Paul L. Boley
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Lewis & Clark Law School

Law in the News

Archive for August, 2009

8/31/2009

U.S. Loses WTO Ruling on Cotton Payouts
:: Arbitration Reports in U.S.-Brazil Dispute

Ruling Terms of Service Violations Not a Crime, U.S. Judge Acquits Lori Drew

The Lawsuit That Clouds the Disney-Marvel Deal

Wolves Are Set to Become Fair Game in the West

Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?

A&E Goes To Court To Defend Fair Use Of 12 Second Clip Of Music

The Turing Enigma: Campaigners Demand Pardon for Mathematics Genius

Fewer Newspapers Fight to Open Court Proceedings

ACLU Lawyers Spring 130,000 Pages of Secret Detention Documents

Bar Association Seeks Exemption for Lawyers from Identity Theft Rule

Skadden Arps Slashes Law School Hires for Summer of 2010

No-Kill Pet Shelter Ordered to Euthanize Dogs Due to Overcrowding

8/28/2009

Why Putting Climate Change on Trial Is a Terrible Idea

Holder’s Decision To Probe CIA Hints At a New Dynamic
:: CIA Will Cover Officers’ Legal Fees

Judge Rules That He, Too, Can Grant Access to U.S. Secrets

L&C Law’s Jim Huffman on Facing the Realities of Health Care Rationing

Appeals Court Rejects Cap on Cable Ownership
:: Comcast Corporation v. FCC (pdf)

Steinbrenner Sued Over Idea for YES Network

Lobbying Group Says Letters Against Climate Change Bill Were Fake

Court Says Court Reporters Do Not Retain Copyright On Transcripts They Prepare

8/27/2009

Can a Mother Lose Her Child Because She Doesn’t Speak English?

‘Hyperwrap Contracts,’ i.e. Clauses Available via Web Links, Held Enforceable by Court

9th Finds Baseball Steroids Search Unlawful Under Fourth Amendment
:: “Truly Astonishing” Decision Expands Computer Privacy
:: U.S. v. Major League Baseball Players Association (pdf)

Immunity for Medical Professionals in an Emergency? What Really Happened After Katrina

Dominick Dunne, Celebrity Chronicler of Celebrity Trials, Dies at 83

In Fla. Adoption Case, State Argues Gays Prone to Mental Illness, Breakups

As Old Nazis Die Off, DOJ Pursuit Goes On

Souter Blocks Access to His Papers for 50 Years

U.S. Bans Expanded Commercial Fishing in the Arctic

Law Prof Says Kennedy Was Average Paper Student, Excellent on His Feet
:: High Court Justices Among Those Paying Tribute

First Amendment Lawyer Says Drug Companies Also Have Speech Rights

8/26/2009

Ted Kennedy’s Legal Legacy