Blogs about Law

For the Balkinization symposium on David Pozen, The Constitution of the War on Drugs (Oxford University Press, 2024).Kimani Paul-Emile Much has been written about U.S drug prohibition over the years, so it is surprising that …

If recent opinion polls are to be believed, no political party will win an outright majority of National Assembly seats in the 29 May elections. If no party wins an outright majority on voting day, …

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When President Salam announced the ICJ’s decision not to indicate provisional measures against Germany as requested by Nicaragua on Tuesday, the legal advisers of States lending support to the warring parties in Gaza were probably …

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How to set up a custom domain with a shared IPv4 address on Fly.ioFrom 1 February 2024, Fly.io stopped providing dedicated IPv4 addresses for free and started charging for these. If you don't need a …

This is a guest post by legal research analyst Iana Fremer at the Law Library of Congress. She has previously published the following blog posts for the Law Library of Congress: Join Us on 5/18 …

Star Wars Day, 2024 I once came across a quote in a history book which I have never been able to re-find. It was from an acquaintance of I think Lord Randolph Churchill (Winston’s father), …

(This guest post was written by Scott Maravilla. Thanks Scott! NB: This post includes minor spoilers for She-Hulk episode 3! And in case you’re wondering, I have been keeping up with the series, and I …

As Techdirt reports, the Los Angeles Police Foundation, which says it is “one of two exclusive holders” of intellectual property rights relating to the Los Angeles Police Department, including the right to “the word ‘LAPD’ …

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by Dennis Crouch In a significant decision on personal jurisdiction in patent cases, the Federal Circuit held that using Amazon’s patent enforcement process (APEX) to target an alleged infringer’s listings can subject the patent owner …

Matthew Cullen reports: Arizona lawmakers today repealed an abortion ban that first became law in 1864, when Abraham Lincoln was president and a half-century before women won the right to vote. The repeal narrowly passed …

The Associated Press has highlighted, in a long-read, a legal case which looks to challenge the protection of internet platforms under s.230 of the Communications Decency Act. The Supreme Court case concerns liability for YouTube …

I expect to see a lot of reports that the recent Supreme Court decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith held that Andy Warhol’s Prince series of 16 works, or …

ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court’s next chapter on abortion puts women’s health in …

Because they're not my bastards. Fortunately, I didn't have any ancestors Over Here in time for the Second War of American Secession. Those who did have some overdue bills. This is a serious problem with …

This post recaps some recent 512(f) cases that have hit my alerts. Surprisingly, all of the decisions involve a positive ruling for the plaintiff, which is different from the typical past outcomes. Maybe the jurisprudential …

Der Haftbefehl gegen Jian G., Mitarbeiter des AfD-Spitzenkandidaten Maximilian Krah, schlägt wenige Wochen vor der Europawahl politisch hohe Wellen, deren genaue Konsequenzen noch nicht absehbar sind. Der Erlass des Haftbefehls beruht auf dem Vorwurf der …