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From KAU to KAUST : Saudi Arabia Goes High Tech at the University Level : With Nondiscrimination in Religion, Race and Gender

Posted on March 28, 2008
Via the @Stanford Newsletter, the Stanford News Service writes at Stanford to help new Saudi university in applied math, computer science:"Stanford is joining a team of universities working to build a major science and technology university along a marshy peninsula on Saudi Arabia's western coast...

Arbitral Standards of Review in Hall Street v. Mattel : US Supreme Court Sets Clear Standard : Statutory Grounds Exclusive for FAA Judicial Review

Posted on March 27, 2008
Via the Disputing blog, which we have added to our blogroll, we were led to this week's United States Supreme Court arbitration law decision in Hall Street v. Mattel (Hall Street Associates v. Mattel, Inc., ___ U.S. ___ (2008) (Cause No. 06-989)):Justice Souter wasted no time in stating in the first paragraph of his majority opinion:"The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA or Act), 9 U...

European Digital Rights (EDRI) Defends Civil Rights in the Information Society in Europe

Posted on March 26, 2008
European Digital Rights (EDRI) is an organization in Europe which defends civil rights in the "information society" in Europe. As written at their website:"European Digital Rights was founded in June 2002. Currently 28 privacy and civil rights organisations have EDRI membership...

Harvard Law School Alumnus Leonid Rozhetskin Disappears in Latvia

Posted on March 25, 2008
We posted previously about the disappearance of Harvard Law School alumnus Leonid Rozhetskin, writing:"Via All About Latvia, which inter alia has a column on Google News about Latvia, we were led to the Moscow Times, where we learned that the Russian-born Harvard Law School educated U...

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European Union (EU) Establishes a New Procedure in the Area of Freedom Security and Justice : The Urgent Preliminary Ruling Procedure : March 2008

Posted on March 25, 2008
The Court of Justice of the European Communities, the Curia in Luxembourg, has issued a press release in which it outlines the completely new Urgent Preliminary Ruling Procedure which started application on March 1, 2008 as a European Union procedure in the area of freedom, security and justice:"The Treaty of Amsterdam on the European Union (EU) which came into force on 1 May 1999 states that the EU: must be maintained and developed as an area of freedom, security and justice;(an area) in which the free movement of persons is assured;in conjunction with appropriate measures with respect to external border controls, asylum, immigration and the prevention and combating of crime...

Summer Vacation 2008 : Try the Kiel Week (Kieler Woche) June 21-29 , 2008 : Biggest Summer Festival in Northern Europe : Sailing Sports and Much More

Posted on March 24, 2008
Looking for something different this year for your summer vacation?Take a look at our blog Kiel & Kieler for more information relating tothe Kiel Week (Kieler Woche),Northern Europe's biggest summer festival.It annually attracts over 3 million visitors from more than 70 nations...

Money Can Buy Happiness if You Give To Others : The Joyful Side of Philanthropy

Posted on March 23, 2008
An article at Yahoo Health by Amanda Gardner titled Give and Be Happy reports on a study which indicates that:"Money can buy happiness, at least when you spend it on others."The reason, writes Gardener, is that "pro-social" giving enhances the community:""Reaching out and doing things for other people allows you to kind of create a community," said Dr...

Happy Easter from LawPundit : Cistercian Monks from Austria Join Universal Records : 50's Easter Bunny : Dancing Hare : Sexy Alien Cartoon Band

Posted on March 23, 2008
With a closing message on their YouTube Video of "Life is Short, Pray Hard" the Cistercian Monks of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria, who have just signed on with Universal Music, give us a religiously musical Easter Message (via Gizmodo):Some might prefer a more nostalgic 5o's approach to the Easter Bunny, complete with Cadillac, but modern rap:The Dancing Hare has some cool moves with some upbeat music:The Sexy Alien Cartoon Band is an animated supervideo production (viewed nearly 2 million times) which parodies (makes fun of) the blatant sexuality which pervades modern music videos...

NCAA® March Madness® on Demand : Free Live Streaming Video of All NCAA® Division I Men's Basketball Championship Games : NIT Brackets : CBI Brackets

Posted on March 22, 2008
Postseason college basketball is underway in the United States.For those sports fans out there who may not be aware of it....The website of the NCAA at NCAA® March Madness® on Demand provides free live streaming video of all 64 NCAA® Division I Men's Basketball Championship games...

