Here's a summary of Burton v. Williams, a recent North Carolina Court of Appeals case (adapted from today's NAELA eBulletin): Plaintiff sued defendant as attorney-in-fact for decedent, alleging that an addendum and payment agreement release entered into between decedent and defendant regarding the ...

Here's a summary of Burton v. Williams, a recent North Carolina Court of Appeals case (adapted from today's NAELA eBulletin): Plaintiff sued defendant as attorney-in-fact for decedent, alleging that an addendum and payment agreement release entered into between decedent and defendant regarding the ...

On February 1, 2010, it became compulsory for randomly selected passengers at Heathrow and Manchester airports in the UK to pass through full body scanners before boarding their flights.  This enhanced security screening has been implemented following the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attac ...

By Tobi Cohen, THE CANADIAN PRESS BELLEVILLE, Ont. – The Canadian military was rocked to its core Monday following the bombshell allegation that the colonel in command of the country’s largest air force base had killed two women and sexually assaulted two others. Col. Russell Willia ...

As detailed in , today a "federal appeals court upheld Arkansas' lethal injection procedure ... [by affirming] the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by three death-row inmates, including two who are scheduled to die over the next nine weeks."  The Eighth Circuit's panel ruling in , ...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say one person is dead and four critically injured after a shooting outside a nightclub near San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf. A police spokesman says the shooting around 1:40 a.m. Sunday took place outside the Suede Nightclub and Lounge on Ba ...

When it comes to arrests for drunken driving the law does not discriminate between well-known and famous personalities and the everyday man or woman. In New Jersey, whether you live in Bergen, Union, Monmouth or Atlantic counties, an arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol can have a negat ...

My friend George “Loki” Williams posted . This is not the origin of the “Who Dat” catch phrase adopted by Saints fans, which probably predates this clip. But it damn sure sinks the NFL’s recent misbegotten (and more recently withdrawn) claim to own the phrase. this clip from a 1937 cartoon ...

Cloud computing raises complex legal issues related to privacy and information security.  As legislators and regulators around the world grapple with the privacy and data security implications of cloud computing, companies seeking to implement cloud-based solutions should closely monitor this r ...

Here is the list of new titles the Law Library acquired in January 2010: Law Library Acquisitions.pdf The list is also available on the Library's home page. In addition, here are a few highlighted titles of particular interest: Austin, Raymond Darrel. Navajo courts and Navajo common law : a trad ...