Criminal Law

Georgia Sex Offender Challenges Online Registration Requirement
Sex offender banishment seems to be catching up with the information age. A Georgia sex offender has brought a constitutional challenge in federal court against a new state law that forces sex offenders to register their passwords, screen names, and...

NH - Sex offender says he'll move, regrets attaching his name to legal challenge
View the article here 11/19/2008 By AARON SANBORN - asanborn@fosters.com DOVER ? A registered sex offender challenging the city's sex offender ordinance plans on leaving the city, regardless of the outcome of the court case seeking the ordinance's dismissal...

"Sex Offender Begs For More Jail Time"
The title of this post is the headline of this new piece from ABC News that discusses sex offender residency restrictions and other challenges that sex offenders now face as they seek a return to society...

OH - Sex offender wins challenge of new law
View the article here Good news, for once! 06/19/2009 By MARY ANN GREIER LISBON - A sex offender who challenged a reclassification requiring him to register his address for the rest of his life won a new classification requiring less registration time...

Interesting legal developments concerning sex offender regulations
Two interesting legal stories developed Monday concerning legal challenges to certain state sex offender laws: The story from Georgia concerns sex offender registries and is well covered by Sex Crimes in this post headlined "Georgia Supreme Court Rules that Registration...

LexPress: Sex Offender Rule Tossed
A State Supreme Court Justice finds that State rules on sex offender trump a local statute.

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Sunscreen Manufacturers Face Class Actions over Misleading Advertising
Banana Boat, Coppertone Face Class Action in Canada

Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action
California Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action

AT&T, Apple Face Potential Class Action over iPhone MMS
AT&T, Apple Face Potential Class Action over iPhone MMS

Florida Cement and Concrete Producers Face Price-Fixing Class Action
Florida Cement and Concrete Producers Face Price-Fixing Class Action

Medicaid Fraud
GSK and Novartis Face $800 Million in Penalties