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The Daily Memo - 10/10/06

check.jpgSome pissed off parents are thinking about filing a nice big lawsuit because their kids’ fingerprints are being collected by school without prior parental knowledge or consent. (Engadget)

check.jpgSome states are now considering keeping a close eye on blogs maintained by lawyers, possibly requiring the blogs to be registered with a committee that would review them (to ensure that there’s no unethical advertising going on). (WSJ Law Blog)

check.jpgHarvard Law is shaking up its One L curriculum with the biggest set of changes in over a century, adding new mandatory courses like ones about international law and legal problem solving. (NY Times via WSJ Law Blog)

check.jpgLast Friday, Bush signed the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 into law. (The TTABlog)

check.jpgComedian Laura Kightlinger has filed a lawsuit alleging a “truly shocking example of the theft of intellectual property” involving two scripts about females who start working with animal rescue groups because they’re unhappy about the direction of their lives. (The Hollywood Reporter, Esq.)

check.jpgA Portland man charged with “felony civil rights intimidation” has been ordered to avoid having any contact with 39 of his neighbors. (The News Examiner)