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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Just in time for Halloween – No Child Poisoned by Halloween Candy. Ever.
Remember when Halloween was an adult-free zone? The neighborhood teemed with costumed children, racing against the clock to collect free treats from their kindly neighbors. I do. That was my childhood, not necessarily that of my own children. In the … Continue reading
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Creepy, Crawly Cause of Action. Or Not.
A customer who was injured by a spider while trying on pants was unable to prevail on a claim against the retailer and supplier of the pants of breach of implied warranty of merchantability [Flippo v. Mode O’Day Frock Shops … Continue reading
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Halloween Insurance
It is getting strange out there. The Insurance Journal notes that, “To ward off greedy lawyer vampires, the Center for Consumer Freedom offers a Halloween ‘Trick-Or-Treat Liability and Indemnification Agreement’.” The agreement can be downloaded at, www.consumerfreedom.com/downloads/promotional/docs/ 041027_halloween.pdf. It includes a … Continue reading
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Things That Go “Bump!” in the Court
The Undead get a bad rap in the US judicial system. For example, not only is there a Vampire Nation (which appears to contain no actual vampires), but it’s been taken to court for a variety of white-collar crimes (U.S. … Continue reading
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It’s Open Access Week
To learn about the events of Open Access Week and the global Open Access movement, visit the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) website. Did you know there is an Open Access Law Program (OAL Program), which is part of the … Continue reading
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Copyright Renewal Database
Copyright law is a tangled web of rules. One of the most complicated is the determination of whether a works is in the public domain or still in copyright. The general rule of copyright of the author plus seventy years … Continue reading
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Documents of the Founding Fathers to go online
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the grantmaking arm of the National Archives, has announced a cooperative agreement with The University of Virginia (UVA) Press to make freely available online the historical documents of the Founders of the … Continue reading
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British and Irish Legal Information Institute
For those of you familiar with Cornell’s Legal Information Institute here is the English version. British and Irish Legal Information Institute (http://www.bailii.org/). BAILII, has the latest British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, … Continue reading
Define Hornswoggle
In 1926, a Texas appellate court referred to the definition of the word “hornswoggle” in the Webster’s unabridged dictionary and held that, absent appearances to the contrary, a jury could be assumed to attach the proper meaning to the word … Continue reading
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New Document Search Engine
Looking for a specific document or type of document on the on the Internet? Do you want it in a foreign language? There is a new website that will search specifically for these types of materials. Edocza (http://www.edocza.com/) is a … Continue reading
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