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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

In parting meditation on pub gossip, Czech judge peels onion on privacy limits, judicial transparency

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Does GDPR pertain to pub buzz?, AG Bobek asks. ( Skeptics in the Pub Oslo (2015) by Dizzi90 CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Earlier this month, Czech judge ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

State constitutional law offers untapped potential to bolster advocacy in freedom of information

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The Vermont Supreme Court relied on the 1777 Vermont Constitution, as amended in 1786, to support access to information under the public rec...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Incarcerated persons have access to information in Massachusetts law, court confirms, but not in all states

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Image by Ichigo121212 from Pixabay A man imprisoned for murder has a right of access to public records no less than anyone else, the Mas...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Accidental deaths on nonpublic stairways threaten public transit with tort liability in London, Boston

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Canning Town Station in 2020 ( photo by Ewan Munro CC BY-SA 2.0 ) An English court last week exonerated the London Underground of liabili...
Thursday, October 7, 2021

RIP Russ Kick, eccentric FOIA champion

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With images obtained under the federal FOIA, Russ Kick's "Memory Hole" catalyzed conversation on the Iraq war. Now archived a...
Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Unregulated, 'Dark Waters' chemicals persist in cookware, clothing, sickening people, environment

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Comedian and social critic John Oliver's latest top story on HBO's Last Night concerned PFAS, the artificial chemical substances b...
Saturday, October 2, 2021

Sheriff FC tells two tales, because that's football, life

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Selfie, today (RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 ) The Sheriff Football Club from Tiraspol in Transnistria, Moldova, defeated western European...
Friday, October 1, 2021

Boston flag scrap heads to Washington

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Three flagpoles at Boston City Hall ( photo by Daderot CC0 1.0 ) A Boston First Amendment flag-flying case is Supreme Court bound. The cas...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Public-domain materials take legal education by storm; law librarians trace history from casebooks to 'OERs'

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OER Is Sharing by Giulia Forsythe ( CC0 1.0 ) Law librarians Emma Wood and Misty Peltz-Steele , my brilliant colleagues (and 50% my spous...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Scholar in torts, comparative law publishes book on Chinese law, article on slow WHO pandemic response

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Professor Chenglin Liu has completed two new and exciting projects of interest to lawyers and legal educators. A torts professor on the fac...