Criminal Law

CA - Halfway House In Antelope Shut Down - Law Allows One Registered Sex Offender Per House
View the article here So does this mean that more than one sex offender cannot be in a prison at the same time?  It's the same idiotic logic! 01/09/2009 SACRAMENTO COUNTY -- A halfway house in Antelope that houses sex offenders will be shut down...

FL - Sex Offenders Still Call Miami Bridge Home
View the article here 11/10/2008 MIAMI -- Despite being told to leave almost a year ago, several sex offenders are still calling the Julia Tuttle Bridge home. In March 2007, Local 10 learned that sex offenders were living under the bridge by order of their probation officers...

Where the Antelope and Super Trains Do Not Play: Chinese Admit to Doctoring Award-Winning Photograph
The Chinese government has been heralding its “train to the roof of the world,” the $4 billion Qinghai-Xizang railway to the Tibetan plains that is the latest flash point with environmentalists...

An economically astute() forfeiture approach to sex offenders
As this article spotlights, legislators in Kentucky are talking about an new way to punish sex offenders: Two state representatives from Northern Kentucky want the property of sex offenders confiscated so that those who use the Internet to lure their...

Marlyand Halloween Sign Targets Sex Offenders
…  Md. Sex Offender Halloween Sign Last week, we told you again about the spread of laws across the nation restricting the conduct of Sex Offenders on Halloween.  One particularly odious and inane rule, from our perspective, is the requirement in states like Missouri and Maryland that sex offenders post a sign at their homes [...

Sex offenders usually do it again, right Maybe not
The Numbers Guy, a Wall Street Journal blog, has an interesting post here about recidivism rates among convicted sex offenders. He says that not all sex offenders go out and commit crimes again...

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Nanotechnology Law
Intellectual property laws

Walt Disney
alleging a Sikh American applied for a job with Disney but was told he did not have the "Disney look" - apparently referring to his beard and turban, which is required by his religion.

Property ID Class Action
Settled for $39 Million

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property

Zurn Pex Inc.
alleging faulty and defective plumbing led to property damage.

Sony Lithium Ion Batteries Recalled
Reports of Overheating, Burns and Property Damage

Marshall Astor
Over $1.35 million in property, art and jewelry returned in elder care abuse lawsuit.