Litigation

Publication Schedule: 4th of July
The ADF Alliance Alert Email Digest will not be distributed on the 4th of July.  It is possible that a few news updates will appear on the website. We thank all of our readers and pray that everyone has a great 4th of July...

House Foreclosure Activity Rises 55% From July 2007 to July 2008
News release: "RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its July 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which...

Monday Evening Winddown: Fourth of July edition
photo credit: gte333f As promised, this Fourth of July’s most interesting posts and stories: Prior to the Fourth of July, a fireworks manufacturer in CT lost a suit seeking return of over 500K worth of illegal fireworks seized by police...

July Executions
July 10 Rolando Ruiz (TX) - StayedJuly 11 Elijah Page - Murdered by the State of South DakotaJuly 24 Lonnie Johnson - Murdered by the State of TexasJuly 26 Darrell Grayson - Murdered by the State of Alabama

DBR JULY ROUNDUP
DAILY BUSINESS REVIEWCaseload tallies is a key component to PD Brummer's argument against taking further casesCourt Funding: Future cuts likely to be layoffs, not furloughsPB Judicial Candidate wouldn?t last to term if wins: Can only serve 8 months before retirement ageSuccessful Ricci-Leopold duo dissolve practiceImmigration Judge removed from case for showing bias against gays'Gutted' Minnesota public defender copes with lack of fundsUnited Automobile Insurance general counsel Charles Grimsley pleads guilty to two Bar grievancesWilkie D...

New challenge to war crimes trials
 UPDATE 4:23 p.m.  District Judge James Robertson, moving this new case along swiftly, has told the Justice Department to file its opposition on Monday, July 14, and detainee’s counsel to file their reply on Wednesday, July 16...

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...