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Today end­ed up being a pret­ty good day.  I was more pro­duc­tive than I usu­al­ly am, though that isn’t say­ing much.  I’ve been read­ing the Econ­o­mist instead of read­ing for my secured trans­ac­tions class.  It’s bet­ter that way. Some­times I… Read moresure

I may have tak­en on more than I can han­dle this year. I feel like I’m not doing a good job with all the things I’m involved in. We’ll see how it goes.

I am so in love.

I did­n’t real­ize the sig­nif­i­cance of this case until I read a blurb about it in the Econ­o­mist this week. The US Supreme Court came down recent­ly with the deci­sion in Stoner­idge Invest­ment Part­ners, LLC v. Sci­en­tif­ic-Atlanta, Inc., — S.… Read morepro­tect­ing the inno­cent… cor­po­ra­tions?

A recent case – Chen v. U.S. Atty. Gen., — F.3d —, 2008 WL 150205 (11th Cir. 2008) – dis­cussed a woman’s appli­ca­tion for asy­lum sta­tus.  Chen lived in Chi­na and worked at a gov­ern­men­tal fam­i­ly plan­ning office.  Her job… Read morepar­tic­i­pat­ing in per­se­cu­tion