Patience Wearing Thin, More Lawsuits Likely President Obama's hand-picked oil cleanup czar is finding himself on the hot seat on a daily basis. While part of it seems a bit unfair to Ken Feinberg, one need only take a step back and look at the big picture from that perspective to understand why many coastal residents, especially in Alabama and Louisiana, are declaring they've had a bellyful and have chosen to let... (1 views)
A Scholar's Son's Sea Scrolls Conviction A Manhattan jury returned a guilty verdict late on Thursday, September 30, 2010 against New York lawyer Raphael Golb, for a myriad of charges including theft and impersonation. Less than an hour after the jury returned with its guilty verdict, he and his lawyer announced that he would appeal the jury's verdict. (1 views)
ACS: Law Faces Hefty Fines ACS: Law is a United Kingdom law firm specializing in intellectual property law. The firm is best known for its actions against persons allegedly file sharing without the permission of the copyright holder. (1 views)
Justice for a Connecticut Family In July 2007, Dr. William Petit became the sole survivor of a devastating and gruesome crime committed against his family. His wife Jennifer and the couple's two daughters, Hayley, who was 17 and Michaela, who was 11, were all beaten and tormented, as was Dr. Petit. (1 views)
ROCK the Lawsuit If you're a Kentucky resident and have been waiting for the option to purchase an ''In God We Trust'' auto tag, you're going to be waiting a lot longer, at least until a lawsuit can be resolved. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet recently declined a non-profit's bid for creating a vanity tag that includes the ''In God We Trust'' statement. As a result of this denial, the... (1 views)
Not- ''Working for the Weekend'' It's time for another 80's flashback! In 1981, Loverboy released ''Working for the Weekend'' off their second album, ''Get Lucky''. (1 views)
Economic Activity vs. Economic Decisions In the first of what will certainly be many cases, the Health Care Reform Act has had its day in court. (1 views)
Miner Mayhem The Chilean Miners Were Trapped Equally, But Can They Stay Equal? The rescue of the 33 Chilean Miners has captivated the world, creating 33 bona fide celebrities out of the, it's safe to say, former miners. (1 views)
Reid v Angle, Part I As the midterm elections draw closer one of the closest and most hotly contested races is going on right here in my home state of Nevada. I'm talking of course about Sharron Angle's bid to oust Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. This week PBS broadcast a series of debates including one between Reid and Angle. For a full un-annotated transcript, see here. (1 views)
Ugandan Law Students Allege ''Illegal Clog'' In System Law students in Uganda are expressing their anger with the Law Development Centre's (LDC) monopoly on the Bar Course. (1 views)
Reid v. Angle, Part 3 Today we continue with our look at the debate between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his challenger, Sharron Angle. Yesterday's questions focused on immigration. Today we'll look at the candidates' responses to the health care debate. (1 views)
Does First Amendment Solve Dispute Over Tennessee Mosque? The First Amendment is being invoked in the construction of a Tennessee mosque that was burned down by arsonists in August. (1 views)
Reid v. Angle, Part 5 Welcome to the fifth installment of our look at the recent debate between Senator Harry Reid and his challenger, Republican Sharron Angle. Today we'll look at their answers to questions involving the Supreme Court and the recent controversial decisions from the lower courts involving the don't ask, don't tell policy. (1 views)
The Crackpots and These Women As far as I'm concerned, the best TV show ever made is The West Wing. For seven seasons Aaron Sorkin and company entertained and educated us with crisp intelligent dialogue centered around a quirky mix of political idealism and political realism. (1 views)
No More Juice from the Lime If you have enjoyed the file sharing courtesy of LimeWire over the past several years, you're about to discover those days of illegal juicing are over. U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood lowered the boom on LimeWire and some say it’s not a moment too soon. (1 views)
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing The insider/outsider theme is a common one in modern politics, but every now and again there's a national push to throw out the career politicians and replace them all with outsiders. This happens most frequently following periods of widespread scandal or in times of economic hardship, like now. It shouldn't come as any surprise then that large numbers of candidates across... (1 views)
What Next? For twenty years commentators have talked about the two halves of the Republican party - the fiscal conservatives that made up the core of the party for most of the 20th century, and the social conservatives that flocked to the Republican banner in the Reagan years - and yet despite the doomsday predictions, the party has held together, voting in near lockstep in Congress.... (1 views)
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley in Hot Water over Contract with Firm Alabama Governor Bob Riley and his administration are caught in a contention with the chairman of a legislative oversight committee regarding payment to Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith LLP under an emergency contract. (1 views)
Another Judicial Bad Call For many of us, there's nothing sweeter than reminiscing about those carefree days of childhood. Filled with such incredible memories of learning to swim, riding our bikes and of course, the abundance of life's lessons most of us learned during that first decade of life. (1 views)
Google Settlement On Tuesday, users of Google's Gmail service received information in their inbox regarding a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought against Google by users of the service related to the launch of ''buzz'' as part of Gmail in February of this year. Within days of the launch, there were numerous complaints from internet privacy advocates about the way Google handled... (1 views)
ACORN in Hot Water...Again The controversial government advocacy agency, ACORN, is at the center of accusations of illegal activities once again. This time, though, it has less to do with video cameras and undercover work, but instead, includes misappropriated funds - to the tune of more than $3 million. (1 views)
Two Prominent Human Rights Lawyers Prevented From Leaving China According to the November 10th article at washingtonpost.com, earlier this week police prevented two prominent human rights lawyers from leaving China. The action was the latest in a series against activists and dissidents, which serve only to emphasize the contradiction between the country's professed commitment to the rule of law and the legal gray area in which its... (1 views)
George Bush- Did Torture Save Lives? In a recent article at dailymail.co.uk.com, leading human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson claims George Bush could face arrest abroad after his frank admissions about waterboarding. (1 views)
California Supreme Court Says In-State Tuition ''Is Not Based On Residence'' The California Supreme Court gave a unanimous decision Monday that will allow illegal immigrants to qualify to pay cheaper tuition at California's public universities. (1 views)
Heller 2 In the wake of the 2008 landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Washington DC changed its firearms laws imposing strict rules on gun ownership that the district contends meet the requirements laid out by the Court. (1 views)
Palin's E-Mail Hacker Sentenced The 22-year-old Tennessee student who was found guilty of hacking former Governor Sarah Palin's e-mail account has been sentenced to one year in custody. (1 views)
I'll take my Agreements in Writing, Please You'd think two politicians would know it's going to take more than an alleged handshake to seal a deal. That's exactly what two political consultants are using in court in hopes of proving Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer stole their idea for a website that is now The Huffington Post. (1 views)
Originalism I have a question for all of the originalists in the audience today. How do you apply the Constitution in its original meaning to a society that uses text messages and Facebook to communicate, travels on jets, and thinks of themselves as Americans, not Virginians and Californians? Justice Breyer acknowledged the problem on Tuesday in a speech at Vanderbilt Law School. (1 views)
VP Biden Presents the Access to Justice Initiative Vice President Joe Biden presented a ''Middle Class Task Force'' today, where he addressed the middle class's lack of access to legal services, unveiling the Obama administration's Access To Justice Initiative. (1 views)
''The Tragedy Today is Just Devastating'' As the nation held out hope for the three remaining family members that had been missing for more than a week, news broke that their bodies had been found in Knox County, Ohio. On November 10, three family members, including Tina Hermann and her two children, a ten year old son, Kody Maynard, his 13 year old sister, Sarah Maynard, and a family friend, Stephanie Spring,... (1 views)