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Twitter libel ('twibel') cases are growing. Courtney Love just paid $430,000 to settle a twibel case filed by a fashion designer who accused the rocker of defaming her in a series of tweets with incredible accusations. A Welsh politician in the U.K. recently admitted to twibeling his city council opponent…
The recent news that the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale launched a pilot program allowing patrons to “check out” Monty, a therapy dog, got me thinking about other possible ways dogs have worked their way into law-related venues. For instance, if you know one thing about Justia, it’s that…
Bless her heart. This month, Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Retirement Security for Today's Four-Year-Olds Act of 2011, which seeks to curb the next generation's sense of entitlement. This bill seeks to change the definition of retirement age under the Social Security Act to 70, as of January 1,…
Watching events unfold at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant over the past week have reminded me how little I really know about how nuclear power is regulated. While reading about and listening to commentary on the crisis has better acquainted me with the work and analysis of U.S. and…
An NBA referee officiating the Minnesota Timberwolves January 24th 125-129 loss to the Houston Rockets has sued an AP reporter for defamation over a Tweet. Bill Spooner has officiated over 1,000 regular season games and over 50 play-off games. During the game, Spooner called a foul on Minnesota during the…
It’s the end of Sunshine Week, so maybe it’s time to find your FBI file (or your grandpa’s). The Administration’s policy on openness is quite broad: “President Obama and Attorney General Holder have directed agencies to apply a presumption of openness in responding to FOIA requests. The Attorney General specifically…
It's that time again, dear Justia readers, when we give you a Top Ten rundown of last month's most popular Onward blog and Facebook posts.
Last week, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker fired the shot heard 'round the world by signing a bill that limited the rights of most municipal and state employees to engage in collective bargaining. The bill does exempt public safety employees, including police officers, fire fighters, deputy sheriffs, state probation and parole…
In October, I wrote about the PocketJustice iPhone app from our friends at Oyez. Since then they’ve released an iPad version (called PocketJustice HD) which takes advantage of the larger screen real estate to make researching…