Recent News From Our General Non-Law Blogroll: Blogs Beginning with B

Posted on March 20, 2008
There are now so many blogs out there that is impossible to keep track of them all nor to do all those justice that should be on one's blogroll. Nevertheless, we have gone through our general non-law blogroll (we just finished going through our law blogroll) to update our links and to comment on what is being posted out there in the general blogosphere...

The New York International Auto Show's Hyundai Genesis Coupe plus Recent News From Our General Non-Law Blogroll: Blogs Beginning with A

Posted on March 19, 2008
There are now so many blogs out there that is impossible to keep track of them all nor to do all those justice that should be on one's blogroll. Nevertheless, we have gone through our general non-law blogroll (we just finished going through our law blogroll) to update our links and to comment on what is being posted out there in the general blogosphere...

Obama Speech on Race Relations and His Vision for "A More Perfect Union"

Posted on March 19, 2008
Rergardless of your political persuasion, we would highly recommend your viewing this video speech by Barack Obama on race relations and his vision of a "A More Perfect Union".In our view, it is also important for other nations, not just America, to hear that speech, because it goes to the core of many of the world's most serious problems, also religious problems, which in our view are - in their foundation - racial problems, pitting various racial groups against each other...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (u,v,w,x,y,z) The Law Blogroll - Blawgs Beginning with Letters U, V, W, X, Y and Z

Posted on March 18, 2008
We have gone through our links on the LawPundit law blogroll to update URLs and to provide selected recent information about those linked websites or blogs. This posting covers Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (u,v,w,x,y,z) The Law Blogroll - U,V,W,X,Y,Z:Useful Arts will be blogging at the Virtual Law Conference, April 3-4, 2008, in New York City...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (t) The Law Blogroll - Blawgs Beginning with the Letter T

Posted on March 17, 2008
We have gone through our links on the LawPundit law blogroll to update URLs and to provide selected recent information about those linked websites or blogs. This posting covers Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (t) The Law Blogroll - T:Golf season is under way so that our postings here are a bit shorter than normal...

The House of Lords at Lords of the Blog are Online Starting Today March 17, 2008

Posted on March 17, 2008
You have to hand it to the highly traditional House of Lords and their new experimental and collaborative (nine) Lords of the Blog, a pilot project being managed by the Hansard Society.Lords of the Blog went online March 17, 2008, confirming that blogging is no longer an avantgarde avocation but has truly entered the professional mainstream bigtime...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (o,p) The Law Blogroll - Blawgs Beginning with the Letters O and P

Posted on March 15, 2008
Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (o,p) The Law Blogroll - Blawgs Beginning with the Letters O and P:The Online Guide to Mediation by Diane Levin has been renamed the Mediation Channel at the new location mediationchannel.com. An interesting posting there is Brain research shows differences in perception between East and West which also links to a self-test...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (q,r,s) The Law Blogroll - Blawgs Beginning with the Letters Q,R and S

Posted on March 15, 2008
A blockbuster, if true (why are we always so skeptical about pre-event reports?): Simon Fodden at slaw.ca in Nine Lords A'Blogging writes that the British House of Lords according to Lord of the Blog starts blogging tomorrow, March 17, 2008 at the similarly named Lords of the Blog as a 6-month public relations experiment...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (j) The Law Blogroll - Blawgs Beginning with the Letter J

Posted on March 14, 2008
We have gone through our links on the LawPundit law blogroll to update URLs and to provide selected recent information about those linked websites or blogs. This posting covers Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (j) The Law Blogroll - J:joegratz.net is by San Francisco attorney, Joe Gratz, and focuses on copyright law...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (k,l) The Law Blogroll - Blawgs Beginning with the Letters K and L

Posted on March 14, 2008
We have gone through our links on the LawPundit law blogroll to update URLs and to provide selected recent information about those linked websites or blogs. This posting covers Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (k,l) The Law Blogroll - K, L:Karel?s Legal Blog is unusual in that it is written by an attorney who specializes in The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba...

