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When you think of Tom Wolfe’s “The Right Stuff,” test pilots and astronauts immediately come to mind. Aviators who risked their lives testing new technology that went higher and faster than anything else that could fly. The pilots who flew the X planes of the 1940s to 1960s built the future we have today. Simply put, without the Space Program, we would not have had the Computer Era of the 1970s. Without the innovations of the 1970s, we would not have social networks and smartphones of today. Lawyers and Judges do not come to mind when you say “test pilot.”
Bow Tie Law's Blog
Consider this opinion , in which Judges Suarez and Shepherd disagree about whether Ocean Reef Club has worker's comp immunity when it failed to report the workplace injury to its worker's comp carrier: Wilczewski and Leon worked at a beauty salon owned by Ocean Reef. Wilczewski was employed as a hairstylist and Leon as a nail technician.
South Florida Lawyers
Today at the monthly HSBA Litigation Section meeting, the Section's Chair Mr. Elijah Yip of Cades Schutte gave a presentation titled "Use and Discovery of Social Media Evidence." Mr.
Record on Appeal
With all the news this week surrounding the 100th anniversary of the sailing (and, of course, sinking) of the RMS Titanic in April 1912, I’m sure everyone has read or seen at least something related to this event. However, if you really want to learn about the disaster from different perspectives and get a sense about some of the historical materials available, you don’t need to look further than the Library of Congress Blog and other Library blogs that have published posts about the Titanic: In The Muse (performing arts), Picture This (prints and photographs), From the Catbird Seat (poetry and literature), and Teaching with the Library of Congress . Of course, we here at In Custodia Legis think that the legal angle is particularly interesting!
In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress
Notations on Non-profits
Good Morning! Isn’t it a perfect day to be thinking about your board obligations? …..Well, I think so. And it got me to thinking about a presentation I did not to long ago, with a great group, on the obligations and responsibilities of board members.
Investment Fund Law Blog : Legal News Updates for Investment Fund Managers & Investors : Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
The Form PF (PF is short for “private funds”) is a new form that focuses mainly on private fund reporting with regard to information such as counterparty dealings, leverage, and investment exposure. A “private fund” under the Form PF refers to any issuer that would be an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, if not for the exemptions provided by Sections 3(c)1 or 3(c)7 of that Act. Under some circumstances, non-“private funds” such as money market funds registered with the SEC may be required to report on the Form, in addition to “private funds.” 2. Do investment advisers need to file the Form PF?
Congressional Hearings back to 1927 are now included in the U.S. Congressional Documents Collection on HeinOnline (click here for more info). Very nice if you have a subscription. I added that to the “Online Databases” section of the Congressional Hearings entry. As you probably know, GPO Access was scheduled to be replaced by FDsys , and the GPO pulled the plug on Friday. I removed all the remaining links to GPO Access from the Guide except for links to the e-CFR , which for now is still working at http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/ .
The ZRG Blog | Reporting on changes to Zimmerman's Research Guide
Sexual assaults are the most under-reported crimes in America. Kudos to the survivors who are speaking out about it for the first time on Twitter. Check out the hashtag #ididnotreport to view survivors who’ve posted (in 140 characters or less) their experience with sexual assault or street harassment that they didn’t report.
The Prime-Time Crime Review
Here is the obligatory stuff for people who take the words of others far too seriously, too literally, too emotionally, or a little of each. The opinions expressed in this site represent only the opinions of the author(s) and are in no way intended as legal advice upon which you should rely. Every person's situation is different and requires an attorney to review the situation personally with you. They are opinions, and mine only.
Military Underdog
A new progressive group in central Oklahoma designed to “promote progressive ideals, issues and candidates” has named itself the “Brennan Society” in honor of Justice Brennan. There are plenty of legal lectures, awards and groups named after Justice Brennan but this was the first overtly political group that took him as their inspiration. So I contacted Tom Guild, one of the organizers, who helped found the group last September, to find out what prompted them to bestow this particular honor. “Justice Brennan is our role model,” Guild, a former University of Central Oklahoma political science professor, explained in an email. “He was able to put together coalitions on the court to promote one man, one vote, women’s rights, the right to privacy, racial integration, social justice and led the court in taking many other important steps forward … We intend to try to build on the progress that he achieved for our country. He is a progressive giant and a role model for our group.”
Justice Brennan
New Year’s Resolutions: SPOILERS! Ouij will get published, Josh will have more faith in people, and no more judges preemptively tell Laura she’s going to lose. Law geek iTems: When your firm dislikes you helping yourself to their SMTP server from outside the office, you’d best be prepared to board the iOS ship. Josh shares his top five iOS apps for law practice.
Legal Geekery — Law students, tech, gadgets
Competition for a share of the legal services market has never been greater. Most firms struggle to identify how best to use limited marketing and business development time and dollars. Too often firms use subjective criteria when making decisions. They do what they’ve always done without measuring return on investment.
Law Firm Transitions Blog
Typically, corporate bylaws provide that officers serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors. This right of removal is consonant with the notion that an officer’s relationship with the corporation is the subject of corporate law. However, another body of law can, and does, intrude. If Read more... Yesterday morning, the Little Hoover Commission voted to approve the Governor’s Reorganization Plan, subject to the members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly (Mark Vargas) and the Senate Rules Committee (Jonathan Shapiro) reaching agreement on unspecified language in the Commission’s report.
California Corporate & Securities Law
If you believe the hype, the next great wave of home printers is almost upon us. In just a few decades we’ve gone from dot matrix to inkjet to laser printers, increasing clarity and contrast with each step. But this new wave of printing has nothing to do with reproducing words or images in paper; instead, it’s known as “additive manufacturing” or 3-D printing. With a 3-D printer, you can scan or feed in a CAD drawing of an item, kick back, and watch your printer build up the object layer-by-layer. The initial wave of 3-D printers mainly produces objects with plastics or polymer as the raw material. You can see the benefits for manufacturers.