... review and defend the source code in DWI cases. The Intoxilyzer 5000EN is the most common tool used by law enforcement agencies in Minnesota to test motorists' blood alcohol content or BAC. DWI defense lawyers across the country have ... a false reading could be enough to convict a motorist of drunk driving when actually they had a BAC below the legal limit. This means the reliability of the equipment used for testing as well as the training given to the officers administering those test is critical ...
July 3, 2009 12:46 am
... . Taussig, a London barrister, has collected an outstanding collection of manuscripts and early printed books on English law. In his lecture, Taussig questioned traditional views about Sir William Blackstone, the English law professor and jurist who is ... light of those materials, Taussig reviewed Blackstone's work as a barrister and his transition from legal practice in London to a professorship of law at Oxford and then back again to the London Bar. In particular, Taussig scrutinized Blackstone's ...
July 2, 2009 06:16 am

Whither The Heeding Presumption?

(Drug and Device Law)
... the court in Rivera comes out and says it: "It is a firmly rooted part of Nevada law that the plaintiff in a strict product liability case bears the burden of proving all the elements ... plaintiffs trot this tired argument out in favor of abandoning any and all legal rules that can preclude recovery. Thus, there are lots of cases that, like Riley, ... California law), aff'd, 2007 WL 4418019 (Cal. App. Dec. 19, 2007) (unpublished). Elsewhere, courts have concluded that Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, New ...
July 2, 2009 05:18 am
... it’s over — and the lawyer who happened to win isn’t some brilliant legal genius or anything, just a guy with a good case and good facts. (Yeesh.) ... legal genius," but Perkins Coie's Marc Elias (Hamilton College, Duke Law) did win the case for his client, Al Franken. The win represents another nice ... from Politico, says Coleman lost partly because of the clarity of Minnesota's election law: "Minnesota election law was remarkably clear in spelling out the procedures for a recount in reviewing ballots ...
July 1, 2009 07:48 am
... A. Pollack (Temple Univ. - Political Science) & Gregory C. Shaffer (Univ. of Minnesota - Law) have published When Cooperation Fails: The International Law and Politics of Genetically Modified Foods (Oxford Univ. Press 2009). Here's ... bitter and intractable transatlantic and global conflicts, resisting efforts at negotiated resolution and resulting in a bitterly contested legal battle before the World Trade Organization. Professors Pollack and Shaffer investigate the obstacles to reconciling ...
July 1, 2009 03:34 am
... national banks to hand over info on their compliance with New York banking law. The Comptroller cited a statute that barred states from flexing "visitorial" muscles. The Court (per ... enable an overseeing authority -- such as a board of trustees or a state that breathes life into legal fictions like corporations -- to pry and fuss and vex the visitee even ... not so much. Our feed hopes you'll visit often. Bonus: The Minnesota Supreme Court poked Norm Coleman in the eye with a sharp stick. Unanimously ...
June 30, 2009 05:09 pm

Weidemaier Blogging With Us

(The Faculty Lounge)
... arbitrators generate and apply legal norms. Representative publications are available for download on the Social Science Research Network and the Berkeley Electronic Press. After receiving his J.D. from the University of Minnesota, Weidemaier clerked for the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He then practiced law in the complex commercial litigation group at Dechert LLP in Philadelphia and worked at the School of Government at the ...
June 30, 2009 03:11 pm
... , and may have had as few as 6 visitors. The plaintiff sued the worker, inter alia, under Minnesota's invasion of privacy common-law tort theory, which required her to prove: (1) a defendant gave "publicity" to a ... a public forum, such as a newspaper or newsletter, will constitute publicity, even where the forum has a small distribution. Id. Following this legal tradition, the court in the Yath case found that the number of people who viewed the MySpace web page was irrelevant, stating: "when the ...
June 30, 2009 01:22 pm
... dealt with a situation in which there were no established standards under state law for determining voter intent. In the Minnesota election, it added, there were clear statutory standards for accepting or rejecting absentee ballots. ... it was not suggesting that differences in application of state election standards "are inconsequential and need not be addressed." This legal contest, it added, may have brought about "inconsistencies" in handling absentee ballots, so "appropriate officials" can be ...
June 30, 2009 11:37 am

The Official Website of Meuser & Associates, P.A. is Live!

