Show of hands – who here thinks Sunshine Week marks the horrible time of year we drag ourselves out of bed after “losing” an hour of sleep with the change to Daylight Saving Time? Okay, sorry, those of you with your hands up, put them down, you’re wrong. Sunshine Week…
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On Monday, the Supreme Court released its 6-3 decision in Skinner v. Switzer. Skinner was convicted of capital murder in Texas, and sought to compel DNA testing to prove his innocence. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 64 bars defendants who did not request testing at trial from doing so…
Attention spans are getting shorter. You can only tweet 140 characters. Courts have pleading length restrictions. Judges' case dockets are packed. So, how can you get your case to seize the attention of the judge? If you can use an image that makes a powerful, effective statement about your client's stance…
I am dedicating this episode of Congressional Haiku to Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL). Interwebs awake From winter dreams. Dot.gov links, PageRank blossoms. Washington is no stranger to political gridlock. And, we expect a certain amount of intransigence when Republicans and Democrats coalesce. But, in a shocking act of all that's…
This week, I want to point our readers over to a recent post by Joe Hodnicki at the Law Librarian Blog. Joe notes a letter sent recently to the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, requesting that Dr. Billington appoint a Director of the Congressional…
New Jersey's governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have legalized online gambling inside the state's borders. Several other states, including Iowa, California, and Florida are considering similar legislation. In New Jersey, those in favor of the bill touted it as a way to create 1,500 jobs…
The Supreme Court has handed down opinions in some of the cases that we blogged about back in October. Here are the updates. FCC v. ATT Back in October, I wondered whether this case would add to the growing list of personal rights for corporations. The short answer is no.…
Students participate in mock trial and moot court competitions all over the country. From high school to law school, the pressure and nerves ramp up as teams prepare witnesses, finalize arguments, polish their briefs, and seek to advance from local to national level competitions. This also means that lawyers will…
Last month, the Black Economic Council, Latino Business Chamber of Greater Los Angeles and National Asian American Coalition staged a protest at Google, demanding data on the racial make-up of its employees. The specific dataset sought by the protesters was the EEO-1 Report, which is filed by all employers with…
This week, I thought it might be helpful to pull together a few online resources for anyone interested in tracking the labor dispute with Wisconsin's Governor Walker. I've also included some general U.S. labor law resources, and for music lovers, don't miss our bonus track! Wisconsin "A Brief History of…