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Toyota Recall over Deadly Floor Mats to Affect up to 3.8 Million Vehicles
Posted on September 30, 2009Anti Ads: Consumer Group Steamed over Yanked Billboard against Mercury Insurance
Posted on September 15, 2009Miss Montana Jennifer Hepner's DUI Case: Implied Consent Law and License Suspension
Posted on March 26, 2009Kobe Bryant Sued by Housekeeper for Wrongful Termination, but She Quit Her Job?
Posted on March 25, 2009Cassara Family's Lawsuit Against New York's Playland Settled for $1.25 Million: Sufficient Staffing Part of Operating Amusement Parks Safely
Posted on March 24, 2009Is Auditing the Wealthy Too Taxing for the IRS? Number of Millionaire Audits Falls as Amount of Millionaire Tax Returns Increases
Posted on March 23, 2009Judge Tells FDA to Make a Plan B for Teen Use of Morning After Contraceptive Drug
Posted on March 23, 2009Donte Stallworth DUI When Car Struck, Killed Mario Reyes? Blood Test Results Anticipated, But Are They Necessary?
Posted on March 20, 2009Toddler Found on Street, Mother Tamara Jones Arrested at Meth and Snake Filled Home: How Giving a Public Statement in a Criminal Case Can be Risky
Posted on March 20, 2009Natasha Richardson Dies After Ski Accident: The Need for a Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
Posted on March 19, 2009Eagle Scout Brian Lenz Gets no Jail Time for Deadly "Ring of Fire": Prosecutors Have Wide Discretion in Charging Crimes and Making Deals
Posted on March 19, 2009Making Your Postnuptial Agreement Enforceable: Former CEO's High Dollar Divorce Illustrates the Stakes
Posted on March 18, 2009David Friehling, Bernard Madoff's "Pretend" Accountant, Arrested for Securities Fraud: Another Breakdown in the System?
Posted on March 18, 2009Connecticut Teacher Anne O'Donnell Charged After Forcing Child to Eat Garbage: How Far Can Teachers Go With Classroom Discipline?
Posted on March 18, 2009Family of Charla Nash, Travis the Chimp's Attack Victim, Sues for $50 Million
Posted on March 17, 2009Lawsuit Claims iPod Touch Exploded, Burned Child: Lynette Antrobus v. Apple an Isolated Case?
Posted on March 17, 2009DJ AM Adam Goldstein, Victim of Plane Crash with Travis Barker, Asking for $20M in Damages from Learjet and Others
Posted on March 17, 2009Pres. Obama Asks Treasury Secretary Geithner to Block Insurance Giant AIG's Payout of Bonuses, But Can They Legally Be Stopped?
Posted on March 16, 2009Dr. George Tiller Abortion Trial Jury Selection Begins: Kansas Criminal Late-Term Abortion Law Violated?
Posted on March 16, 2009Twitter Trials: Juror Johnathan's Tweets Cause $12 Million Verdict Appeal; Reporter Tweets a Federal Trial
Posted on March 13, 2009Ten Arkansas Daycare Kids Poisoned After Drinking Windshield Wiper Fluid "Kool-Aid": Are Your Children Safe at Daycare?
Posted on March 13, 2009Anna Nicole Smith Death Brings Charges for Howard Stern, Doctors Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich
Posted on March 13, 2009"Enemy Combatant" Definition for Guantanamo Detainees Eliminated by Government: Sweeping Policy Reversal?
Posted on March 13, 2009Police Report: Gary Skoien Beaten with Guitar by Wife for Having "Prostitutes" in the Playroom
Posted on March 12, 2009US Airways Sued by Yale Student for $1 Million over Missing Xbox: What is the Law on Lost or Stolen Luggage?
Posted on March 12, 2009Senator Calls for Inquiry Into Bill Collector Harassment of Debtors' Survivors
Posted on March 12, 2009Drug Studies Bogus: Data for Vioxx, Celebrex and Other Drug Studies Faked by Top Pain Researcher
Posted on March 11, 2009Steve and Elaine Wynn Getting Divorced, Again? High Asset Divorce an Understatement for Billionaire Las Vegas Casino Mogul and Wife's Split
Posted on March 11, 2009Fight Club Abuse Exposed in Texas School for the Disabled; Fight Clubs and Ultimate Fighting Championship Test Local Laws
Posted on March 10, 2009Maytag Refrigerator Recall Issued for Over 1.6 Million Units Due to Fire Hazard
Posted on March 10, 2009Terry Joe Sedlacek Indicted for Pastor's Murder, Reports Indicate Mentally Ill: Could the Tragedy Have Been Avoided?
