After hibernating for a couple of months, Detours and Frolics is back with a collection of SCOTUS-heavy legal news and items of interest from the past week or so: When Ted Cruz clerked for Chief Justice Rehnquist (NY Times) Robots are doing a pretty good job of figuring out who authors per curiam SCOTUS opinions…
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This spring, a handful of the JMLS librarians will be teaching Advanced Legal Research. Taught by some of our very own legal research experts, this course will cover topics well beyond what you learned in LS I and LS II. In this 14-week course, you will discover a world of resources that will prepare you for…
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As the days get shorter and exams loom, let us now warm our brains at the hearth of recent legal news and miscellany: “Massive hack of 70 million prisoner phone calls indicates violations of attorney-client privilege” (The Intercept) The New York AG shut down FanDuel and DraftKings in the state (Deadspin) A man accused of…
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A lot of things happened in the legal world last week. Here are some of them (plus some prison ramen): President Obama rejected construction of the Keystone pipeline (NY Times) A big week in marijuana: the Mexican Supreme Court decided that smoking pot is a basic human right, while Ohio voters rejected a bid to…
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After being stranded in Austin on Monday, Detours and Frolics is back with your weekly selection of legal news and items of interest: The Librarian of Congress permitted some new exemptions to jailbreaking rules under the DMCA (Boing Boing) The EU took a step toward granting Edward Snowden asylum (Wired) China will allow couples to…
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Happy Hallow-week! This D&F is only spooky if you’re a fan of really strong IP rights, so don’t worry about nightmares from reading on: The Second Circuit decided a major fair use case in favor of Google Books (The Atlantic) In a follow up to a couple of weeks ago, Jay-Z scored a victory in…
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As fall falls and we hit the middle of the semester, take a break from your studies with some unintentionally California-centric legal news and miscellany: Under new sentencing guidelines, 6,000 federal prisoners will be released at the beginning of November (The Atlantic) California governor Jerry Brown signed right-to-die legislation (NPR) The 9th Circuit ruled that…
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The beginning of the week, you say? That means it’s time for some law news: The 9th Circuit issued a ruling that opens the door for paying college athletes – though it doesn’t go as far as the players would like (SCOTUSblog) Last Friday marked the anniversary of Thurgood Marshall’s swearing-in to the Supreme Court…
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This week’s D&F covers some things that you’ve almost certainly heard about, and some things that you more than likely have not: For instance, you probably heard that VW is in a heap of trouble after cheating emissions tests (The Atlantic), and that the copyright on “Happy Birthday” has been held invalid (Al Jazeera). But…
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Well, the semester certainly is rolling along at this point. Here’s some legal news and items of interest for a little palate cleanser: It’s been 10 years since John Roberts became chief justice. Where does the time go? Here’s a retrospective of the Supreme Court in the last decade (Constitutional Accountability Center) Some reflections on…
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