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On the link between murder rates and violent crime trends: What happens when there isn't one?November 23, 2020 at 11:13 PM Murder rates are up this year in Texas' big cities and across the country, but other (much more common) types of violent crime remain down. Grits has puzzled over this trend. We usually think of murders as a subset of violent crime - the outliers with worst-case outcomes. Criminologists frequently treat murders as a proxy for other violent crime that may be less well documented. (Rapes or robberies may go unreported, but it's harder to hide dead bodies.) This year, though, those traditional cor...Tags: New York, Texas, Law, Chicago, New York Times, Philadelphia, Houston, Ny Times, Gritsforbreakfast, Jeff Asher, Ben Horvitz, Houston Chronicle Homicide 38 people like this. Like Lower Texas prison population numbers stem from declining arrestsNovember 23, 2020 at 11:13 PM  Tags: Texas, Law, Gritsforbreakfast, TDCJ, LBB, Texas Legislative Budget Board, Lower Texas 52 people like this. Like At the Only-You Café...November 23, 2020 at 6:43 PM  Tags: Photography, Law, Masks, Signs, Ann Althouse 76 people like this. Like "The brain is not for thinking."November 23, 2020 at 6:33 PM It's a podcast. Topics: "Biden is boring, Biden and the media, Washingtonians want to party again, Trump’s failing fight, the brain isn’t for thinking, Tom Cotton for President, and the 'Floor Frame' sculpture in the Rose Garden." It would be nice if you'd subscribe to the podcast. You can find it at Spotify — here — at Google — here — at Pocket Casts — here — at iTunes — here — or at Radio Public — here. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]Tags: Google, Podcast, Law, Biden, Trump, Tom Cotton, Rose Garden, Ann Althouse 11 people like this. Like "Melania Trump on Friday announced that a work by the sculptor Isamu Noguchi would be installed in the White House Rose Garden..."November 23, 2020 at 6:25 PM "... a gift to the national collection that would be the first work by an Asian-American artist to be included in it. The sculpture, Noguchi’s 1962 'Floor Frame,' highlights 'the beautiful contributions of Asian-American artists to the landscape of our country,' Ms. Trump said in a statement." The NYT reports. Noguchi is a highly respected sculptor — one of the greats, recognized for many decades. It's weird to see him talked about as if he's mostly a representative of a mass — "Asian-America...Tags: New York, Law, Sculpture, Nyt, Wwii, Propaganda, Trump, Melania Trump, Isamu Noguchi, White House Rose Garden, Ann Althouse, Noguchi, Racial Politics, Trump And The Military, Destruction Of Art 25 people like this. Like A Lot Of Rudy Today — See AlsoNovember 23, 2020 at 6:18 PM Oh Yeah, My Christmas Bonus, How Silly Of Me: Let the annual bonus season begin!
I'm Beginning To Think That [Rudy] Was Not The Brilliant Tactician I Thought He Was: Giuliani takes his talents to the Third Circuit.
What Could Be More Exciting Than The Savage Ballet That Is Pro Football?: How to explain Trump's appellate strategy to non-lawyers.
