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Free MP3 Download of the Week: Double Concerto by Johannes Brahm

Posted on June 12, 2008
Conducting legal research can be a bit taxing at times. With so many boolean queries to create and countless cases to read through, its nice to have a distraction now and then. That is why we feature public domain courtesy of Musopen every week. Take a moment today to sit back and enjoy Brahms's 'Double Concerto'! Concerto in A Minor, Op...

The Law Goes Open Source: Forbes

Posted on June 12, 2008
An article in the June 30 issue of Forbes (released online yesterday) profiles Fastcase as part of a new vanguard disrupting the market for legal research:"Disruption is in the air, however. Fastcase sells bulk memberships to state bar associations, ...

DOJ Sued for Discrimination

Posted on June 11, 2008
Joi Hyatte, a paralegal in the Department of Justice?s Civil Rights division, has filed suit against the DOJ, alleging that she has been passed over for promotions because she is African-American. Hyatte claims that although she enjoyed excellent reviews and served the department for 13 years, the department, in violation of typical hiring procedures, chose instead to hire whites and Hispanics from the outside for higher-paying positions...

Big Brother On Campus?

Posted on June 11, 2008
Researchers at Northeastern University overstepped their experimental boundaries, or they would have had their project taken place in the United States. Over the past six months, the University has been collecting data regarding the movement of cell phone users in relation to their homes...

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Is America Really Ready for Digital Television?

Posted on June 11, 2008
Nearly 70 million Americans are still watching TV via an analogue signal and the GAO estimates that 35 million of them will be out of luck, and television programs, come winter. After an extensive survey, the GAO has discovered that an alarming amount of Americans have no clue when it comes to the conversion of the old analogue signal to a digital one that is scheduled to occur this February...

Unveiling of New, Touchable Microsoft Product

Posted on June 10, 2008
Last week at the, ?D: All Things Digital? conference, sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft introduced its latest project, a touch-screen computer that will effectively rid of the mouse. While it was first introduced last year at the same conference in a coffee table form, the computer giant has changed its product to service the business world more appropriately...

N.Y. Court Rules in Favor of Warrantless GPS

Posted on June 10, 2008
The New York Appellate Court, 3rd division, ruled last week that the warrantless use of a GPS device to track a suspect is not a violation of that person's right to privacy guaranteed by the U.S. or New York constitutions. Because expectations of privacy tend to be lower within vehicles than in the home, and also because the GPS devices "surveil (sp) that which is already public," the court ruled 4-1 that the decision of the lower court to deny the appellant's motion for the suppression of evidence obtained using the GPS device should stand...

Take All the Time You Need, or at Least 8 weeks

Posted on June 10, 2008
The Federal government is taking steps to become more similar to its European counterparts by introducing legislation for standardized parental leave. This motion comes after California introduced a policy that provides for employees to be paid 55% of their full salary for a period of up to six weeks while out of the office caring for newborns or sick family members...

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Posted on June 10, 2008
Fastcase offers public records searching through Choicepoint! Join us to learn the accreditation process and how to conduct public record searches for both individuals and businesses.Public Records Overview With ChoicePoint Register at: https://www1...

Sandra Day O'Connor: Professional Gamer?

Posted on June 10, 2008
That's right. Last Wednesday, Sandra Day O'Connor unveiled a video game she is helping to design at a conference dubbed Games for Change, which promotes "social issue" gaming. O'Connor conceived of the free game, to be released in 2009, for the Our Courts project, an initiative to encourage civic education and engagement...

Halliburton Suit Returns to District Court

Posted on June 09, 2008
The Federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decided this week to reverse and remand the Houston district court's decision to throw out the case Fisher v. Halliburton in 2006. The decision was appealed by the families of several Halliburton workers who were wounded and killed in Iraq, arguing that Halliburton and its former partner KBR unnecessarily put the group in harm's way...

Lawdable Quotes: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted on June 08, 2008
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M...

Lawdable Quotes: Judge Jack Weinstein

Posted on June 07, 2008
The city of New York has filed suit against Jay Wallace, the owner of a gun shop in Georgia, accusing him of selling guns to New York residents, and thus making the streets of the city less safe. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's involvement in the case has been somewhat controversial, dubbed by the New York Times a struggle between David (small time shop owner Wallace) and Goliath, the city's "billionaire mayor...

Listen Up! 5th Circuit Now Posting Recordings

Posted on June 07, 2008
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has recently started to post recordings of its oral arguments at the court's website. The court will post arguments towards the end of the day they are heard, and individuals can search the recordings by docket number, date, title, or attorney...

Need Privacy? Just "Google" it.