(Meuser " Associates, P.A., Minnesota Workers' Compensation Blog)
... ! Check out the new Meuser & Associates website! Our site has lots of great resources, including a Glossary of Legal Terms, a FAQ for Personal Injury, and a really comprehensive FAQ for Workers' Compensation. We also have a cool page featuring ... this one: For a free, no-obligation consultation with one of our attorneys, call us at 952-345-2052 or click here to send us an email. Visit Minnesota Workers' Compensation and Personal Injury Law Firm, Meuser & Associates, P.A., at MeuserLaw.com
June 30, 2009 10:46 am
... processes in Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq is undertaken, to analyse and understand the influence of the international legal framework and the different approaches on the implementation of the mandates. Finally, the book concludes with an analysis of questions on exit strategies, ... out that when judges overturn laws that enforce popular norms they thwart the will of the majority. But Dow argues that so-called activist judges uphold two other American legal values that are as deeply ...
June 29, 2009 05:54 am
... get CLE credits and market oneself at the same time is to teach CLEs. In Minnesota, presenters can receive credit for the time spent preparing the seminar, plus the organizers ... years after I graduated from law school, long before I really knew anything. I spend a lot of time talking with CLE providers (particularly Minnesota CLE) and coming ... cause or for their own marketing purposes. Volunteer for bar committees or pro bono legal clinics or the like, and CLE opportunities may come along. Get glib ...
June 29, 2009 05:41 am
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June 27, 2009 04:30 am
At its annual meeting last week, the Minnesota State Bar Association's Administrative Law Section announced a program under which it is trading good ideas for complimentary admission to an upcoming Continuing Legal Education program sponsored by the Section. If your idea for a CLE program on administrative law is chosen by the Section Council, you and a colleague will receive complimentary admission to that CLE. So send in your ideas for a ...
June 26, 2009 01:53 pm
... this blog entry. The importance and usefulness of Twitter as a method for marketing legal services is hotly contested as of this writing. In May, 2009, Larry Bodine, a respected law firm marketing expert, articulated the case against Twitter in his article, ... immediate detractors and many quickly stood up to defend Twitter including, Peter H. Berge,Web education director of Minnesota CLE, who wrote Response to Larry Bodine on Twitter. A well reasoned point by point analysis of Bodine's article ...
June 26, 2009 07:45 am
... . Prentiss Cox, ed. Consumer fraud and deceptive trade practice regulation in Minnesota. 2nd ed. St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, c2009. Call number: KF209 .M54x 2009 no.43 Publisher's ... tradition. This book works to make terminology and ways of thinking accessible. This dictionary covers topics from 'the autonomy of law' to the 'will theory of rights', from 'autopoiesis' to 'wealth maximization', and from 'John Austin' to 'Ludwig Wittgenstein'. The most important concepts ...
June 26, 2009 05:55 am

Subscribe Now for My First Ever Newsletter!

(Jennifer R. Lewis Kannegieter, Attorney at Law Blog)
... I hope to be a quarterly(ish) newsletter. I will provide news and information on family law, estate planning, and other Minnesota legal issues, as well as information (and special offers) on my services. I would hate to spam anyone, so if you are interested in checking out the ... any time, my feelings won't be hurt). You won't want to miss the very first newsletter. Please click here to subscribe to the Jennifer R. Lewis Kannegieter, Attorney at Law Newsletter
June 25, 2009 07:09 pm

Collaborative Divorce Links

(Sam Hasler's Indiana Divorce " Family Law Blog)
... Trainings LLCInformation about the collaborative divorce process. www.collaborativedivorce.com/ - 5k - Cached - Similar pages The Collaborative Law Institute of MinnesotaCreating and practicing collaborative non-adversarial strategies to help clients in ... pages Cincinnati Academy of Collaborative ProfessionalsProvides clients with specially trained lawyers committed to resolving legal problems through an efficient, mutually agreeable out of court settlement. www.collaborativelaw.com/ - 11k - ...
June 25, 2009 09:13 am
Mark Cohen, editor-in-chief of Minnesota Lawyer, interviewed the deans of the four law schools in the state. Many of their thoughts relate to the US, not just Minnesota. Topics: Law schools and the great recession Law deans speak on rising student debtloads Deans discuss the number of law schools, lawyers in MN Local law deans on the U.S. News & World Report rankings Peering into the future of legal education Click to watch the 5 videos (MinnLawyer Blog).
June 25, 2009 07:36 am
... said, it could also criminalize attorneys for advising their clients to take on perfectly legal debt, such as taking out a low-interest-rate loan to pay off ... lawyer bringing the challenge, Robert Milavetz of Minnesota, would also like to challenge a provision of the bankruptcy law that requires bankruptcy law firms to advertise themselves as "debt relief ... you might imagine, our Downey bankruptcy lawyers agree strongly that federal law should not restrict our ability to give our clients advice that's ...
June 25, 2009 07:21 am
 
 

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