Law in the News Returns January 5, 2009 :: Happy New Year!
U.S. News Rankings a ‘Curse’ Generating Heat, Not Light
Testy 9th Circuit Judges Consider Purple Heart Lie
New Marijuana Law Comes With Challenges
Fla. Law School Takes ‘Naming Rights’ Concept to a New Level
Madoff Mercy: How Long Should the Ponzi Schemer Go to Prison For?
Latest Obama Appointee—SEC Chief—Is Third Lawyer Named in Two Days
Rwandan Military Officer Convicted of Genocide :: Also, the Complexities of Canada’s First War-Crimes Trial
Illinois Court Won’t Hear Plea to Oust Blagojevich
Lawyers Aren’t Special: Why It’s OK to Investigate Those Who May Have Approved War Crimes
Cipollone Doctrine Revived :: Preemption Redemption for Justice Stevens
Report Finds Meddling in Interior Dept. to Limit Species Protections :: The Endangered Species Act and the Conflict Between Science and Policy
Cheney Admits Role in Clearing CIA Interrogation Tactics :: Justices Restore Suit Brought by Ex-Detainees Citing Torture :: Gitmo Lawyers Are the Latest in Radical Chic
U.S. Is Set to Release 3 Detainees From Base, Ordered Freed in Habeas Corpus Case
L&C Law Alum Marco Gonzalez, Environmental Lawyer, 30-Something and Atop San Diego Politics
Iraqi Justice System Is Faulted
L&C Law Alum Brent Foster: From Suing the Law School to Top Enviro Cop in Oregon AG’s Office
Supreme Court, 5-4, Allows Suits Over Light Cigarettes, Denies Pre-Emption Claim :: Altria Group v. Good
DOJ Prosecutor Who Blew the Whistle on Warrantless Wiretaps Is Living Under a Pall :: Why Justice Department Lawyers Defied Bush
Larry Lessig Leaves Stanford for Harvard Ethics Post
Battling for Scarce Legal Work, Associates Vie for Paralegal Tasks
High Court Revives Detainees’ Suite Over Torture and Abuse of Religious Rights
The Disability Board That Couldn’t Say No
DA Orders Blogger to Give Up Commenter’s Info :: Background and Documents
William S. Stevens, 60, Dies; Wrote Infield Fly Law Review Note :: The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule (L&C Law only)
Illinois Attorney General Asks IL Supreme Court to Oust Blagojevich :: Brief, Motion and Supporting Record
9th Circuit Tosses Out Seattle Parade Law :: Seattle Affiliate of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation v. Seattle (pdf)
L&C Law Alum Catherine Ciarlo Named Portland Transportation Policy Advisor
Online Rebel Publishes Millions of Dollars in U.S. Court Records for Free
Bush Administration Takes Independent Scientific Reviews Out of Endangered Species Act :: Environmentalists: New Rule Guts ESA :: DOI News Release :: Kempthorne: Closing the Climate Change Loophole :: Final Rule (pdf)
Rumsfeld Blamed for Widespread Detainee Abuse :: Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry Into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody (pdf)
Why Won’t Fed Prosecutors in Illinois Use Barack Obama’s Name?
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