Constitutional Law

High Court, 7-2, Rules in Favor of State Tax Collectors During Bankruptcies
High Court, 7-2, Rules in Favor of State Tax Collectors During Bankruptcies :: Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias

“Net Exercises”: The New Cashless Exercise
“Net Exercises”: The New Cashless Exercise In the March-April ’08 issue of The Corporate Executive – that was just mailed – there is extensive analysis of why every company should now be switching from cashless exercises to “net exercises...

High Court, 9-0, Rules in Favor of Prosecutors in Cocaine Sentencing Case
High Court, 9-0, Rules in Favor of Prosecutors in Cocaine Sentencing Case :: Burgess v. U.S.

Shocker - U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Employees!
The U.S. Supreme Court has been decidedly anti-employee and pro-employer ever since Dubya-appointed Justices Roberts and Alito joined the bench. The Supreme Court’s infamous and awful Ledbetter v Goodyear ruling (and Congress’s voting down of the law intended to overturn Ledbetter) seemed to be clarion call of the new conservative majority on the Court, causing [...

"Court upholds whale protection in Navy exercises"
"Court upholds whale protection in Navy exercises": Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "A federal appeals court has ruled that the Navy must protect endangered whales from the potentially lethal effects of underwater sonar during anti-submarine training off the Southern California coast, rejecting President Bush's attempt to exempt the exercises from environmental laws...

President Signs Exemption Allowing Navy to Bypass Environmental Law
A lawsuit was filed to stop the Navy from conducting high-power sonar exercises off the coast of California. Conservationists believe that the sonar can be harmful to fish and marine animals...

Virginia Federal Court Rules in Favor of Disability Claimant
In the first ERISA disability case to discuss the newest case from the United States Supreme Court, the disability claimant was awarded a huge win against Liberty Life Insurance Company...

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

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

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps
BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.