Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, said whoever leaked the classified material on Afghanistan to WikiLeaks should be praised for his courage. Read the rest of the story…

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories In an apparent effort to extend the frontiers of defamation law where cyberbullying is concerned, a New York law firm sued four former classmates of an Oceanside High School student and their parents seeking $6 million in compensatory and punitive damages for an alleged vicious Facebook onslaught under the guise… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories In an apparent effort to extend the frontiers of defamation law where cyberbullying is concerned, a New York law firm sued four former classmates of an Oceanside High School student and their parents seeking $6 million in compensatory and punitive damages for an alleged vicious Facebook onslaught under the guise… [Continue Reading]

Source: SettlementBoard.com Part of evaluating whether Chapter 7 bankruptcy can help you resolve financial problems is understanding what debts can be cleared and cannot be cleared by filing this type of bankruptcy. Debts that can be cleared For the most part, Charlotte chapter 7 allows you to discharge unsecured debt.  Unsecured debt is debt that… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com Will charges be filed against anyone involved with WikiLeak’s publication of classified military documents from the war in Afghanistan? Legal scholars have their doubts. Read the rest of the story…

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories In theory, citizens have a constitutional right to take photographs in public places, under most circumstances. In practice, in a post-Sept. 11, 2001 world, doing so may well get you questioned by police if your subject is a public building or police themselves. And if you assert your rights, the… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories In theory, citizens have a constitutional right to take photographs in public places, under most circumstances. In practice, in a post-Sept. 11, 2001 world, doing so may well get you questioned by police if your subject is a public building or police themselves. And if you assert your rights, the… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com One of the military investigators’ first stops is the computers used by Bradley Manning, a U.S. Army intelligence analyst charged this month with leaking classified information, to see if he is the source of the leaks. Read the rest of the story…

Source: China Law Blog The other day, in a post entitled, “Why United States Lawsuits Against Chinese Companies Are Trending Up. Just Follow The Money,” I talked of how U.S. lawsuits against Chinese companies are rapidly increasing. That post posits various reasons why this is the case, focusing mostly on increased US-China trade and on… [Continue Reading]

Source: Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog Today marks the start of the second week of the Summer Session in International and Comparative Law in Giessen Germany.  Pictured at the top of this post is the “castle,” the building where my class in International Criminal Law meets.  Inside this charming old exterior are some of… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles The U.S. Labor Department has released its general views about the meaning of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s new lactation-break requirement that was the subject of our April 1, 2010 post. You will recall that FLSA-covered employers must now grant breaktime to a worker for the purpose of expressing… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles The U.S. Labor Department has released its general views about the meaning of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s new lactation-break requirement that was the subject of our April 1, 2010 post. You will recall that FLSA-covered employers must now grant breaktime to a worker for the purpose of expressing… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a nursing home’s policy of complying with patients’ wishes to be treated only by white health care workers can form the basis of a racially hostile work environment for non-white employees. Read the rest of the story…

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a nursing home’s policy of complying with patients’ wishes to be treated only by white health care workers can form the basis of a racially hostile work environment for non-white employees. Read the rest of the story…

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles President Obama continues his support of big labor with a first of its kind mandatory employer posting requirement designed to advise employees how to form or affiliate with a labor union. If you are a federal contractor or subcontractor – or are thinking about becoming one – you will want… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles President Obama continues his support of big labor with a first of its kind mandatory employer posting requirement designed to advise employees how to form or affiliate with a labor union. If you are a federal contractor or subcontractor – or are thinking about becoming one – you will want… [Continue Reading]