There's lots of interesting and important criminal justice action and debate in North Carolina these days.  In addition to racial disparity debates roiling the administration of the death penalty, there is a broader on-going controversy involving the state's criminal justice lab.  from t ...

  From the Courier Journal: David Rose agrees to pay $15.4 million in swindling case Louisville plastic surgeon disciplined on accusations of sexual misbehavior Kentucky commandments backers plan appeal optimistic of new Supreme Court Karen Sypher lawyer says prosecution wit ...

Carlos Lleo, Appellant, v.The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D10-1562Lower Tribunal No. 91-35913 District Court of Appeal of Florida Opinion filed August 18, 2010. Carlos Lleo, in proper person. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for appellee. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for r ...

Carlos Lleo, Appellant, v.The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D10-1562Lower Tribunal No. 91-35913 District Court of Appeal of Florida Opinion filed August 18, 2010. Carlos Lleo, in proper person. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for appellee. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for r ...

Bloomberg Businessweek has a thorough article by Jim Snyder, looking at the issues of compensation and remoteness of claims. So far, BP has paid out $352 million in emergency payments for 114,100 claims, and BP has received a total of...

Second District, Division 8 Believes Attorney Was Blameless Under the Circumstances. In Scarola v. Dedicated Talent Agency (Pettigrew), Case No. B220482 (2d Dist., Div. 8 August 13, 2010) (unpublished), attorney for an apparently uncooperative cross-complainant was sanctioned $2,500 after her ...

[Promoted from diaries - ML] via Robert Stacy McCain, who has the exclusive. California Reporter to Republican Candidate: “We’re not interested.” A reporter for the Torrance (Calif.) Daily Breeze sent an e-mail to a political consultant saying the newspaper is “not interest ...

At Solve Climate, Stacy Feldman writes: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) declared today that carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) is currently "viable," and that the only real obstacle to rapid deployment in the United States is political will. ...

Fans of the new Arizona immigration law, SB1070, are apparently undeterred by the fact that a large part of it was recently blocked by a Federal judge who issued an injunction that prevented the state from allowing police to question people about their immigration status. Now Florida AG Bill McCollu ...

Summary of Decision issued August 10, 2010Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court.Case Name: Roemmich v. RoemmichCitation: 2010 WY 115Docket Number: S-10-0008Appeal from the District Court of Park County, the Honorable Steven R. Cranfi ...