Paul L. Boley
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Archive for October, 2008

10/31/2008

It’s a Boom Time for Lawyers

Inquiry Targeted 2,000 Foreign Muslims Before 2004 Election

Bush Administration Seeks Last-Minute Regulations
:: BLM Proposes Opening Up Utah Wilderness to Drilling

Judge Blocks Hybrid Taxi Requirement
:: Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade v. City of New York (pdf)

Online Law Grads: Older, No Slackers

Questioning ‘Dirty Bomb’ Plot, Judge Orders U.S. to Yield Papers on Detainee

Attorney General’s Private Trips Have Cost Taxpayers Over $150K

Judge Rejects Motion to Keep Bin Laden Driver Locked Up

Clerk’s Message Spurs Lawyer to Abandon Fight to Argue Supreme Court Case

Ex-U.S. Jihadists Testify at Guantanamo Terror Trial

Will This Election Be Decided By Voters or Judges?
:: In Tight Race, Victor May Be Ohio Lawyers

‘King of Torts’ Fred Baron Dies after Successful Quest for Experimental Drug

Court Restores Halloween Restrictions on Missouri Sex Offenders
:: No Halloween for Maryland’s Sex Offenders

Why I Burned My Harvard Diploma

10/30/2008

Fed Circuit Puts Brakes on Business-Method Patents
:: Bilski v. Warsaw (pdf)
:: Analysis via Patently-O

FDA Staff, White House Disagreed on Drive to Shield Drug Makers From Lawsuits
:: Tiny Drug Label Raises Big Preemption Issue at High Court
:: Committee Report
:: Internal FDA Documents
:: Panel Faults FDA on Stance That Chemical in Plastic Is Safe

Election Law Litigation — Everyone’s Doing It
:: Vote Watchdogs Warn of Troubles

How Come Budweiser Doesn’t Shut Down the ‘Wassup’ Obama Ad?
:: Ownership vs. License
:: Wassup 2008

Sole-Survivor Law in Place, But Not Quite Ready for Vets

Warrantless Searches of Laptops and Wireless Devices Small in Number, But Growing

Ralph Nader Wins, Loses in Court Over 2004 Ohio Election
:: Nader v. Blackwell (pdf)

Electrified McCain-Palin Sign May Have Been Legal, But Unpleasant to 9 Year Old

Gay Married Couples Face Legal Limbo If Prop. 8 Passes

Posner Targets Lawyer’s Remark about Wives and Clothes Dryers
:: Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck and Company (pdf)

CIA Can Hide Torture Allegations, Court Rules
:: ACLU v. Department of Defense (pdf)

Accused Bin Laden Propagandist Smiles as Jury Sees His Film

Lawyer’s Error May Separate Parents From a Disabled Child

Special Session Called on Nebraska Safe-Haven Law

Firm Defends Seinfeld From Defamation Claims

10/29/2008

Appeals Courts Pushed to Right by Bush Choices

Will Expletives at the Supreme Court Also Ring Out on C-SPAN?
:: Seeks Oral Argument Tapes in Fox Swearing Case

Guantanamo Court Judge: Threatening Family Was Torture