Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater oil spill, via FindLaw: BP’s Complaints Against Transocean Over Gulf Oil Spill: “BP submitted a court filing in the ongoing litigation regarding last year’s oil rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico alleging that the owner of the Deepwater oil rig violated the law… Continue Reading
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Justia's new free service provides Daily & Weekly Opinion Summaries for all Federal Courts
Another invaluable service for researchers that facilitates free access to court opinions – from the innovative experts at Justia – who are now “providing FREE Daily & Weekly Opinion Summaries for all Federal Courts, and selected State Supreme Courts. See an example daily email for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals or a weekly… Continue Reading
EPIC – Solicitor General to Supreme Court: Review GPS Tracking Cases
“The Solicitor General filed a petition with the Supreme Court about the growing dispute in the federal courts over warrantless locational tracking. There is a split among the appellate court about GPS tracking by police agencies. The petition appeals a decision from the DC Circuit which held that the warrantless tracking of a motor vehicle… Continue Reading
Advice for the U.S. Sentencing Commissioners: The Relevance of Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Its Literature
“This short essay will be part of an issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter devoted to recommended action for the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The present essay calls attention to the relevance of therapeutic jurisprudence to the sentencing function. It looks at some legal rules and guidelines that do not effectively motivate convicted persons to focus… Continue Reading
A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement
A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement, by Jonathan Band “On March 22, 2011, Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed settlement in copyright infringement litigation over the Google Library Project. Judge Chin found that the settlement was not fair, reasonable, and adequate as required by the Federal Rules… Continue Reading
US Court of Appeals – 9th Circuit YouTube Channel
“This is the official YouTube Channel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In addition to these video recordings, you may find audio recordings of our hearings on our internet site at http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov.” Continue Reading
EPIC Urges Court to Order Release of 2,000 Airport Body Scanner Images
“EPIC asked a federal court in Washington, DC to reconsider its earlier decision allowing the Department of Homeland Security to keep secret 2,000 airport body scanner images in EPIC’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The Court relied on a legal theory in its decision, “Exemption High b(2),” that was recently struck down by the Supreme… Continue Reading
EPIC: Courts Rejects Google Books Settlement as Unfair
EPIC: “Judge Denny Chin struck down a proposed settlement between Google and copyright holders that would have imposed significant privacy risks on e-book consumers. Google’s proposal would have entitled the company to collect each users’ search queries as well as the titles and page numbers of the books they read. In a February 2010 hearing… Continue Reading
Filings in the Federal Judiciary Continued to Grow in Fiscal Year 2010
Judicial Caseload Indicators 12-Month Periods Ending September 30, 2010: “In fiscal year 2010, the federal district courts saw continued growth in civil, criminal, and bankruptcy filings, as well as the number of pretrial services cases and persons under supervision. This continues a decade-long trend of growth in these filings. Only the total number of appeals… Continue Reading
EFF: Court Rules Against Privacy in Battle Over Twitter Records
ACLU And EFF Plan To Appeal Ruling In Case Challenging Government Attempt To Obtain Private Data in WikiLeaks Investigation “A federal magistrate judge in Virginia ruled today that the government can collect the private records of three Twitter users as part of its investigation related to WikiLeaks, and that those users and the public can… Continue Reading
Federal court caseload statistics through June 30, 2010
United States Courts: “Federal court caseload statistics through June 30, 2010, reflect the work of federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, as well as the federal probation and pretrial services system. Included in the Statistical Tables for the Federal Judiciary is one that compares data for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2010, to that… Continue Reading
EPIC: Supreme Court Affirms Open Government, Limits Exemptions
EPIC: “In Navy v. Milner, the Supreme Court held that the Freedom of Information Acts Exemption 2 is limited to employee relations and human resources issues. The decision overturns previous decisions by lower courts that applied the exemption to broader categories of records, allowing federal agencies to block disclosure of documents to the public. The… Continue Reading
