Legal Commentary

What goes around...
Do you have things in life that you regret? I do. I try not to regret things, but sometimes it just happens. You wish you could do things over, and you daydream about what you would do differently, all the things you know now that you didn?t know then...

From Little Things, Big Things Grow
GetUp has announced the release of "From Little Things, Big Things Grow": GetUp! launches hit song for Reconciliation! GetUp! yesterday announced the release of ?From Little Things, Big Things Grow? by The GetUp Mob...

Leaving Behind More Than Just Things
When people die, they leave behind more than just "things". More than just photos and furniture and money and houses and pets and clothes and clutter. They leave behind things that were never said (and now can never be said),...

Excellent Review of the Things GTD App
Jeff Krabbe has posted an in-depth review of Things. This is the first of four GTD apps Jeff is going to review, so I highly recommend bookmarking his Apple Briefs site. If you’re new to GTD (Getting Things Done), it’s a technique for managing time and tasks...

New York Civil Law --- Back In the Swing of Things
Since January 2008, things have impinged my ability to blog on a regular basis. I've had 5 presentations in the span of a month-and-a-half and just finished co-writing a chapter on the trade secret privilege for a compendium...

A few Googlish things
Unlike Siva and Philipp Lenssen, I can’t manage to blog full-time on all things Google. But I do try to keep tabs on the search giant. After the break, I’ll share a few interesting things that have recently come across my screen...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

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

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

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

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.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

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