The Administrative Office of the US Courts issued a press release last week announcing that a "New Pilot Project Will Enhance Public Access to Federal Court Opinions." According to the statement, select federal appellate and district courts will make their published opinions available on FDSys, as "FDSys can provide the…
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Last Sunday, our nation celebrated Mother's Day, a national holiday that recognizes the love, guidance and service that all mothers have devoted to our families and communities. However, May is about more than just mothers, as far as Washington, D.C. is concerned. Free Comic Book Day H. Res. 250 called…
Last month, I mentioned that Justia friend Mary Minow had testified before the California State Senate on Senate Bill (“SB”) 445, which proposes enhanced privacy protections for public library patrons. In yet more news concerning California reader privacy, the State Senate on Monday approved SB 602, the California Reader Privacy…
From the Sunshine State comes news that the Florida Senate has abandoned a contentious proposal to split the Supreme Court of Florida into two divisions: civil and criminal. Under the proposal, Governor Rick Scott (a Republican) would have been able to appoint three new Justices to a newly created civil…
It’s that time, dear Justia readers, when we review some monthly lists. Here’s the scoop on April’s highest scoring lawyers on Justia Answers, along with a look at which Onward blog and Facebook posts readers viewed the most. Justia’s Top 10 Legal Answerers for April 2011…
CALI (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) introduced the Free Law Reporter this week. The FLR is a database housing published (official) legal opinions that provides a simple search interface for research. According to CALI, “The goal of FLR is to develop a freely available, unencumbered law reporter that is capable of…
Unless your head has been stuck in the sand over the last week, you've probably spent some time wondering about how 77 million Sony PlayStation Network gamers had their online data hacked, and their credit card information possibly stolen. What if a hacker got a hold of your law firm…
Courtney and I wanted to update you on our latest free law offering, Justia Daily Opinion Summaries. When we announced the launch last week, we noted that our jurisdictional coverage included all Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and select state supreme courts. The team has been working hard to expand…
There's been a huge hullabaloo this week about a discovery by two engineers that Apple iPhones and 3G iPads log users' locations with geo-coordinates and time stamps. A day later, it was revealed that Google's Android operating system can store two files tracking users' travels: one based on WiFi, and…
Who is an American? For a "corporate person," does the answer depend on where the corporation is headquartered? Or, should we look at the composition of its workforce? Last week, I looked at some tax data found in various securities filings to calculate the tax rate paid by various corporations.…