21. Atricure to Pay U.S. $3.76 Million to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations 11 hours ago   permalink

Atricure to Pay U.S. $3.76 Million to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations
Www.prnewswire.com

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Atricure Inc., a medical device manufacturer, has agreed to pay the United States $3.76 million to resolve civil claims in connection with the alleged promotion of its surgical ablation devices, the Justice Department announced today. Surgical ablation devices use focused energy to create controlled ...

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22. Trial By Ordeal and Deterrence: 11 hours ago   permalink

Todd Zywicki / The Volokh Conspiracy

Jonathan’s link to Pete Leeson’s article on the Trial By Ordeal (the full article itself is fascinating and fun) raises a point that I stress when talking to students about crime and deterrence in law and economics–whether criminal punishment serves as an effective deterrent actually depends on whether it is perceived as accurate/truth- ...

23. Lt. Governor Says He Doesn’t Know Whether President Is A Citizen Or Not 12 hours ago   permalink

Politics.nashvillepost.com

Birther madness continues in the Tennessee Republican Party. The money quote from Ron Ramsey speaking to the conservative First Tuesday club. I’ve got a tableful of advisers sitting over there and they’ll probably start cringing right about now when I start talking about some of this stuff right here. … I’m going to tell ...

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24. Department of Justice Officials, Actress Mariska Hargitay Urge Team Response to End Violence Against Women 13 hours ago   permalink

News Unfiltered

Deputy Associate Attorney General Karol V. Mason, Acting Director for the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Catherine Pierce, and actress and advocate Mariska Hargitay addressed nearly 300 attendees today at the Services-Training-Officers-Prosecutors (STOP) Conference in San Francisco. The four-day conference, which began Sunday, brings ...

25. Iran, With Opposition Protests Continuing, Executes More Prisoners 14 hours ago   permalink

Www.nytimes.com

Every Thursday since last April, Davoud Rahmanipour traveled to the notorious Evin prison in northern Tehran for a weekly visit with his son, Arash, 19, who was being held there while his lawyer appealed his death sentence.

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26. More on the Tea Party Movement 15 hours ago   permalink

Steven L. Taylor / PoliBlog

NPR had a story this morning ( Tea Party Star Leads Movement On Her Own Terms ) on Keri Carender , a blogger associated with the Tea Party movement. In the interview, Carrender notes her preference for an atomized movement: Tea Partiers don’t want to be harnessed. They’ve shown a willingness to reject Republican candidates they don&# ...

27. And the Nominees Are. . . . 16 hours ago   permalink

Christine Hurt / Conglomerate

here .  (Oscar nominees, that is.) There are ten Best Picture nominees, but only five each for the acting categories.  Hmmm.  So " Up ," a movie which I really didn't like, is nominated twice, once for Best Picture and once for Best Animated Film.  I wouldn't hold my breath for a twofer, given the other nine choices for Best Picture.  Who ...

28. Constructing the Canon 16 hours ago   permalink

Ian Bartrum / PrawfsBlawg

Greetings prawfsworld.� It's a real pleasure to be invited to guest blawg, and I want to thank Dan, Rick, et al for the opportunity.� I thought I'd use my first post to plug the paper--or at least the idea--that I presented on the AALS panel with Rick Hills, Larry Solum, Mitch Berman, Laura Cisneros, and John McGinnis.� Some discussion growing ...

29. Brendan Wenzel 17 hours ago   permalink

Brendan Wenzel
John Martz / Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

Brendan Wenzel has been posting some wonderful animal illustrations over at his blog. Dig deeper, and you’ll find more fun watercolours, like these heads: Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | No comments Tags: animals, Brendan Wenzel, Illustration, watercolour

30. Dear Cara: 17 hours ago   permalink

Dear Cara:
Sheila / The Sheila Variations

You are the most intense shark-lover that I know. Imagine my delight when I walked into my little house on Block Island and one of the first things I saw was this (below the jump). I thought of you immediately....

