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FERPA

Posted on December 16, 2008
The Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, Department of Education has released the final FERPA regulation, effective as of January 8, 2009. Here's an excerpt: SUMMARY: The Secretary amends our regulations implementing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act...

Google wants its own fast track on the web

Posted on December 15, 2008
According to the Wall Street Journal Google is promoting a plan to the major cable and phone companies that would allow a fast lane for its own content. Here's an excerpt: The celebrated openness of the Internet -- network providers...

Google Books adds print magazines

Posted on December 11, 2008
From a Washington Post article: Google took another step towards ingesting all the world's printed knowledge. In addition to books and newspapers, Google Book Search now archives millions of pages of magazines from New York Magazine and Ebony to Popular...

Courtport

Posted on December 05, 2008
Courtport is a service for public record research. It is free to academic users. Here's an excerpt of what areas Courtport covers: Case information, criminal records, liens, recordings, vital records, and more. Case information includes docket sheets, filings, rulings, calendars,...

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French Muslim Girls lose veil case at European court

Posted on December 05, 2008
STRASBOURG, France, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Europe's human rights court on Thursday threw out a complaint by two French Muslim girls who were expelled from their school for refusing to remove their headscarves during sports lessons. France, which takes secularism...

2008 ABA Journal Blawg 100

Posted on December 04, 2008
The ABA Journal has released its list of top 100 blawgs. You can see the list here. Posted by Jon Lutz

Hillary Clinton and the Emoluments Clause

Posted on December 04, 2008
There is an interesting post on The Volokh Conspiracy Blog about Hillary Clinton and the Emoluments Clause. The emoluments clause states: No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office...

GLOBAL TRENDS 2025: THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL'S 2025 PROJECT

Posted on November 24, 2008
Global Trends 2025 is a report prepared by the National Intelligence Council to look at global trends over the next 15 years. Here's an excerpt of their preliminary assessments: The whole international system�as constructed following WWII�will be revolutionized...

Iftikhar Chaudhry

Posted on November 24, 2008
In late 2007 The National Law Journal chose deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry as it's Lawyer of the Year for standing up for the preservation of the rule of law under the Presidency of Pervez Musharraf. in November 2007 Musharraf...

Chinese E-Commerce 2008

Posted on November 21, 2008
An article on selling products in China titled Chinese E-Commerce 2008: An Introduction and How to for US SMEs by Lisa Conklin has been posted on the internet. A hat tip to the China Law Blog. Here's an excerpt from...

Obama's Blackberry

Posted on November 17, 2008
President Elect Obama, who may be addicted to his Blackberry, may have to give it up when he becomes president. Email sent while president may be subject to public records law and can also be subpoenaed by Congress and the...

Experts Say Treasury Conflict Rules Are Unprecedented

Posted on November 12, 2008
The AMLawDaily has an interesting article about client conflict rules in the Treasury Departments bailout of some firms. Here's an excerpt: When The Am Law Daily read the client conflict rules in the Treasury Department's $5.5 million bailout contracts with...

Federal Contracts by State

Posted on November 07, 2008
Here's another great Mashup called Federal Contracts by State. It applies Federal contract data from Fedspending to charts created by Google Chart. You can click on any state to display data. Try it here. Posted by Jon Lutz

Blogs from the U.S. Government

Posted on November 07, 2008
For a good list of government blogs try Blogs from the U.S. Government. Here are a few examples: CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Injury Center Director's View ? The Director of the CDC Injury Center, Ileana Arias, blogs...

Search and Track the Federal Register

Posted on October 27, 2008
You can search and track the Federal Registry at regulations.justia.com. For Example:And you can setup an RSS feed to have the results pushed to you. Try it at regulations.justia.com. Posted by Jon Lutz

Forensic Psychology and Lie Detection

Posted on October 23, 2008
There is evidence that fMRI's (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) are more effective at detecting lies then traditional lie detector tests. Different areas of the brain show greater activity when someone lies then when they tell the truth. It's more work...

To keep or not to keep the Electoral College?

Posted on October 21, 2008
Is it time to scrap the Electoral College. MIT is having a conference titled To keep or not to keep the Electoral College: New Approaches to Electoral Reform? Experts in six areas of electoral college studies, including: constitutional law, history,....

Closed Minds?

Posted on October 20, 2008
The problem with American higher education may not be too much politics but too little, at least that seems to be the conclusion of a recent book: Closed Minds? Political Ideology in American Universities. The Chronicle of Higher Education recently...

OpenSecrets

Posted on October 17, 2008
OpenSecrets is another great government mashup. Here's more information from their website: OpenSecrets.org is the nation?s premier independent website tracking the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens? lives...

Safe Road Maps

Posted on October 16, 2008
SafeRoadmaps.org is a another great mashup of information that allows users to see on a map or satellite image all the road fatalities in any area of the country. From their website: Welcome to Safe Road Maps! This website is...

Worldnews

Posted on October 14, 2008
Looking for more world news, try Worldnews; The World News (WN) Network was founded in 1995 and launched online in 1998, with the primary objective of being the most comprehensive, one-stop news resource on the Internet. Today, World News has...

OpenRegulations.org

Posted on October 13, 2008
OpenRegulations is an alternative website to the government's regulations.gov site. This site is an alternative interface to the federal government's Regulations.gov service. It aims to present a simplified and easy-to-use index of federal register notices, including notices of proposed rulemaking...

Kidon Media Link

Posted on October 10, 2008
Don't get enough 'news,' try Kidon Media Link: Here you can find links to 19,535 newspapers and other news sources from almost every country and territory in the world. Every country has its own integrated page. There are no separate...

Spokeo

Posted on October 09, 2008
Spokeo is a search service based on social networks. Based on a users email address Spokeo looks at 40 different social networks to find information about that person. This is a good way to track all your friends activities on...

Follow the Money

Posted on October 09, 2008
Another good government mashup is Follow the Money. Follow the money tracks political donations in all 50 states. It provides an overview of how much various organizations donate and then breaks down how much goes to each candidate. It also...

Authentication of Online Legal Resources

Posted on October 03, 2008
Do you know what online legal resources are 'official' or 'authenticated?' Have a look at the State-by State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources.AALL?s follow-up State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources is essentially an answer to another...

OpenCongress

Posted on October 02, 2008
OpenCongress, similar to Govtrack.us, also allows you to track action in the US Congress. You can track Bills, Senators, Representatives, Committees, Issues, etc. OpenCongress brings together official government data with news coverage, blog posts, comments, and more to give you...

govtrack.us

Posted on September 30, 2008
GovTrack.us is an independent tool to help the public research and track the activities in the U.S. Congress, promoting government transparency and civic education through novel uses of technology. GovTrack allows you to setup an RSS feed to track membors...

The Mommy Track

Posted on September 24, 2008
Does the alarm bell on your biological clock signal an end to your legal career? If you're contemplating an addition to the family, take a look at a book recently acquired by the Law Research Center. In "Staying at Home,...

Knol

Posted on September 11, 2008
Try the Google encyclopedia Knol. Knol is similar to Wikipedia in some ways but one difference is that Wikipedia articles are usually anonymous while Knol articles are signed. Posted by Jon Lutz

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