Legal English: Financial

Financial crisis humor/ Bird and Fortune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJmTCYmo9g

Inside Financial Reform VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90iDNbPUWLM
H.R.4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act:
http://www.sec.gov/about/laws/wallstreetreform-cpa.pdf
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4173/show

(3)ReedSmith Teleseminar:
http://www.reedsmith.com/events/search_events.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=28639 

The Wells Notice:
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/wells_notice
http://www.seclaw.com/docs/wellsnotice.htm

(2) Legal Blog on the  Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act:
http://www.globalregulatoryenforcementlawblog.com/2010/08/articles/public-policy-infrastructure/financial-regulatory-reform-weve-only-just-begun/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GlobalRegulatoryEnforcementLawBlog+%28Global+Regulatory+Enforcement+Law+Blog%29

(1)Political Background PBS Newshour:
(1)http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june10/dodd_03-15.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module_byid.html?s=news01n38b7q87f

(1a)A PBS Newshour Primer on Financial Reform:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july-dec10/reform_07-16.html

Here is a http://www.npr.org/ page on coverage of the Countrywide settlement:

http://www.npr.org/search/index.php?searchinput=countrywide

SEC Fraud Complaint against Countrywide:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2009/comp21068.pdf
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iteRiORi-yg 

NYT Topics: Mozilo http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/angelo_r_mozilo/index.html

Moody's Says It Received Wells Notice From SEC:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37042826/Moody_s_Says_It_Received_Wells_Notice_From_SEC


Here are links to http://www.npr.org/ coverage of Obama's financial reform:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122793558
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128674318

Inventions and Gadgets

Here is a link to Time Magazine's list of the 50 best inventions of 2009:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1934027,00.html

Here is a link to a Youtube video about some of the inventions on Time's 2009 list:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7uvcBvWqrE

Here a Youtube video about Time's list of inventions for 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l53gGkvuyoE

More Stories: Haunted House

Here is a Youtube video about a haunted house in Vaughan, Canada, where houses were built near or over an old indian burial ground:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaLwoMK9rNQ

And here are some news articles on the case:
http://www.powwows.com/gathering/native-issues/28560-bodies-found-vaughan-ont-may-belong-aboriginal-burial-ground.html

Legal English: California Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

San Francisco Chronical/ SFGate

on Standing to defend Prop. 8:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/17/MN541EVBEP.DTL

on stay imposed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Walker's ruling:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/17/MNEE1EUOIF.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

Here is a link to Judge Walker's ruling:
https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/files/09cv2292-ORDER.pdf

This is the United Sates Code (USC) Title 42 § 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/1983.html

Here is a link to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) Rule 52:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule52.htm

Here is a link to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) Rule 58:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule58.htm

Here is Newshour coverage and discussion on the rulling:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module_byid.html?s=news01s420eqf2f

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec10/gaymarriage2_08-05.html

Legal English - US Court System

Here is a  link to a general description of both federal and state court systems in the US:

http://www.uscourts.gov/EducationalResources/FederalCourtBasics/CourtStructure/UnderstandingFederalAndStateCourts.aspx

MAP: http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/images/CircuitMap.pdf
Here is a link to descriptions of the court systems in different states:

http://www.ncsconline.org/d_research/csp/2003_Files/2003_SCCS_Charts1.pdf


Department of Justice:  Structure/Agencies
http://www.justice.gov/agencies/index-org.html#OSG

Prime 6 - Stress Management

Stressed Out? 10 Natural Ways to Mellow Out


http://www.aolhealth.com/condition-center/depression/natural-ways-to-mellow-out?icid=maing%7Cmaing6%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk1%7C45067

Here are links to some reading on stress management:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress-management/MY00435


http://helpguide.org/mental/stress_management_relief_coping.htm 


Here are links to stress management videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgeOaygSgIY

This one is VERY FUNNY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tffN2d_qU-k

Yoga for stress management: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/yoga/MM00650

Legal English: Arizona SB 1070/Immigration Law

Arizona Case / Judge Bolton's ruling: http://www.azd.uscourts.gov/azd/courtinfo.nsf/983700DFEE44B56B0725776E005D6CCB/$file/10-1413-87.pdf?openelement

The Justice Department's Complaint: http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/az-complaint.pdf 


New York Times Arizona Immigration  Law:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration-and-emigration/arizona-immigration-law-sb-1070/index.html?scp=2&sq=law%20arizona&st=cse

PBS News Hour / Arizona Case:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec10/immigration2_07-28.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYn14rVJwsc

CBS News:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnJbBQCHi4
@katiecouric: Ariz. Immigration Law: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H6WXrvLP2Q

Penn State Law Professor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xfnON3aj14

American  Lawyer Magazine Dictionary: http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=633

American Lawyer: http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/index.jsp

Jurist News and Research: http://jurist.org/

New York Law Journal: http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/index.jsp