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It started a few years ago.  We discovered that more young people were getting their news from satirical news shows - oh, and late night comedy shows - than from traditional…

No, the gentleman pictured does not claim credit.But he offers his thoughts on the question here.Yeah, but can you tell us what happened to Jimmy Hoffa?  Huh?  Can you?  Didn't…

... but not the economic downturn and its effect at Skadden Arps.  Story here.

James Rasband (pictured) is the new dean at the J. Reuben Clark Law School.  BYU's press release is here.  Rasband clerked for Judge Clifford Wallace (9th Circuit) and worked for…

In March, President Obama nominated David Hamilton, a federal district judge from the Southern District of Indiana, to a seat on the Seventh Circuit.  (White House press release  here.)  Earlier…

Rutgers-Newark decided to go outside the academy to find a replacement for outgoing law dean  Stuart Deutsch.   John Farmer, a founding partner of the law firm Arseneault, Whipple, Farmer,…

Over at Above the Law, you can find Lat and Mystal's picks for the top Law Revue (not Law Review) videos of the year.  My own favorite is Hot Bodies…

Here are the facts of the case, according to the Birmingham News.  Read them, name what you consider an appropriate sentence, then see the actual sentence after the jump.Court records ...

Yesterday, the Obama Administration made available remarkable historical and political material regarding the conduct of the CIA in the aftermath of 9/11.  These memoranda - signed by Judge Jay Bybee…

Here's an author's dilemma.  Imagine you'd written a treatise for West.  After a few years, you decided to pen an update - but West declined.  And when West sliced your…