June2016
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Something Entirely Different: NITES/WKNDS with Lee Pacchia
Jun 30, 2016(Comments: 1)June 30, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hey, you! Listen to my podcast, NITES/WKNDS! Just kidding. But not really. In the past 6 or so years, I’ve done a lot of interviews. I think I’m over 2000, all... -
Mike Huckabee & Kim Davis Are Two Disingenuous Turds In A Cosy Pod
Jun 30, 2016(Comments: 2)June 30, 2016 (IP Flow) — Former US presidential candidate and questionable human being, Mike Huckabee, settled a copyright infringement suit with 80s band Survivor for $25,000 for using their hit song “Eye Of The Tiger”... -
‘Happy Birthday’ *Almost* In Public Domain
Jun 30, 2016(Comments: 0)June 30, 2016 (IP Flow) – A settlement reached in the copyright case over “Happy Birthday” was approved by US District Judge George H. King in Los Angeles this week, thereby clearing the way for the... -
Bay Area Police Sex Scandal Needs An Outside Investigation
Jun 30, 2016(Comments: 1)June 30, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Last week, Fault Lines covered the unraveling Oakland Police Department’s sex scandal, forcing three chiefs to resign within a nine day period. Now the sex worker at the heart of... -
Judge Kane On The ABA’s Handling Of Law Schools
Jun 30, 2016(Comments: 3)June 30, 2016 (Fault Lines) — District of Colorado Senior Judge John L. Kane was asked his thoughts about the possibility that the authority to accredit law schools will be taken away from the ABA. I... -
Jailhouse Rape Victim Gets A Taco For Her Troubles
Jun 30, 2016(Comments: 2)June 30, 2016 (Fault Lines) — According to a pending lawsuit, a woman who was sexually assaulted by a La Joya police officer while in custody was offered a taco instead of medical assistance after his... -
Hammers, Nails & Traffic Laws
Jun 30, 2016(Comments: 0)June 30, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Judge Gia Morris of the Queens County Criminal Court struck down a “failure to yield” ordinance that imposed criminal penalties on drivers who hit pedestrians or bicyclists. The ordinance, Section... -
Between A Rock, A Hard Place & Under A Bus: Cooperate or You’re Fired
Jun 30, 2016(Comments: 0)June 29, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Talk about having one’s world turned upside down and backwards after having it made, on Wall Street of all places. As per a recent decision from the U.S. Court of... -
Is Money the Root of All Evil? Prosecutor’s Investigator Takes Bribe
Jun 30, 2016(Comments: 0)June 30, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Prosecutorial misconduct extends beyond prosecutors themselves, and can be found at lower levels of the prosecution “team.” Anthony Robinson, a 20-year investigator and former chief investigator for the Dallas County... -
Legal Scholarship Should Matter To Judges
Jun 29, 2016(Comments: 2)June 30, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Ed. Note: At Slate’s Supreme Court Breakfast Table, Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner took the position that legal scholarship had no real impact on the law. I don’t doubt that law...