, December 15, Montenegro filed its official application to become the 28th member of the European Union (EU). Montenegro hopes to gain can read more…

http://www.legaljuice.com ― A news report says a burglar who broke into a house claims he was held captive by a "supernatural figure" for three days without food and water. Po read more…

http://rawstory.com ― A federal appeals court ruling late Monday is the cause célèbre of the American Civil Liberties Union, as another provision of the Bush administratio read more…

http://www.livescience.com ― Laws tend to build on precedent. Since there's little precedent for lunar laws, some look to the sea for suggestions. That is, the use of ocean floo read more…

http://www.legaljuice.com ― You're not going to believe what this formerly respectable couple did to try and avoid a £60 ($88 US) ticket and three points. And it's not like it read more…