New York Times: “President Obama announced on Tuesday that he will nominate the federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, choosing a daughter of Puerto Rican parents raised in Bronx public housing projects to become the nations first Hispanic justice.”
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Daily Archives: May 26, 2009
Guide: Anatomy of a Patent Case
Anatomy of a Patent Case, George F. Pappas, 2009, 154 pages “Anatomy of a Patent Case is a concise, narrative summary of the steps required to bring a patent case to trial and of the key elements of such litigation.The central objective of the manual is to inform judges and lawyers not familiar with patent… Continue Reading
Do Justices Tip Their Hands with Questions at Oral Argument in the U.S. Supreme Court?
Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Do Justices Tip Their Hands with Questions at Oral Argument in the U.S. Supreme Court? Timothy R. Johnson, University of Minnesota; Ryan C. Black, Washington University, St. Louis – Department of Political Science; Washington University, St. Louis – Center for Empirical Research in the Law; Jerry Goldman; Sarah Treul –… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Bank – Reducing Foreclosures: No Easy Answers
Reducing Foreclosures: No Easy Answers, Christopher Foote, Kristopher Gerardi, Lorenz Goette, and Paul Willen, Working Paper 2009-15, May 2009 “This paper takes a skeptical look at a leading argument about what is causing the foreclosure crisis and what should be done to stop it. We use an economic model to focus on two key decisions:… Continue Reading
GSA launches YouTube channel
Federal Computer Week: “The new YouTube channel, the U.S. Government Channel, has more than 200 videos from 25 agencies arranged in 13 playlists, including one in Spanish. Macon Phillips, the White Houses new media director, appears in a video that showcases new media being used by government agencies.” Continue Reading
