Criminal Law

Man tries to pay traffic ticket with coins soaked in urine
The ticket cost more than $200, and that office has a policy where they only accept $20 in coins. So they sent the urine-soaked change back, postage due. Story is from Oregon. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jewwells P and winkyb2me!

OR- Man Sent Urine-Soaked Coins To Pay $206 Ticket
3-29-2009 Oregon:PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Washington man tried to pay a traffic ticket by sending a plastic bag filled with $206 worth of urine-soaked coins to a county billing office, deputies said Wednesday...

Travel light: fees for extra luggage multiply like crazy
Starting May 5th, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United, and US Airways are limiting coach passengers to one checked bag per passenger. No biggie if you travel light anyway. Business and first-class passengers will get an extra bag or two, but beware of the excess luggage fees...

New L&C Law Scholarship: Dirty Dishes, Dirty Laundry, and Windy Mills
LaVonda N. Reed-Huff, Dirty Dishes, Dirty Laundry, and Windy Mills: A Framework for Regulation of Clean Energy Devices, 40 Environmental Law Review 859 (2010) This article proposes a framework for federal regulation of clean energy devices....

Day 99 - IT'S (ALMOST) OVER
I arrived back from California to find a check from Delta, for $912 (to add insult to injury, they discounted my claim of $1014 for "wear and tear" of the lost items). I'd rather have my luggage, thank you...

DIVORCE BLOGGING: Courts - "When the Ex Blogs, the Dirtiest Laundry Is Aired"
Indiana Law Blog's post is a wild story about blogging and posting and dirty laundry: Courts - "When the Ex Blogs, the Dirtiest Laundry Is Aired"

British Airways Lost-Luggage
Class-Action Gets Green Light

Cintas Settles Laundry Workers' Class Action for $6.5 Million
Cintas Settles Laundry Workers' Class Action for $6.5 Million

Laundry Products, Air Fresheners
Contain Toxic Chemicals

Dirty Needles
Prompt HIV, Hepatitis Testing in Alberta

Moonshin Tattoo Parlour
Faces $20 Million Class Action Over Dirty Needles

Delta and Pine Land Co.
$300,000 settlement in SEC norms violation lawsuit.