Legal Commentary

Obama On The Important Issue . . .
. . . a college football playoff: Kroft: I have one last question. As president of the United States, what can you do, or what do you plan to do, about getting a college football playoff for the national championship? ...

Bowl vs. Playoff
As I am not yet ready to comment on the Mumbai tragedy, I will stick to the lighter fare of college football.  The debate rages between opposing camps, those who favor a single national championship bowl game and those who favor a playoff to determine college football’s national champion...

Leave Barack Aloooone . . . About A College Football Playoff
President-Elect Barack Obama is still 2 months from being inaugurated and some NYTimes op ed writers can not leave him alone. At least wait till he actually does something. Geezus Christ on a cracker! Look at Bryan Curtis: Obama’s First Fumble BARACK OBAMA went on “60 Minutes” this week and unveiled his first policy proposal as president-elect — a college football playoff...

FREE ELMIRA JACKALS HOCKEY TICKETS!!!
Image via Wikipedia Everyone at the Ziff Law Firm is excited about the Elmira Jackals upcoming playoff series against the Reading Royals! After a great season, Elmira finally gets to experience playoff hockey again...

Big Day in Philadelphia:
Forget Obama-Clinton. The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals in overtime in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series. This is the first time the Flyers have won a playoff...

Obama Endorses College Football Playoff
Chris Berman offered entertaining interviews of McCain and Obama during halftime of Monday Night Football. I could not have cared...

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Football-Related Dementia and Workers' Compensation
Football-Related Dementia Is the NFL Liable?

NCAA
Men's Basketball, Football Players Settle Class Action for $228 Million

Search Engine Optimization Claims
Web based company pays over $150,000 settlement in Internet lawsuit.

Repossessed car wins $700,000 Settlement
A class action lawsuit that was brought against Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Finance Co., alleging that the company had questionable repossession practices, has been settled.

MRI Health Risks
alleging gadolinium based contrast agents pose health risks.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...