Posted on March 09, 2009Nancy Braus Texas A&M Bonfire Case Extinguished by Supreme Court: Loss of Consortium Ruling Left Untouched
Posted on March 09, 2009The Ultimate "Spy" Defense? Nicole Murphy Tracked by Former Boyfriend, NFL Giant Michael Strahan Via Spy Gadget
Posted on March 06, 2009Brian Bosworth, aka The Boz, Arrested for DUI ... on his Motorcycle! Driving a Number of Vehicles Can Lead to a DUI
Posted on March 06, 2009Felony Charges Filed in Chris Brown Rihanna Assault Case, But Will She Testify Against Him?
Posted on March 05, 2009Review Sites Under Fire: Useful Consumer Tools or a Plague of Unfairness to Businesses and Professionals?
Posted on March 05, 2009First Ban on BPA in Baby Bottles in the US Passed in New York's Suffolk County
Posted on March 04, 2009Help! Chicken McNuggets Emergency! Latreasa Goodman Makes Fast Food 911 Call, Gets Citation
Posted on March 04, 2009Diana Levine Wins Supreme Court Case and Deals Wyeth, Drugmakers Serious Loss: Product Liability Suit Floodgates Opened?
Posted on March 04, 2009Text Messages Released in Metrolink Train Crash Probe Portray Distraction and Recklessness
Posted on March 03, 2009Blair County Drug Court Lends Woman Money for an Abortion: Faces Firestorm of Controversy
Posted on March 03, 2009Medical Marijuana Raids to Halt? Attorney General Eric Holder and Obama Administration Signal Policy Shift
Posted on March 02, 2009Cigarettes Again in Regulatory Cross-Hairs: Congress Seeking Regulation of Industry
Posted on March 02, 20091 in 31 Adults in the US Corrections System: Report Urges Increased Focus on Community Corrections
Posted on March 02, 2009NFL WR Brandon Marshall Arrested for Disorderly Conduct, but Charge Dropped: Still Faces League Discipline?
Posted on March 02, 2009Produce the Note: Foreclosure Delay Tactic Can Encourage Lenders to Negotiate
Posted on February 27, 2009Model Monika Zsibrita Says Not a Gold Digger, Gets Lawsuit Against Chris Rock Unsealed: Did Rock Open Up This Can of Worms?
Posted on February 27, 2009University of Florida Professor Samim Anghaie, Family Accused of Defrauding NASA: Questions of Oversight Raised?
Posted on February 26, 2009Demaris Meyer Sues Morgan Freeman: Claims He Boozed Before August Car Crash and Denies Being His Mistress
Posted on February 25, 2009Supreme Court Rejects Religious Group Summum's Case to Force Utah City to Put Up Monument
Posted on February 25, 2009Tae Bo Founder Billy Blanks' $30M Legal Malpractice Judgment Roundhouse Kicked Back to Trial Court
Posted on February 24, 2009Peanut Salmonella Outbreak Brings Calls for Single Federal Food Safety Agency
Posted on February 24, 2009Nicky Hilton Makes Citizen's Arrest of Man Outside IHOP, Can She Do That?
Posted on February 23, 2009Attorney Fredrick Goings Charged with Killing Eddy Curry's Former Girlfriend Nova Henry and Baby: A Tragic End to an Improper Attorney-Client Relationship?
Posted on February 23, 2009Nicky Hilton Makes Citizen's Arrest of Man Outside IHOP; Can She Do That?
Posted on February 23, 2009Driving Tax Coming Soon? Plans to Tax for Mileage Instead of Gas Use Raise Questions, Anger Some
Posted on February 20, 2009Raptiva PML Deaths Under FDA Review: Safety of Genentech's Psoriasis Drug Questioned
Posted on February 19, 2009Dustin Dibble, Drunk Man Who Lost Leg in Train Accident, Awarded $2.3 Million: Runaway train or runaway jury?
