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Supreme Court Denies CSPAN Access to Oral Arguments in FCC v. FOX

Posted on November 03, 2008
The "fleeting expletives" case is due for argument in the Supreme Court next Tuesday, and the tapes will not be released to C-SPAN until next year. Usually, the Court grants C-SPAN's request to make audio tapes public immediately after a hearing, but this time, without explanation, the Court refuses to do so...

Notable Morning Stories...

Posted on November 03, 2008
Terrorism Financing Meets Judicial Review - The Conglomerate Starbucks, Krispy Kreme, Ben & Jerrys May Be Breaking Federal Law Offering Freebies For Voters on Election Day - Election Law BlogCircuit City Closing 252 Stores - The Consumerist Bogus Robocalls Tell Voters They Can Vote By Phone - Wired Blog

Add The Fastcase Blog To Your RSS Readers

Posted on November 02, 2008
Interested in having the easiest access to the Fastcase blog as possible? Now you can link the Fastcase blog to your RSS feed and view you it anytime you like from your favorite webpage or RSS Reader. Just click on any of the links below to add the blog to your RSS feed now...

Lawdable Quotes:Marcus Tallius Cicero

Posted on November 01, 2008
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.~ Marcus Tallius Cicero

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Countdown to November 4: Voting on the "Master Plan" in New Orleans

Posted on October 30, 2008
The team of consultants that the New Orleans City Planning Commission hired to complete a "master plan" for economic development, better housing, improved infrastructure. After Katrina, the plan was introduced and repeatedly stalled. Whether to give this plan the force of law goes to vote on November 4th...

Thursday Tips: Tips for Election Day!

Posted on October 30, 2008
You know the basics of voting - be 18, be a citizen, hope the chads don't hang. But, in our first week of "Thursday Tips," we want to bring some other other considerations to your attention. 1. Avoid the crowds. Mid-morning to early afternoon is the best time to go...

Twitter for Terrorists

Posted on October 29, 2008
Anti-terrorism authorities in both the US and the UK are becoming increasingly worried about the role of Twitter in "extremist groups." Twitter is a free social networking site which allows users to post "tweets" to update their networks. Additionally, large businesses like Cisco Systems, Jet Blue, and Whole Foods Market use Twitter to disseminate product information...

Sites We Like: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School

Posted on October 28, 2008
Yale's Lillian Goldman Law Library hosts an online component known as the Avalon Project. This initiative aims to provide access to source materials in the fields of law, diplomacy and history. Our favorite segment consists of ancient documents where you can read the text of some of the very first written laws...

Notable Morning Stories ...

Posted on October 28, 2008
Have we learned enough from the Crash of 1929? - The Conglomerate Corporate Law BlogAlaska Senator Ted Stevens, 84, Convicted - Blog of Legal Times With One Week to Go, Palm Beach County (Florida) Nervous About Counting Votes - NPR

Worse than 2000? How About a 269-269 Electoral Tie?

Posted on October 28, 2008
As with most Presidential elections, the 2008 election has tightened up with about one week remaining. If Democratic Sen. Barack Obama fares better (but not much better) than Sen. John Kerry did in 2004, the electoral vote count could end up in a deadlocked tie 269 to 269...

Rehnquist Family Donating Papers to Stanford

Posted on October 27, 2008
Justice William Rehnquist was on the Supreme Court for thirty three years before his death in 2005. Interestingly, only papers relating to decisions made between 1972, when Rehnquist joined the Court, and 1975, when John Paul Stevens joined the Court, will be made public...

Lawdable Quotes:Hart Pomerantz

Posted on October 26, 2008
Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they are different.~ Hart Pomerantz

Lawdable Quotes: Albert Einstein

Posted on October 25, 2008
As long as I have any choice, I will stay only in a county where political liberty, toleration, and equality of all citizens before the law are the rule. ~ Albert Einstein

Greenspan's Written Testimony Received in Congress

Posted on October 24, 2008
The House Goverment Oversight and Reform Committee received Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony which opened by calling the economic downturn a "tsunami." The 1033 word document summarizes Greenspan's take on the source of the crisis, policies for going forward, expectations for the future, as well as lessons learned...

