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- Nationals tonight. First ballgame in 20 yrs. (Yes, it was that bad.) 14 hours ago
- What to think of a wine that describes itself as "unique" and "authentic," right there on the label? Last time she chooses... 2009/07/02
- Charges dropped against Lori Drew. A victory for common sense over lynch mob mentality. http://is.gd/1lQxO Me, earlier: http://is.gd/1lQzZ 2009/07/02
- Kmiec to Malta? "conservative...law professor"? WTF? 2009/07/02
- At Folklife. Too much talking, too little playing. 2009/07/02
- Judge Konzinsky cleared on porn charges by 3rd Circuit in a surprisingly tedious opinion. http://is.gd/1lIjm 2009/07/02
- WSJ: Greenbrier looking to regain 5th star. Not gonna happen. http://is.gd/1lI8x 2009/07/02
- RU Serious:"Michael Jackson is obviously not an example of transhumanism to be followed. But he is a signpost on the road to post-humanity." 2009/07/01
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Links for July 3rd
Friday, July 3, 2009
Links for June 26th
Saturday, June 27, 2009
- Pennsylvania Mother Charged With Changing Daughter’s Grades
[High school secretary] McNeal, 39, is alleged to have improved her daughter Brittany's grades and reduced those of two classmates to enhance Brittany's standing in the 2008 graduating class.McNeal was charged with 29 counts of unlawful use of a computer and 29 counts of tampering with public records. Each count is a third-degree felony punishable by a maximum of seven years in prison and a $15,000 fine, said Nils Frederiksen, a spokesman for Corbett's office.
(overcrim )
Links for June 26th
Friday, June 26, 2009
- Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? – Well Blog – NYTimes.com
Each of the two groups exercised three times a week. After two weeks, both groups showed almost identical increases in their endurance (as measured in a stationary bicycle time trial), even though the one group had exercised for six to nine minutes per week, and the other about five hours.
(health exercise )
Links for June 23rd
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
- Simple Justice: Atop the Fence
The root of the problem is that white collar defendants, unlike good, solid criminals, reject the idea that anyone could seriously believe that they have committed a crime, no matter what the evidence may be against them. Without a full recognition of the harsh reality that they are criminal defendants, every bit as much a defendant as the drug dealer or the batterer, they cannot begin to mount a viable defense. They cannot come to grips with the fact that they are now embroiled in that horrendously unfair system that they vigorously supported throughout their careers.
(overcrim )
Links for June 20th
Sunday, June 21, 2009
- Patent Docs: AEI Believes Advantages of Longer Data Exclusivity Period Outweigh Disadvantages
. Calfee ultimately concludes that "the social losses from providing for fairly long exclusivity periods (twelve to fourteen years) would be small compared to what are likely to be substantial social gains from exclusivity."
(biologics )
Links for June 20th
Saturday, June 20, 2009
- NYC Transit Seat Hogs Could Face Jail Time – wcbstv.com
A new campaign reminds subway and bus riders to give up reserved seats to the elderly or disabled.Those who refuse could be fined $25 to $50 — or even face up to 10 days in jail.
(overcrim )
Links for June 17th
Thursday, June 18, 2009
- Patent Docs: Uncertain Future for Waxman Follow-on Biologics Bill
Even more chilling, Congressman Waxman's letter can be interpreted to mean that the Congressman is willing to cut corners and avoid the political process to impose a biosimilars regime. The biosimilars debate is an important one, balancing multiple competing interests and, with any luck, arriving at regulations that will reduce healthcare costs while protecting the incentives to invest that are vital to continued innovation.
(biologics ) - The One in Which Sonia Sotomayor Reverses Herself
This is a tale of two class actions filed in one court, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In the first, Judge Sonia Sotomayor wrote the opinion that set a new standard for class certification. In the second, she joined the three-judge panel that expressly disavowed her first decision.
(sotomayor ) - ExportLawBlog » Will The Revolution Be Twitterized?
But where is the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (”OFAC”) in all of this? The current sanctions seem to prohibit California-based Twitter from providing its services to people in Tehran or anywhere else in Iran. The Twitter service sets up for each user a micro-blogging page that contains each of his or her “tweets.” This goes far beyond the narrow interpretation OFAC has of both the telecommunications exception and the information exception in its Iranian Transactions Regulations.
(overcrim twitter ) - The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times : New State Secrets Position Coming Soon, Holder Says
In testimony this morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Holder told senators to expect the recommendations within days, perhaps by tomorrow, when the committee is scheduled to consider legislation on the topic. He gave no hints about the direction the department is thinking of taking.
(statesecrets )
Links for June 16th
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
- ExportLawBlog » Seventh Circuit Reverses Export Conviction In Rifle Scope Case
The decision can only be characterized as a complete smack-down of the theory, advanced in most recent prosecutions by the DOJ and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (”DDTC”), the State Department’s export licensing agency, that decisions that a particular defense item falls within a particularl USML category are unreviewable under section 2778(h) of the Arms Export Control Act. The Seventh Circuit’s decision also provides an interesting elucidation of how the “willfulness” requirement for an AECA prosecution and conviction should be construed.
(overcrim )