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Saturday, August 12, 2006

“Let Them Play: Three cheers for fantasy baseball beating the big leaguers at their own game.” The Los Angeles Times contains this editorial today.

Posted at 10:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Seminar Program Keeps Judges in Dark on Donors; Some See Ethical Issue With Jurists Unaware Of Corporate Litigants’ Hand in Free Courses”: Lawrence Hurley will have this article Monday in The Daily Journal of California.

Posted at 3:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Who will be most sorry about Demaree?” At the “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog, Doug Berman has a post that begins, “Though seemingly involving a technical ex post facto issue, the Seventh Circuit’s ruling in Demaree could (and will?) have a profound impact on post-Booker sentencing.”

Posted at 10:45 AM by Howard Bashman



“Personal Items of Unabomber Will Be Sold”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Sacramento Bee reported yesterday that “Unabomber possessions ordered sold; Auction proceeds will go to victims, judge says.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge: Unabomber Items to Be Sold Online.”

You can access Thursday’s order of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California at this link via “The Smoking Gun” web site. Additionally, that order and a related opinion also issued Thursday are available online here and here, respectively, from the court’s web site.

Posted at 10:38 AM by Howard Bashman



“Illinois Ordered to Pay in Game Ban Case”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “The federal judge who ruled that Illinois unconstitutionally banned the sale of violent or sexual video games to minors has another message for the state: Pay up. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly this week ordered the state to pay more than $510,000 in legal fees to three business groups that sued over the Safe Games Illinois Act.”

Posted at 8:37 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘None of the Above’ won’t appear on ballot; Man who changed middle name to moniker to fight”: The Tennessean today contains an article that begins, “A Franklin man who legally changed his middle name to ‘None of the Above’ will have his new moniker omitted when his name appears on the ballot for Tennessee governor and U.S. Senate in November, a judge ruled Friday.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court Nixes Man’s Middle Name for Ballot.”

You can view the candidate’s web site by clicking here.

Posted at 8:35 AM by Howard Bashman