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Selections from the National Law Journal Daily Headlines April 1, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, April 1, 2008.

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WEB-ONLY  |  Calif. appellate court to reconsider controversial home-schooling case
"Justices on a California state Court of Appeal, who kicked up a national controversy last month by holding that parents who home-school their children must have a teaching credential, has agreed to reconsider."

WEB-ONLY  |  Illinois amends rules to fuel pro bono work
"The Illinois Supreme Court has amended its attorney registration rules to allow retired and inactive attorneys as well as in-house counsel leeway to practice law in the state for the purpose of providing pro bono services."

WEB-ONLY  |  Copyright Act proposals would let archives, libraries copy, preserve digital material
"An independent study group tapped by the Library of Congress recommended Copyright Act changes to enable museums, libraries and archives to legally make copies of and preserve copyrighted digital material. The proposed changes would add exceptions to the Copyright Act's Section 108, which allows libraries and archives to duplicate copyrighted works for preservation purposes."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).