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Public Access
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LawSites
Site offers Better Access to Federal Rulemaking
For any lawyer who follows or participates in federal rulemaking, the U.S. government's launch a few years ago of Regulations.gov was a great leap forward. Finally, from a single site,…
Land Use Prof Blog
Battle for the Beach: Property Rights and the Open Beaches Act
Public access rights to privately-owned beachfront property has been a contentious land use issue for decades. I mentioned that on Election Day, on my ballot was not just the mayoral…
Insurance Defense Blog
Recap of Pacer — what’s the point?
I read about Recap, and of course immediately downloaded it to try it out. In case you haven't heard, it is the Firefox plug-in that comes alive when you use…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Open to the public: U.S. Supreme Court should allow broadcast of oral arguments”
Main July 7, 2009"Open to the public: U.S. Supreme Court should allow broadcast of oral arguments" The title of this post is the headline of this editorial from my local…
inversecondemnation.com
Fifth Circuit: Fourth Amendment Seizure Of Beachfront Land Claim Not Subject To Williamson County Ripeness
A very interesting decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Severance v. Patterson, No. 07-20409 (Apr. 23, 2009). While much of the commentary about the…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Senator Joe Lieberman hops on the Malamud bandwagon.
By legalwriting
Wired is reporting today that Senator Joe Lieberman is annoyed by the fact that the public doesn't yet have free access to many public documents available through the Public Access…
LawSites
A Win in Oregon for Public Access
Efforts by Justia and Public.Resource.Org to overturn Oregon's claim of copyright in its statutes paid off today. Oregon's Legislative Counsel Committee met this morning and voted unanimously to put the…
inversecondemnation.com
Shoreline Boundaries And Shoreline Setbacks
My colleague Mark Murakami posted a link to a recent newspaper article about lateral beach access; that article spurred the Star-Bulletin editorial "State upholding public policy in Kahala beach access…
The Trademark Blog
“A Quest To Get More Court Rulings, Online and Free”
NY Times: "A Quest to Get More Court Rulings Online, and Free" "The domination of two legal research services over the publication of federal and state court decisions is being…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Coastal Commission Can’t Deny Permit Because of “Potential” Prescriptive Public Access Rights
LT-WR, L.L.C. v. California Coastal Commission et al, No. B187666 (Cal. Ct. App., 2d Dist. May 25, 2007) By Jeffrey W. Forrest The Second District Court of Appeal of California…