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Thursday, September 14, 2023

U.S. Soccer, FIFA lose antitrust appeal; defense shows short-sighted strategy to develop soccer in America

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Cristiano Ronaldo plays for Real Madrid against Barcelona in 2011. Jan S0L0 via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 U.S. Soccer and the Fédération Internat...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Big Ag plays Goliath in film about GMO-seed litigation

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A worthwhile movie you might have missed during the pandemic is Percy vs. Goliath (2020), starring Christopher Walken and Zach Braff, invol...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

'Fisk' is the civil-practice lawyer you've been looking for

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If you're looking to fill that Netflix queue as the writers' strike drags on, check out the Australian sitcom, Fisk . When I put tog...
Monday, September 11, 2023

Gladstone, Doctorow game out tech reg quagmire

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Cory Doctorow Houari B. via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 On the Media 's Brooke Gladstone talked to Cory Doctorow, author, internet activist,...

Ark. Gov swings again at state FOIA

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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has proposed a bill to undercut the highly regarded transparency regime of that state's Freedo...
Sunday, September 10, 2023

Ethics problems in law, education inform message on Christian ethics in biblical story of widow's offering

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Last Sunday, it was my privilege to deliver a message on "Christian ethics," arising from Mark 12:41-44 , at my local church in Ba...
Friday, September 8, 2023

Unforeseeability precludes lessor liability for saloon shooting, but court fails to mention 'scope of liability'

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Jernej Furman CC BY 2.0 via Flickr A property owner could not be held liable for the fatal shooting of a musician at a lessee nightclub, th...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Denying public access to crash data, did state agency prioritize fear of litigation over public safety?

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Map of bicycle and pedestrian accidents in Providence, R.I., 2009-17, from Providence Great Streets Master Plan (2020) Rhode Island authori...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Anti-SLAPP protects doctor for reporting patient-doctor's opioid use to physician treatment authority

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Cindy Shebley CC BY 2.0 via Flickr A doctor who prescribed opioids for a fellow doctor and ultimately reported the patient-doctor for possi...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Court rejects 'super tort' theory in suit alleging animal cruelty, though concurrence mentions rights of nature

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Kodiak bear at Olympic Game Farm, a private zoo in Washington. Analise Zocher via Flickr CC BY 2.0 The Animal Legal Defense Fund tried but ...