Criminal Law

Deemocrats Drop Demon Pass But Put Cart Before Horse
Later today the Deemocrats, having dropped Demon Pass out of some combination of fear and embarrassment, will vote to revise a bill they had not yet passed. I would say this is putting the cart before the horse, except that it?s not a horse: it?s an ass.

Editorial Support for Miller v. Alabama Ruling
Newspaper editorial boards across the country are praising yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on sentencing for juvenile offenders, Miller v. Alabama. "Juvenile murderers and justice," is the Los Angele Times editorial...

Some Notes on Fair Share Acts and the Economics of Health Insurance
I have argued many times on these - virtual - pages that fair share acts, and their backers’ obsession with trying to circumvent ERISA preemption, puts the cart before the horse, in that they focus on putting more health insurance obligations on employers without addressing the real reasons that employers struggle to provide health insurance, which is its ever expanding cost...

New Civil Gideon Resource
The Philadelphia Bar Association recently launched its Civil Gideon Corner, an on-line resource page for all things Civil Gideon (including activities of the Bar Association's Civil Gideon Task Force)...

NYT Editorial Favors Wal-Mart Class Action
An editorial in today's New York Times argues that the Supreme Court should allow the Wal-Mart case to go forward as a class action. The editorial cites favorably the amicus brief written by Alexandra Lahav, Arthur Miller, Paul Secunda, Adam...

Today's Quote: Take that Cart and Horse Out for a Test Drive
It would be great if the law schools seemed to care ? if they insisted that prospective students work as paralegals for a while and make sure they know what they?re getting into. But law schools are money-making concerns and they?re raking in cash the way things are...

Icy Fall
Super Eight Motel pays Horse veterinarian $2 million personal injury settlement.

Cell Phone Use
Can Increase Risk of Brain Cancer 5 Times

Negligent Death
Family of New York Times reporter awarded undisclosed settlement for medical malpractice.