Media & Entertainment Law

New magistrate judge to serve in Southwest Virginia
This order says that in recognition of the caseload coming out of the Cumberland Gap park, a magistrate judge shall be empowered to handle cases from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia - and it will be any full-time magistrate judge from the Eastern District of Kentucky.

New Law # 1: Student newspaper wins free press case in Virginia
Federal judge rules that ban on alcohol ads is violation of first amendment.Read about it in the Chronicle of Higher Education

Law Primer: Liability for Alcohol Use by College Students
Although recent studies have shown that the number of students who drink and binge drink has stayed about the same since 1993, according to The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University in New York City, the...

Buzzkill!
Whatever man. Just cause a few college kids can't hold their booze, you gotta take away the fun for everyone? In Minnesota, four kids have died since last fall in alcohol-related incidents, so a state legislator wants to get rid of drink specials, putting the kibosh on bottomless beer cups and drink specials for ladies...

Ind. Courts - "Blood test put judge's alcohol at twice limit"
So reports Rebecca S. Green in this story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:With the results of a blood test showing a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit, Allen Circuit Judge Thomas Felts might now...

April 2008: Alcohol Awareness Month
Alcohol abuse is prevalent among many different demographic groups in the United States, including all of the following, to name just a few examples:College students who binge drink at local bars...

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

State of Virginia
$11 million settlement reached in Virginia Tech massacre.

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Drinks that Mix Alcohol and Caffeine Linked to Hospitalizations
Drinks that Mix Alcohol and Caffeine Linked to Hospitalizations

N.Y. Nightclub Owner
Settlement reached Red Bull Energy Drink lawsuit.

Walt Disney
alleging a Sikh American applied for a job with Disney but was told he did not have the "Disney look" - apparently referring to his beard and turban, which is required by his religion.

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support