I used to have a (semi-crazy) uncle who typically began conversations with lame jokes or bad riddles. This sounds like one he might have used had he lived long enough: What do Thomas Jefferson, a moose, and cyberspace have in common? The answer to that question can be found in a new book, In Search ...

Here are the latest two lawsuits against Ezri Namvar: Case Type: Othr Breach Contr/Warr-not Fraud (General Jurisdiction) Case#: BC404163 CASE NAME: KAYVAN AFRAMIAN VS NAMCO CAPITAL GROUP INC ET AL Parties: AFRAMIAN KAYVAN - PL/PET,DOES 1 THROUGH 50 - Def/Res,NAMCO - Def/Res’s DBA,NAMCO CAPITAL...

Jonathan Adler points to Jon O. McGinnis's review of Erwin Chemerinsky's new book "Enhancing Government: Federalism for the 21st Century. The book sketches out the liberal position on the various federalism issues, and this is the position that — McGinnis aptly asserts — you can expect Obama-app...

According to this posting, Feivel Paul Mendlowitz is the blogger UnOrthodox Jew – the bane of the Orthodox rabbinic establishment. Case Type: Othr Breach Contr/Warr-not Fraud (General Jurisdiction) Case#: BC393702 CASE NAME: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION VS FEIVEL PAUL MENDLOWI Par...

Case Type: Premises Liablty (e.g. slip & fall (General Jurisdiction)  Case#: LC081927  CASE NAME: BARRY SACKS VS MOSHE A. KAGAN,ETC.  Parties: BACK EAST BAKERY - Defendant’s DBA,DOES 1 TO 30 - Defendant,DOWLING JAMES BERNARD - Attorney-Plaintiff,KAGAN MOSHE A. - Defendant,SA...

This is a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court: Case Type: Other Promissory Note/Collections (General Jurisdiction) Case#: SC098384 Parties: BURK EILEEN - Defendant,BURK YAKKOV - Defendant,RALBAG ARI - Plaintiff,RALBAG ARI - Plaintiff & Plaintiff In Pro Per Attorneys: Date Filed: 05/28/2008 I f...

By Scott Dodson [*] [download pdf] It seems that few are pleased with the Court’s recent decision in Bowles v. Russell, in which the Court held the time limit for filing a notice of appeal to be jurisdictional and therefore not susceptible to the unique circumstances doctrine. [1]   As I wrot...

By Howard M. Wasserman [*] [download pdf] In his outstanding article, In Search of Removal Jurisdiction, [1]   Professor Scott Dodson delineates the appropriate boundaries between rules of subject matter jurisdiction and rules of judicial procedure in the context of removal time limits, and arg...

Evans v. Thompson,  No. 07-1014.  The First Circuit takes a position on AEDPA: That it is constitutional in terms of the ways it limits a District Court’s ability to interpret the constitution.  I can’t say I am surprised. I am a little bemused at the logic it relies on: because â...

Senator Clinton says in today’s WSJ: Throughout my campaign, I have been listening to the voices of people across America. I met one man who told me, "I don't know what I did wrong. I got my education and I worked hard. I've been at the same company for 12 years now, but I've just been asked ...