Appellate Law

Case Law Development: Poverty Not A Basis for Termination of Parental Rights
The California Court of Appeals has issused an unpublished opinion that is an excellent case study of the relationship between poverty and termination of parental rights. A presumed father's parental rights had been terminated because he was unable to provide...

Termination of Parental Rights and Absentee Clients
I sat through a whole day of termination of parental rights trial yesterday. My client is the father of one of the kids and he was in federal prison for most of the child in need of assistance action...

Case Law Development: Termination of Parental Rights Does not End Child Support Obligation
In an unpublished opinion, the Illinois Supreme Court has held that the termination of parental rights does not extinguish a child support obligation unless the child is being adopted...

Stall Tactic - Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights
Kentucky sets forth the grounds for a court involuntarily terminating parental rights in KRS 625.090. The statute basically gives the essential elements, all of which much be proved by the heightened standard of “clear and convincing” evidence: the child has been abused or neglected (and there are three wasy to show this) and that [...

Theorizing The FLDS Case: Should Texas Terminate Parental Rights
Harry Brighouse, a philosopher at UW Madison, has a nice post considering the question of when a state ought to terminate parental rights. (It's based on his article, with Adam Swift, Parents' Rights and the Value of the Family...

Court Reverses the Termination of Mentally Retarded Parents Parental Rights
In a pleasantly surprising decision yesterday, New York’s Appellate Division, Third Department reversed a Family Court decision which terminated the parental rights of both of Natasha RR...

Income Tax Changes for 2007
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Unlawful Retaliation for Sexual Harassment Claim
Title VII retaliatory discharge retaliation requires proof of participation in protected activities

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

Wrongful Termination
alleging unjust termination of job.

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

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

Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans
Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans

Jury Awards $2 Million in Sexual Harassment Wrongful Termination Suit
Jury Awards $2 Million in Sexual Harassment Wrongful Termination Suit

AnchorBank
$1.27 million in construction contract termination lawsuit.