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Chrysler Ch. 11 Proceeding

The Chrysler Ch. 11 petition is available from Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14802124/Chrysler-Ch11-Proceeding .

Posted by Jon Lutz

End the University as We Know It

Interesting article in the New York Times, End the University as We Know It.

Posted by Jon Lutz

Inquiry into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody

The Senate Armed Services Committee released the report Inquiry onto the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody on April 21, 2009.

It can be viewed here.

Posted by Jon Lutz

Juror Tweets During Trial

From the ABAJournal Law New Now a story of a juror who twittered about the case during the trial.  Here's an excerpt:

"Juror Johnathan" may have been a bit of a twit, as the N.Y. Daily News said in a headline, for posting tweets on Twitter.com while awarding a $12.6 million verdict in an Arkansas case.

But his real-time brief posts to the Internet social networking site about his work as a juror don't require a mistrial, a judge in the Washington County Circuit Court case decided Friday, the Associated Press reported.

Read the whole article here.

Posted by Jon Lutz