Posted on February 19, 2009Study Questions Reliability of Forensic Evidence, Calls for Crime Lab Overhaul
Posted on February 19, 2009The Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan: Obama Unveils Program to Stem Foreclosures
Posted on February 18, 2009Anthony "Tony" Marshall Trial's Jury Selection to Begin in Brooke Astor Estate Fraud Case: Elder Abuse Claims Led to Criminal Charges
Posted on February 18, 2009Travis the Chimp Shot by Police: Chimp Attack and Death Renew Calls for National Ban on Chimps as Pets
Posted on February 17, 2009Foreclosure Moratorium: Citigroup, Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo Announce Brief Halt in Certain Foreclosures
Posted on February 13, 2009Joba-the-Not Chamberlain and a Fake Foreigner Drummer: Celebrity Impersonation Gone Awry
Posted on February 12, 2009Pennsylvania Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan's Mischief Anything but Juvenile
Posted on February 11, 2009Crime Lab Closures Lead to Backlogs while Report Set to Criticize Widely Used Forensic Techniques
Posted on February 11, 2009Phthalates Ban from Toys Starts Today while Amount in Existing Inventory Remains Unknown
Posted on February 10, 2009Arizona Rancher Roger Barnett Rounds Up Legal Trouble, is Sued by Illegal Immigrants he Detained
Posted on February 10, 2009Octuplets Mom, Nadya Suleman, Under Harsh Scrutiny but Her Doctor Now Under Investigation
Posted on February 06, 2009State Employees Take First Furlough Friday in California: Offices to Be Closed First & Third Fridays
Posted on February 06, 2009"Latitude" from Google Can Turn Mobile Devices into People-Trackers, Raises Privacy Concerns
Posted on February 05, 2009Seat Belts to Get Hit by Recession? State Seat Belt Laws Eyed to Bring in Cash
Posted on February 04, 2009All Citi Pawn Shop Sued by Citigroup over Logo: Recouping Bailout Funds?
Posted on February 03, 2009Kwame Kilpatrick Released from Jail: Former Detroit Mayor "not bitter" and "learned a lot"
Posted on February 03, 2009Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Extend Eviction Suspension and Freddie Announces Foreclosure Rent-Back Program
Posted on January 30, 2009Malpractice Suits within Suits: Texas Court Throws out Attorney Malpractice Suit over Medical Malpractice Case
Posted on January 30, 2009James Brown Estate Saga: His "I Feel Good" Trust and another Reason to Update Your Will
Posted on January 30, 2009FDA Inspection Reveals Problems at GA Peanut Facility; Congress Calls for Hearings
Posted on January 30, 2009Wisconsin Supreme Court Lacks Spirit? Cheerleader Injury Lawsuits Restricted
Posted on January 29, 2009Domestic Partnership or Civil Union: "Everything but Marriage" Considered by States like Washington
Posted on January 28, 2009Bankruptcy Attorneys Make up to $18.50 per Minute as Bankruptcy Needs Surge
Posted on January 28, 2009Serrano Family in Florida Suffers Tragedy as Three Children Killed in Car "Accident": The Laws Behind Drivers License Revocation
Posted on January 28, 2009Kimberly Trenor Prosecutor Claims 'Baby Grace' Riley Ann Sawyers Said "I Love You" in the End
Posted on January 27, 2009Blagojevich Skips Impeachment Trial, Governor Takes Fight against "the System" to The View, Good Morning America, Geraldo Rivera, Nightline, Larry King Live...
Posted on January 27, 2009Supreme Court Rules on Payment of Pension Plan Benefits: The Importance of Designating and Updating Beneficiaries
Posted on January 26, 2009Monster Truck Accident Kills George Eisenhart, Monster Truck Show Promoter, Days after Child Killed at Show in Tacoma
Posted on January 26, 2009Home Depot Announces Job Cuts, Adds to Growing List of Hard Hit Retailers
Posted on January 26, 2009Henry Nicholas, Broadcom Co-Founder, Claims "Character Assassination" at the Hand of Ex-Wife: a Probate Court's Nightmare
Posted on January 23, 2009High School Coach David Stinson Indicted in Max Gilpin's Heat Stroke Death
Posted on January 23, 2009Hef's Wife Kimberly Conrad Returns to the Mansion: the Ultimate "Collaborative Divorce"?
