Paul L. Boley
Law Library
Lewis & Clark Law School

Law in the News

Archive for November, 2007

11/30/2007

A New Push to Roll Back ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Clarence Thomas’s Case for Shutting Up
:: “This Is Not Perry Mason”

New Pastures for Animal-Rights Lawyers

High Tuition and Debt Lure Law Graduates Toward High Pay

Ex-Officers in Beating Get Sentences Up to 17 Years

2nd Circuit Rejects Copyright Settlement Over Electronic Content
:: In re: Literary Works in Electronic Databases Copyright Litigation (pdf)

The 9th Circuit’s New No. 1 May Have to ‘Temper His Eccentricities’

It’s Trial Lawyers v. Trial Lawyers in Battle of the Acronyms

Chief Justice Declines to Provide Health Update

Court to Cops: Return Medical Marijuana If Charges Dropped

11/29/2007

In Victory for PEAC, Washington Power Plant Plan Rejected Over Emissions
:: L&C Law’s Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center

San Francisco Bar Association Lists Ways to Recruit LGBT Lawyers
:: Report of The Bar Association of San Francisco Equality Subcommittee (pdf)

U.S. Judge Orders Bush to Release Records of Telecom Firm Lobbying Contacts
:: EFF v. ODNI (pdf)

Judiciary Committee Chairman Says Bush Not Involved in Prosecutor Firings, Declares Executive Privilege Claims Illegal

PopularityDialer Offline Pending Appeal to F.C.C.

Oregon Governor Open to LNG Terminal If Environmental Concerns Are Addressed

Massive Apartheid Case on Way to the Court

5th Circuit Extends Limits on Student Speech
:: Ponce, Jr. v. Socorro Independent School Dist. (pdf)

NY Man Fights for Anti-Osama Plates

Musharraf Promises to End Emergency Rule By Dec. 16

U.S. Trial Lawyers, Back on Offense, Take On Railroads, China

Environmental Magna Carta Under Siege

Dozen States Set to Sue the U.S. Over Greenhouse Gases

Georgia Ruling on Sex Offenders Prompts Other States to Re-Examine Laws

Number Banned From Buying Guns Doubles Since Va. Tech Shootings

One-Third of Nation’s Bird Species on National Watch List

Philip Morris Suit May Signal Trend of Age Discrimination Claims by In-House Lawyers

Briton Convicted in Sudan Blasphemy Case

11/28/2007

7 Wildlife Decision to Be Revised, Former Interior Official Overruled Staff Scientists

Blackwater Guards Pumped on Steroids, Lawsuit Alleges
:: Complaint in Abtan v. Blackwater Worldwide (pdf)

Should You Panic About the New “Thought Crimes” Bill?

Head of Rove Inquiry Facing Allegations That He Had ‘Geeks on Call’ Delete Own Files