A blood test in a DUI–death case could be performed with probable cause, even if defendant were unconscious. Here, the suppression hearing never established whether there was PC for the blood draw, and the case is remanded for reconsideration. The fact of a death is not enough. Helton v. Commonweal ...

The regular Monday morning column from Clark Judge has become a Tuesday column because of the snows in D.C.: Health Summit Starting Point: Ban Three Bad IdeasBy Clark S. Judge, managing director, White House Writers...

In the month of February we celebrate Presidents Day in honor of two great United States Presidents; George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both were heroes of wars fought on U.S soil for freedom and unity of our great country. The United States has fought many wars throughout the world since that ...

Michael Pelly in The Australian Legal Affairs on Friday took some comfort from England soccer (now former) captain John Terry's failure in court to stop publication of an affair with a team mate's ex, suggesting the decision of High Court Justice Tugendhat would have Australian media lawyers smiling ...

The Haiti earthquake was in 2010, but lawmakers are allowing charitable tax deductions for Haiti relief contributions in the 2009 income tax calculation. We've already discussed the tax benefits of donating to Haiti relief in an earlier post in this blog. But now, 2009 taxpayers have an added tax i ...

Winston & Strawn has added two partners and a senior counsel to its New York office. Lawrence A. Larose and Samuel S. Kohn join as partners in the firm’s restructuring and insolvency group while William J. Grant has joined as senior counsel in the mergers and acquisitions practice. Larose, who w ...

As might be expected, the number of lawsuits over Toyota vehicles has grown sharply. According to a Bloomberg news report, several different groups of plaintiffs have filed at least 29 suits in California, Texas and South Carolina. It is likely that, as the suits advance and others are filed, the U. ...

The job done by Focus on the Family and the Tebows with their much-publicized Super Bowl advertisement was nothing short of masterful. In fact, I’m not sure that word describes the level of mastery Focus on the Family showed with their domination of the pro-abortion left through last nightR ...

In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Friday, February 05, 2010    1. People v. Ortega2010 WL 375079, 2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 00777(N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. Feb 04, 20 ...

Source: Lexology, February 8, 2010. Rockefeller to move cybersecurity billPatton Boggs LLP"Citing the cyber-attacks on Google originating from China, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller, (D-WV), said that he intends to focus more keenly on cybersecurity and that his panel ...