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A Small, Cute Halloween
We had our first Halloween in the 'burbs last week, and the boy's first Halloween ever. Our house was...

Page 1 Creeps Out For Halloween 2008
I was a lame-o for Halloween (as I usually am - for Halloween I mean) and didn't dress up, but lots of Page 1 employees got into the spirit of things. Click on the picture to enlarge it.

MADD asks Everyone to be Safe this Halloween
Mothers Against Drunk Driving issued a statement asking people to designate a sober driver this Halloween weekend during festivities. The group is especially concerned since Halloween falls on a Friday this year...

Some More Thoughts on Daubert and Forensic Science:
In my Iowa Law Review article, discussed in my previous post, I point out that Daubert/amended Rule 702 haven't done much as yet to improve the state of forensic science, and...

more scary Halloween laws against sex offenders
Both Halloween and Election Day are coming.  So, we’re not at all surprised that politicians across the nation are once again posing as Heroes in the fight against the Great Sex Offender Trick-or-Treat Bogeyman...

Daubert Hearings at the Certification Stage
From the ABA Litigation Section news report, via Federal Civil Practice Bulletin: In what appears to be part of a trend across the country, a federal trial court in West Virginia has ordered a full, evidentiary Daubert hearing as part...

Article on Daubert and Adversarial Bias:
My article, "Expert Witnesses, Adversarial Bias, and the (Partial) Failure of the Daubert Revolution," has just been published in the Iowa Law Review. You can find an on-line version here...

Daubert (& Frye) 15 years later
Fifteen years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling on science and expert testimony in the courtroom, state courts are still sharply divided in their approach, with some following the federal Daubert rule, others the older Frye rule, and yet...

Casper Halloween Figures
Recalled due to High Lead Levels

Underage DUI
Minor injured in car accident after a Halloween party is awarded $1.5 million.