Religion & Law

Radical Group Sued By Church Under Little-Known Federal Provision
Alliance Defense Fund on Wednesday announced the filing of an interesting lawsuit in federal district court in Michigan. The Freedom of Access To Clinic Entrances Act, 18 USC Sec. 248, in addition to protecting abortion clinics, contains a little-known provision banning forcible obstruction or intimidation of anyone exercising the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship...

Police Contradict Part of Church Storming Story
My colleague Todd Heywood has been working on this story about Bash Back disrupting a church service in the Lansing area and he's found that some of the worst accusations appear to be false...

Keith Olbermann, Bill OReilly and Black People - The Power of Black Enterprise
www.BoyceWatkins.com I learned something about the power of money last night. I received an email from one of our readers on Your Black World, who simply said, ?Bill O?Reilly is coming after you again...

Family Affairs: Catholic Church Throws $130,000 Party for Popes Brother as Schuller Dumps His Son
It appears that a vow of poverty does not stand in the way of a good Birthday bash. A Catholic diocese in southern Germany plans to spend 100,000 euros (130,000 dollars) on a birthday bash at the Vatican for the Pope Benedict XVI’s elder brother, Georg Ratzinger...

Limerick of the Week: Mill Street Church v. Hogan
Thisis a useful teaching case because it covers both implied actual authority and apparent authority. The Church is bound by Bill Hogan's decision to hire his brother, Sam, to do some work in the church both because a past course...

Sincerity of Belief in Love, Music, and Meat
On Monday, a motion was filed to keep video evidence out of a Pennsylvania trial scheduled to begin February 23. The $1 million lawsuit, brought by the Universal Church of Love and Music, claims a local ban on its church...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Copyright Lawsuits: Critical Issues Before Filing Copyright
Federa Rule 11(b) Considerations

Vioxx Lawsuits
Vioxx personal injury suits are a seroius concern for Merck and patietns

Construction Site Accidents
Lawsuits related to accidents

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Bausch Lomb Renu Moistureloc Linked to Eye Infection Fusarium Keratiti
Contact Lens Solution Product Recall

The Bay Presbyterian Church
$700,000 settlement reached in church split case.

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

Nintendo Control
Video game giant to pay $21 million settlement in patent lawsuit.

Video Technology
RealNetworks to pay $533,500 settlement in licensing lawsuit.

Racketeering Class Action Filed on Behalf of Foreclosed New York State Homeowners
Racketeering Class Action Filed on Behalf of Foreclosed New York State Homeowners

Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Antigonish faces class action over abuse by a priest