1. A Crown Jewel of Education Struggles With Cuts 2 hours ago   permalink

Www.nytimes.com

BERKELEY, Calif. — As the University of California struggles to absorb its sharpest drop in state financing since the Great Depression, every professor, administrator and clerical worker has been put on furlough amounting to an average pay cut of 8 percent.

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Jonathan Siegel / PrawfsBlawg :   Ouch

2. Hamilton is confirmed for seat on appeals court 43 minutes ago   permalink

Www.indystar.com

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 59-39 Thursday to seat Indiana Judge David Hamilton on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar was the only Republican who voted for Hamilton. Ten Republicans, including Lugar, voted Tuesday to stop a GOP filibuster of Hamilton's nomination.

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How Appealing :   "We are again faced with the question whether a state statutory scheme requiring growers to fund generic advertising for promotion of an agricultural product violates the First Amendment."

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Ashby Jones / WSJ.com Seventh Heaven: Hamilton Confirmed By Senate   —  David Hamilton, the chief judge of the Southern District of Indiana, was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday, by a 59 to 39 vote, to a seat on the Seventh Circuit in Chicago.

3. The 70% Discount on Goldman's $500m Gift 1 hour ago   permalink

Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog

Smart Money, The 70% Discount on Goldman's $500M Gift, by Diana Ransom: It’s been dubbed the apology with a half-billion-dollar gift attached. In an attention-grabbing move this week, Goldman Sachs said it would launch a $500 million initiative to help small businesses with Warren Buffett as a key adviser, an announcement...

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Kenneth Anderson / The Volokh Conspiracy Goldman Sachs and Its Small Business Fund Ploy   —  I am a fan of Goldman Sachs.  It is one of the few individual stocks I own, running against all my standard corporate finance professor ‘buy index funds!!’ instincts.  Although we have had a surfeit of bankers and a surfeit of talent in financial engineering rather than, say, robotics, it is very scary to see [...]

4. Green Party Member Does Well in First Round in California Special Legislative Election 2 hours ago   permalink

Richard / Ballot Access News

On November 17, California held the first round in an election to fill the vacant 72nd Assembly seat. The results: Chris Norby, Republican, 37.23%; John MacMurray, Democratic, 27.05%; Linda Ackerman, Republican, 19.67%; Richard Faher, Republican, 13.22%; Jane Rands, Green, 2.83%. Although the Green Party member’s showing, 2.83%, is not ...

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Richard / Ballot Access News California Poll Shows Minor Parties Hold Balance of Power in 2010 Gubernatorial Race   —  A Rasmussen Poll released on November 19 shows that if the election for Governor of California were being held now, no candidate has a majority, assuming the Democratic nominee is Jerry Brown and that the Republican nominee is Meg Whitman. The results are: Brown 41%, Whitman 41%, other 3%, undecided 14%. See [...]

Dailykos.com Most Republicans think ACORN stole the 2008 election   —  The poll asked this question: "Do you think that Barack Obama legitimately won the Presidential election last year, or do you think that ACORN stole it for him?" The overall top-line is legitimately won 62%, ACORN stole it 26%. Rick Hasen / Election Law :    PPP Poll: 52% of GOP Voters Think ACORN Stole Election for Obama

5. Litigation 41 minutes ago   permalink

Moritzlaw.osu.edu

Defendant's Motion to Dismiss granted on 12/17/08. Notice of Appeal filed on 1/15/09. Appellants' Brief filed on 3/2/09. Opinion from Court of Appeals reversing trial court and remanding with instructions, 9/17/09.

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Richard / Ballot Access News :   Indiana Lawsuit Over Government Photo-ID At Polls Attracts Many Amici Briefs Against the Indiana Law

6. Federal Circuit Affirms EDTex Ruling that Iovate's Muscle Building Patents are Invalid 2 hours ago   permalink

Dennis Crouch / Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)

Iovate & University of Florida Research Foundation v. Bio-Engineered Supplements & Nutrition (BSN) (Fed. Cir. 2009) ( Download 09-1018 ) Iovate is the exclusive licensee of UF's patented method for "enhancing muscle performance or recovery from fatigue." Pat. No. 6,100,287. The method includes the single step of administering a coposition that ...

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Richard / Ballot Access News Ron Paul-Alan Grayson Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve Makes Headway   —  This news is not directly related to election law, but it is being posted because it concerns Ron Paul, who has been the leading champion in Congress for ballot access reform for the last ten years. On November 19, the contents of Ron Paul’s HR 1207 were amended into the Financial Regulatory Reform bill [...]

7. Firefox extension for cut/paste Westlaw/Lexis citations 3 hours ago   permalink

Nipper / The Invent Blog®

I rarely use Westlaw/Lexis, but the CiteGenie FireFox extension could be really useful for those of you whom do. As their website points out: Cutting and pasting when doing legal research using your browser is simple. But having to construct the citation for what you pasted is not so simple. This is especially true with legal citations [...] ...

8. Davis Polk ‘Rock Star’ To Lead DOJ’s Fraud Section 3 hours ago   permalink

Amir Efrati / WSJ.com

A partner at Davis Polk was tapped to lead the Justice Department's fraud section, which is prosecuting or investigating many of today's biggest fraud cases, from R. Allen Stanford to American International Group.

