Legal News

Frisk can occur with a traffic citation without arrest
Officers had RS for a frisk associted with a traffic stop but before the frisk a bag of drugs fell out of the defendant's sleeve. Then, the search incident doctrine applied. United States v...

Not elder law: Methuselah tree grows from 2000 year old Masada seed
The 4-foot-tall sapling looks just like any other young date palm. But the tree, growing in a laboratory in Jerusalem, is anything but ordinary. Named "Methuselah" by one of its cultivators, the sapling grew from a 2,000-year-old seed - the...

Shooter on the loose in Iowa City
The University of Iowa in Iowa City has put out the following text message for students and faculty on campus:An active shooter is reported to be in the Iowa City Area. He is a white male in his mid 40s driving a 1998 Tan Toyota Sienna Minivan, Iowa License plate 501-BLO...

Iowa trouble
For those of you who've been reading about the massive flooding here in Iowa in general and Iowa City in specific, yes, it is really bad. The 380 freeway, which connects Iowa City to the airport and Cedar Rapids to...

Lending Tree A Little Late In Cutting Off Network Access
Luke Mullins, associate editor at US News & World Report and author of the blog "The Collar," had a post Thursday about a disturbing letter that former Lending Tree mortgage customers received this week...

Best Excuse Ever For Speeding
From the Mason City Globe-Gazette: A Joice man who was injured Thursday when part of a tree branch lodged in his head was stopped by the Iowa State Patrol while on his way to the hospital...

Falling Tree
City of Anaheim pays $700,000 wrongful death settlement after tree crushes a man to death while in his van.

Dollar Tree Stores Hourly Employees Bring Class Action
Dollar Tree Stores Hourly Employees Bring Class Action

Tree Stands
Ardisam Inc. pays $420,000 settlement for failing to report defective product to government officials.

Injured Immigrant Worker
Owner of Billy G’s Tree Care pays former employee $30,000 settlement after sustaining a severe chainsaw facial laceration.