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4th Circuit Got it Right in Comstock

Corey Rayburn Yung
January 09, 2009 02:07

(In the interest of full disclosure, I did help out in a very minor way in the Comstock appeal, so I'm not a wholly disinterested spectator in this case)The Fourth Circuit issued a unanimous and very noteworthy AWA opinion today...(In the interest of full disclosure, I did help out in a very minor...

Cromwell Sworn In

January 08, 2009 17:09

Just to keep things current with respect to the Thomas Cromwell Pages, here’s a December 23rd update from the Supreme Court on the status of the new member of the Court, Mr. Justice Thomas Cromwell: The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, announced today that The...

Presentation at AALS

Corey Rayburn Yung
January 08, 2009 16:29

Yesterday, I was on a panel at AALS in the Law & Sexuality section. My talk was about the aftermath of Lawrence v. Texas and how lower courts have treated the decision. I reviewed every case that has cited the...Yesterday, I was on a panel at AALS in the Law & Sexuality section. My talk was...

Tracking Ninth Circuit Opinions Just Got Easier

Kimberly Amick
January 07, 2009 21:22

The Ninth Circuit is now offering an RSS feed for all new opinions.  You don't get the digest version that you would by using Callaw or Westlaw or another similar service, but it gives you instant access to the decisions. Another good source for tracking opinions from the 9th is the Ninth...

jly

January 07, 2009 21:14

The WSJ Blog has an interesting interview with Cravath, Swain & Moore managing partner Evan Chesler on killing the billable hour paradigm in legal services. Here’s an excerpt:   Evan Chesler, a Cravath lifer and the firm’s presiding partner, has become the most recent high-profile lawyer ...