Criminal Law

Alabama: historic win by black candidate
The Cullman Times reports: Democrats appear to be headed for a historic win by James Fields in the Alabama House District 12 special election With 20 of 38 precincts reporting, Fields leads his Republican opponent, Wayne Willingham, with 1,929 votes...

Alabama: drive to register the homeless
A Montgomery Advertiser report begins: John Cook Thomas would like to cast his vote in the November election for Barack Obama. ... Despite living in the Salvation Army's homeless shelter, Thomas pays attention to politics and he plans to register...

Alabama: prison commissioner bows to the will of the GOP and stops voter-registration drives
AP reports: Alabama's prisons commissioner has stopped a drive to register inmates to vote so they can cast absentee ballots from inside state prisons. Richard Allen's decision to halt the program Thursday afternoon came after opposition from the Alabama Republican...

Alabama: John Tanner working in Alabama now
AP reports: The former chief of the Justice Department's Voting Rights Section, who stepped aside in December after apologizing for remarks about minority voters, is now working on election-related issues for the Alabama Law Institute...

Alabama: $40,000 for "exclusive" donor events
The Mobile Press-Register reports: At least 86 individuals will enjoy access to Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, thanks to their pledges of $40,000 each to a Republican fundraising committee designed to gain control of the Legislature...

Election Protection Press Release on Pennsylvania
The Election Protection Coalition reported receiving 1000 calls about election problems. They note that the calls were all over the board. Here is a key section of the report:Jonah Goldman, director of the National Campaign for Fair Elections ofthe Lawyers' Committee's Voting Rights Project, said, "In this historicprimary season, voters across the country have turned out in droves toexercise their fundamental right to vote...

FDA
Halts Importation of Drugs Manufactured Offshore By Ranbaxy

Native American Farmers, Ranchers and USDA Reach Historic Settlement
Native American Farmers, Ranchers and USDA Reach Historic Settlement

Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill>

Alabama Suzuki Dealer
Faces Class Action

City of Seymour, CT
$950,000 wrongful death settlement awarded after a police detective let a drunken man drive.

Drive Through Discrimination
Jack-in-the Box pays undisclosed racial discrimination settlement to two customers.