Consumer Law

Friends of the Internet Unite: Citizen Media Law Guide
This is pretty awesome. The Citizen Media Law Project has announced the launch of a new online guide for your average Joe to participate in "semiotic democracy." Here's a link to the Florida guide...

Ex-soldier arrested for kidnap after citizen's arrest of hooligan
Ex-soldier arrested for kidnap after citizen's arrest of hooliganAn Army veteran was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping after carrying out a citizen's arrest when young hooligans attacked his home...

EFF Re-Launches Legal Guide for Bloggers
It has been almost four years since EFF first published our Legal Guide for Bloggers to help bloggers understand their rights and, when necessary, defend their freedom of expression...

The Tax Policy Briefing Book: A Citizen's Guide to the 2008 Election and Beyond
The Tax Policy Center today released The Tax Policy Briefing Book: A Citizen's Guide to the 2008 Election and Beyond: As the campaign season goes into hyperdrive, the Tax Policy Center debuts an online briefing book that tackles scores of...

Nicky Hilton Makes Citizen's Arrest of Man Outside IHOP; Can She Do That
Last Saturday, Nicky Hilton, sister of Paris Hilton, performed a citizen's arrest on a man who allegedly pushed her outside an IHOP. The celebutante's foray into crime-fighting, and recent attempted citizen's arrests of Karl Rove, spark the question: are citizen's...

Legal Guide for Online Publishers
The Citizen Media Law Project?s Legal Guide has some good stuff (and here is their press release).Thanks to the Law Librarian Blog for the link.

How to Become a US Citizen
Citizenship Eligibility, Application, Exmaination

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Is Obama a Natural Born Citien?
Philip J. Berg, Esquire vs. Barack Hussein Obama, a/k/a Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barry Obama, a/k/a Barack Dunham, a/k/a Barry Dunham, et al

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

Cowboy Hat
Lincoln County pays citizen $10,500 settlement for Constitutional Rights violations.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

Clopidogrel Marketed as Plavix FDA Issues Public Health Advisory
Clopidogrel Marketed as Plavix FDA Issues Public Health Advisory

Nursing Home Abuse
New Data Made Public

The Princeton Reivew
Personal Data Made Public on Tens of Thousands of Florida Students

Public Safety Radio
M/A-COM Inc. to pay $4 million settlement in overcharging lawsuit.