Criminal Law

Contracts Limerick of the Week: Marvin v. Marvin
Marvin v. Marvin provides for wonderful opportunities to discuss social issues relating to promises made in the context of marriages and other forms of cohabitation. Lee Marvin and Michelle Triola Marvin lived together for six years...

Flouting Atkins, Again
Over at Co-Op, Danielle Citron has an important post up on how Texas is slated to execute Marvin Wilson, and thereby circumvent the Supreme Court's decision in Atkins v. Virginia, which prohibits the execution of the mentally retarded...

Kovarsky on Death Ineligibility and Habeas
Lee Kovarsky (New York University) has posted Death Ineligibility and Habeas Corpus at The Legal Workshop, a piece based on an article by the same title in the Cornell Law Review. From the introduction: Death ineligibility claims ...

Kovarsky on Original Writs of Habeas Corpus in the Supreme Court
Lee Kovarsky (University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law) has posted Original Habeas Reduux (Virginia Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 61, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article explores what is perhaps the Supreme Court?s most...

Marvin v. Marvin Updated: The Tim Burton Case
Since we have just posted a Limerick commemorating the most celebrated of palimony cases, Marvin v. Marvin, it is worthy of note that, as MSNBC reports, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon issued an order on September 16th of...

A Solution In SEarch Of A Problem
In today's email newsletter "CU Strategic Hot Topic" written by former credit union executive Marvin Umholtz (you'll have to email Marvin to be placed on the distribution list: marvin...

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Lawyer Jokes
Law Humor

How to Select a Divorce Attorney
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Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

State Farm
Settles with Mississippi Attorney General

Ticketmaster Entertainment
Settles with New Jersey Attorney General

Inflated Drug Prices
Dey LP pays $198,000 settlement to Montana Attorney General.

DUI/DWI
If you have been arrested for drunk driving or driving under the influence you should contact an attorney immediately.

Criminal Law
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