Whatever Happened to the House of Lords? A Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will take up work Starting in October 2009

Posted on March 14, 2008
Time marches on, and there is in fact some visible modernity in law after all, even in a land as rich in tradition and legal glory as the United Kingdom.Middlesex Guildhall (renovation in process)Future home of the Supreme Court of the United KingdomLinked from Feilden & Mawson LLP, ArchitectsIllustration by Stephen WiltshireThe Ministry of Justice of the UK informs us about the essentials:"The introduction of a Supreme Court for the United Kingdom will provide greater clarity in our constitutional arrangements by further separating the judiciary from the legislature...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (m,n) The Law Blogroll - Blawgs Beginning with the Letters M and N

Posted on March 14, 2008
We have gone through our links on the LawPundit law blogroll to update URLs and to provide selected recent information about those linked websites or blogs. This posting covers Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (m,n) The Law Blogroll - M, N:The Magistrate's Blog is twice as popular in the UK as the official Magistrates Association website (which has the egregious error that its "ticker" only works with IE)...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (i) The Law Blogroll - Blawgs Beginning with the Letter I

Posted on March 13, 2008
We have gone through our links on the LawPundit law blogroll to update URLs and to provide selected recent information about those linked websites or blogs. This posting covers Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (i) The Law Blogroll - I:i-legal.info out of the UK presents podcasts as legal advice audios from Fisher Jones Greenwood Solicitors...

Latvia and Estonia Follow the Czech Republic in Signing Bilateral Visa Exemption Agreements for Travel of their Citizens to the United States

Posted on March 13, 2008
At eurotopics.net we read:"Following the Czech Republic's example, Latvia and Estonia have now also signed individual agreements with the United States which exempt their citizens from visa requirements for travel to the US. The EU is trying to negotiate a common visa agreement for all member states...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (h) The Law Blogroll - H

Posted on March 13, 2008
We have gone through our links on the LawPundit law blogroll to update URLs and to provide selected recent information about those linked websites or blogs. This posting covers Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (h) The Law Blogroll - H:Handakte is a blog in German which posts about recent legal developments in Germany and has a posting indicating that the Deutsche Presserat (German Press Council) plans to extend its press code (Pressekodex, Kodex) to online content:"Der Deutsche Presserat beabsichtigt, seine Zuständigkeit auf journalistisch-redaktionelle Inhalte der elektronischen Presse auszudehnen...

Harry Potter and the Cyclopians : A New Chapter by J.K. Rowling? The Case of the Century in Copyright and Trademark Law?

Posted on March 12, 2008
At fault for the title of this posting is our manticore.One of the great intellectual property law cases of our time, a dramatic work with a platinum cast, has been underway for some time now in the trademark and copyright infringement action by Warner Bros...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (g) The Law Blogroll - G

Posted on March 12, 2008
We have gone through our links on the LawPundit law blogroll to update URLs and to provide selected recent information about those linked websites or blogs. This posting covers Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (g) The Law Blogroll - G:The Georgetown Law Faculty Blog inter alia contains postings from John Mikhail, who specializes in the confluence of moral theory and law...

Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (f) The Law Blogroll - F

Posted on March 11, 2008
We have gone through our links on the LawPundit law blogroll to update URLs and to provide selected recent information about those linked websites or blogs. This posting covers Links on the LawPundit Main Page : (2) (f) The Law Blogroll - F:The Faculty Blog at the University of Chicago Law School is one of our personal favorites, and they currently have an ongoing debate on the legal regulation of virtual worlds...

A Private Equity Joint Bid ("Club Deal") for Acquisition of a Target Company held Not per se Illegal under the Sherman Act

Posted on March 11, 2008
We just received in the mail a Paul|Weiss article about a private equity antitrust class action collusion suit (Pennsylvania Avenue Funds v. Edward Borey, et al., No. C06-1737RAJ, W.D. Wa.) which was dismissed on February 21, 2008 by Judge Richard Jones in what appears to be a case of first impression, holding that a joint bid by private equity firms (a so-called "club deal") is legal under the circumstances of that case, so we pass on more links relating to that decision: a WSJ Deal Journal article by Peter Lattman, a Linklaters Technical Bulletin, the HRO Antitrust Alert, the DLA Piper Antitrust Alert and the Truth on the Market blog, which discuss the decision...

Obama Shows He Can Play Hardball

Posted on March 09, 2008
Clinton started it, and Obama is finishing it, giving due notice to his opponents, also when he is President, that he can play hardball.1. Hillary Clinton can forget about getting many delegates in Mississippi as the Obama campaign launches a radio ad using Hillary's comments badmouthing Mississippi...

Was the Presidential Eligibility Clause of the Constitution of the United States Preempted by the Fifth & Fourteenth Amendments to that Constitution?

Posted on March 09, 2008
The Constitution of the United States, as the oldest Federal Constitution in existence, is one of the great documents of mankind, and its adoption as the foundation of American government is a significant landmark in the development of the law of nations, in the formulation of the extent of powers of just governments, and in the protection of the rights of citizens...

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