Human Rights Law

Civil Liberties Groups Oppose Obamas Plan to Close Gitmo, Absent Serious Changes
Civil Liberties Groups Oppose Obama?s Plan to Close Gitmo, Absent Serious Changes By Spencer Ackerman 4/8/10 In an indication of the full-spectrum pressure that the Obama administration is facing on its plan to close Guantanamo Bay, today a coalition of...

How to Close Gitmo
Hot off the press: Human Rights First's new plan on closing Guantanamo. "How to Close Guantanamo: Blueprint for the Next Administration". HRF offers a step-by-step strategy for closing Gitmo, designed to minimizes risk and ensure federal court prosecutions where appropriate.

Should the GITMO prisoners go to Alcatraz
Not surprisingly, the President's order to close GITMO has everyone talking about where the prisoners now held there will be sent. This Denver Post article, for example, reports on buzz already surrounding the the possibility that the GITMO detainees might...

Fired U.S. Attorneys Case Hits Judicial Roadblock
Fired U.S. Attorneys Case Hits Judicial Roadblock

"U.S. plan for Guantanamo prison camp detainees: Divide and conquer; The president wants U.S. trials for some and transfer abroad for others as part of his plan to close the prison camps at Guantanamo Bay."
"U.S. plan for Guantanamo prison camp detainees: Divide and conquer; The president wants U.S. trials for some and transfer abroad for others as part of his plan to close the prison camps at Guantanamo Bay...

"Gitmo: An Early Test Of Obama's Pragmatism.
"Gitmo: An Early Test Of Obama's Pragmatism." CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen has this essay today.

"Senate Demands Plan for Detainees; Democrats Scrap Funding to Close Guantanamo Bay"
"Senate Demands Plan for Detainees; Democrats Scrap Funding to Close Guantanamo Bay": This article appears today in The Washington Post. The New York Times reports today that "Democrats in Senate Block Money to Close Guantanamo...

Is Obama a Natural Born Citien?
Philip J. Berg, Esquire vs. Barack Hussein Obama, a/k/a Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barry Obama, a/k/a Barack Dunham, a/k/a Barry Dunham, et al

Traditional and Roth 401Ks
Selecting the right Retirement Plan

H&R Block Retirement Plan Fraud
How to Join Class Action Suit

Pre-paid Leagal Services
What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

Settlement Proposed in Class Action Against Facebook
Facebook will Close Beacon in Proposed Settlement

Nortel
faces class action over changes to employee pension plan

Yellow Freight Pension Plan
alleging ERISA violations

Health Plan Boycott
Connecticut chiropractic groups to pay $87,000 fine in civil suit.

WaMu Cash Balance Pension Plan - Partial Preliminary Settlement
WaMu Cash Balance Pension Plan Partial Preliminary Settlement

Lehman Brothers
allegedly breached ERISA duties for employee savings plan participants.