Moritz Legal Information Blog

The Miranda warnings feature prominently in the 2012 film 21 Jump Street . Channing Tatum's character kicks off the whole film due to his failure to remember the four declaratory statements and a question. Slate.com briefs readers on how the warnings came to be ...the actual warnings themselves. See, " Miranda established that suspects must be advised of their Fifth Amendment rights to counsel and against self-incrimination before police questioning.   but nowhere did the Court mandate specific language for implementation." The guy responsible? An attorney with an affinity for fine art and letterpress printing. For more on this fascinating story, check out Miranda : the story of America's right to remain silent and The Miranda ruling : its past, present, and future.

The American Association of Law Libraries 107th Annual Meeting and Conference will take place July 12-15, 2014. Consequently, you may miss a few familiar faces around the law library over the next several days. The blog will also be on vacation during this time. But we hope to bring back to you new ideas to deliver great service to the law school faculty and students. See you next week!

The ABA Journal reports Toledo's may plans to ban the hiring of smokers . "Banning smokers has become common in the health-care industry and is spreading to governmental employment, Governing Magazine reported in an op-ed last year."

From beSpacific , U.S. Breweries are Booming According to Census Bureau . Columbus is helping the cause with dozens and dozens of craft breweries around the state. And it's not just craft breweries that are big business in Ohio, Anheuser-Busch has over one million square feet of space for its facility in Columbus . And where there is business, there are attorneys! Some firms have whole practice areas dedicated to the beverage industry. Interested in learning more? Check out these books in our collection: The Little Red Book of Wine Law Wine in America: Law and Policy Hospitality Law

Looking for insights into solo practice? Try reading MyShingle.com. The site has tips on starting your own practice including information you may not have considered, like the difference between your firm trademark and corporate names and whether solo practitioners are eligible for loan forgiveness . For more comprehensive guidance, check out these books in our collection: Run your firm like a business : an operations guide for the solo practitioner and small law firm Practicing law in small-town America Minding your own business : the solo and small firm lawyer's guide to a profitable practice

Two stories provide an unfortunate reminder that lawyers (and law students) may have a higher-than-average instance of substance abuse . One story frames the fears of a new, drug-addicted attorney who doesn't know how to tell his firm he needs to go to rehab. The other is the incredibly moving story of an attorney's recovery and reinstatement to the practice of law following disbarment. Paired together, the narrative for law students is that if you have a substance abuse problem (or frankly a mental health issue or other troubles), getting help doesn't have to mean the end of your career. Ohio has an excellent Lawyers Assistance Program  and Moritz provides links to a variety of resources that may help you get back on track.

Attending the CALI Conference last week, I heard Jason Scott of Internet Archive   talk about his work preserving everything you put online as a stopgap against start-ups that delete your digital identity without much thought to whether that digital content is the very only photo you have of your baby's first steps or your law school graduation, or an audio file of your great grandmother's last interview. As an aside, Jason also mentioned the Internet Archive's television preservation project , which enables you to run keyword searches to find news clips from all US TV news for the last 3.5 years. Curious about whether a witness or a client made headlines you didn't see? Interested to know if that product you claim is defective has been mentioned for the same reasons in another state? Search the Internet Archive's television archive to find out.