31. The Best Custom Lettering of 2009 17 hours ago   permalink

The Best Custom Lettering of 2009
John Martz / Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

LetterCult offers up an exhaustive 15-page post detailing the best custom lettering of 2009. It’s the first part in a series of posts that will narrow down the list to a top ten, an interview with their person of the year, and finally, something they’re calling AlphaBattle, which looks interesting. Posted by John Martz on Drawn! [...]

32. The Apple Rule and the iPad 18 hours ago   permalink

Larry Ribstein / Ideoblog

Long-time readers of this blog will remember the Apple rule – it's what kept Steve Jobs out of jail or litigation hell as prosecutors looked for a way to punish all those supposedly dishonest backdating executives while trying to avoid discrediting their prosecutions by sweeping the popular and successful Jobs into their net. The problem is ...

33. Poll/Contest: What shape is the Constitution? 18 hours ago   permalink

Aaron Bruhl / PrawfsBlawg

I sometimes find it useful to draw the Constitution on the board during my Legislation class.� For instance, when I discuss the doctrine of constitutional avoidance, I draw statutes getting "bent" around the Constitution.� (It is sort of like how celestial objects bend light around them, except the opposite because the Constitution pushes ...

34. Book 44: Ulysses by James Joyce 21 hours ago   permalink

Hypnopompandcircumstance.blogspot.com

Now, I have a blue t-shirt that my parents gave me from a literary museum in Philadelphia that they visited on one of their frequent trips. It says, "Rejoyce!" in big letters and I like wearing it because I would never wear anything that said "Rejoice!" but I sort of wish I could.

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35. TT: Something old under the sun 1 day ago   permalink

About Last Night

When Mrs. T and I visited the China Pavilion at Disney World's Epcot Center, we were transfixed by the music...

36. Nick Dewar, 1973-2010 1 day ago   permalink

Nick Dewar, 1973-2010
Luc Latulippe / Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

Illustrator Nick Dewar died today at the far-too-young age of 37. His rep Kate Larkworthy says: We received the very sad news today that noted illustrator Nick Dewar passed away. He was an amazing talent who worked with so many SPD members. His wonderfully brilliant illustrations and strong spirit and creative genius will be missed. via [...]

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Nick Dewar Illustration - Pictures   —  © Copyright 2010 Nick Dewar

37. A Step Closer to UK Electoral Reform? 1 day ago   permalink

Steven L. Taylor / PoliBlog

Back in December I noted some discussion of electoral reform in the UK. Now the BBC reports that the PM appears set to go forward on the issue, Brown to ask MPs to vote on electoral reform referendum : Gordon Brown is backing a vote as the first step towards replacing the "first past the post" system of electing MPs with an " ...

38. Student Evaluations of Teaching 1 day ago   permalink

Lyrissa Lidsky / PrawfsBlawg

I received my student evaluations from last semester on Monday.� I'm sure many of you are critical of the process by which teaching is evaluated, but that's not the point of this post.� Instead, I have to share one of my evaluations that amused me.� The student who wrote it evidently enjoyed Media Law so much that s/he wrote, "You've redeemed ...

39. Hi, there, prawfs world 1 day ago   permalink

Robin Effron / PrawfsBlawg

I'm happy to be guest blogging here for the month of February, a month that singer/songwriter Dar Williams once called "the longest month of the year."� So, despite its compact 28 days, I promise to deliver a full serving of posts about civil procedure, complex litigation, and comparative law, some of which I will cross-post at the Civil ...

40. Greek Sovereign Debt 1 day ago   permalink

David Zaring / Conglomerate

Don't miss the Faculty Lounge's series on Greek sovereign debt , curated by Kim Krawiec and featuring contributions by Lee Buchheit , Mitu Gulati , and Anna Gelpern so far ... it's just the sort of rare mini-symposium that you don't often see in the blogosphere that often, present company excepted (we'll speak no ill of the Conglomerate here).  ...