New Law Blogs

Standardized Ohio Domestic Relations Forms
Ohio has 88 counties. It also has as many different sets of domestic relations divorce and dissolution forms but currently no standardized forms across the state -- but that's soon going to change...

Better Left Unsaid
The Montana Supreme Court affirmed sanctions against pro se litigants for non-compliance with court rules and orders as well as abusive behavior during the discovery process. One of the litigants failed to attend a scheduled deposition...

Access to Justice for Litigants in Person (or self-represented litigants) Civil Justice Council
“A CJC working party has looked at how access to justice can be improved for individuals, known as litigants-in-person, who either choose not to have or cannot afford legal representation...

Assisting Pro Se Litigants
A recent opinion of the New Jersey Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics deals with the degree of assistance that a lawyer may provide to a pro se litigant. The committee concludes: "We believe that, given the New Jersey Supreme Court's...

Courts, Litigants and the Digital Age: A Book Notice
Irwin Law has recently released a short (132 page) monograph by Professor Karen Eltis of the law faculty at the University of Ottawa entitled Courts, Litigants and the Digital Age: Law, Ethics and Practice...

Money Refunded for SC Divorce Forms
According to The Sun News, people will receive a refund if they bought divorce forms from A Divorce Fast. The South Carolina Attorney General’s office said that the Canadian service hosted forms that didn’t comply with state laws...

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

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

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

U.S. Citizenship Applications
The naturalization process

DC Madame Phone List
Telephone Records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey's Escort Service (Pamela Martin and Associates)

Divorce Slander
Sara Evans pays ex husband $600,000 in alimony divorce settlement.

NBA Divorce
Michael Jordan pays former wife $168 million divorce settlement.

Clopidogrel Marketed as Plavix FDA Issues Public Health Advisory
Clopidogrel Marketed as Plavix FDA Issues Public Health Advisory

California Pistachios
FDA Issues Salmonella Advisory for Certain Brands

Greka Oll and Gas
EPA Orders Clean-up of Toxic PCBs

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million