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Public Access
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Land Use Prof Blog
Field notes on navigating a POPO
This weekend, my family and I rented a wonderful home in a mountain town of the great Northwest. In the notes for the house was the following unusual invitation:In other…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Chief Justice promises fully electronic SCOTUS by 2016 in his 2014 year-end report
Main January 1, 2015Chief Justice promises fully electronic SCOTUS by 2016 in his 2014 year-end reportAs reported here by Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSbog, the US Supreme Court "is moving toward…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Arbitration procedure to make a comeback
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
At a speech before the Delaware Bench and Bar Conference, Chief Justice Strine raised the possibility that Delaware would revisit its Chancery Arbitration Program:"Regrettably, a federal court in Philadelphia issued…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Interesting Source Documents re: 501(c)(4) application for exemption
One of the few beneficial effects of the faux scandal regarding the IRS' treatment of 501(c)(4) entities is likely to be public access to lots of stuff that would otherwise…
inversecondemnation.com
The Fences Of Madison County: No Judicial Taking
No, not that Madison County, but rather Madison County, Montana. In Public Lands Access Ass'n v. Bd of County Commissioners of Madison County, No. DA 12-0312 (Jan. 16, 2014), the Montana…
M & A Law Prof Blog
The Three Amigos
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
I just finished reading the three amici filed in support Delaware's petition for writ of cert. The three letters were written by a group of law firms, the Business Rountable,…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Third Circuit Finds Delaware Chancery’s Arbitration Program Unconstitutional
By William M. Regan, Tenley Mochizuki
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently affirmed an injunction against the Delaware Court of Chancery’s arbitration program, finding that the confidential proceedings…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
More Federal Courts’ Opinions Available on Federal Digital System
From The Third Branch News: A project providing free online access to federal court opinions has expanded to include 64 courts. The federal Judiciary and the Government Printing Office partner…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Access to the Courts Includes Arbitration Proceedings, Divided Third Circuit Panel Holds
The First Amendment includes a right of public (and press) access to trials. But what is a "trial"? Or, as the Third Circuit considered in its opinion in Delaware Coalition…
PropertyProf Blog
Georgia Makes Property Claim Over Its State Statutes
By propertyprof
Greg Lambert highlights this move by the state of Georgia:If you haven't read this latest act of attempting to control state statutes (and probably insure that that juicy little Lexis…