Wired, December 11, 2009 by Priya Ganapati
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/diy-book-scanner/
If you scan a book that you have already purchased, it is “fine, and fair use,” she says. “Personal-use copying should be deemed to be fair, unless there is a demonstrable showing of harm to the market for the copyright at work,” says Samuelson.
Inside EPA, December 11, 2009 by John Heltman
http://insideepa.com/ (requires registration; go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips for article)
“If it decides to revisit the regulations, EPA should do so with an eye to advancing the goals of the Clean Water Act, not just because industry finds the current situation inconvenient,” she wrote.
The New York Times, December 11, 2009 by Catherine Rampell
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/business/11vat.html?_r=1
“What really is the difference between prepared food versus nonprepared food?” said Alan J. Auerbach…. “You start having to split hairs, and that can become quite complicated.”
San Francisco Chronicle, December 9, 2009 by Nancy Skinner and Ethan Elkind
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/09/ED2U1B0MM8.DTL&type=printable
There are prime locations in our cities and developed areas that have significant potential for renewable power generation. These include rooftops of large buildings and the land along our highways, as well as the canals, pipelines and other infrastructure that make up the California aqueduct.
Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2009 by Carol J. Williams
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deathpenalty9-2009dec09,0,3074571.story
“It’s the historic problem with execution procedures, that they have always been conducted in secret,” said Semel, whose clinic offers opportunities for students to represent prisoners with capital sentences.
Publishers Weekly, December 7, 2009 by Andrew Richard Albanese
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6710195.html
Samuelson’s criticism captures the conflict at the heart of this deal: should the parties be allowed to possibly bend the law because of the settlement’s potential cultural benefits? No, Samuelson insists. “Arguments that the settlement is in the public interest should be directed to Congress, not the courts,” she writes. “The GBS class action settlement would set a dangerous precedent and undermine democratic values.”
ABC News, December 7, 2009 by Arianna De Vogue and Dennis Powell
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=9269780
Alper still sees problems with the system. “Ohio still hasn’t solved the problem of IV access, and given Ohio’s difficulty in accessing inmates’ veins that remains a serious concern. Our main concern is that if they can’t establish IV access then they have to use the back up plan which is a complete unknown.”
Contra Costa Times, December 6, 2009 by Mike Taugher
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_13936872
“It has been a bottom-up, state and local government-led effort,” said Richard Frank…. In a state already struggling financially and politically, the progress in California on climate protection “is a very encouraging bright light in an otherwise dark scene,” Frank said.
The New York Times, December 6, 2009 by Matt Richtel
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/technology/07distracted-side.html?_r=2
“This is a compelling type of legal claim,” said Kenneth A. Bamberger, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. “It deals with the widespread use of a product we now know is involved in significant risk and deals with the ultimate question of who should contribute in minimizing the risk.”
San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 2009 by Susan Gluss
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/05/EDJ01AV5BS.DTL
Was it too much to hope that the president would choose to rebuild our country and reject a culture of war?