This weeks Time magazine features the story of the 9th Circuits decision last week denying en banc review of a January ruling that had upheld the police creeping onto the defendants driveway in the middle of the night so as to affix a tracking device on his car, a subject I discussed here last Thurs ...

Personal injury offers a lot of opportunity for the development of a niche practice. And, although it is sometimes a bit scary to start off narrowing your focus, it is more comforting in the long run. This is because law is not the only thing at play in personal injury cases. The knowledge of variou ...

Craig and his sister were the two remaindermen that succeeded to his parents’ property at the termination of 10 year QPRTs that the parents set up. Craig wanted to transfer his remainder interest in the property to his sister when the QPRTs terminated. His attorney told him he could disclaim his QPR ...

On April 29, 2010, a panel of three judges at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals gave hope to the opponents of pay-for-delay settlements, when the Court’s decision invited plaintiffs-appellants of Arkansas Carpenters Health and Welfare Fund v. Bayer AG to petition for an en banc rehearing of the ca ...

Copyright Law - Expert Legal Commentary || By Ryan Smith and Thomas F. Zuber || The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed that contractual protections for artistic works may be enforceable even in the absence of valid federal copyright protection for those works. In Benay v. Warne ...

This personal injury accident happened at a Texas oilfield. A worker was crushed by oilfield equipment that was being positioned by a tandem truck during a rig move. The truck was moving a mud pump that was used during drilling operations. The victim was pinned down and sustained crushed hips, pelv ...

Citigroup misled its representatives who sold the firm’s MAT/ASTA municipal arbitrage hedge funds, and arbitrators are placing the blame squarely on the firm, according to a September 5 article by Bruce Kelly in InvestmentNews (“Arbitrators: B-Ds Kept Brokers in the Dark on Private Deals”).

Owners often have trouble finding competent counsel to represent them in condemnation cases.  All too frequently, they experience counsel that has worked for acquisition agencies, such as utilities, cities or counties.  An owner is probably best looking at an attorney which is viewed as ...

CRS Report No. R41349; 8/16/2010; Posted 9/7/2010 Author(s): Clare Ribando Seelke, Specialist in Latin American Affairs; Kristin M. Finklea, Analyst in Domestic Security Subject(s): Mexico; Criminal Justice; Drug Abuse No. of Pages: 35 SUMMARY: In recent years, U.S.-Mexican security cooperation h ...

Sun American Mortgage interview Part 2 Reverse Mortgages A Reverse Mortgage is a loan program that allows you to convert some of the equity in your home into cash while you retain home ownership. A Reverse Mortgage works much like traditional mortgages, only in reverse. Rather than making a ...