Estate Planning

The Economics of Organ Donation
The March 23, 2007, issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education has several articles on proposed solutions to the shortage of donor organs for transplantation. The use of "spare" kidneys from living donors has increased but is nowhere near meeting...

Organ Donation in North Carolina
Most North Carolinians know that when they renew their driver's license, they can indicate their desire to be an organ donor by having a red heart placed on the license.  This alone is now sufficient to establish ones' intent to donate organs (but not tissue)...

Child Support from Sperm Donor
Interesting case from Pennsylvania concerning the right of a private sperm donor to contract away his right to make child support payments. From the Associated Press, The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a woman who promised a sperm donor he...

The death row inmate as organ donor
In a recent issue of Good Magazine, Graeme Wood argues that we should explore the possibility of allowing death row prisoners to, essentially, die by organ donation: The real objection to the Mayan Protocol [death by organ donation] is aesthetic...

QuickLinks for 29-Feb-2008
MAKE: Blog: Public domain donor Funny concept…intellectual property meets organ donor cards. Adventures in $40 eyeglasses | 43 Folders While patent outsourcing is a joke (IMO), outsourcing things like having eye glasses made is a hot topic on the Internet right now...

FindLaw.com Survey: Americans Trust, Aren't Swayed by Political Polls
How much attention do Americans pay to the results of political polls? Do they trust the accuracy of the polls? And do the poll results influence how they vote? A new national survey conducted by FindLaw...

Pennsylvania Employment Law
alleged violations of Pennsylvania labor laws including discrimination, harassment and overtime pay.

Sperm Donor
Ordered to Pay Child Support

American Corrective Counseling Services to Pay $2.55 Million In Pennsylvania Class Action
American Corrective Counseling Services to Pay $2.55 Million In Pennsylvania Class Action

Kumho Tire
Recalls 36,292 Light Truck and All TerrainTires

Pennsylvania Juvenille Detention
Judges Face Class Action

Immigration Fees
Nationwide Class Action Gets Green Light