And as if Losing the Florida Wasn't Bad Enough: Gingrich gets sued for Copyright Infringement

http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=dc7d3739-c254-4801-a0d2-998059c0d7bb

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California Government to Run out of Cash By March if Action Not Taken

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/01/controller-state-to-run-out-of-cash-in-march-without-action.html

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The Good News and the Bad News for Big Law Associates

The Good News is you are employed. The Bad News is the hours are worse then ever, compensation is flat, and the prospects for getting interesting work are limited. Other than that, everything is wonderful.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203363504577186913589594038.html

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Minnesota AG sues Debt Collection Agency for Health Privacy Violations

The suit, which was filed in Federal District Court in Minnesota, alleges that Accretive Health, Inc. failed to adequately safeguard patients’ protected health information (“PHI”). This failure contributed to a July 2011 information security breach when an Accretive employee left an unencrypted laptop containing information of approximately 23,500 patients in a rental car. The laptop was stolen and has not yet been recovered.

http://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2012/01/articles/minnesota-ag-sues-debt-collection-agency-for-health-privacy-violations/

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Interview with New York Times Reporter, David Segal regarding his critical reporting on Law Schools in the U.S.

http://volokh.com/2012/01/26/interview-with-david-segal-on-his-nyt-law-school-series/

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Sixth Circuit Revives Free Speech Lawsuit Over Graduate Student Firing

A federal appeals court has revived a three-year old lawsuit involving a former Eastern Michigan University student that addresses whether counselors who refuse to work with gays and lesbians on religious grounds are in breach of professional ethics.


http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/01/27/six-circuit-revives-free-speech-lawsuit-over-grad-students-firing/

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Want to know How the U.S. Stock Market will perform in 2012? Watch the Super Bowl

Wins by original National Football League teams (like the Giants) overwhelmingly are in years where there are rallies in the market;  by contrast wins by original American Football League teams (like this year’s opposing New England Patriots) are generally in years where there are sell-offs in the market. 


http://blogs.wsj.com/overheard/2012/01/25/super-bowls-giant-risk-for-investors/

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