Legal Commentary

Obama co-sponsors bill on soldiers and mandatory arbitration
by Deepak Gupta Although the issue hasn't come up in the presidential campaign, those looking for clues about the presidential candidates' views on the ongoing debate over binding mandatory arbitration will want take note of a new piece of proposed...

OBAMA and the Ohio Mandatory Sick Days Citizen Initiative
Governor Strickland's failure to head off a citizen's initiative on mandatory sick days for Ohio workers will put Obama in a bind. If the initiative passes a citizen's vote, Ohio businesses with over 25 employees must give their employees a...

Mandatory Law School Pro Bono Programs Do Not Increase Pro Bono Participation After Graduation
Robert Granfield (State University of New York - Buffalo, Department of Sociology) has posted Institutionalizing Public Service in Law School: Results on the Impact of Mandatory Pro Bono Programs on SSRN...

The Secret Service Hates Obama
Check this out: Some loony Ebay nut hounds the hell out of Barack Obama, to the point that Obama finally relents. Dude: You best watch yourself. You don’t want to mess with a Muslim carrying around a bag of…

Recently Published Scholarship: Arbitration
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform Volume 41, Issue 4, Summer 2008 Symposium: Empirical Studies of Mandatory Arbitration Omri Ben-Shahar, Introduction, How Bad Are Mandatory Arbitration Terms?, p...

Mandatory XBRL: Gulp, Large Companies By Next Spring!
Mandatory XBRL: Gulp, Large Companies By Next Spring! Yesterday, the SEC held an open Commission meeting to propose mandatory XBRL. As expected, the SEC proposed a phase-in period for mandatory XBRL - starting with approximately the largest 500 companies (specifically,...

DC Madame Phone List
Telephone Records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey's Escort Service (Pamela Martin and Associates)

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

US Postal Service Workers
File Labor and Wages Class Action

Comcast Corp.
alleging false advertising related to the speed of its Internet service.

Clearwire Service
alleging poor quality and unfairly charging early termination fees.

Microsoft Corp.
allegedly failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribers.

Mel Harris and Associates Debt Collection
Face Class Action for Alleged "Sewer Service" Practices

Fire Company Duel
Township settles $150,000 fire service lawsuit.