Legal Commentary

A Call for Social Justice Lawyering
Hearkening back four decades to the civil rights movement, Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. is issuing a call for litigators to revive the passion for social justice that characterized that era...

Are Biotech Companies Stymied In Dealing With Universities
The San Francisco Business Journal ran a feature suggesting that biotech companies are running into hurdles in doing deals with universities, specifically the University of California System in this case...

IRS Sends Compliance Questionnaire to 400 Colleges and Universities
The IRS announced today (IR-2008-112) that it has sent a compliance questionnaire to 400 small, mid-sized, and large private and public colleges and universities, focusing on unrelated business income, endowments and executive compensation practices...

Twenty questions: Social Justice Quiz 2008
Do you know: In how many of the more than 3,000 cities and counties in the US can a full-time worker who earns the minimum wage afford to pay rent and utilities on a one-bedroom apartment?Answer: None...

UK: Universities accused of fixing admissions
The Telegraph reports: An investigation by this newspaper has uncovered plans by several leading universities to ignore the new award because it will mean offering more places to independent school pupils...

The Social Meaning of the Eucharist
One MOJ reader sent the following in response to my post on the relationship between the Eucharist and Social Justice: "I enjoyed your MOJ and Creo en Dios! posts concerning Eucharist and social justice...

Anna Nicole Smith's Legal Troubles
Court cases and legal issues related to Anna Nicole Smith

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
Katrina Victims See Justice Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Social Security Class Action Launched
to Reinstate Wrongfully Terminated Payments

WA Dept. of Social and Health Services
Class action settlement reached will give $45,000 each to thousands of minority day-care providers.

Express Scripts Inc.
Over $9.5 million payout in deceptive business practices lawsuit.