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#Top Law School Rankings From US News - 7Sage lsat

Law School Ranking Acronyms: HYS, CCN, T14

If you've talked to other prelaw students about law school ranking you will have definitely run into the obscure and cryptic law school acronyms: HYS, CCN, and T14.

What do they mean? Glad you asked.

Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Stanford Law School have occupied the top three spots for over a decade. Together, they are called HYS .

The next three spots are perennial filled by the CCN schools: Columbia Law School, Chicago Law School, and NYU Law School.

T14 refers to the top 14 law schools. They are a very consistent group with only small ranking changes over the years - typically schools move within the T14 rather than outside the T14. The only school to move into the T14 in th ... Read more »

#Top Ten Internet Law Developments Of 2013

Gold top 10 winner (Photo credit: sam_churchill)

A look back at the Internet law highlights of 2013:

#10: Copyright Defendants Get High-Stakes Wins. 2013 saw several copyright defendants win long-running litigation affairs–and potentially crack open new markets, including (1) Google’s stirring win in its nearly decade-long Google Books litigation, (2) Aereo’s string of victories (relying on the 2008 Cablevision ruling, the #1 most important Internet Law development on my 2008 list ), with big implications for the cable TV industry, and (3) the Supreme Court’s Kirtsaeng ruling that (temporarily) hinders international price discrimination by copyright owners.

#9: Gmail ECPA Decision. In September, Judge Lucy Koh ruled that Google’s method of triggering ads in Gmail may violate an antiquated privacy law, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). For heavy Gmail users l ... Read more »

The laws, regulations, and judicial decisions that govern sports and athletes.

Sports law is an amalgam of laws that apply to athletes and the sports they play. It is not a single legal topic with generally applicable principles. Sports law touches on a variety of matters, including contract, tort. agency, antitrust, constitutional, labor, trademark. Sex Discrimination. criminal, and tax issues. Some laws depend on the status of the athlete, some laws differ according to the sport, and some laws vary for other reasons.

One of the most controversial issues in modern professional sports is the mobility of professional sports franchises. Teams in the four major sports leagues the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the National Football League (NFL) have long been capable of moving their franchises from one city to another, with the requisite approval of the other teams in the league. Neverthel ... Read more »

#Trade unions decide not to change stance on labour law amendments: Vrijesh Upadhyay - The Economic Times

The central unions representatives met at the INTUC office here to chalk out strategy for discussions with the inter-ministerial panel.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the first meeting with inter-ministerial panel on labour issues today, trade unions have unanimously decided to oppose certain proposed amendments to labour law like easing of retrenchment and unit closure norms.

The inter-ministerial panel comprises of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya. Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Power Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh.

Besides, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited the representatives of trade unions for a high tea in the evening.

The central unions representatives met at the INTUC office here to chalk out strategy for discussions with the inter-ministerial pane ... Read more »

At China Law Blog,  Dan Harris has advice for negotiating with Chinese business during periods of economic slowdown. There's a lot of useful insight here regarding cultural and political differences that can affect negotiation relationships, to wit:

There’s a filter bubble.  Chinese bureaucrats and SOE bosses don’t see reality the same way American and European MNC managers do.  Within China the official party line is that everything is going according to plan. It’s rebalancing and the expected results of a successful anti-corruption campaign. Everything is fine. Don’t assume that your Chinese counterparty is as nervous or anxious as you would be at the start of a sustained recession. He may still feel that time is on his side.

Harris, who has previously posted on issues with enforcing contracts in Chinese courts, posted earlier this week on a novel but untested idea for facilitating such enforcement: an "agreement to enforce" clause in which the parties con ... Read more »