Criminal Law

W(h)ither Miranda?
A new paper asks the very question: Has Miranda become ineffective? Not because it’s not needed anymore, but because police departments are finding ways to get around it while achieving the same results...

When Are Miranda Warnings Required?
Many people who have grown up watching TV mistakenly believe that the police must always give a person Miranda warnings as soon as they begin speaking with him...

Lost in Translation
There is an interesting article in the Summer 2008 edition of the Criminal Justice Magazine (Vol...

Parents of Baltimore County Teenager Sue Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Department and Others for Failure to Properly Investigate His Death
Adrienne and Robert Miranda, the parents of Joseph Miranda, have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health department, The Maryland Attorney General?s Office, the Hampstead Police Department, and the Federal County and Frederick County state?s...

Has Miranda Outlived Its Usefulness?
Lawprof Charles Weisselberg's new article, Mourning Miranda, raises some very interesting questions about how a good thing can go south over time...

Mourning Miranda:
Berkeley lawprof Charles Weisselberg has posted a fascinating new draft article, Mourning Miranda, on how the police in California currently implement the Miranda warnings...

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

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

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

Can I return an entire lot of merchandise is some of the items were not as advertised?
Since they were specified as leather, you do have a case - however, your best fi...

I had an account with GEMB/Select Comfort to buy a new bed back in 2005. After paying it off (in 2006), I requested they close the account. In January of 2008, I declared bankruptcy (chapter 7). The creditor was NOT list
if you did pay it off before the bankruptcy and it wasn't listed as a accou...

My husband's Grandmother died intestate. She had one sole heir, my husband's Father. He and his wife kept paying taxes on the property.Then he also died intestate. Now, my Mother-in-law wants to sell this property. Accor
Based on my research, his wife would have a 1/3 interest in the property. The ot...

I work for a company that is owned and operated by Spanish people. There is only 3 people in the whole company including me who are Caucasian. The female who is supposed to be training me is "latino" and treats me very r
Is it an actual issue or are you making it an issue? It is understandable you fe...

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

Condemned Redevelopment
City of Baltimore agrees to $7.8 million property use dispute settlement with Warner Street Inc.

Employment
Employee rights including labor law, harassment, safety, unpaid overtime, discrimination and union disputes.

US Federal Government
allegedly violated the niversal Declaration of Human Rights by deporting undocumented parents of US born children.