Taxation & Estate Planning

6th Circuit: Tax Court Is Not a "Court" and Thus Lacks Power to Transfer Case to District Court
Here is news of a Sixth Circuit case from the Tax Prof Blog:The Sixth Circuit yesterday affirmed a Tax Court's decision that it lacked authority 28 U...

Federal appeals court remands Guantanamo detainee bid to block Algeria transfer
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday remanded [PDF text] to district court a bid by Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Belbacha [BBC profile] to obtain a preliminary injunction barring his transfer back to his home country of Algeria...

D.C. District Court Finds Courts Cannot Impose Penalties for Aiding & Abetting Advisers Act Violations
In what the court describes as a "case of first impression," the federal district court for the District of Columbia held that the SEC does not have the authority to seek, and the court lacks jurisdiction to impose, monetary penalties...

Ind. Decisions - Court grants transfer in one case, reverses grant in another
The formal transfer list should follow later today, but the ILB has received advance notice about two cases: On June 19th, the Supreme Court denied transfer in the case of Michael Hill v...

Affirmative waivers required for juvenile transfer hearings: LAKE V. COM. (COA 1/25/2008)
LAKE V. COM. CRIMINAL: Waiver of transfer hearings for juveniles and affirmative waivers 2007-CA-000172 PUBLISHED: VACATING AND REMANDING PANEL: ACREE PRESIDING; NICKELL AND GUIDUGLI CONCUR COUNTY: KNOX DATE RENDERED: 1/25/2008 David Lake appeals from an order of the Knox Circuit Court denying his request for RCr 11...

O, be some other name!
In a recent case, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals had ?no qualms? about editing 30 U...

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

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

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Can I return an entire lot of merchandise is some of the items were not as advertised?
Since they were specified as leather, you do have a case - however, your best fi...

I work for a company that is owned and operated by Spanish people. There is only 3 people in the whole company including me who are Caucasian. The female who is supposed to be training me is "latino" and treats me very r
Is it an actual issue or are you making it an issue? It is understandable you fe...

How to get a used car dealer to honor warranty for repairs required two weeks after purchase?
What was the defect? Rust? A hole? Bad converter? Broken hangers? If it was rust...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

When a buyer signs a agreement for the sale of property and then decides to back out after they have signed the escrow papers and accepted the keys to the property can they leagally not tender the check for the purchase
This is a two part case. First there should have been a purchase contract that d...

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

$7.8 Million Settlement in Academy of Court Reporting Class Action
$7.8 Million Settlement in Academy of Court Reporting Class Action

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.