Posted on January 23, 2009Jacques Chirac Mauled by his Own Depressed Poodle: A Dog Bite Can Mean Serious Damages
Posted on January 22, 2009Robert Sherman and Daughter Win Case: Illinois Moment of Silence in School Law is Unconstitutional
Posted on January 22, 2009The Randy and Melissa Pratt Case: How a Bank Error Can be Anything But a "Gift from God"
Posted on January 22, 2009Abuse of Elderly Increasing in the Recession: The Warning Signs to Look Out For
Posted on January 21, 2009Kathleen Hilton Trial Begins: Grandmother Charged with Murder and Arson over Visitation Rights
Posted on January 21, 2009Supreme Court Rules in Kindergarten Sex Discrimination Case, Expanding Reach of Civil Rights Law
Posted on January 21, 2009Apartment Fire Shows Sublet Dangers: Beware of Quick Rental Unit Modifications
Posted on January 21, 2009Senator Kennedy Suffers Seizure: What Happens When a Senator is Incapacitated?
Posted on January 20, 2009Cedar Fire Lawsuit Against Government by San Diego Landowners Falls Short
Posted on January 16, 2009Amanda Knox Trial for Murder of Meredith Kercher "Opens": Will it Stay Open?
Posted on January 16, 2009RealtyTrac Foreclosure Activity Report Released: Laws and Programs to Prevent Foreclosures Ineffective
Posted on January 15, 2009Simple Checklist from the World Health Organization Reduces Accidental Surgery Deaths
Posted on January 15, 2009BART Shooting Murder Charge: Former Officer Mehserle Arrested and Charged
Posted on January 15, 2009UnitedHealth Group Ingenix Billing Database Fraud Case Settled for $50 Million
Posted on January 14, 2009Geithner, Obama's Pick to Head the Department of Treasury, and Self Employment Taxes
Posted on January 14, 2009What is "Sexting"? Nude or Risque Pics Sent by Teens Expose Them to Serious Legal and Social Consequences
Posted on January 13, 20093.4 Million Stalker Victims in a Year: DOJ Report Shows Gravity of Stalking in the US
Posted on January 13, 2009Husband Tapes Wife in Invasion of Privacy: Hidden Video and Marriage Don't Mix
Posted on January 13, 2009Ban Cell Phone Driving: National Safety Council Calls for Ban on all Cell Phone Use while Driving
Posted on January 13, 2009Madoff Remains under Penthouse Arrest: Judge Refuses to Jail Accused Ponzi Scheme Artist before Trial
Posted on January 12, 2009Piper PA 46 Piloted by Marc Schrenker Crashes Near Milton, Florida: Plane Problems or more Investment "Fall"out?
Posted on January 12, 2009Internet Sales Taxes Eyed by States to Raise Funds: What This Means for You
Posted on January 12, 2009Christine McCallum, Teacher Accused of Sex with Boy: Is there a Gender Double-Standard for Statutory Rape?
Posted on January 09, 2009Gotti Mystery Solved? John Favara's Fate Allegedly Revealed in Case against Charles Carneglia
Posted on January 09, 2009Bankruptcy Cramdown Mortgage Loan Modification? Key Banks Approve Possible Legislation
Posted on January 08, 2009BC Coach Jagodzinski Fired for Interviewing for New Job: Can it Happen to You?
Posted on January 08, 2009Ponzi Scheme Fallout: Madoff, Meaghan Cheung, René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet and You
Posted on January 07, 2009BART Shooting of Oscar Grant Caught on Video, Family Files $25 Million Claim
Posted on January 07, 2009DUI Stars: Antoine Walker, Sam Shepard and Charles Barkley Illustrate Drunk Driving Risks
Posted on January 06, 2009
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On 08-25 at 19:02PM
Squeaky Fromme, would-be Ford assassin and Manson devotee, released from prison
On 08-14 at 15:19PM
Likely unintended consequence of cash-for-clunkers stimulus is dampening of 2010 spending
On 08-14 at 14:34PM
Palm seeks to halt Palm Pre Android theme on copyright and trademark ground
On 08-12 at 17:30PM
Congressional investigation demonstrates Karl Rove lied about his active role in US attorney's firing
On 08-12 at 16:20PM
Family of New York City swine flu victim to sue city for failure to secure school #nyc #swineflu
On 08-12 at 12:59PM
Real Network's DVD copying software deemed to break DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions
On 08-12 at 12:57PM
Prepaid funeral operators indicted for $100 Million fraud
On 08-12 at 12:53PM
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On 08-12 at 12:43PM
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