Stewart v. Rolling Stone LLC, --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2010 WL 317016 (Cal.App. 1 Dist.) Fascinating case! Indie rock musicians from the bands Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up sued to represent a class of over 100 bands who all appeared in an editorial feature, “Indie Rock Universe,” in the November 15, 2007 ...

If you are already an online subscriber to the LAW.COM service you should be able to click on any of the links below, sign in, and access the full text of all articles listed. A subscription to LAW.COM is needed for online access to this service. EEOC: Kelley Drye Compensation System Disc ...

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Injury Attorneys like myself have been following closely the path of Whiteley vs. R.J. Reynolds, which has gone through two trials, appeals, and finally a ruling from the California Supreme Court. As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, on Wednesday our Suprem ...

I am sympathetic, for my own personal reasons, to people charged with not disclosing conflicts of interest. For the most part, I doubt that people say things they do not really think because someone gave them a check. I think they generally get the check because of WHAT they think. I think that is t ...

Via RJ's diary, from the American Museum of Natural History: Science has a nicely written review of what Dark Matter is and why we suspect it exists, great reading by itself, and especially as a primer to the DM news announced this week. Greg Laden takes an impressive whack at answering a great ...

Bockler v. R.J. McGough & Associates, Inc. This cause is before the Court on the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend his Complaint.  Specifically, Defendant sought to have the Complaint dismissed on statute of limitations grounds, averring that PlaintiffR ...

A Florida jury on November 19 awarded Cindy Naugle, a former smoker with emphysema, $56 million in compensatory damages and $244 million in punitive damages for its negligence in causing Ms. Naugle’s disease. The case was formerly a part of a class action. A trial was held on the class act ...

As reported in The Age the Victorian Government's Register of Lobbyists is up and running, with an initial batch of 21 lobbyists, and details searchable, in line with most other states that have taken the plunge. The name of an individual lobbyist employed by a registered firm, or an organisation re ...

This evening's Rescue Rangers are Louisiana 1976, vcmvo2, Got a Grip, jlms qkw, jennyjem and ybruti with shayera editing. fab 3 writes about World AIDS Day 2009. (jlms qkw) Union Review reports this year's White House Christmas Cards Have Teamster Stamp of Approval. (ybruti) Still have turkey? RLMi ...

By –       Kurt R. Karst The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Bowling Green Division)  a  in a case concerning the Constitutionality of the recently enacted Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (“ ”).  As we , five tobacco manufacturers (including R.J. R ...