Richard Hess, 63 of Chelan, was killed in a single-vehicle accident when his pickup truck rolled on Interstate 90 near the Cle Elum exit reports the Yakima Herald.com. According to the report, Hess drove his truck off of the road and when he over-corrected, he crossed into the eastbound lanes where ...

Reflecting the new political reality, the controversial nomination of Craig Becker for the NLRB failed this afternoon. Because of the procedural rules of the Senate, 60 votes were required to cut off debate and so the majority vote that would be sufficient for his confirmation was not enough. Given ...

FOX News offers this interesting report....

Password protect your phone to give a reasonable expectation of privacy If your cell phone is password protected, you should have a reasonable expectation of privacy in it, in those jurisdiction that think that a cell phone can be searched incident to an arrest. EFF Asks Court to Suppress Evidenc ...

Well, looks like Li Zhuang got 1 and 1/2 years after his appeal. (see my original post about defense lawyer tactics here) I suppose thats better than 2 and 1/2 years, but I am still left wondering why in the world he even got a prison sentence. (again, see my original post) An article from the ...

A man was fatally injured in a Long Beach pedestrian accident after he was struck by a big rig the morning of February 8, 2010. According to a news report in The Press Telegram, the man was crossing Wardlow Road at Santa Fe Avenue in a marked crosswalk, when a large truck hit him as it made a turn. ...

My latest technology column for the ABA Journal is out. It's called "Going Mobile: Your future work platform is on the phone " and it takes a practical look at what is starting to seem like a smartphone revolution. My goal in this column was to provide a simple introduction and primer to what To ...

A 33-year-old Bronx woman with cerebral palsy never left St. Luke’s Hospital in uptown Manhattan after going in for a trip to the dentist. According to the New York Daily News, the woman went into respiratory arrest, suffered brain damage, and died three months later of complications from surgery.He ...

Today we bring you Part II of my conversation with Wayne Burton and Cyndy Nayer of the Center for Health Innovation, where we get into some specific examples of successful programs.  The Center represents over 40 million lives, and brings together employers and providers to focus on a limited number ...

"Senate finally approves judge": The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey has a news update that begins, "The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a Newark federal judge's promotion to the nation's second-highest court Tuesday, five months after the Judiciary Committee decided unanimously to support his ...