Law Students

Study: Impact of divorce on kids less damaging
For years, social scientists have believed that children of divorce have had more behavior problems than kids growing up in two-parent homes. But the impact may not be as damaging as previously believed, according to new research to be released...

California prisons rocked by problems
A stabbing attack this week on four guards at one overcrowded state prison and a racially sparked brawl at another mark the type of violence that guards, inmates' attorneys and Gov...

Eight DUIs No Auto Accidents Gets Man Four Years Prison
The judge told the man he was lucky. When 48-year-old John Craig Homans of Brunswick Georgia pleaded no contest to DUI and driving with a suspended license, Judge Wendy Berger told him "You're lucky you haven't killed yourself or somebody else"...

Who said this "We have no great illusions, my brethren and I, ..."
about how much good it will do you to be told these things things in advance. We have learned by bitter experience that you will not take the things we tell you very seriously. You conceive this, I take it, to be somewhat in the nature of the pep meeting to which you were first exposed when you entered college...

Before I Hand Over a $700 Billion Check, How About Some Balances
When the government bailout of the financial industry was first announced, we were told more details would be forthcoming. The weekend has passed, and we still have few details. We're being told that there is a big threat, things have...

He Gets Life, She Gets Off
That's the title of Rick Casey's latest Houston Chronicle column. LINK Maybe a Lufkin jury believed teenager Erica Basoria when she told them she had asked her boyfriend to stand on her abdomen to abort the twins she was carrying...

Illinois Accidents: 5 Things Everyone Should do When Injured in an Auto Accident
Unfortunately the personal injury field doesn't offer a claim spec...

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

How to deal with creditor's harassing phone calls?
Once you have sent your cease and desist letter to the company, certified mail, ...

What is the statute of limitations in New york State as to how long a person may claim heirship?
who has paid the taxes for the last 7 to 11 yrs ? you can take a house by openly...

What role does financial means determine which parent gains custody?
was(am) a single male that gained custody of my daughter when she was three. Thi...

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

Sudan Plane Crash
100 People Believed Dead

Refco
Ex-CEO Gets 16 Years

Walt Disney
alleging a Sikh American applied for a job with Disney but was told he did not have the "Disney look" - apparently referring to his beard and turban, which is required by his religion.

Nail Guns
Injury Rate More Than Doubles in Three Years

False Arrest
City of Greer pays $50,000 settlement after imprisoning a woman whose charges had been dismissed years earlier.