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Supreme Court to Consider Issue of Military Recruiting on Campus
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether law schools that refuse to allow military recruiters on campus because of the military's stance on gays could suffer the loss of federal funds. By granting certiorari in Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, the justices will revisit a 2004 decision by the Third Circuit that allowed the schools to restrict, without taking a financial hit, the presence of military recruiters.Court Kills DOMA, Won't Save Prop 8
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage of Act of 1996, which blocked federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples. Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the opinion for the court.Courts Divided on Employer Claims Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
In their Labor Relations column, John P. Furfaro, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Risa M. Salins, a counsel at the firm, write that the Fourth Circuit recently held that the CFAA may not be used to impose liability on an employee who is given lawful access to an employer's electronic information but later improperly uses that information and discuss a deepening circuit split over whether the CFAA is available for employers against rogue employees.Little Guys Look at Very Long Odds
It is unlikely that the thousands of disappointed Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and Adelphia shareholders will be able to recover damages even close to 50 cents on the dollar, according to two recent studies on securities class actions. However, plaintiffs' counsel, who plan to go after additional defendants including corporations' insurers and company executives and directors, remain optimistic about the level of recovery in these cases.View more book results for the query "New York University"
'Green Bag' Almanac Chock Full of High Court Morsels
The irreverent law review Green Bag has published its first annual almanac and reader, full of lawyerly trivia and writings. It reveals a powerful eggnog recipe well-known among Supreme Court history buffs, complete with an explanatory letter from the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist. The tome also boasts what a board of advisers judged to be the best legal writing of 2005, including an incredulous dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia and an exploration of the asterisk footnote.How Lawyers Crack Open the Courtroom Door
Anyone seeking to open juvenile courts in California can refer to San Bernardino County Department of Public Social Services v. Superior Court. The San Bernardino case led to the 1999 enactment of California Welfare & Institutions Code � 346, which says juvenile court judges may admit anyone to hearings if they have "direct and legitimate interest in the particular case or the work of the court." It was this "work-of-the-court" issue that lawyers used to open the doors in the case of Angelo Marinda.Supreme Court Declares DOMA Unconstitutional
A divided U.S. Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage of Act of 1996, which blocked federal benefits to same-sex couples. Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the opinion for the court.Trending Stories
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