Criminal Law

Couple charged with attempted murder
9-5-2010 OregonA Philomath woman and Silverton man have been charged with attempted murder and other offenses, including kidnapping and beating an Alsea woman to keep her from reporting an alleged sexual assault on a child...

Diana Eckes Canter (PICTURES): High School Teacher Charged with Sex with Student
Va. English Teacher Charged With Eight Counts Of Custodial Sexual Intercourse With A Minor

Tonya Craft teaches us all
Tonya Craft, a former kindergarten teacher, charged with 22 counts of various sexual offenses involving 3 minor girls, was acquitted today. You may or may not have heard of her. I wrote a post recently about the trial and some of the outrageous antics engaged in by the prosecutors...

Student Post - Teacher Accused of Sexual Assault of Student
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 13, 2009 for Linda Pithyou, who has been charged with sexual assault. Linda was a teacher at Lawrence Hall Youth Services. She is accused of having sex with one of her male students...

Student On Teacher Sexual Harassment
We previously reported on student on teacher sexual harassment and about a shocking decision which placed a heighted burden on the teacher to establish sexual harassment because the student had special needs...

Perth Amboy High School Teacher Accused of Having Sex with Student
A high school football coach and substitute teacher has been arrested and charged with having a sexual relationship with a Perth Amboy high school student. According to a recent news article, 25-year-old Demond Edwards of Woodbridge was charged with sexual assault in Perth Amboy and endangering the welfare of a child ? both second-degree offenses...

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

Sexual Harassment Policy
Define harassment, outline complaint procedure

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

Unlawful Retaliation for Sexual Harassment Claim
Title VII retaliatory discharge retaliation requires proof of participation in protected activities

Victim of Sexual Attack Awarded $1.4 Million
Victim of Sexual Attack Awarded $1.5 Million

T-Mobile USA
alleging the company charged customers for services without their consent.

T-Mobile USA Inc.
allegedly charged customers for unsolicited text messages.

Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees.

Sexual Harassment
(in the workplace)

Nvidia and AMD
charged with price-fixing computer GPU (graphics processing units) chips