Criminal Law

What the Best Law Teachers Do...Nominate Your Best Prof!
Conducting a follow-up to "What the Best College Teachers Do" by Ken Bain, Michael Schwartz (Washburn) is investigating what the best law teachers do. He hopes to "identify the best law teachers in America," "synthesize the principles by which they...

Obscenity Scholarship
Clay Calvert and Robert Richards call for an end to the obscenity laws.

Pennsylvania Federal District Court Brings Attention to Woefully Inadequate Number of Obscenity Prosecutions
In February, Patrick Trueman reported on this blog that there has been great resistance to prosecution of obscenity scrimes in certain sectors of our nation's law enforcement community...

New Obscenity Charges Raise Questions in Internet Age
PC World contains this article by Grant Gross lamenting the problems purportedly caused by the Department of Justice’s recent application of obscenity restrictions that rely on local community standards...

Free Ward in the Battle Against Obscenity
The Salt Lake Tribune is carrying the following report by Robert Gehrke: The former U.S. Attorney in Utah heads a national anti-porn task force. Brent Ward is a tremendous leader in the effort against obscenity but he is hamstrung by the fact that the FBI will not investigate and most U...

Only Words
The unusual prosecution for obscenity of a person based entirely upon writings has ended in a plea deal. From the WSJ Law Blog:From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, we have news of an interesting obscenity case, long in the making, that reached...

Teachers Paid
LA School District pays 8% interest to teachers for payroll problems.

AIG
and Ex Execs to pay $115 Million to Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana

Merrill Lynch
Agrees a $475 Million Settlement with Ohio Teachers