Lawsuit Over Fish Pedicures Reaches Arizona Court

Yes, you read the headline correctly: fish pedicures. To learn more than you perhaps ever wanted to know on this subject, and how it could possibly be the basis for litigation, click here.

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FWIW: Pres. Obama's birth certificate - the long form

The long form of Pres. Obama's birth certificate was released today. View the certificate and read the story at CNN.
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ANALYSIS FINDS THAT LINK ROT IS SLOWING

The Chesapeake Digital Preservation Group is releasing the results of its fourth annual analysis of link rot among the original URLs for law- and policy-related materials published to the Web and archived by the Chesapeake Group.

The analysis also explores the prevalence of link rot among top-level domains. A detailed summary of the study is available at http://legalinfoarchive.org/.

For this study, the term "link rot" is used to describe a URL that no longer provides direct access to files matching the content originally harvested from the URL and currently preserved in the Chesapeake Group's digital archive. In some instances, a 404 or "not found" message indicates link rot at a URL. In other cases, the URL may direct to a site hosted by the original publishing organization or entity, but the specific resource has been removed or relocated from the original or previous URL.

Hat tip to Sara Sampson.

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Study Break: NFL and DOMA litigation

Today in major federal litigation, the NFL lockout may be over. Maybe? A stay of that ruling may be imminent.

Also, former solicitor general Paul Clement's determination to continue to be involved in the on-going DOMA litigation has been a major legal news story today.



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