Religion & Law

"Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law"
"Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law": Thursday's edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, "In what experts say is the first case of its kind, a disabled Navy veteran from Connecticut is challenging the constitutionality of two federal laws that define marriage as being between opposite-sex partners, saying the government denied her veterans benefits because she is married to a woman...

New Laws Allow Veterans to Hire Private Lawyers to Fight Service-Related Benefits Denied by the U.S. Government
Every year, tens of thousands of veterans fight for service-related benefits denied by the U.S. Government. For decades, non-profit groups and pro-bono firms were the only ones helping veterans navigate the complicated appeals process...

War Veterans Being Denied Health Care: A Case of De Ja Vu
In a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of hundreds of thousands of veterans seeking medical benefits, the Bush administration is fitting them with ungrateful arguments. The Bush administration attorneys claim that veterans fortunate enough to be coming back home...

No Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Veterans Compensation and Pension Benefits in 2011
This was a foregone conclusion, but there will be no increase in veterans pension or compensation benefits for 2011. I wrote previously about no increase in Social Security disability or retirement benefits, and because veterans benefits are based on the...

VA To Issue Emergency Checks to Veterans Awaiting College Benefits
Last week, the New York Times reported on delays veterans are having receiving their benefits under the new GI Bill: Thousands of veterans attending college on the new G.I. Bill are having to take out loans, put off buying textbooks or dig into savings because of delays by the Department of Veterans Affairs in issuing benefit [...

Notice To All Veterans (And Widowed Spouses Of Veterans): Substantially Improved Veterans Benefits Now Available
Veterans may be eligible to receive up to $1,949 in non-taxable monthly income from the VA to pay for home health care, assisted living facility care, and nursing home care. To receive the improved VA benefits, the following criteria must be met: (1) the veteran must have served at least 90 days on active duty in [...

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 4
Where to get help

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 3
Other Benefits

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Hawaii Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage in paradise

Prudential veterans' lawsuit
Families of Deceased Veterans Sue Prudential

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Aetna Life Insurance
Houston Woman Denied $426,000

Amazon
Teen Sues over Lost Homework

Exploding iPod Touch
Mother of Injured Boy Sues Apple

CIA
Department of Defense Sued by Veterans