Criminal Law

Homeless rounded up in Atlanta (and we learn how to steal coins from parking meters)
Several dozen police officers descended on a downtown Atlanta homeless camp before dawn, rousting and arresting people living along the tracks."We're looking for fugitives, and we're looking for stolen property," said David Wardell, vice president of operations and public safety for the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, the agency coordinating the raid...

More companies use GPS to thwart thieves
GPS devices are getting small enough now for some companies to hide the gadgets on their products, as a way to catch thieves who steal the goods (especially tools, appliances and expensive equipment) before they reach their final destinations.

Thieves steal Kansas City man's Great Dane
Tony Rizzo has the full story here. Seriously, who would stoop so long as to steal a man's dog?

Chinese Silver Dragon coins
7 Mace and 2 Candareens China only began producing mass circulation silver coins in 1889 when the first modern coining press was imported into the country. As circulated coins until then had largely been the Mexican Silver Dollar, the new coins were based on these, but with Chinese styling...

It's better to design your IP than IP your design
Kid, don't steal the hubcaps, steal the whole car. Frank Sinatra speaks this line in the 1964 Rat Pack movie, Robin and the seven hoods (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEED6133BF930A15755C0A967958260 sec= spon= pagewanted=2)...

Lighter sentences for 'desperate' thieves
Lighter sentences for 'desperate' thieves"Burglars and thieves who steal to fund an addiction to drugs, gambling or drink could escape jail even if they target a vulnerable victim such as an elderly shopkeeper, under new official guidelines"...

Composix Kugel Mesh Patches
alleging the memory recoil ring has the potential to break and cause bowel perforation or chronic enteric fistulae.

OfficeMax Recalls Office Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
OfficeMax Recalls Office Chairs Due to Fall Hazard

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support

Office Politics
Ramsey County pays two deputies $750,000 settlement after being placed in dead end jobs.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.