Media & Entertainment Law

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Employee Lawsuits (An Introduction and Topic Overview)
How employers can cope with the siege of employee lawsuits

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Unsafe Work Site
Employee awarded $2.5 million personal injury settlement after suffering burns to his lower body.

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
Katrina Victims See Justice Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions

Specialty Lamp International
Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.