Archive for January 8th, 2009

New Cases Likely to be Accepted for OT08 on Friday

0 Comments Published by January 8th, 2009 in Court Procedure, Supreme Court

At conference on Friday, the Court is likely to accept a case or two and expedite the schedule to hear those cases during the April sitting. Because of the shortened time for preparation, the Court might opt to announce the accepted cases on Friday and release the remaining orders on Monday. Tom Goldstein and co. [...]

Twitter the Future

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Professor Peter Black reported yesterday on his blog that a judge in Colorado approved the use of twitter updates by journalists in his courtroom. The judge found that liveblogging a case is no different from newspaper reports and should therefore be treated the same way. The journalist’s twitter is here. Also of note, Dr. Sanjay [...]



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