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A law blog by Robert Lombardo on The Whole 9

Attorney Robert Lombardo came from the creative world and then began practicing law in 1995. The diversity of his professional life (years of which were spent in Europe, Australia and Japan) gives him a unique perspective on the law. Currently Robert is focusing on entertainment law (which encompasses nearly all creative industries) and brings this firsthand experience and desire to make the law accessible to the The Whole 9 community.

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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Free Flow of Information Act

November 20, 2009
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Earlier this week the headlines read:
Shield law expected to win approval.
 
I was so excited about sharing the news with you today that I refrained from drinking this morning.  But then this headline started to pop up online around noon today:
Senate fails to approve shield bill.
 
So instead of hearing from temporarily-suspending-reality-Bob, cynical-reality-Bob will fill you in.
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Russia abandons the death penalty

November 19, 2009
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The Constitutional Court of Russia extended the moratorium on the death penalty until the Russian parliament ratifies an international treaty abolishing capital punishment.  In 1997, Russia signed, but did not ratify, Protocol 6 of the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which was put forward by the Council of Europe in [...]

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The Perils of Representing Unpopular Defendants

November 17, 2009
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Today the Second Circuit upheld Lynne Stewart’s 2005 conviction for passing along a message from her client, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind cleric who was serving a life sentence for plotting to blow up various landmarks in New York City.  Stewart had agreed, as a condition to meet with Rahman in prison, to refrain from [...]

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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

November 12, 2009
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In the 1960s and ’70s, William Kunstler was at the forefront of the civil rights movement and radical politics. Kunstler defended the Freedom Riders in Mississippi in 1961, the Chicago Seven after the 1968 Democratic National Convention, American Indian Movement leaders Russell Means and Dennis Banks after Wounded Knee in 1973, and Attica Prison inmate [...]

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