Appellate Law

Straub: No Subject Matter Jurisdiction needed for Criminal Contempt
In U.S. v. Straub, No. 06-14354 (Nov. 29, 2007), the Court affirmed the criminal contempt conviction of a defendant who violated a court order to not be present during the removal of property from specific premises...

Contempt of Court: Its Not Reserved Just for Criminal Types
Seventy year old New Mexico Father is behind on child support, to the tune of $13,500. Father is held in contempt of court. As punishment for his contempt, Father is sentenced to up to three months of incarceration...

Contempt Order Vacated
The Florida Third District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded a finding of direct criminal contempt of an attorney. The alleged false testimony at issue "did not have an obstructive effect" and the circuit court "did not have judicial knowledge...

Can't use post-probation acts for probation violation
Alice C. White of the Kansas Defender Project won in State v. Skolaut, No. 97,401 (Kan. May 16, 2008), substantially affirming Judge Kaufman's refusal to violate Mr. Skolaut's probation based on acts occuring after the probation period had expired...

No contempt for alleged violation of vague order
Defense counsel's choice of one of four possible meanings of the trial court's order was not contempt because the order was not a clear as the court chose. In re Elliot, No. 32265 (Idaho March 28, 2008).

Can a Fence Be held in Contempt
No, but the homeowner who built it can. Homeowners can be held in contempt of court for acting in bad faith and/or for failing to comply with a Court's order to remedy a deed restriction violation...

Seventh Circuit Vacates Trade Secrets Injunction on Lack of Specificity Grounds
Those of you who have actually read a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction order know that there's usually some portion that says "THOU SHALT NOT DO . . . . " and the list is can be pretty long...

Employment Lawyers Worst Nightmare-Criminal Contempt
In Re: Ruth Pollack, ___F.Supp. 2d___(E.D.N.Y. Sept. 19, 2008), is a case brought against an experienced employment litigator for criminal contempt by a sittting federal judge after he dismissed the employment discrimination case as a sanction for failing to comply...

Law & Order Depicts Police Procedures and Criminal Justice
Accuracy of Criminal Justice Depiction on Television

Missing Children
Databases and organizations

Domestic Violence
Women's Rights

Criminal Law
If you have been arrested or mistreated by police you should speak to a criminal law attorney.

Windows Software
Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order.

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

Tarceva
Safety Data Show Association with Liver Failure and Death

Wal-Mart
Avoids Criminal Charges over Clerk's Death

Drug Pusher
Biovail agrees to pay $24.6 million settlement in criminal lawsuit.