Litigation

BofA to Cede Top U.S. Rank as Moynihan Trims
"The firm previously was No. 1 in deposits, mortgage lending and credit cards. Those honors are already gone as Moynihan trims operations added by former CEO Kenneth D. Lewis at a cost of more than $130 billion...

Hastings Trims Faculty Raises, Restricts Hires
From The Recorder: Law School Trims Faculty Raises, Restricts Hires, by Petra Pasternak: Bracing for more bad news from the state of California, Hastings College of the Law is forgoing some raises and scaling back on hiring, and has asked...

D.C. Restaurant Cuba Libre Suing Designer for $1.3M in Errors
Cuba Libre DC LLC, the owners behind downtown Washington eatery Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar, is suing its former architect in federal court for $1.3 million, claiming that the restaurant was burned by costly design errors...

New GAO Reports: Alien Smuggling, Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests, Federal Agencies' Use of Web 2.0 Technologies, Oil and Gas Management
Alien Smuggling: DHS Could Better Address Alien Smuggling along the Southwest Border by Leveraging Investigative Resources and Measuring Program Performance,...

Human smuggling vs. human trafficking ...
The case of R. v. Ng [2006] B.C.J. No 774, at para. 8 - sets out judicial interpretation of the difference between human smuggling and human trafficking under the Act: Two critical elements distinguish human trafficking from human smuggling...

Recent Legislative Developments on Alien Smuggling
From CRS by way of OpenCRS: Alien Smuggling: Recent Legislative Developments (May 22, 2008)(pdf). Summary: The primary statutory provision proscribing alien smuggling is §274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.