Nota Bene
This blawg links to legal news stories and highlights interesting content on other blawgs.
Author: Jeffrey Lewis handles civil and criminal appellate proceedings as well as select business litigation matters in courts throughout Southern California.
Blawg Related Categories: Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • Immigration Law • Internet Law • Terrorism • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Nota Bene
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Hearings held over U.S. policy of warrantless border search and seizure of laptops
Yahoo! Tech reports: Miffed that, if you return home from travel overseas, U.S. Customs can decide to search, and even seize, all the files on your computer, your camera, and even your cell phone? So…
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Get ready for the second Scott Peterson trial
The AP reports: Convicted killer Scott Peterson will be heading to trial again over the death of his pregnant wife, this time in civil court. The parents of Laci Peterson have filed a wrongful death…
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to disturb federal court ruling favoring Fantasy Baseball
The Las Vegas Sun reports: Without comment, the justices declined to hear the case involving a segment of the $1.5 billion fantasy sports industry in the United States, in which participants manage imaginary teams based…
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Criminalizing balloon sales
The AP reports: The California Senate on Thursday voted to ban helium-filled metallic balloons because they too frequently fly away and get tangled in electrical lines. That has caused hundreds of power outages in recent…
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This Week in Law Discusses Blogging and Podcasting Liability and Insurance Issues
This Week in Law is one of the more useful podcasts floating around the internet. April’s edition covers the liability and insurance issues that arise from blogging and podcasting. Suppose you are a lawyer and…
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Ninth Circuit allows courts to examine “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” discharges from the military more closely
The Associated Press reports: The military cannot automatically discharge people because they’re gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal.…
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California Supreme Court allows prosecutors who help make movies and books off cases to remain on the case
The Sacramento Bee reports: The state’s high court ruled Monday that a Santa Barbara deputy district attorney who helped in the making of the movie “Alpha Dog” can stay on the real-life death penalty case…
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Litigating support of terror
Reuters reports: American victims of bombings and rocket attacks in Israel have sued Swiss bank UBS AG for more than $500 million, accusing the bank of helping fund the militants behind the attacks through dealings…
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Twitter-ing your way to a bigger legal practice?
The Law Firm Strategy Blog opines: Have you heard of Twitter yet? Perhaps not. And hopefully not, as this post is intended to explain one of the latest web-tools on our collective horizon. What you…
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Reporter faces fines for protecting her sources for 2001 anthrax attack story
The Associated Press reports: A former USA Today reporter facing fines for failing to reveal her sources for stories about the 2001 anthrax attacks said Saturday that news organizations need to go on the offensive…