Legal News for May 20, 2012
Coercive 'Rights'The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments about affirmative action, and will probably wind up making the subject more confused than ever, pending confusion worse confounded by a future Court. There is no way through the semantic swamp of the whole area nebulously called civil rights. Affirmative action means preferential treatment for nonwhites (and sometimes women). Its an interesting ethical ...
LewRockwell.com - 2012-05-19 05:56:16Supreme Court to hear possible foreclosure mediation changesCARSON CITY ' The Nevada Supreme Court will conduct a public hearing on July 9 regarding proposed amendments to the state's foreclosure mediation rules. The proposed amendments are attached as an exhibit to the order scheduling the hearing, which is available online at www.nevadajudiciary.us/index.php/viewdocumentsandforms/func-startdown/8839/. The hearing will be held in the Nevada Supreme Court ...
Daily Sparks Tribune - 2012-05-19 03:15:51Koster presses state Supreme Court to set execution datesMissouri Attorney General Chris Koster is urging the state Supreme Court to either move forward with the execution of several condemned killers or explain why it won't. Koster filed a motion on Thursday seeking execution dates for nine men. The motion also questions why the court has not set execution dates for 10 others whose execution dates were previously requested. "Silence is not an option in ...
Columbia Daily Tribune - 2012-05-19 02:55:44Military Update: Will justices review how states treat vets disability pay?A disabled veteran has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider anew whether states violate federal law when they allow divorce courts to count a veteran's disability compensation in calculating spousal support. The petition also invites the justices to consider an issue that states are more sharply divided over: whether federal law bars state courts from considering VA disability benefits communal ...
Sierra Vista Herald - 2012-05-19 08:11:16Fast & Furious: House Leaders Demand Answers from Attorney General (5/18/12)WASHINGTON, May 18 -- House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Oversight & Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder this morning demanding full cooperation with the ongoing investigation into the "Fast ...
Targeted News Service - 2012-05-19 02:38:41Attorney General DeWine Looking for Info on PJG Enterprises (5/18/12)COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 18 -- The Ohio Attorney General issued the following news release: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today urged anyone who worked for PJG Enterprises or is familiar with the activities of the charities they represented, including The American Breast Cancer Federation and The American Veterans Federation, or who may have received a call from the Girard-based PJG Enterprises to ...
Targeted News Service - 2012-05-19 07:38:23Why Your Social Media Presence Needs To Be Vetted By A Social Media AttorneyAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' is a very fitting description for what businesses are learning when they do not have their social media presence reviewed by a social media law attorney. Here are a few examples of what businesses have had to pay as a result of not complying with the law in this area (which is admittedly a work in process with offline rules being a useful guide): 1. ...
JD Supra - 2012-05-19 04:17:52Recoverability of e-Discovery Costs in Federal Court: An UpdateLast summer, we discussed the split of authority regarding the recoverability of e-discovery costs by a prevailing party in federal court under 28 U.S.C. 1920. Generally, a court may award '[f]ees for exemplification and the costs of making copies of any materials where the copies are necessarily obtained for use in the case.' 28 U.S.C. 1920(4). We alerted our readers to a federal district court ...
JD Supra - 2012-05-19 04:17:53Federal Court Reinstates EPA Whistleblower after 9/11 Asbestos Dust WarningsGovernment Withheld Information Inhalation of this dust caused respiratory diseases and cancers such as mesothelioma and lung cancer, some of which have been and continue to be felt by 9/11 first responders. This hazardous link between the dust and diseases has been confirmed by numerous environmental experts since 2001. Warnings by officials like Jenkins could have prevented many respiratory diseases ...
Newsvine - 2012-05-19 06:37:44Federal appeals court upholds key provision in landmark voting rights lawWASHINGTON ' A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landmark civil rights law. The provision requires state, county and local governments with a history of discrimination to obtain advance approval from the Justice Department, or from a federal court in Washington, for any changes to election procedures. It now ...
BuzzBox - 2012-05-19 03:52:14Military Update: Will justices review how states treat vets' disability pay?A disabled veteran has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider anew whether states violate federal law when they allow divorce courts to count a veteran's disability compensation in calculating spousal support. The petition also invites the justices to consider an issue that states are more sharply divided over: whether federal law bars state courts from considering VA disability benefits communal ...
Sierra Vista Herald - 2012-05-19 08:11:24