Criminal Law

The Consequences of Staged Accidents
Staged accidents are just that -- ?accidents? that are staged. Often times orchestrated by sophisticated crime rings, these intentional collisions are planned to make it look like an insured driver is at fault when, in reality, the insured driver was...

Firm Under Fire for Staged 'News Report'
In a story reminiscent of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's fake news conference last October, a Connecticut law firm and its PR consultant are coming under fire for a staged "news" program airing on public-access TV...

Preacher Convicted of Murdering Elderly Man to Conceal Theft of Money
Rev. Howard Douglas Porter has been convicted in the death of 85-year-old Frank Craig — a murder committed to hide the fact that Porter had stolen $1.1 million from the elderly man under the false pretext of building an agricultural museum...

Fights Staged for YouTube Videos
Who would have thought that fight videos posted to YouTube are the rage among teenagers and young adults? Who would have thought that some of these video are actually staged by some individuals to promote a their own bravado for...

Tax Lawyer Staged Suicide to Look Like Murder
Alabama Major Bashinsky (Tax LL.M., Florida), 63, son of the late CEO of Golden Flake Snack Foods, staged his own suicide to make it look like he had been abducted and murdered. ABA Journal ABA News Associated Press Birminham News CBS News Huffington Post NBC News

It has been a while ...
As a result of the writers' strike in the US it has been a long time since I have embedded a video from The Colbert Report, but the show is now back on air and here is an amusing (if clearly staged) interview with Mike Huckabee:

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Bunk Beds
Injuries on the rise

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Operating Room Fires
Hundreds Injured During Surgery, New Report Shows

Tree Stands
Ardisam Inc. pays $420,000 settlement for failing to report defective product to government officials.