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• Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be…Lawyers

  
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  Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be…Lawyers Source: Vanderbilt Law and Economics Working Papers (via SSRN) This essay treats a legal education as an investment, and asks the question of whether, based on known costs and expected benefits, such investment should be undertaken. The inquiry will ...
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• UK: The E-Borders Programme

  
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  The E-Borders Programme Source: House of Commons – Home Affairs Committee Outline of the E-Borders programme: The e-Borders programme provides for electronic collection and analysis of information on all passengers entering or leaving the UK from carriers (including airlines, ferries and rail companies). UKBA ...
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• The Abuse of Medical Diagnostic Practices in Mass Litigation

  
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  The Abuse of Medical Diagnostic Practices in Mass Litigation Source: RAND Corporation Litigation over injuries due to the inhalation of respirable silica dust in the workplace skyrocketed beginning in 2001, raising concerns that silica litigation would become a mass tort with similarities to the asbestos ...
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• Governments agree to step up fight against bribery

  
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  Governments agree to step up fight against bribery Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) OECD countries and the eight others who have signed the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention have committed to stepping up their fight against bribery and corruption. The 38 countries have agreed to ...
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• New Report: States Cut Funding for Tobacco Prevention Programs Despite Receiving Record Amounts of Tobacco Revenue

  
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  New Report: States Cut Funding for Tobacco Prevention Programs Despite Receiving Record Amounts of Tobacco Revenue Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids The states are collecting record amounts of revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but have cut funding for programs to reduce tobacco use ...
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• Top Five Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2009 Announced

  
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  Top Five Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2009 Announced Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) announced today the top five vote getters of its 1st Annual Most Ridiculous Lawsuit of the Year Poll. Nominees were drawn from the monthly Most Ridiculous Lawsuit poll winners, ...
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• FEC Releases New Data Files for Administrative Fine Cases and Congressional Candidates

  
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  FEC Releases New Data Files for Administrative Fine Cases and Congressional Candidates Source: Federal Election Commission The Federal Election Commission today released two new data files designed to give the public easier access to federal campaign finance information and the Commission’s regulatory actions. ...
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• Felony Sentences in State Courts, 2006 – Statistical Tables

  
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  Felony Sentences in State Courts, 2006 – Statistical Tables Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Presents findings from the 2006 National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP), which compiles detailed information on the sentences that felons receive in state courts nationwide and on characteristics of the felons. ...
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• 2009 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary

  
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  2009 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary (PDF; 99 KB) Source: Administration Office of the U.S. Courts Chief Justice John Roberts issued his 2009 year-end report, stating that “courts are operating soundly, and the nation’s dedicated federal judges are conscientiously discharging their duties.”
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• Sealed Cases in Federal Courts

  
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  Sealed Cases in Federal Courts (PDF; 378 KB) Source: Federal Judicial Center Many sealed civil cases are qui tam actions, almost always filed under the False Claims Act, which requires the case to be sealed until the government decides whether to intervene. Docket entries to which we have access usually make such ...
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• Testimony — Broad Array of Tools Ensures Fair and Impartial Adjudication

  
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  Broad Array of Tools Ensures Fair and Impartial Adjudication Source: U.S. Courts Responding to Congressional queries on the state of federal judicial recusal, a representative of the Judicial Conference of the United States today told a congressional subcommittee that both judges and the public have a broad array ...
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• Report Finds Illegal Immigration Has Negligible Impact on U.S. Economy Despite Benefit to Employers, Unauthorized Workers

  
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  Report Finds Illegal Immigration Has Negligible Impact on U.S. Economy Despite Benefit to Employers, Unauthorized Workers Source: Migration Policy Institute Illegal immigration’s overall impact on the U.S. economy is negligible, despite clear benefits for employers and unauthorized immigrants and slightly ...
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• New York City, New Mexico Emerge as ‘Judicial Hellholes,’ Joining Perennials in Florida, West Virginia, Illinois, New Jersey

  
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  New York City, New Mexico Emerge as ‘Judicial Hellholes,’ Joining Perennials in Florida, West Virginia, Illinois, New Jersey Source: American Tort Reform Association The American Tort Reform Foundation today released its annual Judicial Hellholes®report, naming some of the nation’s “most unfair civil ...
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• Immigration Enforcement Dramatically Scaled-Back under Obama Administration

  
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  Immigration Enforcement Dramatically Scaled-Back under Obama Administration Source: Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) Today, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released a first of its kind, comprehensive report detailing the numerous areas where the Obama administration has ...
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• EPA Adopts Strong Standards for Large Ships to Curb Air Pollution

  
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  EPA Adopts Strong Standards for Large Ships to Curb Air Pollution Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule setting tough engine and fuel standards for large U.S.- flagged ships, a major milestone in the agency’s coordinated strategy to slash ...
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• Loopholes, Tricks and End Runs: Evasions of Campaign Finance laws, and a Model Law to Block Them

  
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  Loopholes, Tricks and End Runs: Evasions of Campaign Finance laws, and a Model Law to Block Them (PDF; 916 KB) Source: Center for Government Studies This report is the result of over one year of focused research on the many ways that politicians raise money through non-campaign entities. The Center for ...
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• Antitrust: Commission accepts Microsoft commitments to give users browser choice

  
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  Antitrust: Commission accepts Microsoft commitments to give users browser choice Source: Europa press release The European Commission has adopted a decision that renders legally binding commitments offered by Microsoft to boost competition on the web browser market. The commitments address Commission concerns that ...
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• SEC Charges Ernst & Young and Six Partners for Roles in Accounting Violations at Bally Total Fitness

  
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  SEC Charges Ernst & Young and Six Partners for Roles in Accounting Violations at Bally Total Fitness Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Ernst & Young LLP and six of its current and former partners, including three who are members of the ...
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• ACLU Report Hails Michigan As Model For Reducing Prison Populations

  
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  ACLU Report Hails Michigan As Model For Reducing Prison Populations Source: American Civil Liberties Union Michigan’s successful efforts to reduce its statewide prison population by more than eight percent during the past two years while at the same time improving public safety provides a model for other states ...
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• Additional Information on the Effects of Tort Reform

  
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  Additional Information on the Effects of Tort Reform (PDF; 511 KB) Source: Congressional Budget Office From CBO Director’s Blog : CBO has released a letter responding to questions posed by Senator Rockefeller about our recent analysis of the budgetary effects of proposals to limit costs related to medical ...
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