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This Week in Opinions: Vaccine Safety, School Violence, Prison Hunger Strikes and The Jones Act

March 16, 2012 22:57

The DC Circuit released an opinion about vaccine safety this week. In Coal. for Mercury-Free Drugs v. Sebelius, the Court found that plaintiffs did not have standing to sue the FDA for failing to prohibit the use of vaccines containing … Continue reading →The DC Circuit released an...

Google Scholar “Cited By” Update

March 14, 2012 18:28

From our friends over at Google Scholar comes word last week of changes to the “Cited by” function within their legal opinions database.  For those of you not familiar with this feature, “Cited by” appears as a link under items … Continue reading →From our...

Democratic National Committee v. Republican National Committee

March 12, 2012 23:44

Election season is upon us, and an interesting opinion came out last week. In Democratic Nat’l Comm. v. Republican Nat’l Comm., the Third Circuit upheld a consent decree between the parties that restricted voter fraud enforcement actions. According to the … Continue reading →Election...

Writer’s Picks: Loughner Competency, Concealed Carry on Campus, and Government Contracts

March 11, 2012 10:21

Our Justia caselaw summary writers have suggested some interesting cases from last week’s load. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in the case concerning Jared Lee Loughner, who is accused of shooting U.S. Representative … Continue reading →Our Justia...

Justia’s Top 10 Lists for February 2012

March 07, 2012 00:03

Here is a rundown of February’s highest scoring lawyers on Justia Legal Answers, along with a look at which Justia Dockets legal filings, Tech Law blog posts, and Facebook posts readers viewed the most. Justia Legal Answers’ Top 10 Legal … Continue reading →Here is a rundown of...

Justia’s Daily Summary Weekly Writer’s Picks

March 01, 2012 21:55

The selections from our Daily Opinion Summary writers are pretty varied this week covering a World of Warcraft game gone bad, a tug of war between two District Courts over Park Service limits of snowmobilers, a suit alleging negligence in … Continue reading →The selections from our...

Timezone Database Lawsuit Dropped

February 27, 2012 23:12

In October, we blogged about a lawsuit against the editors of tz info, the time zone database for Unix. The editors were sued by a company called Astrolabe, Inc., who claimed a copyright interest in data used to populate the … Continue reading →In October, we blogged about a lawsuit...

Writer’s Picks for February 24, 2012

February 24, 2012 18:45

The 10th Circuit decided an interesting FOIA case this week. In World Pub. Co. v. United States Dept. of Justice, the Court held that Tulsa World magazine was not entitled to six mugshots under the Freedom of Information Act. For … Continue reading →The 10th Circuit decided an...

UC Davis Student Pepper Spray Lawsuit

Ken Chan
February 23, 2012 21:32

Yesterday, the UC Davis protestors who were pepper sprayed by campus police in response to a non-violent protest filed suit in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. The plaintiffs, who were students or recent graduates of the university, had … Continue reading...

Writer’s Picks for February 17, 2012: Mafiosos and more

February 17, 2012 17:55

I’m from Chicago, where everyone knows someone who knows someone in the mob. That’s why I loved this case, U.S. v Ambrose, sent to me by Laurel. It’s chock full of good mafia stories and lingo involving a crooked Deputy … Continue reading →I’m from Chicago, where everyone knows someone...