Criminal Law

Alaska AG Says State Employees Won’t Comply With Troopergate Subpoenas
Alaska AG Says State Employees Won’t Comply With Troopergate Subpoenas :: McCain Lawyer, Former Top DOJ Prosecutor, Scrambles to Block Palin Ethics Probe :: Lawsuit Is Filed to Halt Alaska Dismissal Inquiry

Below-guideline sentence for corrupt Alaska state representative
As detailed in this local article from Alaska, which is headlined "Former Alaska rep gets 6 months in state's bribery scandal," another high-profile white-collar offender has received another high-profile below-guideline federal sentence...

Feds indict Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens
Original posting at 12:57 p.m. ET: Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has been indicted by a federal grand jury, according to MSNBC and McClatchy newspapers. As we reported last year, federal agents searched the veteran lawmaker's residence in Alaska as part...

Half-Baked Alaska: State Attorney General Cites Loyalty to Palin in Refusing Lawful Supoenas
This may not be what the McCain/Palin campaign meant by carrying on the Bush legacy, but Gov. Sarah Palin has refused to comply with subpoenas in the investigation of her firing of Alaska’s former public safety commissioner...

Vermont Given More Time to Comply With Adam Walsh Act
The federal government has provided Vermont, and several other states additional time to comply with provisions of the Adam Walsh Act. The Bennington Banner has more. From WCAX: [The Act] requires Vermont expand its online sex offender registry, even though...

Editorial: Hawaii's Sex Offender Registry Laws Must Be Changed
The Honolulu Star Bulletin has an excellent editorial calling for Hawaii's sex offender registry law to be changed. Specifically, the editorial notes that the July deadline for states to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Act "has become even more...

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

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

Disability Access
Developers pay $175,000 settlement for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act.

Taylor Bean Faces Federal WARN Class Action
Taylor Bean Federal Employment Class Action Filed

Arrow Trucking Hit with Federal Lawsuit by Employees
Arrow Trucking Hit with Federal Lawsuit by Employees

California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action
California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action

Parents Bring Federal Lawsuit After Tainted Baby Formula Injures Newborn
Parents Bring Federal Lawsuit After Tainted Baby Formula Injures Newborn