Taxation & Estate Planning

Geistfeld on the Compatibility of Rights-Based and Efficiency-Based Theories of Tort
Mark Geistfeld (NYU) has posted on SSRN Efficiency, Fairness, and the Economic Analysis of Tort Law...

"Tort Laws that Save Americans the Most Money"
Source: Pacific Research Institute The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, today released Tort Law Tally, a new report identifying which state tort reforms reduce tort losses and tort insurance premiums the most...

China Prepares Tort Legislation
Tort legislation is now under consideration in the National Peoples' Congress. From CRIENGLISH...

Bad Faith As The Key To Tort Reform
We had an okay class discussion about tort reform recently in Torts. (At this point in the semester I think we’re all too exhausted for a heated or animated debate on the topic...

"The Pop Tort"
Eric Turkewitz alerts us to a new blog, The Pop Tort. The Pop Tort is run by staffers at the Center for Justice & Democracy, which in turn is a non-profit "consumer organization...

Waiver of Tort in Class Actions
It is fashionable for class counsel to plead ?waiver of tort? as a common issue alleged to be certifiable in product liability class actions...

Language Requirements for Citizenship
Naturalization without an English language test

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

My husband's Grandmother died intestate. She had one sole heir, my husband's Father. He and his wife kept paying taxes on the property.Then he also died intestate. Now, my Mother-in-law wants to sell this property. Accor
Based on my research, his wife would have a 1/3 interest in the property. The ot...

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...

What rights does a father have when a woman waits 13 years to tell a man he is a father & he missed out on the growing up of that child?
Actually, he has as much right as she to request a paternity test, plus he can f...

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.

Type I Recall of Propofol Injection, 1g/100mL and 500mg/50mL
Propofol Injection Health Canada Issues Type 1 Recall

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

Type 2 Diabetes
Linked to Arsenic in Water

Environment Law
alleging damages from violation of the law.

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.