Legal News

American Community Survey is in the mail
A consumer contacted our office to question the legitimacy of the American Community Survey mailed to him by the U.S. Census Bureau.  He was concerned that the survey advised him he was compelled by law to fill it out...

United States Census Bureau QuickFacts Tables
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released updated summary profiles for various geographical areas within the 50 states. The tables include updated information from frequently requested statistics and provide statistics for all counties, cities and towns with more than 5,000 people...

Census Bureau Releases Income, Poverty Data
The U.S. Census Bureau today released the results of the 2009 American Community Survey. From the press release: Median Household Income Real median household income in the United States fell between 2008 and 2009 ? decreasing by 2...

American Community Survey 2010 is released
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the American Community Survey 2010. The release covers more than 40 topics, such as educational attainment, income, health insurance coverage, occupation, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry and selected monthly homeowner costs...

Poverty decreases in Florida
Florida is one of 12 states where the poverty rate declined from 2006 to 2007, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.The state's poverty rate was 12.1% in 2007, according to the American Community Survey...

Crime Against People with Disabilities
New findings from BJS: Findings in this report are the first estimates of crime against people with disabilities measured by the NCVS, administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...

82 Year Old
Awarded $6 Million in SJS Lawsuit

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property

$3.78 Million Dilantin Settlement Following Death of 9-Year-Old Girl
$3.78 Million Dilantin Settlement Following Death of 9-Year-Old Girl>

Fatal Drug Bust
City of Louisville awards family a $250,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot a 19-year-old boy.

Child Abuse Settlement
The mother of 6-year-old Brandon Ford has accepted a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that claimed the boy was severely brain damaged while in foster care...

American Airlines Settles Price Fixing Class Action
American Airlines Settles Price Fixing Class Action