Animals can be victims too, even in the eye of the law in a ruling from the Oregon Supreme Court that recognizes the obvious: that animals also have rights. The case involved a man convicted of starving his horses and goats. The judge’s decision allotted a separate count of second-degree animal neglect for each animal, […]
The massive Bank of America settlement announced today is something of a drop in the ocean for the beleagored bank, which has lost more than $50 billion since the Charlotte bank bought Countrywide Financial for $2.5 billion, and more losses and legal fees are coming according to reports. The Bank of America’s slow fall to
The Rosenberg atomic spy trial happened a long time ago – over 60 years, in fact – but for a 98 year old retired teacher from New Jersey that hasn’t prevented her now taking legal action to have her conviction overturned. (Picture shows Julius (center) and Ethel Rosenberg, executed for espionage in 1953) Miriam Moskowitz
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Rick Perry’s problems have lead to The Washington Post’s Sean Sullivan writing that he would make the same decisions all over again. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) insisted Sunday that a grand jury indictment alleging he abused his office and tried to coerce an elected official was unjustified, pointing to support he has received from
The largest ever Justice Department settlement is pending with a $16 – $17 billion settlement pending over the Bank of America’s sale of mortgage-backed securities prior to the 2008 global financial crisis. The deal is yet to be finalised but would be the biggest for the DoJ since the GFC, which lead to massive failures
It has been described as inhumane, brutal, primitive and now, the death row slow killing of Joseph Wood has also been described by John McCain as ‘torture‘. This was truly a slow death on death row. Wood was sentenced for the killng of an ex girlfriend right back in 1991 and was injected with an
There has been nonsense litigation for as long as there has been litigation, and the current claimant to the title of the most pointless lawsuit is the “Sleeping Yankee” suit by a Yankees fan caught napping on camera. He’s suing ESPN for defamation, for a mere $10 million damages. Twenty six-year-old Andrew Rector is seeking
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The Hobby Lobby case showed that the Christians truly can choose some things, but when the Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim outlined the eight other laws that you may wish to pick and choose what to follow, it generated some of the highest interest in any story recently. So what are some of the laws that
Bankruptcy expert and writer Daniel Clark looks at some of the key factors to be considered in the case of New Jersey bankruptcy law, but which are also applicable to other jurisdictions too. Bankruptcy is a legal status of a person or any other entity who cannot repay the debts that is being owned
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The “hobby lobby” decision of the US Supreme Court who decided by a majority decision to limit its decision to contraception and to closely held businesses, it nevertheless could lead to a dangerous precedent, identified by Jusstice Ginsburg in her dissent. Adjunct law professor Jessica Pieklo believes that there are now likely to be legal
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