Criminal Law

The FORUM Summarizes Significant Arbitration & Mediation Cases
In an early January post, And the Top ADR Cases of 2007 are?, we announced the release of the 2007 ADR Law & Policy Year in Review. The review names and summarizes the most significant arbitration and mediation cases of 2007...

PHILADELPHIA TO REVIEW ALL BREATHALYZER-DUI CASES FROM 15 MONTHS DUE TO MISCALIBRATION
  Philadelphia, PA.  March 25 ? A day after Philadelphia police announced that miscalibrated breathalyzers had compromised 1,147 drunken-driving cases, District Attorney Seth Williams  declared he would conduct a wholesale review of all DUI cases during the 15 months in question...

Criminal Cases Review Commission
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is ten years old. Since 1997 it has completed 8,500 cases and referred 343. Graham Zellick, chairman of the CCRC, being interviewed in the Times Law Supplement comments on the changes the CCRC has seen during its 10 year existence, its achievments and the challenges it now faces...

Court grants review of indecency law, 7 other cases
UPDATED 12:30 p.m. with further details on the granted cases and on a few cases denied review. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by the Federal Communications Commission testing its power to ban even a single use of a vulgar word on radio and television (FCC v...

REVERSAL RATES IN CASES CONSIDERED ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEW by JASON NEMES
REVERSAL RATES IN CASES CONSIDERED ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEW   By Hon. Jason Nemes               One of the most frequent questions I am asked by attorneys preparing a motion for discretionary review is whether their case, if reviewed, is likely to be affirmed or reversed...

Brinker miscellany
As of last week, there are now seven Brinker "grant and hold" cases. The seventh is In re Lamps Plus Overtime Cases, no. S194064 (review granted 07/20/11). Here are my amicus letter in support of review and my depublication request...

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Salmonella Found in Tomotoes
57 Reported Cases in New Mexico and Texas

ConAgra Peanut Butter
Hundreds of Salmonella Cases Settled

FDA Issues Update on Safety Review Orlistat
Orlistat FDA Issues Update on Safety Review

Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services
Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services

FDA Review of Prostate Cancer Treatment Prompts Warning of Risk for Diabetes
Prostate Cancer Treatment FDA Review Prompts Warning of Risk for Diabetes

Xigris
Study Prompts FDA Safety Review