Ignorantia Juris

Oregon claims that their laws are copyrighted, so you best not publish them (BoingBoing).

Conservative judges seem to be the “activist,” disregarding precedent (Firedoglake).

Sneaking tort reform in (The Journal Record, via the PopTort).

Philly DA says new gun controls laws are probably void, Police Commisioner says “[W]e will act as if this whole conversation with the D.A. just didn’t take place[.]”

Monster Cables, in addition to being overpriced, are occasionally litigious.  This is quite the response to their demand letter.  It opens with
Let me begin by stating, without equivocation, that I have no interest whatsoever in infringing upon any intellectual property belonging to Monster Cable.  Indeed, the less my customers think my products resemble Monster’s, the better.
Then it gets better.

The Selling of the Judiciary (NY Times).

I had included a link to a NY Times Op-Ed in a previous post about the need to drop restrictions on Legal Aid.  This is a compelling response.

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