Academic

Raban on the Torture Memos
Ofer Raban (University of Oregon - School of Law) has posted Dissecting the Torture Memos on SSRN...

Torture, Plain and Simple
Since the release of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) torture memos a few weeks ago, the public discussion about torture has been robust, to say the least...

Bybee Defends Torture Memos While Ranking Republican Says He Should Be Given Medal
Ninth Circuit Judge Jay S. Bybee responded yesterday to critics about his infamous role in writing some of the torture memos...

The Situation of John Yoo and the Torture Memos
Situationist friend Andrew Perlman recently published a terrific editorial in The National Law Journal on the situation of John Yoo, “The ‘Torture Memos’: Lessons for all of us...

The Torture Memos:
The ACLU has links to the four torture memos released today here. I'm reading them now, and may post some thoughts later on...

Prosecutorial Discretion and the Torture Memos - Part II
A few weeks ago, I wrote about prosecutorial discretion and the torture memos.  No new information has been revealed about the memos...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

An article appeared in our local paper in which it stated the following, Gail Zinger said she told Mr. Jahn she'd be asking.... I am Gail Zinger and I did not say that statement as stated. I spoke with reporter and was t
I'm afraid that paraphrasing like this is part of normal journalistic pract...

The renters that i have took my furnace out of rental house, riped all the wall paper off the walls, broke the windows busted the door off its hinges, plus broke the leaded glass out of the door, door is just leaning aga
You may be able to file a vandalism or destruction of private property complaint...

Excessive Arrest
City of Worcester agrees to pay pizza vendor $100,000 settlement after breaking nine bones in his face.

Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.

Unlicensed Software
NovaStar Mortgage Inc. pays Business Software Alliance $112,000 settlement for using unlicensed copies of computer programs.