The Blackbook Legal Blog

From Sports Illustrated : The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is urging NFL owners to open their financial books to the players un...

-- President Obama .

Boston illustrator sues DreamWorks for stealing his idea .

From Law.com : The California Supreme Court today said it would answer the standing question in the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage appeal a...

The push for higher-quality .

. . . and the 10th Circuit now has two vacancies .

. . . on privacy .

The landscape's getting worse .

From Yahoo Sports : Orlando guard Gilbert Arenas was served with child support and custody papers as he left the court during halftime of th...

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1. Anaheim Ducks hit with anti-semitism lawsuit . 2. Donald Verrilli tapped as new Solictor General. 3. Where's all that BCS money goi...

From the McGill Tribune : The situation in Canada is drastically different, and certainly more promising for prospective students. Much of w...

Per Justice Ginsburg today in Ortiz v. Jordan . Logical enough...but will this encourage courts to deny summary judgment in order to avoid a...

Monterey College of Law gives iPads to all faculty and students . And all I got for my 160K was a piece of paper with my name on it.

From an international perspective .

Abandoning its pre- Grutter v. Bollinger precedent .

Only if they're from Yale .

10 Memorable Quotes From Dr. King.

1. More talk on the constitutionality of the Health Care bill. The House will vote this week on whether to repeal it . [ WSJ ] 2. Natural al...

I recently wrote about the move True Grit and some themes the movie touched on about the rule of law. Other legal commentators have been d...