Posted on June 06, 2008
Google finds themselves in trouble once again as they are currently targeted for not being in compliance with privacy policy posting regulations. A number of privacy agencies have accused Google of making it exceptionally difficult to find and read the policies that they have constructed...

This Day in Legal History: June 6

Posted on June 06, 2008
On this day in legal history, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law. Part of his New Deal legislation to regulate the markets, the Act founded the Securities and Exchange Commission and put curbs on indiscriminate or criminal trading by brokers...

This Summer Expect Delays

Posted on June 06, 2008
Fewer passengers, increasing fuel prices and tighter inspection regulations put in place by the FAA, have all contributed to more flight cancellations and delays than ever. After Jet Blue?s introduction of a Customer Bill of Rights last spring, it has become standard procedure for all airlines to refund ticket prices when flights are cancelled and another cannot be rescheduled in a reasonable amount of time, typically two hours...

Internet Start-Up Builds Bridges in Middle East

Posted on June 05, 2008
The New York Times this week followed a budding internet start-up company, G.ho.st, that is trying to found an innovate web product in spite of the major divides, physical and cultural, across Israel and Palestine. The firm employs both Israelis and Palestinians, separated by checkpoints and fences, who can meet once in awhile in neutral zones and coffee shops...

Working it Out Never Felt So Good...

Posted on June 05, 2008
This week a New York courtroom acquitted Christopher Carter, a member of an Equinox gym in the city, of assaulting a neighbor during a spin class. Stuart Sugarman had been grunting and shouting out things like "You go girl!" throughout the spin session, and Carter, to no avail, repeatedly entreated the Equinox staff to quiet him down...

US Provides Upset in International Law Competition

Posted on June 05, 2008
Every year at this time, the International Law Students Association sponsors the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. For almost fifty years, this competition has offered law students from around the globe the opportunity to show what skills they have developed in a mock, yet highly realistic, manner alongside and against their peers...

This Week's Blog-Worthy Cases

Posted on June 05, 2008
Want to learn more about those cases you have read about in the news? Below are links to some notable (and notorious!) opinions that have recently been in the public eye. In re Steed, et al. Court of Appeals of TexasThe Texas court ruled that the children removed from the polygamist compound by child protection authorities in Eldorado, TX, must be returned to their families...

Decreasing Cancellation Fees: Necessary and Proper?

Posted on June 04, 2008
A ruling over cell phone cancellation fees could bring the argument of state versus federal powers back to the courts. Since the arrival of cell phones on the market, there have been outrageous fees associated with cancelling service plans. While consumers view the fees as a way for companies to trap you into paying for years of what may be less than adequate service, the companies defend their right to charge the fees as a way to offset costs...

UN Points Fingers in Global Food Crisis

Posted on June 04, 2008
The Food and Agriculture subset of the UN called for summit recently to address the increasing problems of the food crisis occurring around the globe. The FAO accounts more than just a few nations as being problematic for reasons including placing bans on exports, overspending and other excesses causing the price of food to skyrocket around the world...

An Honorable Blogger

Posted on June 03, 2008
There is no question that the face of the blogger is changing and the newest addition may be the most surprising yet. Judge Nancy Gertner, who sits for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, is rather progressive in her belief that blogging is nothing more than a vehicle for publishing thoughts once only shared in books...

Free Book of the Month: The Future of the Internet and How To Stop It

Posted on June 02, 2008
Each month Fastcase hosts a book (as a PDF document) that has fallen out of copyright for your legal reading delight. This month we bring you Jonathan Zittrain's The Future of the Internet and How To Stop It. Book Description (excerpt taken from http://futureoftheinternet...

Lawdable Quotes: Immanuel Kant

Posted on June 01, 2008
So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. ~ Immanuel Kant

Lawdable Quotes: Walt Whitman

Posted on May 31, 2008
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws. -Walt Whitman

Free Download of the Week: Chopin's Nocturne No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 9

Posted on May 30, 2008
In the mood for a more melancholy tune? Take advantage of music in the public domain and download this beautiful piece by Chopin, courtesy of Musopen.com.Click to download Chopin's Nocturne No.1 in B Flat Minor, Op.9For this song and more (free!) music, visit Musopen.

Russian Prosecutor-General Speaks Out

Posted on May 29, 2008
This week Yury Chaika, Russia's Prosecutor-General, has announced that a total of 5,265 individuals were acquitted of false charges last year. Mr. Chaika vows to reform the system to prevent such staggering numbers in the future, and has proposed compensation for those wrongly accused...

This Day in Legal History: May 29

Posted on May 29, 2008
In 1915, the Baltimore Terrapins, a team in the smaller and younger Federal League, sued the American and National baseball leagues for unfair practices in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The legislation, passed in 1890, was meant to curb monopolies in inter-state commerce...

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