Criminal Law

Illinois Woman Found not Guilty in Bizarre Party Death
A woman in Illinois was recently acquitted after she faced criminal charges for the punching death of a young man at a party. According to a recent report in the Chicago Sun-Times, Tiffany Startz, 22, had been arrested in 2010 and convicted of murdering 25-year-old John Powell at a party in Joliet, Illinois...

Wrongful Death Covers Many Situations
Pittsburgh, PA: Wrongful death lawsuits can be filed in many situations involving countless circumstances and situations. What they all have in common is that the victim's death was preventable and was caused by the actions of a different party (a person or organization) who acted improperly...

Archbishop: Democratic party risks transforming itself definitively into a party of death.
St. Louis Today reports:  In comments published over the weekend in a daily Catholic newspaper sponsored by the Italian bishops? conference, former St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke said the Democratic Party ?risks transforming itself definitively into a ?party of death...

TELEGRAPH: The real story of the US debt deal is not the triumph of the Tea Party but the death of
TELEGRAPH: The real story of the US debt deal is not the triumph of the Tea Party but the death of the Socialist Left. “Most pundits are crediting this U-turn to the political muscle of the Tea Party and it?s true that President Obama would never have agreed to this deal if the Tea Party [...

JAMES TARANTO: DEATH PANELS FOR DEMOCRATS: They voted for ObamaCare, and now their party is putti
JAMES TARANTO: DEATH PANELS FOR DEMOCRATS: “They voted for ObamaCare, and now their party is putting them out of their misery. . . . Driehaus, Kosmas and Dahlkemper might not need the help the party is denying them had they not been bullied into voting for that agenda...

California Democratic Party Platform: Repeal
Bob Egelko reports, "Dems want to scrap death penalty in California," on the front page of today's San Francisco Chronicle. The California Democratic Party is calling for abolition of the death penalty, defying conventional political wisdom and raising an issue...

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Third Party Mobile Content Charges Settlement
Third Party Mobile Content Charges Class Action Settlement

Google Inc.
alleging deceptive charges for ads displayed on third party web sites.

Underage DUI
Minor injured in car accident after a Halloween party is awarded $1.5 million.

Wrongful Death
alleging death was caused by the conduct of negligent defendant.

Taser Death
allegedly directly causing or leading to complications resulting in death.

Cell Phone Services
AT&T Mobility may have to pay $10 million to Florida customers after charging for third-party services.