In todays culture of pink ribbons, yellow bracelets, and fundraising walks, it is not hard to imagine the multitude of ways an employer might learn about the genetic test or manifestation of a disease by a family member. Loved ones often become involved with organizations specific to the disease of ...

  In  CITIZENS UNITED v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION issued in late January, the U.S. Supreme Court indicated that the government has a very difficult burden to overcome before they can limit and punish free political speech. In this case the Supreme Court invalidated campaign finance laws that proh ...

Diane Karpman, a legal ethics expert, has the following reminders for “tuning up” attorney-client retention agreements: Lawyers should consult the State Bar fee forms on the California State Bar website, because they represent the “gold standard”—tested, blessed and familiar to fee arbitrat ...

Now, having gotten that out of the way (unbidden), on to a few brief, and probably socially unacceptable, words about a Congressman and Ex-Marine who passed away yesterday: John Murtha. In the interest of time, space, and not prolonging nausea, I won’t delve into this corrupt late Congressman& ...

Judge Vaughn Walker, the presiding judge in the trial over California’s Prop 8, has been outed by the San Francisco Chronicle.  “The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S ...

Campbell v. Campbell;;2006-CA-001803-MR and 2006-CA-001827-MR Issue:; Arbitration of family law cases Published:;; Reversing and Remanding with Directions County: Jefferson ; Ex-Husband and Ex-Wife appealed and cross-appealed, on substantive grounds, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law a ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) Iran began making higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday, state television reported, and the Pentagon said the United States wanted a U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran within weeks over its nuclear program. The Islamic Republic, which denies its program has military aims, anno ...

Although Marta Perez and Rosie Landeros recently received a record, multi-million dollar, verdict in a lawsuit against Gustavo Davalos Torres, the two Bakersfield, CA sisters will never have the lives they did before June 15, 2007. Ms. Perez and Ms. Landeros, 16 and 25 respectively at the time of ...

In U.S. v. Patterson, No. 09-13354 (Feb. 8, 2010), the Court found no plain error in a calculation of “loss” for sentencing enhancement purposes under the Guidelines that resulted in dollar amount twice as large as the amount of restitution.The Court noted that “loss” encompasses “actual loss,” or “ ...

Image via CrunchBaseAfter a two-month production delay, New York-based bookseller Barnes & Noble, Inc. expects its Nook electronic book reader to be available for purchase in most of its bookstores this week, Reuters reports.Until now, the rival to Amazon.com, Inc.'s Kindle reader could only be had ...