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Pew reports economic divide in internet growth
A July 2008 study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that some 55% of all adult Americans now have a high-speed internet connection at home — up from 47% in early 2007. And, nearly one-third of home broadband users have a premium broadband service that gives them a...
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Spanish Content on WEX
Wex has gone bilingual! Thanks to our collaboration with GetLegal, over one hundred new Spanish language content pages covering a range of practice areas have been added to Wex. Employment Law (Derecho Laboral), Family Law (Derecho de Familia), Immigration Law (Derecho de Inmigración), Criminal Law ...
Free, Worldwide Access to Legal Information
The LII’s Director Tom Bruce attended the Hague Conference on Private International Law to participate in an October 20th discussion about how to provide judges with clear, useful information related to transnational litigation issues. The Hague Conference is a global inter-governmental ...
LII Supreme Court Bulletin: November previews
Today the Supreme Court begins its November argument session. As it did in October, the high court will hear arguments in fourteen cases. Once again, the LII Supreme Court Bulletin has prepared oral argument previews for all of the month’s cases. A few topics on the Court’s agenda:...
Supreme Court’s new term
Today the Supreme Court begins its new term. Its first month will be busy this year: the Court will be hearing arguments in fourteen cases (more than half again as many as it heard last October). Fortunately, the intrepid LII Supreme Court Bulletin crew has prepared oral argument previews for all...
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Stare decisis: decision of the day
Latin for “to stand by things decided.” Stare decisis is essentially the doctrine of precedent. Courts cite to stare decisis when an issue has been previously brought to the court and a ruling already issued. Generally, courts will adhere to the previous ruling, though this is not...
Cornell study about free online academic articles
The findings of a new Cornell study challenge the widely held belief that open access academic articles — those published free online — get cited more often in academic literature. The study concluded that open access publishing reaches more readers than subscription publishing, but...
Our favorite quotes: Bertolt Brecht
The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don’t understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist, poet. Peachum, in The Threepenny Opera, act 3, sc. 7.The law was made for one thing alone, for the exp...
Per curiam: definition of the day
A “per curiam” decision is issued in the name of the Court rather than specific justices. Most decisions on the merits by the Supreme Court (and other appellate courts in the US) take the form of one or more opinions signed by individual justices (and joined in by others). Even when...