Criminal Law

Rachel Cannon, AUSA, is an Unethical Prosecutor
Another day, another unethical federal prosecutor: A federal judge has found that a prosecutor in U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald's office committed prosecutorial misconduct by allowing a government witness to testify falsely in a drug conspiracy trial that resulted in the convictions of four defendants in March...

Stevens' Prosecutors Replaced
The prosecutors who have behaved unethically and unlawfully in their prosecution of the corrupt Ted Stevens have been replaced by (let's hope) more ethical prosecutors. The Stevens prosecutors committed their misconduct in Washington, D...

A call for prosecutorial shaming
Doc Berman turns us on to a new paper by Prof. Adam Gershowitz at the South Texas College of Law which:explores the unfortunately large number of instances in which appellate courts reverse convictions for serious prosecutorial misconduct but do not identify the names of the prosecutors who committed the misconduct...

Federal Judge Sanctions Florida's United States Attorney (Sean Cronin and Andrea Hoffman Are Unethical Prosecutors)
Another judge is taking prosecutorial misconduct seriously: In the wake of a prosecutorial misconduct scandal in the corruption case against former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens in Washington, a Miami federal judge imposed extraordinary sanctions Thursday on federal prosecutors in South Florida for secretly taping the defense team of a physician who was ultimately acquitted in a prescription drug case...

Brady and Prosecutorial Compliance
Brady violations - failures by prosecutors to hand over exculpatory or impeaching evidence to the defense - have been surfacing in the news lately, particularly with regard to federal prosecutions...

Asbestos and contaminated prosecution in Libby, Montana
In Missoula, defense attorneys are aggressively attacking the prosecutors in the criminal trial of W.R. Grace executives. From Bloomberg, "W.R. Grace Will Seek Acquittal, Claims Misconduct": W...

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

Dysport
Linked to Severe Birth Defects

Injured Immigrant Worker
Owner of Billy G’s Tree Care pays former employee $30,000 settlement after sustaining a severe chainsaw facial laceration.

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

FenPhen
Serious Heart Problems Found In Ex-Users

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

Paxil
Found to Damage Sperm and Inhibit Fertility