The Verge: “Not all Google searches make Google money. Google often says that it only shows ads on about 20 percent of queries, the ones it calls “commercial queries.” You can probably guess what qualifies. “US president in 1836” is not something you type when you’re about to buy something; neither is “facebook” because all… Continue Reading
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New on LLRX October 2023 – 10 articles and 6 columns
Articles and Columns for October 2023 Research Guide: Law of Armed Conflict – Jerry Lawson A Compilation of State Licensed Lawyer Databases – Toby Lyles AI in Banking and Finance – October 31, 2023 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents and reports, industry white papers and academic papers on… Continue Reading
A Compilation of State Licensed Lawyer Databases
Via LLRX – A Compilation of State Licensed Lawyer Databases – Every lawyer in the United States is licensed to practice in some state, but very few lawyers are licensed to practice in every state. As a result, the question often arises — is attorney X licensed to practice in state Y? This guide by… Continue Reading
Freedom Under Fire
Read the AP Reporting Package – When Guns Outnumber People, Which American Liberties Prevail? “American identity is deeply grounded in the belief that everyone, no matter who they are, is entitled to certain rights and liberties. But what happens when one of those freedoms – a nearly unfettered right to own guns – upends the… Continue Reading
The Necessary and Proper Stewardship of Judicial Data
Huq, Aziz Z. and Clopton, Zachary D., The Necessary and Proper Stewardship of Judicial Data (September 20, 2023). Stanford Law Review, Vol. 76, Forthcoming , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 23-55, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4578337 – “Governments and commercial firms create profits and social gain by exploiting large pools of data. One source of… Continue Reading
Americans’ Dismal Views of the Nation’s Politics
65% say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics: “Americans have long been critical of politicians and skeptical of the federal government. But today, Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly negative, with little hope of improvement on the horizon. Majorities say the political process is dominated by special interests,… Continue Reading
Supreme Court’s very brief, very revealing new decision about guns, explaine
Vox: “Late Monday afternoon [October 16, 2023], the Supreme Court handed down a very brief order establishing that sellers of “ghost guns,” weapons that are sold dismantled in ready-to-assemble kits, must comply with the same gun safety laws and anti-crime laws as any other gun seller. At this point you may be experiencing déjà vu,… Continue Reading
A primer on some key issues in U.S. v. Google
An ongoing case, U.S. v. Google, promises to be the most significant technology antitrust trial in the U.S. in decades. The case involves allegations that Google violated a prohibition on using exclusionary practices to maintain a monopoly under the Sherman Act. These allegations center on Google’s browser agreements with Apple and Mozilla, under which Google… Continue Reading
Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases
Just Security: First published on September 5, 2023, last updated on October 2, 2023 – “Following a series of recent court developments, former President Donald Trump’s 2023-24 legal schedule is coming into focus, as is his political one. In the calendar below, we capture significant events in both domains—and how they interrelate. The busy legal… Continue Reading
DOJ finally posted that “embarrassing” court doc Google wanted to hide
Ars Technica: “The US Department of Justice has finally posted what Judge Amit Mehta described at the Google search antitrust trial as an “embarrassing” exhibit that Google tried to hide from the public. The document in question contains meeting notes that Google’s vice president for finance, Michael Roszak, “created for a course on communications,” Bloomberg… Continue Reading
The Lies in Your Grocery Store
The New Yorker [read free]: “…Most people accept the gimmicks of food labelling. One lawyer can’t stomach them…Sheehan, forty-four, specializes in consumer-protection class-action suits. Specifically, he focusses on packaged foods, and on the authenticity of their ingredients and flavors. Sheehan has sued the makers of frosted strawberry Pop-Tarts (dearth of real strawberries), Hint of Lime… Continue Reading
Supreme Corporate Tax Giveaway: Who Would Benefit from the Roberts Court Striking Down the Mandatory Repatriation Tax?
Roosevelt Institute and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP): Executive Summary – “Later this year, the Supreme Court will hear what could become the most important tax case in a century. In Moore v. US, ostensibly about the tax liability of an American family with minority shares in an Indian farming firm, the… Continue Reading
