Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Roll Call : 1.12.11

*Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua's book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" is getting the world talking (everybody surely has an opinion about this), and whether you are a parent or not, you cannot afford to miss her recently published controversial essay (excerpted from the book) entitled, "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" via Wall Street Journal

*University of the Philippines College of Law set to open a satellite campus at The Fort via Manila Standard Today

*Former Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Puno declares it is the right time to talk about Charter change...again via Inquirer Politics

*Philippine government sees no need for talks on Charter change via GMANews.TV

*Philippine Justice Secretary Leila De Lima affirms proposal to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) via Inquirer

*US Supreme Court declares that medical residents are not students and for payroll purposes are deemed employees in Mayo Foundation v. United States via Inside Higher Ed

*New US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan delivers her first written opinion at the US Supreme Court in a bankruptcy case; rules that a debtor who fails to make loan payments cannot claim car ownership deduction via Reuters

*Filipino lawyer's bakeshop gets raves for its Spanish bread via Inquirer

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