Criminal Law

The Brooklyn Bridge is 125 years old tomorrow.
I'd been looking at the Brooklyn Bridge for the last 9 months, but I'm back in Madison now, so I'm missing the festivities. I must have walked across the bridge 20 times while I was living in New York, and I still have a picture of the bridge as the welcome page of my iPhone...

40° that's warm enough to walk over the bridge, isn't it
Looking back at Brooklyn:

New Sentencing Guidelines Manual Supplement
The new supplement to the current 2007 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual is now available and becomes effective May 1, 2008.

Title Insurance, Bugs Bunny, and the Brooklyn Bridge
People buying real estate sometimes ask, "why do I need title insurance?" There are a few reasons for it, but I think the best reason is that you don't wind up in a "Bugs Bunny - Brooklyn Bridge" scenario...

Happy Guidelines Day! (Hope You Saved Some of Your Halloween Candy to Celebrate With)
It's November 1st, and you know what that means: new Guidelines! The Sentencing Commission has helpfully posted on its website the 2007 version of the Guidelines Manual, as well as a reader-friendly redline version of the amendments taking effect today...

Palin and the Bridge to Nowhere
Here's a quick NYT report regarding the Bridge to Nowhere, filed long before it would help John McCain.Gov. Sarah Palin ordered state transportation officials to abandon the ''bridge to nowhere'' project that became a nationwide symbol of federal pork-barrel spending...

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

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

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

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

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

Bridge Painter
Aetna Bridge Co. pays painter $5.5 million personal injury settlement after falling 55 feet onto concrete.

Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill>

CoServe Electric
Members Launch Class Action

Sunwest Management Inc.
allegedly misled residents about staff and daily care.

Restaurant Staff
Win Lawsuit Suit Against Employer for Infiltrating their MySpace Forum

Sun Mar Health Care Inc.
allegedly misrepresented nursing staff levels and training to elderly residents.