Criminal Law
: StandDown Texas ProjectThe Trover Shop on Pennsylvania, SE
It's just across the street from the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. For years, it's been on my short list of one of the best non-fiction book stores in the nation. Today's Washington Post reports, "After Half-Century on the Hill, Beloved Trover Shop Comes to Last Chapter," written by Kate Kilpatrick. Bookstore enthusiasts walking along Pennsylvania Avenue during lunch break yesterday were confronted with sobering news: After 51 years in business on Capitol Hill, Trover Shop is closing. Bright-orange fliers announcing 20 percent off merchandise were taped around the shop before the 7 a.m. opening. In the window, a letter began: "It is with great sadness that we inform you of our plans to close our Capitol Hill location, but given the current economic climate and the changes in our industry, we are faced with no other viable option...continue to full post
Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 07, 2009 (boomark / email).

President-Elect of Pennsylvania AAJ: Remain Tough on Dram Shop Law
In an op-ed in the Legal Intelligencer (1/20) Kevin R. Marciano, president-elect of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice wrote that the people who are the fault of drunk driving related accidents and fatalities are "people who hold parties without watching...
How NOT to handle criticism: Shop To Earn and Shop To Earth
Ben W. Glass, editor at Clarislaw.com and attorney, did a nice write-up last week of the ShopToEarn situation...
Sleeps with the fishes
A Pennsylvania pet shop had a surprise delivery the other day. Instead of getting a shipment of tropical fish, they received the corpse of a man who died from Alzheimer's...
Pennsylvania: ?New adult shop finds itself in a touchy spot?
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: The prom-dress-pink store, with strips of ribbon dangling in the windows and a breast-cancer-awareness sign out front, looks like any girly gift shop in West Chester’s bustling business district...
Indiana: Judge accepts deal in sex shop dispute
The PlainfieldStar.com reports: Attorneys for Plainfield and the operator of the Hot Temptations lingerie modeling shop have agreed that the shop can stay open but without adult novelties and services...
Get a Deal Done with a Go Shop Clause
When acquiring a company, you typically want to lock down your target and prevent it from seeking other potential buyers (see no shop clause)...
Must the estate pay off the mortgage debt of someone who dies with a Joint Tenant Right of Survivorship on a property?
Generally, the survivor now has an undivided 100% ownership interest in the prop...
Have been married for four years, but the house has always only been in my spouse's name. Can she move out and sell the house? Where does that leave me? All the bills are paid out of my checking account, including all ut
You have no claim to the proceeds of any sale, you do however have a claim for t...
My building is having construction to expand the pizza shop I live over, they work until 3:00am making noise I have 2 young children. I don't want to live above a restaurant its too noisy.
Most leases will stipulate the terms under which the lease can be terminated. Al...
Does common law marrage still exist in the state of Pennsylvania
No, it does not....
Pennsylvania Juvenille Detention
Judges Face Class Action
Requip
alleging behavior urges users to gamble, shop, and eat compulsively.
False Abuse Accusations
Boothbay Harbor Central School District pays shop teacher $320,000 defamation settlement.

Must the estate pay off the mortgage debt of someone who dies with a Joint Tenant Right of Survivorship on a property?
Generally, the survivor now has an undivided 100% ownership interest in the prop...
Have been married for four years, but the house has always only been in my spouse's name. Can she move out and sell the house? Where does that leave me? All the bills are paid out of my checking account, including all ut
You have no claim to the proceeds of any sale, you do however have a claim for t...
My building is having construction to expand the pizza shop I live over, they work until 3:00am making noise I have 2 young children. I don't want to live above a restaurant its too noisy.
Most leases will stipulate the terms under which the lease can be terminated. Al...
Does common law marrage still exist in the state of Pennsylvania
No, it does not....







