Criminal Law

North Dakota Adopts Privacy Protection Measures for Court Records
Amendments to North Dakota's Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rules of Court, and Supreme Court Administrative Rules and Orders were adopted on December 3, 2008...

What information should be made public
The North Carolina Medical Board is looking at how detailed information should be reported and what the public should be told concerning the records of doctors', including medical malpractice judgments...

New Admission Rules Proposed In North Dakota
The North Dakota Supreme Court has proposed amendments to its bar admission rules. The court notes: The overall goals of the State Board of Law Examiners in proposing the amendments were cleaning up inconsistent language, conform the rules to the...

Executions And Medical Discipline
The North Carolina Supreme Court has held that a statement from the Medical Board condemning the presence of a physican at an execution was properly enjoined. Physcians may be present without threat of disciplinary action: This case presents four issues:...

NC Supreme Court addresses doctor involvement in executions
As detailed in this local article, headlined "Justices overrule medical board: It had limited role of doctors at executions," the North Carolina Supreme Court yesterday issued a major opinion concerning doctor involvement in execution protocols...

North Carolina High Court Issues Ruling to Protect Consumers
The North Carolina Supreme Court decided an important case in favor of North Carolina consumers earlier today. In the case of Tillman v. Commercial Credit Loans, et. al., the Court determined an arbitration clause in a consumer loan agreement was unconscionable; paving the way for the plaintiff and others like her to bring their claims in court...

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

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

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

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

South Carolina Firm
Recalls Frozen Meat and Poultry Products

Nissan North America
alleging brake defects that cause the 2005 Infiniti G35 brakes to wear out faster.

Home Hospice of North Texas
$500,000 settlement reached in Medicare fraud lawsuit.

Fayette County School Board
faces sex abuse class action lawsuit

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million