Category: News
GOOGLE SCHOLAR POSTS CASES
The Blawgosphere was abuzz early today with news that Google "has quietly added state and federal case law and patent search to its Google Scholar search service," as well as a "How Cited" citator service. The quote's from Et Seq., the Harvard law School Library Blog. (See also, TaxProf...
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Big Banks Settle Mortgage Hangover
Major banks agreed to pay $20 billion to settle mortgage-related legal disputes, in Wall Street's latest bid to put alleged abuses of the home-lending process in the rearview mirror. Bank of America will pay $3.6 billion to Fannie Mae as well as repurchase certain mortgage loans made from 2000 through...
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Does This TV Company Have a Defense to Breach of Contract Case?
Donald Trump has announced a plan to sue the television station Univision for $500 million after Univision decided not to air the Miss Universe pageant as a result of controversial comments Mr. Trump made regarding immigrants. Trump is claiming that the contract with Univision is “iron-clad” and contains no exceptions...
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Reversal of sanctuary policy spurs legislation
The City’s recent decision to give federal authorities any illegal immigrant youths booked for a felony is coming under fire. San Francisco has long prized itself on being a sanctuary city, meaning illegal immigrants can access city services without fearing deportation. But last year, Mayor Gavin Newsom imposed a change...
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Remarks of Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas, and Justice Alito to the Federalist Society
Talk about a lineup of judicial giants: Scalia, Thomas, and Alito on tap. Very tasty. Justice Scalia gave some brief remarks about his early involvement in the Federalist Society, praised the society's mission of seeking to preserve the original understanding of the Constitution, and stated (to wild applause) that he...
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SKN Nationals Can Travel To Brazil Without A Visa
Holders of a St. Kitts and Nevis passport can now travel to Brazil without needing a visa. The Government announced Friday in a press release that visa waiver agreement was signed on January 20, 2015 and came into effect on March 7, 2015. The agreement states that citizens of St....
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Amal Clooney and other heavyweights to represent jailed ex President Nasheed
Former Maldives President Pulls Together a High-Power Legal Team In April 2015, former Maldive President Mohamed Nasheed revealed an international legal team which includs prominent attorneys such as Amal Clooney, the wife of Hollywood actor, George Clooney. Clooney is working with Jared Genser, founder of Freedom Now and Ben Emmerson,...
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Vatican’s Head Rep in Dominican Republic at center of pedophile scandal
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Monsignor Agripino Nuñez on Tuesday confirmed that Pope Francis recalled papal nuncio Jozef Wesolowski (the nations' head representative in the country) from Dominican Republic, after a report linking him to child abuse. This of course does not come as a surprise since a) the Vatican...
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Congress Grants Unlimited Access To Private Communication Without Any Legal Process
Congress has just passed a bill that grants the government and law enforcement agencies in the US unlimited access to the communications of every American. The legislation was passed yesterday with a 325-100 vote giving the green light for the authorization of provision that authorizes “the acquisition, retention, and dissemination”...
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US and Canada issue recall and advisory concerning baby hammock
The US has issued a product recall and Canada an advisory regarding the Amby Baby Motion Bed after the deaths of two infants in the US.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall on Tuesday of almost 24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds, made by Amby Baby U.S.A. of...
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