Bad Cops & Prosecutors

Senseless Imprisonment
That's the title of an editorial in today's Dallas Morning News, a follow-up on Diane Jennings revisiting of the Chris Ochoa & Richard Danziger exonerations. LINK The Christopher Ochoa case should be required reading for state lawmakers ? and for...

Old is New Satire v. Parody
I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable with how the 9th Circuit dealt with the Cat in the Hat case. Dr. Seuss Enters., L.P., v. Penguin Books USA, Inc., 109 F.3d 1394 (9th Cir...

Texas Supreme Court Applies Proportionate Responsibility Law to Implied Warranty Theory
JCW Electronics, Inc. v. Garza, a June 27 decision of the Texas Supreme Court, arose out of the death of Rolando Montez, who was arrested for public intoxication and jailed In the Port Isabel jail...

Degrees of separation: Title IX and Lorena Ochoa
Lorena Ochoa is hot, hot, hot right now just having won her fourth LPGA title in as many attempts.But is she is product of Title IX? ESPN commentator Cindy Brunson believes so, or at least lead us to believe so when she compared Ochoa's post-Title IX accomplishments to Mickey Wright's record-setting four straight record that Ochoa tied this past weekend...

Ben Kuehne Arrested!
Come on, what the hell is going on in America: Ben Kuehne, a widely respected Miami lawyer whose clients have included former Vice President Al Gore and other major politicians, surrendered Thursday on federal criminal charges for his behind-the-scenes role in a complex international drug-trafficking case...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ISABEL ALLENDE - AUTHOR
Isabel Allende was born in Peru to Chilean parents. Her father was a diplomat and a first cousin of Salvador Allende, the leader of Chile deposed in a 1973 coup by Augusto Pinochet...

Dumb Texas Laws
Stupid Laws in the Lone Star State

Anna Nicole Smith's Legal Troubles
Court cases and legal issues related to Anna Nicole Smith

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

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

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Suspended and Fired
Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement.

Police Chief Whistleblower
Argentine Township agrees to pay former employee $650,000 harassment and retaliation settlement.

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

Video Taping Arrest
Harris County pays wrongfully arrested brothers $1.7 million civil rights settlement.

Fatal Drug Bust
City of Louisville awards family a $250,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot a 19-year-old boy.

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