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Legal Research: Bridging the Generation Gap
Who says libraries are dull? Right now, intergenerational battles are being waged in legal libraries across the country. "Mature Generation" and "Baby Boomer" attorneys cling to their books and the ways things have always been done, while the "Generation X" and "Generation Y" attorneys look for instant gratification from computer resources. Rissa Peckar and Joseph L. Biagiotti let us know that law librarians can lead the way to peace by helping both sides learn from each other.Pa. GOP endorses Melvin for state high court
Superior Court Judge Joan Orie Melvin won a four-way contest for the Republican State Committee's endorsement for an opening on Pennsylvania's highest court.Book: Michael Schiavo nearly gave up fight to end wife's life
By Mitch Stacy, Associated PressTAMPA, Fla. AP - Michael Schiavo made a last-minute decision to give up on his fight to remove his brain-damaged wife's feeding tube last year as he was hounded by protesters and getting death threats, but his attorney talked him out of it, Schiavo said in a book about the end-of-life case that captivated the nation.Glaxo Ponies Up Reported $250 Million in Latest Round of Avandia Settlements
Hot Employment Law Issues at the High Court
The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new term in October, which includes two employment cases of interest: one under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the other under Title VII. Michael P. Maslanka takes a look at the two cases, starting with the FLSA case — from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — which he says presents an interesting issue of federal procedure involving the FLSA version of class actions.View more book results for the query "*"
Supreme Court Rules Hobbs Act Doesn't Outlaw Anti-Abortion Violence
Ending nearly 20 years of litigation, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the federal Hobbs Act does not outlaw the kind of violence that anti-abortion protesters have used to block access to abortion clinics nationwide. The ruling blunts a tool that clinics have used to win large financial damages against protesters. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that Congress intended the Hobbs Act to cover violence associated with more commerce-related crimes of robbery and extortion, not abortion protests.Davis Fills Four Judge Vacancies in Southern California
After filling a couple of Bay Area vacancies last week, Gov. Gray Davis turned his attention south Wednesday, filling a handful of judgeships from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles.Commonwealth v. Colich, PICS Case No. 13-0076 (C.P. Lawrence Dec. 14, 2012) Cox, J. (12 pages).
Police lacked reasonable suspicion that criminal activity was afoot where defendant exited the passenger side of a motor vehicle in a high crime area and made no furtive movements or indicia of criminal behavior prior to police instructions to stop and wait. Motion to suppress granted.Trending Stories
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