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• Things That Made My Life Slightly Better Today: Complete* List of Law Review Abbreviations

  Oftentimes while reading an article, I’ll try to find a source mentioned in a footnote, only to discover that whoever wrote the footnote has just completely invented a new citation format and is now directing…

• The Texas Constitution: Authorizing Same Sex Domestic Partnerships and Prohibiting Opposite Sex Marriage Since 2005

  Thanks to the efforts of a Texas candidate for Attorney General, a little constitutional tweak made four years ago is now back in the spotlight. The trouble is caused by a statewide referendum that voted…

• Psalm 109:8 and Good Faith Biblical Interpretation

  The latest popular religious-political brouhaha to erupt involves a new conservative slogan, which is being featured on bumper stickers, t-shirts, coffee mugs, and other items of internet kitsch. The slogan is, “Pray for Obama, Psalm…

• Under Copyright Law’s Fedora: Paul Zukofsky’s Copyright Notice as Critical Commentary

  Paul Zukofsky, the son of poets Louis and Celia Zukofsky, has published an amazing Copyright Notice, in which he threatens to bring down a storm of litigation on anyone who dares to quote his parents…

• The International Law of Antarctic Whiskey of Historical Value

  A New Zealand expedition is planning to drill for one hundred year old whiskey in Antarctica, from two crates left behind by the Nimrod Expedition in 1909. The Nimrod Expedition, lead by Sir Ernest Shackleton,…

• Big Brother’s Invisible Yellow Dots: Using Secret Printer Tracking Data in Civil Litigation

  This is apparently very old news, but I’ve never heard of it before. U.S. laser printer manufactures have, in cooperation with the federal government, included special tracking dot systems with their printers, so that every…

• The Lakota Tribe’s Lawsuit Over the Sweat Lodge Deaths Cites to Wrong DRIP

  Following the sweat lodge deaths of three people who attended an Angel Valley self-help seminar, the Lakota tribe has filed suit [PDF] in the Arizona federal district court against the seminar leader, James Arthur Ray,…

• Alien Tort Statute Cases Resulting in Plaintiff Victories

  Earlier today, I was hoping to find a list of Alien Tort Statute (ATS) cases that resulted in plaintiff victories of some sort or another — I figured that would be a pretty handy list…

• Tackling A Difficult Issue: United States v. Comstock

  A recent article (sub. possibly req.) in The Economist comes to the defense of an unlikely group: sex offenders.  The article explains how punishments for sex offenses in the United States have become increasingly draconian in…

• There’s a Map for That: AT&T sues Verizon

  In the first commercial ever to be more annoying than the “Can you hear me now?” ads, Verizon’s latest commercial series, “There’s a map for that,” is a direct attack on AT&T and their “There’s…