It Was Probably Just A Wallaby: That's actually the new associate.Tags: Law, Rudy, Giuliani, Trump, See Also 48 people like this. Like What to Pack For A Deer Hunting TripNovember 23, 2020 at 6:59 PM  Tags: Equipment, Hunting, Deer Hunting, Orange Vest 124 people like this. Like For Better or Worse: A time for FamilyNovember 23, 2020 at 4:58 PM  Tags: Google, Law, Patent, Fed, Fla, Ritchie, Teller, Egbert, Shafer, Lippmann, FRAND, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Brown Instrument Co, Gen Elec Co, SimpleAir Inc, Minnesota Min Mfg Co 123 people like this. Like Another glimpse into the shadow docketNovember 23, 2020 at 5:28 PM  Tags: Featured, Supreme Court, Law, Amy Howe, Arnold Porter, John Elwood, Supreme Court Practice, SCOTUStalk, Symposium on the Supreme Court's "shadow docket, Acast Post 87 people like this. Like Before The ‘Elite Strike Force,’ Rudy Giuliani Did Some Black Ops WorkNovember 23, 2020 at 5:44 PM Rudy was ready for his close-up in 2014.Tags: Video Games, Law, Government, Rudy, First Amendment, Rudy Giuliani, Trivia Question of the Day 22 people like this. Like First Major Biglaw Firm Matches The 2020 Cravath Bonus ScaleNovember 23, 2020 at 5:39 PM It's bonus time at this leading law firm!Tags: Money, Law, Bonuses, Biglaw, Paul Weiss, Associate Bonus Watch 2020 17 people like this. Like The Or-Ackman Of 11th Avenue Accepting Charity Lunch OffersNovember 23, 2020 at 5:17 PM The torch has been passed to a new generation, and at a steep discount.Tags: Law, Finance 19 people like this. Like Cravath Bonuses Are Here!November 23, 2020 at 4:50 PM Good news! Cravath has spoken on 2020 bonuses.Tags: Money, Law, Bonuses, Biglaw, Cravath, Associate Bonus Watch 2020, Cravath Bonuses Are Here 29 people like this. Like The 3 Keys To In-House CounselNovember 23, 2020 at 4:48 PM A few fundamental concepts did not test positive for anything but longevity.Tags: Law, In-House Counsel, Olga V. Mack 10 people like this. Like Find A Whitetail Deer Hunting LeaseNovember 23, 2020 at 3:35 PM  Tags: Hunting, Deer Hunting, Whitetail Deer Hunting Lease, Whitetail Deer Hunting Lease There, Hunting Lease Insurance 107 people like this. Like The 11th Circuit Was Right To Strike Down Bans On Conversion Therapy, But It Also Exposed A Great HypocrisyNovember 23, 2020 at 3:46 PM Conversion therapy is based on bigoted religious metaphysics, and it can be heartbreakingly harmful, but government compelling or restricting doctor speech also plainly violates the First Amendment.Tags: Law, Constitutional Law, Tyler Broker 8 people like this. Like Vaccine results bring us a step closer to ending Covid, says Oxford scientistNovember 23, 2020 at 3:33 PM Latest breakthrough comes as PM says he hopes most at-risk could be immunised by EasterCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe world is moving a step closer to ending the coronavirus pandemic, the scientist behind Britain’s first vaccine has declared, as Boris Johnson said he hoped the majority of those most at-risk could be immunised by Easter.Successful trial results for the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine, suggesting it could protect up to 90% of people, are the ...Tags: Health, Politics, Science, Society, UK News, Medical Research, Britain, Oxford, Health policy, Astrazeneca, Pharmaceuticals industry, Boris Johnson, Vaccines and immunisation, University of Oxford, Coronavirus, COVID 42 people like this. Like COVID Bonus Promises And Caviar Dreams At Magic Circle FirmNovember 23, 2020 at 2:44 PM Some bonus news is better than no bonus news.Tags: Money, Law, Clifford Chance, Bonuses, Biglaw, COVID-19, Associate Bonus Watch 2020 26 people like this. Like Law Firm Hires Wallaby As Its New ‘Junior Associate’November 23, 2020 at 2:14 PM 'We interviewed him, and we thought he'd be a perfect fit for our law firm.'Tags: Law, Small Law Firms, Tweet Of The Day, Animal Law 36 people like this. Like Why Most Law Firms Suck At Intake And How Yours Can Do Better [Sponsored]November 23, 2020 at 1:43 PM Join us on December 2nd to improve client intake and learn how your law firm can convert marketing budgets into conversions.Tags: Technology, Law, Sponsored Content, Small Law