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What do you do if you’re called the most litigious person in history? Sue, of course. Or if you’re among the most arrested, you tell the judge after your 152nd arrest (now 153), “I don’t need a lawyer. I’ve been in this court more than you have.” (Via.) In the “we need a law for […] I do a lot of book reviews, both here and for Blogcritics. I get some of the books free, whether from the publisher, author or a publicist. Evidently, that now may subject me to regulation by the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC is considering changes in federal regulations regarding the “use of endorsements and testimonials […] Think the recent news about jurors using Twitter and Google during trials is limited to more populated areas? Think again. Next week the South Dakota Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case where a new trial was granted because of a juror’s use of Google before the trial even started. The case involves a […] Access to public records is in the news. Whether it’s via a presidential memorandum or legislation working its way through the South Dakota Legislature, the trend is to create a presumption that records are open. Yet even before those actions, an individual in California took making federal court records publicly available to a new level. […] The question of whether bloggers are journalists is raised indirectly by differences in legislation introduced this month in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate to provide certain legal protections to journalists. Both bills call themselves the Free Flow of Information Act and seek to create a federal “shield law.” Broadly speaking, shield laws protect […] |
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