IBM to Seek Summary Judgment Against SCO.
IBM Corp has said it is likely to ask the court for a summary judgment in its breach of contract and copyright case with SCO Group Inc, raising the potential that some or all of SCO's claims against IBM and the Linux operating system could be dismissed without trial....

Catholic clergy sexual abuse meets the civil law.
I. OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM In 1984, the Roman Catholic Church began to experience the complex and highly embarrassing problem of clergy sexual misconduct in the United States. Within months of the first public case emerging in Lafayette, Louisiana, it was clear that this problem was not...

Tobacco: making a killing: anti-tobacco forces are waging war against the powerful tobacco lobby and the rising pandemic of cardiovascular and other smoking-related diseases in the world.
Are hard-hitting graphic ads depicting the ravages of smoking on health making an impact on America's youth? The answer is a resounding "Yes," according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The report, based on surveys of roughly 9,000 12-to-17-year-olds, showed that smoking by...

Savvy arbitrators, mediators needed to settle hotel disputes.
These days, it seems that many litigants are choosing to resolve their matters through "alternative dispute resolution," a fancy term for arbitration or mediation. In fact, many courts now require parties to mediate before allowing their matters to proceed to trial. The hotel industry is not immune...

Dr.'s Attempt to `Discover' Amount of Settlement Denied.
CASE ON POINT: In re Lux, 2001 WL 776228 S.W.3d -TX ISSUE: Is a physician who is a defendant in a medical malpractice suit entitled to discover the amount for which a plaintiff settled a related suit. This was the issue with which the Texas courts were...

Taking the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to court.
Although objecting to a tax assessment of the Minister of National Revenue (the Minister) may appear to be a simple enough procedure, it is only the first step in what can be a long, complex and costly process. The objection itself is a matter of filing a form (the...

Judge denies Magana's bid for new trial.
Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard A judge on Friday rejected former police officer Roger Magana's claim that he was deprived of a fair trial because prosecutors withheld information about help provided to two of his accusers. Lane County Circuit Judge Karsten Rasmussen, who in July...

Court Orders SCO to Produce Evidence.
SCO Group Inc has been given thirty days to produce evidence that IBM Corp has infringed on the company's claimed Unix IP patent in supporting Linux. The US District Court of Utah told SCO it must specify which Linux files and lines of code it has rights...

Iterative development in the field.
A main goal of User-Centered Design (UCD) is to make systems useful and usable for their end users. The process, as its name implies, places the user in a critical position for both determining system requirements and ensuring they are met. (1-8) As a general approach UCD has been...

Law and the uncooked--a reply.
First, let me express my thanks to Burke and Fergie for their generous and considered responses. I am sympathetic to their contributions, particularly the desire for more macroscopic theorising, sensitivity to power relations and Fergie's provisional programmatic sketch. Indeed this general agreement leads me to defend or explain aspects...