Copyright cases in academia

The Out of the Jungle blog has a post about copyright cases looming in the academic universe.

Copyright Cases Looming over Academia - June 5, 2011

LexisNexis Courtlink app

LexisNexis announced a new Courtlink app - see the YouTub video demo here. It is available for iPhone and soon for Android.

Publishers sue over university "e-reserves"

Campus copyright: publishers sue over university "e-reserves"

By Mark Jaycox
Ars Technica

If you've been to college in the last decade, you've probably dealt with "e-reserves"—book chapters and articles made available electronically to students in particular classes, usually through the university library. But how much material can a professor upload before having to pay a licensing fee? (cont)

Vaccine case

High Court Superstars Take Shots in Vaccine Case

Tony Mauro
The National Law Journal
October 13, 2010

Report on arguments in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth (SCOTUS docket # 09-152), case involving issues concerning the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, and whether or not this protects vaccine manufactures from liability concerning injuries caused by vaccines. Summary of the case available from SCOTUSblog.

Next investment opportunity

This is interesting. Toby Brown over at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog posts about a new service: litigation portfolio broker. It's happening in the US and in the UK. Read the whole post for details.

New lawsuit over unpaid time

From the Ars Technica web site:

Off the clock? Hyperconnected workers sue employers

Ubiquitous Internet connections and a proliferation of smartphones have put more employees "on call" than ever before, and many aren't being paid for the extra time. Some are pushing back in lawsuits against their employers, but it may simply be time for companies to draw a clearer line on out-of-office communications.

By Jacqui Cheng Last updated August 10, 2009 12:30 PM CT

Interesting article bringing up the basic question of are you working or not when required to answer work calls/emails after work hours?

Thank you, Ars Technica, for including the court and docket number!

Further reading:

If you have PACER access, the case against T-Mobile is 1:09-cv-02955-RJD-RML in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

AMLAW on Twitter

You can now follow AMLAW's daily litigation tweets on Twitter.
http://api.twitter.com/litigationdaily

MySpace wins antispamming case

Seen on Law.com:

MySpace Wins Another Anti-Spamming Verdict
Brian Bergstein
The Associated Press
June 17, 2008

MySpace can collect $6 million from a notorious Internet marketer accused by the popular online hangout of spamming its users.

An arbitrator has ruled that Scott Richter and his Web marketing company, Media Breakaway LLC of Westminster, Colo., must pay MySpace $4.8 million in damages and $1.2 million in attorney fees for barraging MySpace members with unsolicited advertisements. Media Breakaway and its employees were also banned from the site. (cont.)

PLoL and Justia

Free Case Law Databases
by Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch, Editors of Internet Fact Finding For Lawyers
Originally published in Internet Fact Finding For Lawyers, March/April 2008.
Reprinted on The Virtual Chase

Levitt and Rosch summarize what researchers will find on The Public Library of Law (http://www.plol.org) and Justia (http://www.justia.com). They cover the strenghts and weakness of each database, plus give search tips.

More doctors in Texas?

Does Texas Really Have More Doctors as a Result of Medical Malpractice Reform?Why a New York Times Article Making that Claim Is Seriously Misleading
By ANTHONY J. SEBOK ---- Tuesday, Oct. 09, 2007

Interesting FindLaw commentary on a recent New York Times article that announced that more doctors are flocking to Texas after the medical malpractice tort reforms of 2003. Sebok examines the facts and concludes the truth is somewhat different.

Point of Law Blog

A few weeks ago I discovered a new blog called PointofLaw. It's a blog about the U.S. litigation system and it has information on a variety of litigation cases in the U.S.

Love the information on this tool! It also has a RSS feed.

http://www.pointoflaw.com/