Ever heard a comedian tell a joke you heard somewhere else? Turns out, there’s a whole series of unwritten rules that, more or less, govern the otherwise-lawless world of stand up comedy material. Now, two University of Virginia law professors have taken a scholarly look at how the people who make us laugh avoid killing [...]
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December 18th, 2008 · Comments Off · U.Va.
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U.Va. prof is identity theft victim
June 10th, 2008 · Comments Off · identity theft, U.Va.
Thieves used the Social Security number of a University of Virginia microchemistry professor to steal $22,000 from his credit card account, reports The Daily Progress. Patrick Grant’s personal information was among the data on U.Va. faculty that was breached twice within the past year. By Paul Fletcher
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U.Va. law students score a coup, get writ
April 30th, 2007 · Comments Off · Criminal Cases, U.S. Supreme Court, U.Va.
Many lawyers in Virginia may never take an appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia, let alone the U.S. Supreme Court. But law students at the University of Virginia, working in the school’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, will be able to put a trip to the nation’s high court on their resumes. One of their [...]
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