Robin Wauters: “Italian writer, blogger and photographer Vincenzo Cosenza has for the second time put together a visualization that shows the most popular social networks around the world on a map, based on the most recent traffic data (December 2009) as measured by Alexa & Google Trends for Websites.” ComputerWorld – 2009: Social networks go… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Changes in the Aggregate Labor Force Participation Rate
Changes in the Aggregate Labor Force Participation Rate, Julie L. Hotchkiss, Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 4, 2009 “Human capital is a vital component in the production process, so the size of the labor force can profoundly affect the potential for economic growth. In the United States, the overall labor force participation rate (LFPR)the percent… Continue Reading
Google Scholar: A New Way to Search for Cases and Related Legal Publications
Follow up to Google Scholar Now Includes Free Case Law Database and Bridging the DiGital Divide: A New Vendor in Town? Google Scholar Now Includes Case Law, this related article – Google Scholar: A New Way to Search for Cases and Related Legal Publications. Continue Reading
BLS – Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly)
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly), December 18, 2009: “In November, 36 states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate decreases, 8 states registered increases, and 6 states had no change. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 19 states and decreased in 31 states and the District of Columbia…Among the nine geographic divisions,… Continue Reading
New DOT Consumer Rule Limits Airline Tarmac Delays, Provides Other Passenger Protections
News release: “U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a new rule that significantly strengthens protections afforded to consumers by, among other things, establishing a hard time limit after which U.S. airlines must allow passengers to deplane from domestic flights. The new rule prohibits U.S. airlines operating domestic flights from permitting an aircraft to remain… Continue Reading
The Liberal Tradition of the Supreme Court Clerkship: Its Rise, Fall, and Reincarnation?
The Liberal Tradition of the Supreme Court Clerkship: Its Rise, Fall, and Reincarnation? William E. Nelson, Harvey Rishikof, I. Scott Messinger, Michael Jo | 62 Vand. L. Rev. 1749 (2009) “This srticle presents the first comprehensive empirical study of the post-clerkship employment of law clerks at the Supreme Court from 1882 to the present, and… Continue Reading
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths Eastern, New Age Beliefs Widespread
Eastern, New Age Beliefs Widespread – Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, December 2009 “The religious beliefs and practices of Americans do not fit neatly into conventional categories. A new poll by the Pew Research Centers Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that large numbers of Americans engage… Continue Reading
Environmental Defense Fund: 9,000 NYC Buildings Burning Dirty Heating Oil Identified in New Report
News release: “Eighty-seven percent of the city’s heating oil soot pollution is created by burning the dirtiest heating oils available in only one percent of all buildings in New York City, according to a new report released today by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). As a result of burning this toxic sludge (No. 4 and 6… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – A Guide for the Perplexed Part III: The Amended Settlement Agreement
A Guide for the Perplexed Part III: The Amended Settlement Agreement – On Friday, November 13, 2009, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers filed an Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) in the copyright infringement litigation concerning the Google Library Project. The amendments proposed by the parties are designed to address objections made… Continue Reading
TRAC Reports FY 2009 Federal Prosecutions Sharply Higher
Surge Driven by Steep Jump in Immigration Filings: “As a result of an unusual flood of immigration prosecutions, the total number of federal criminal filings reached an all time high in the just ended fiscal year, according to timely Justice Department data analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). The latest data show that… Continue Reading
Library Associations Ask DOJ for Active Supervision of Google Settlement
Follow up to previous postings on the Google Book Search settlement, this letter to DOJ Antitrust Division: “The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries (the Library Associations) write to express our views concerning how the United States should respond to the Amended Settlement Agreement filed… Continue Reading
Occupational Outlook Handbook and Career Guide to Industries. 2010-11 Editions, Now Online
News release: “The 2010-11 editions of the Occupational Outlook Handbook and the Career Guide to Industries were released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Handbook and the Career Guide can be accessed online at www.bls.gov/oco and www.bls.gov/oco/cg, respectively. The print version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook is expected to be available in the… Continue Reading
