Criminal Law

Miami Judge Puts Plea Deals Online, Rejecting Federal Arguments
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 29, 2009. "Chief Federal Judge Federico Moreno in Miami, bucking the wishes of the U.S. Department of Justice, has ordered all plea agreements to be posted online, reports the National Law Journal...

Plea agreements to be available again
We have discussed before (and criticized) the local rule taking plea agreements off-line and hiding them from the public. Here's what we said back then:This is a silly policy, which is only in place in this District (as far as I know)...

Should plea agreements be available to the public
I just noticed via SSRN this new student note by David Snyder in the Fordham Urban Law Journal. The notes is titled "Nonparty Remote Electronic Access to Plea Agreements in the Second Circuit," and here is the abstract: The advent...

Does the death penalty encourage plea agreements
Does the death penalty encourage plea agreements?  Just as wrapping one’s self in the flag is considered to be the last refuge if the scoundrel, the argument that  the death penalty encourage plea agreements (and thus foregoes the agony of a victim’s family member of a trial) appears to be the last refuge for the [...

"Despite Discipline Panel's Harsh Words, Federal Judge Beats the Rap"
"Despite Discipline Panel's Harsh Words, Federal Judge Beats the Rap": law.com provides a report that begins, "Judges on a federal discipline panel vindicated Judge Manuel Real on Friday, but they did it through clenched teeth...

Federal Judge Orders IRS to Turn Over Data to TRAC
Update: Here is a copy of the court order in Long v. United States, No. 2:74-cv-00724 (W.D. WA 6/13/08). From today's Seattle Times: Judge Orders IRS to Turn Over Data; A Federal Judge Has Found the IRS in Defiance of...

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

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Online Ticket Vendor
Buying Tickets Online That Never Arrive

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Greka Oll and Gas
EPA Orders Clean-up of Toxic PCBs

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.

Kimkins
alleging false advertising of online dieting.