Criminal Law

U.S. Air Marshals Not Allowed To Board Flights Based On Similar Names In So-Called Terror Watch List
WASHINGTON, DC - False identifications based on a terrorist no-fly list have for years prevented some federal air marshals from boarding flights they are assigned to protect, according to officials with the agency, which is finally taking steps to address the problem...

Problems with U.S. air marshals' behavior
That's what ProPublica, a nonprofit journalism group, reports. They found three dozen marshals who've been convicted since 2001, plus hundreds of others who are accused of misbehaving...

Lowering the Drinking Age
(Kenneth Anderson) Glenn Reynolds argues today in the Wall Street Journal that decisions about the drinking age should be returned to the states, repealing the 1984 Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act, which set it at 21 as a condition for receiving federal highway funds, among other things...

Judges, prosecutors are receiving more threats, U.S. Marshals say
The number of threats increased by 69 percent between 2003 and 2007, USA Today reports. And it looks like the trend will continue this year. The Marshals Service, which protects federal judges and prosecutors, says they've recorded more than 500...

U.S. Marshals Chauffeured Sports Broadcasters, Government Lawyer
A lawyer for the U.S. Marshals Service moonlighting as a Fox Sports statistician enlisted deputy marshals to ferry him and others -- including broadcasters Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, and Troy Aikman -- to and from sporting events in government vehicles,...

Ex-U.S. Marshals Staffer Pleads Guilty to Theft
The former U.S. Marshals Service employee could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Ohio Drinking Water
Contaminated with Acid

Illinois Residents
Exposed to Potentially Carcinogenic Drinking Water

Taylor Bean Faces Federal WARN Class Action
Taylor Bean Federal Employment Class Action Filed

Arrow Trucking Hit with Federal Lawsuit by Employees
Arrow Trucking Hit with Federal Lawsuit by Employees

Environmental Class Action to Proceed Against DuPont
DuPont New Jersey Drinking Water Contamination Class Action to Proceed

California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action
California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action