Tax I.Q. Test

Posted on October 23, 2008
"I have a Ph.D. from an Ivy League university and my wife is a CPA and we are still incapable of doing our own taxes." -Political Science Professor, University of Wisconsin, 2004 According to that professor, you cannot expect to be able to do your own taxes just because you're smart...

Proposition K Could Legalize Prostitution in San Francisco

Posted on October 22, 2008
If Proposition K passes this November, San Francisco could certain sections of Nevada and Rhode Island where prostitution is legal behind closed doors Proponents say that if prostitution is legalized, sex workers will be able to organize for rights and safety...

MIT OpenCourseWare: The Law of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets

Posted on October 22, 2008
MIT OpenCourseWare15.617 The Law of Corporate Finance and Financial MarketsInterested in learning more about the law and how it relates to corporate finance? MIT is offering class materials to allow you to self study how the law interplays with financial markets and corporate finance...

New Gmail Labs Feature: Canned Responses

Posted on October 22, 2008
Gmail Labs is a fun playground for using features that haven't made it yet as a standard Gmail. Earlier this month they launched Mail Goggles which caused much fervor and debate in the Fastcase office over the utility of such a feature...

Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On Identity Theft and Illegal Immigration

Posted on October 21, 2008
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Ignacio Flores-Figueroa, an illegal immigrant who used a fake ID to get a job at a plant in Illinois. At issue is who has the burden of proof in showing whether an illegal immigrant knew his documents were stolen from real person...

Today Is Global Anti-Piracy Day: View An Interactive Map of Legal Action Across The Globe

Posted on October 21, 2008
Microsoft has�launched�a coordinated global effort against piracy today with legal action commencing across 49�separate�countries to help stem the�distribution�of�counterfeit�software. �They've also set up an interactive world display where you can view the individual actions being taken in each country...

Expect Long Lines On Election Day

Posted on October 20, 2008
An estimated two million new voters registered to vote in the 2008 presidential election and a record turnout is expected. Many worry about voter fraud, but Nate Persily, a Columbia University law professor, warns that the bigger danger for November 4th is going to be managing the election day crowds and technology...

Lawdable Quotes:J. William Fulbright

Posted on October 19, 2008
Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.~ J. William Fulbright

Lawdable Quotes: B.R. Ambedkar

Posted on October 18, 2008
Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.~ B.R. Ambedkar

Stumped by Technology?

Posted on October 17, 2008
Ever worry that your computer can do things that you have no clue how to ask it to do? Me too. That's why I love David Pogue's article in the NY Times today entitled "Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User."Here are a couple of things this blog contributor learned:1...

Lawdable Quotes: Will Rogers

Posted on October 16, 2008
The minute you read something that you cannot understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.~Will Rogers

Dallas Lawyer and Firm Respond to "Out of Context" Letter by Houston Lawyer

Posted on October 15, 2008
Last week, we brought you this letter from a Houston hurricane victim/lawyer to a Dallas attorney. In this letter, the Houston lawyer rants about all the reasons he could not make it to a deposition scheduled by the Dallas lawyer and states that the Dallas lawyer completely failed to be sensitive to the logistical challenges in light of the hurricane...

Preparing for Liability on Wall Street

Posted on October 13, 2008
Anyone who spent more than 45 seconds on Capitol Hill over the last two weeks can attest to the fact that even the minority of consituents who called their representatives to support the bailout want the corporate officers "responsible for this mess" brought to justice...

Lawdable Quotes: Oliver Wendell Holmes

Posted on October 12, 2008
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Lawdable Quotes: Ronald D. Dworkin

Posted on October 11, 2008
Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law?s empire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process.~ Ronald D. Dworkin

Tech Rumor: Affordable MacBooks Coming Next Week!

Posted on October 11, 2008
Rumors are flying that Apple is about to introduce a $799 MacBook this year. Currently, you cannot get out of an Apple Store with a computer costing less than $1099. Apparently, Apple plans to increase its line to 12 different laptops (currently there are only 8)...

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