Article Details Justice Rehnquist's Senate Confirmation Hearings
Registration free article in today’s Legal Times: Rehnquist FBI File Sheds New Light on Drug Dependence, Confirmation Battles, by Tony Mauro, Legal Times, January 3, 2007.
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Maryland Courts Watcher Blog
Maryland Courts Watcher Blog “posts the synopses of all published opinions issued by the Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals of Maryland and synopses of all opinions that are openly available on the Internet from other courts in Maryland.”
Status of Totalization Agreements in Force Legal Citations
Status of Totalization Agreements in Force: “Legal citations refer to the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements Series (UST) and the Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS), both published by the U.S. Department of State. In the case of agreements that have not yet been published in the UST or TIAS series, citations …
THOMAS Releases New Features in Beta
Peggy Garvin posted this information on the SLA Government Information Division blog about the new features as follows: “The THOMAS legislative information system from the Library of Congress has posted beta versions of several new features. The direct link to the new features being tested is thomas.loc.gov/beta/ — or you can click on the Explore …
Stanford Class Actions Clearinghouse Year in Review 2006
“The Securities Class Action Clearinghouse provides detailed information relating to the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation. The Clearinghouse maintains an Index of Filings of 2461 issuers that have been named in federal class action securities fraud lawsuits since passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The …
Report to Congress – Impact of Changes in Medicare Payments for Part B Drugs
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: Report to Congress – Impact of Changes in Medicare Payments for Part B Drugs, January 2007.
Wall Street Journal Launches Redesigned Print Copy and Website
The majority of the site remains subscription only, but today’s launch, which is accompanied by an free online Reader’s Guide (8 pages, PDF) detailing all the changes, includes the following free access additions: a new, highly interactive and content rich Market Data Center, a new blog, The Wealth Report (“Robert Frank looks at the lives …
Chief Justice's Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary
Chief Justice’s Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, 2006 – wherein he discusses only one issue, “the failure to raise judicial pay.” [bio of Chief Justice John Roberts], January 1, 2007. National Commission on the Public Service Statement of Justice Stephen G. Breyer, July 15, 2002: “The real pay of federal judges has diminished substantially …
Company Data Removed From SBA Website In Response to Privacy Issues
SBA criticized for pulling company data from Web site: “At issue is the Central Contractor Registry Web site where companies that want to do business with the government are required to post profiles, including employee size and annual revenue. Recently, the SBA pulled the size data, citing privacy concerns.”
Hoover's Blog
Hoover’s blog, Bizmology, was launched back in late July 2006, and has occasional but interesting business news postings.
Pennsylvania Constitution Website at Duquesne University School of Law Announces Major Updates
Via Joel Fishman, Ph.D., Asst. Director for Lawyer Services: “The Pennsylvania Constitution Web Site at Duquesne University School of Law has been updated with more than 20,000 pages and a newly-designed web site, that includes: The colonial constitutional documents are now available (Charter to William Penn, Great Law of 1682, three frames of government and …
Saddam Hussein Death: Resources for Journalists
Saddam Hussein Death: Resources for Journalists – Poynter’s Al Tompkins provides a range of resources that will help you make sense of — and cover — Saddam Hussein’s execution.
