Will Bureaucracy Keep The U.S. Drone Industry Grounded?

April 30th, 2013 by Troy Johnson

Tough federal aviation rules and public backlash against drones have raised worries that the U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle industry will be left behind foreign competitors. Developers say the U.S. light drone industry is being overtaken by manufacturers in Israel and Australia.

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Federal Websites For and About American Indians

April 26th, 2013 by George Butterfield

This website has a great listing of federal websites on the subject.

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United States v. Beer

April 19th, 2013 by George Butterfield

What an unfortunate case name!

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Juror Texting During Trial

April 19th, 2013 by George Butterfield

Go directly to jail.

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Google vs. Bing: Search Engines Deliver Infected Websites as Their Top Results

April 16th, 2013 by George Butterfield

Read about it here.

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The Ranking Season: What Every Law School is Singing

March 13th, 2013 by George Butterfield

Don’t Bring Me Down

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Law School Rankings

March 12th, 2013 by George Butterfield

The U.S. News & World Report 2013 Law School Rankings can be found here.

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The Court of Public Opinion Is About Mob Justice and Reputation as Revenge

March 3rd, 2013 by Troy Johnson

Interesting article at Wired.com about how the general public and social media work together to create a vigilante system of justice. The article puts it this way – Instead of a sideshow to actual legal proceedings, the court of public opinion is turning into an alternative system of dispute resolution and justice.

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What Not To Do When Submitting A Legal Memorandum To A Court

February 26th, 2013 by George Butterfield

Here’s a piece of legal research  and writing advice for law students an attorneys alike:  Don’t copy stuff willy-nilly and submit it to the Court as part of a memorandum of law.  Oh, and Shepardize (or KeyCite, or whatever Bloomberg uses as a verb for their citator) your cases.  The ABA Journal reports on a case where Lindsey Lohan sued a rapper for using her name in a song.  She claimed it violated her rights of publicity.  The trial court found that using a name in an artwork was protected speech under the First Amendment.  The defendants, however, asked for sanctions because significant portions of the memorandum in opposition was taken from another brief in an unrelated case (and not really on point) along with uncited portions of web content and articles.

Read the rest of this Law Librarian Blog post here.

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How to Locate Free Case Law on the Internet

February 25th, 2013 by George Butterfield

Read the Library of Congress article by Robert Brammer here.

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