Firms, Alert Communications 42 people like this. Like Reviewing Criminal Justice Unity Task Force Recommendations: a new series to welcome a new PresidentNovember 23, 2020 at 1:01 PM Since the 2020 federal election results became clear a few weeks ago, I have already blogged a bit (here and here) about some of the the notable criminal justice reform recommendations [available here pp. 56-62] from the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force (first discussed here). With Prez-elect Biden now starting to announce his planned cabinet appointments, I have decided it is now time to start a new series of posts that spotlight and amplify some recommendations from the Criminal Justice Unity ...Tags: Law, Congress, Joe Biden, Commission, Biden, USSC, Prez, Douglas A Berman, U S Sentencing Commission, US Sentencing Commission, Biden Administration, Biden Sanders Unity Task Force, Criminal Justice Unity Task Force, Biden Adminstraton, Criminal Justice Unity Task Force CJUTF 5 people like this. Like "For the last four years, the tone from the White House was contemptuous of Washington, dismissing the permanent establishment..."November 23, 2020 at 12:51 PM "... the longtime politicians and former administration officials who call it home — as the 'swamp' or 'deep state.' The social arbiters, traditionally respectful of a new administration, quickly found themselves between a Trump and a hard place: To invite or not to invite?.... Trump went to a handful of galas but his attendance — even the prospect of it — often brought controversy and protests.... Without Trump, the White House correspondents’ dinner — typically a night of mutual good will betw...Tags: Law, Washington, White House, Biden, Trump, WaPo, Roxanne Roberts, Festivities, Ann Althouse, Wilbur Ross, Trump and the press, Without Trump the White House, Gridiron Ford, WaPo Another 9 people like this. Like With COVID-19 Out Of Control, Working From Home Is Still All The Rage In BiglawNovember 23, 2020 at 12:42 PM Do you really need to be in the office to get work done? Most firms don't think so.Tags: Work From Home, Law, Biglaw, COVID-19 44 people like this. Like Remand with GuidanceNovember 23, 2020 at 12:18 PM Network-1 Techs., Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co. (Fed. Cir. Nov. 20, 2020) (modified opinion) (US6218930 – providing power via ethernet cable)
This case has gone back-and-forth several times. Here are a few highlights:
PTAB instituted IPR on likelihood of invalidity, but then concluded the claims were not proven invalid.
Later, in the infringement lawsuit, jury found the claims invalid.
Judge Schroeder (E.D.Tex.) rejected the jury verdict – holding that HP was estopped from challenging validity u...Tags: Law, Patent, Moss, Schroeder, Federal Circuit, Princip, Fed R Civ Pro R, JMOL, Schroeder E D Tex, Techs Inc, Hewlett Packard Co Fed Cir, District Court Note 14 people like this. Like If Biden’s Incapacitated, Harris Succeeds, Which Could Cause Utter GridlockNovember 23, 2020 at 12:12 PM My little thought experiment reveals just how nervous I am about partisanship in America.Tags: Law, Government, Joe Biden, Biden, Kamala Harris, Mark Herrmann 12 people like this. Like Latest Gallup poll indicates "U.S. Support for Death Penalty Holds Above Majority Level"November 23, 2020 at 11:46 AM Tags: Law, Gallup, U S Supreme Court, Douglas A Berman 53 people like this. Like Shamima Begum still a national security threat, UK supreme court toldNovember 23, 2020 at 11:51 AM MI5 assessments read out at start of appeal over revoking of Isis recruit’s citizenshipShamima Begum, who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria, remains a serious threat to national security and should be deprived of her UK citizenship, the supreme court has been told.Extracts of MI5 assessments of the dangers posed by the return of those who joined Isis were read out on Monday at the start of a two-day hearing challenging the decision to revoke Begum’s citizenship and refu...Tags: UK, Isis, Law, Islamic State, UK News, Syria, Britain, UK security and counter-terrorism, UK supreme court, Shamima Begum, Begum 1 people like this. Like |
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