Legal Research Blog

Last year, Odyssey Marine filed a complaint in rem against a 17th century merchant vessel located at 49° 25′ N, 6° 00′ W. I couldn’t decipher the coordinates either, but I was able to find the location of the wreck through Google Maps once I figured out that 6° W translated to -6°. I [...]

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The Grizzly Bear, Bighorn Sheep and Humpback Whale. Now is a good time to add Doe Plaintiffs to the endangered species list. In Doe 1 et al. v. Ciolli et al., the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants defamed, harassed and threatened them on AutoAdmit, an Internet law school admissions discussion board.Seriously, what’s the [...]

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Wall Street Journal: China Product Scare Hits Home, Too. China is still at the early stages of developing the type of product-liability and product-recall system that is common in many Western countries, a system that leaves little recourse against companies that flout regulations that are rarely enforced. Product-liability lawsuits, common in the U.S., [...]

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Ken Shigley: Ford - Volvo divorce in the works?. When Ford acquired Volvo a few years ago, I thought it was quite a mismatch of corporate cultures. Volvo had a reputation for building the world’s safest cars. Ford, on the other hand, sometimes seemed only slightly ahead of Yugo in that regard.
In his observations [...]

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Some people worship God, while others believe that Google is God. While Google’s ability to deliver relevant search results appear miraculous at times, Google can miss the mark. For the standard Google web search, I know that Google’s algorithm can be attacked by spammers and made to seem “off.” But, what’s up with [...]

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Last week, Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) introduced legislation to prevent children from being trapped or eviscerated by swimming pool drains. The Senator named the legislation after Virginia Graeme Baker who drowned when suction from an outdoor spa drain cover pinned her underwater. Virginia Baker was seven at that time, and was the granddaughter [...]

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