Paul L. Boley
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Lewis & Clark Law School

Law in the News

Archive for May, 2006

5/31/2006

Shushed No More: Librarian Recipients of National Security Letters Finally Speak Out

South Dakota Abortion Law Challengers Turn in Petition Signatures

Federal Credit Freeze Law Proposed to Fight Identity Theft

Federal Energy-Efficiency Programs Facing Budget Cuts

5/30/2006

E-Mail at Yale Law School Fuels Israeli Constitutional Debate

Cali Lawsuit’s Uniqueness? A Contract Written in Blood

New Patent Granted on Method to Destroy DVD Data

Punitive Damages Issue in Oregon Tobacco Case Set For Return Visit to Supreme Court
:: Williams v. Philip Morris (Or.Sup.Ct.)

SupCt, 5-4, Rejects First Am. Protection For Government Employees Speaking Pursuant to Official Duties
:: Garcetti v. Ceballos

USPTO Invalidates Some Claims in Disputed JPEG Patent

House Holds Hearing on FBI’s Capitol Raid

Florida’s Gator Cops

EU’s Highest Court Nixes Giving Airline Passenger Data to U.S.
:: Parliament v. Council

5/28/2006

Cheney Legal Aide is Leading Architect of President’s Expansive Use of Signing Statements
:: Number of Statutes Challenged

Deafened by the S.E.C.’s Silence, Research Firm Sues

Legal Rights Group Says 60 Guantanamo Detainees Were Children

Gonzales, FBI Director Pressure ISPs at Closed Door Meeting to Retain Network Data and Subscriber Info

5/26/2006

Oregon Plans New Programs Addressing Violence Against Women

Court Says Journalist Shield Laws Apply Online, Denies Apple’s Attempt to Reveal Leaker
:: O’Grady v. Apple Computer (pdf)

Jury View: Enron Defendants Sunk by Their Testimony

Libby Defense Request For Media Records Granted in Part, Denied in Part

Legal Observers Divided on Odds of Successful Appeal in Enron Case

Are Unanimous Supreme Court Opinions Inherently Desirable?

How Federal Courts Can Clean Up America’s Extraterritorial Prisons

Hastert’s Steel-Cage Match With The White House

Hayden Confirmed as CIA Head

5/25/2006

Military Expected to Report Marines Killed Iraqi Civilians

Bush Orders Documents Seized in Capitol Hill Search Sealed

State Secrets Privilege Slams Door On Civil Suits

House Judiciary Committee Approves Net Neutrality Bill

House Speaker Hastert Accuses FBI of Intimidation in Office Raid Dispute

Portland Priest-Abuse Trial Schedules OK’d by Bankruptcy Judge