Why U.S. News makes state law schools angry

Article Abstract:

U.S. News and World Reports' ranking of the best American graduate schools discriminates against those in the public sphere. The rankings have a significant impact on where students apply to law school, so the magazine's bias is clearly important. Of the top 10 US public law schools according to law professors and practicing lawyers, only one, Minnesota, fares likewise in its U.S. News ranking. The reliance on median credentials and the resources category tilt the magazine's survey towards private schools. Statisticians and academic survey methods experts have also attacked its ranking methodology.

Universities and colleges, Surveys, Law schools, U.S. News and World Report (Periodical)

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Sampling case makes music labels sweat

Article Abstract:

The first decision in a case involving sound sampling was handed down by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Dec 19, 1991. The court granted an injunction in Grand Upright Music Ltd v Warner Bros Records Inc, barring the sale of an album by rap musician Biz Markie because of an unauthorized use of portions of a recoding by Raymond 'Gilbert' O'Sullivan. The same week another case was filed in the same court charging rapper LL Cool J with unauthorized sampling on a million-selling album.

Cases, Copyright, Copyrights, Sound recordings, Rap music, Rap (Music), Sampling (Acoustical engineering)

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ERISA makes for odd bedfellows

Article Abstract:

The health maintenance organization (HMO) reform controversy of the late 1990s has had unexpected political results, with the Republicans, normally advocates of devolving power to the states, taking up the cause of federalism. Republican legislators in the Senate and House are refusing to restore to permit to patients injured by HMOs the use of state common-law causes of action. ERISA's preempting state common law is the biggest single threat to the HMO patient.

Laws, regulations and rules, Federalism, Political aspects, Health care reform, Health maintenance organizations

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