This has the makin's of a final exam question. The UPI story begins: "A real estate broker faced a lawsuit Tuesday accusing him of misleading a condo buyer about second-hand smoke in the building, court watchers say." Read the rest...

The Asia Business Media Blog just did a post, entitled, "China's attitude hift," on a James McGregor talk Woodward attended today in Hong Kong. McGregor, a "journalist, media entrepreneur, investor and long-time resident of China gave a sobering talk" on how China is beginning to treat foreign b ...

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 ...

The concept of lesser included offenses is one that can at times prove confusing to defendants, attorneys, and, as the case of State v. Wellman shows, the courts. In Wellman, the defendant was arrested after an anonymous phone call informed police that the defendant was selling drugs in the Nashvill ...

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 ...

And we have a new favourite politician : Meet Dr. "Goodluck Jonathan" Nigeria's new acting President who assumed powers today after President Umaru Yar'Adua, who has been ailing and out of the country for the last two months, called the BBC and said he was in Saudi Arabia recovering from a heart ...

On February 9, 2010, the medical malpractice lawsuit of Marshall v. Moniz, No. CL08-2018 in Circuit Court for the County of York and the Town of Poquoson, Virginia, was heard on the Defendants’ three dilatory pleadings. Plaintiff alleges that various surgery-related acts and/or omissions caused him ...

I'm delighted that Avi Bell (San Diego) will be joining us for a guest blogging stint. I've long been a fan of Avi's work, and I look forward to his posts. Ben Barros [Comments are held for approval, so there...

Ann M. Burkhart (Minnesota) has posted Bringing Manufactured Housing into the Real Estate Finance System on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Eight percent of the United States population - more than 23 million people - live in manufactured homes (also called...

Earlier today, President Obama made a surprise appearance at the daily White House press briefing. (Watch it and read the full transcript on DKTV or view it at the bottom of this post.) Here's a brief summary of some of the major topics he covered: Bipartisanship: During the briefing, President Ob ...