9. "Hoffman Claims Voter Fraud" 6 hours ago   permalink

Rick Hasen / Election Law

See here....

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Thettablog.blogspot.com TTAB Rejects Another Fraud Claim for Inadequate Pleading   —  RThe Board yesterday rejected another fraud claim for failing to meet the strict pleading requirements of Rule 9(b), Fed. R. Civ. P. Ayush Herbs, Inc. v. Hindustan Lever Ltd. Co., Opposition No. 91172885 (November 19, 2009) [not precedential]. The Board also threw in Rule 11, Fed. R. Civ. P., and Trademark Rule 11.18 as a warning shot for future ... IP Newsflash :    TTAB Rejects Another Fraud Claim for Inadequate Pleading

IP Newsflash TTAB Rejects Another Fraud Claim for Inadequate Pleading   —  These headlines do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the patent law firm v. Kreisler Selting Werner. Please also review the disclaimer

10. Petters: ‘I Didn’t Want a Bentley. I’m Not a Bentley Guy” 4 hours ago   permalink

Ashby Jones / WSJ.com

There must be no bigger thrill as a prosecutor than getting to cross examine a defendant who’s looked the Fifth Amendment in the eye and said ‘I need you not, self-incrimination clause. I will take the stand.’

11. Best Practices for Appointments Committees 4 hours ago   permalink

Dan Markel / PrawfsBlawg

Though it's been a few years since I had to go on the meat market, I'm still pretty keen to make the process for newbies as relatively painless as possible, and this blog has been one way to try to facilitate that goal. I know a number of my perma-prawf colleagues are either veterans of or currently sitting on their schools' appointments ...

12. For Whom Do We Teach? 4 hours ago   permalink

Michael Risch / PrawfsBlawg

As the semester winds down and preparation for next semester gears up, I've had some thoughts about topic selection for my courses. For example, this year I cut "Defenses I" from the course - it was a survey of three really interesting defenses: reverse doctrine of equivalents, experimental use, and laches. They should all be really important ...

13. United Kingdom: asbestos related deaths on the rise 5 hours ago   permalink

Etoupin / Mesothelioma Watch

Mesothelioma and other asbestos related illnesses are a serious problem in just about every industrialized nation, and diagnoses continue to increase worldwide. Even though mesothelioma diagnoses are climbing dramatically both in the Unites States and abroad, readily available treatment options fail to substantially curb the very poor prognosis ...

14. A Defiant Stewart Reports to Jail 5 hours ago   permalink

Ashby Jones / WSJ.com

On Thursday evening, controversial lawyer Lynne Stewart surrendered to authorities in lower Manhattan to begin serving her 28-month sentence for assisting terrorism.

15. New Digital Bill unlikely to become law before election, warn Tories 10 hours ago   permalink

Www.timesonline.co.uk

Sweeping reforms to combat internet piracy, secure the future of public service broadcasting and extend digital radio are unlikely to pass into law, the Conservatives have warned.

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Michael Geist / Michael Geist Blog :   NDP, Billy Bragg Make Case For Legalized Downloading

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Michael Geist / Michael Geist Blog UK Digital Economy Bill Introduced, Unlikely To Become Law   —  The UK has introduced its Digital Economy Bill , though government officials admit it is unlikely to pass before the next election.

Rick Hasen / Election Law Will Ohio Pass an Election Reform Bill This Year?   —  See here....

16. External BLOB/Binary Store for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in C#/.NET 2.0 - Part I 11 hours ago   permalink

Www.kyletillman.net

I recently had the task of writing an External BLOB/Binary Store (EBS) implementation for Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 SP1. In this series of blog entries I want to pass on what I’ve learned during that process. I’m going to go over the information available from Microsoft, the architectural decisions that you have to make, things ...

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Law.com :   Externalize Document Storage in SharePoint

17. MediaTek, Qualcomm seal patent deal - eTaiwan News 11 hours ago   permalink

IP Newsflash

These headlines do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the patent law firm v. Kreisler Selting Werner. Please also review the disclaimer

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IP Newsflash Qualcomm enters patent arrangement with MediaTek - San Diego Daily Transcript   —  Close feed edit Qualcomm enters patent arrangement with MediaTek - San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription)

18. Huntsville Considers Internet Voting For Next Election 11 hours ago   permalink

Michael Geist / Michael Geist Blog

Huntsville, Ontario is considering implementing Internet and telephone voting for its next municipal election in 2010.

19. Online Federal Clerkship Applications at All-Time High 11 hours ago   permalink

Law.com

The federal judiciary saw a huge spike in online applications for clerkships from last year, according to a release from the judiciary. The Web site used by about two-thirds of all federal judges to find clerks saw 401,576 electronic applications between Oct. 1, 2008 and Sept. 30, 2009. That's a 66 percent increase from that time period last year,

20. Guilty Verdict for McKesson Chairman, but GC Acquitted 11 hours ago   permalink

Law.com

The government made the right call. In retrying former McKesson HBOC Chairman Charles McCall, prosecutors decided not to put one-time cooperator and former CEO Albert Bergonzi on the stand. That forced McCall's lawyers to summon Bergonzi instead, and the jury didn't think much of his testimony. The jury convicted McCall on Thursday on four ...