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Supreme Court Considers Copyright Protection on Foreign-Made Items

October 30, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

The Colorado Connection reports that “Costco, eBay, Google and the nation’s top art museums are backing a Thai graduate student against book publishers, the movie and music industries and other manufacturers in a Supreme Court battle over copyright protections with important implications for consumers and multibillion dollar annual sales online and in discount stores.” Supap Kirtsaeng […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Legal, Litigation

Arizona Supreme Court Rules Tattooing is Protected Speech

September 26, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

Reuters reports that Arizona’s Supreme Court has ruled that tattooing is a “constitutionally protected form of free speech”, the first such decision by a state Supreme Court. The ruling stemmed from a dispute between two tattooist artists, Ryan and Letitia Coleman, and the city of Mesa, Arizona. Mesa denied the Colemans a business permit three years […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Legal, Litigation

ACLU Lawsuit Against Border Patrol Will Move Forward

September 12, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against the U.S. Border Patrol over traffic stops is moving forward. U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle denied a motion to dismiss the suit. According to a report by Seattlepi.com, the ACLU and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project sued the Border Patrol in April, seeking to keep […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Legal

Comedian calls out Progressive Insurance for defending his sister’s killer

September 12, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

GBTV/The Blaze’s Matt Fisher, host of The B.S. of A, has called out Progressive Insurance on his Tumblr page, posting an article titled, “My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance To Defend Her Killer In Court.” The insurance debacle began on June 19th, 2010 when Fisher’s sister, Katie, was killed in a car accident in Baltimore, Maryland. The accident occurred […]

Filed Under: Auto accidents, Blog Post, Legal, Wrongful Death

Sixth Circuit of Appeals Allows Whistleblower Suit to Proceed

September 5, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

Public Justice reports that the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has “held in Rhodes v. R & L Carriers, Inc., that a Ohio whistleblower’s retaliation and discrimination case against his former employer was improperly dismissed — and that the plaintiff is entitled to his day in court.” The case, brought by Eugene Rhodes, […]

Filed Under: Appeals, Blog Post, Legal

Fine print in mandatory arbitration agreements limits rights

September 5, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

There is a lot of hard-to-read fine print routinely hidden in the many pages of nursing home contracts, and some clauses may limit the rights of consumers, the American Association for Justice reports. They site a column from the Washington Post that warns consumers about possible loss of rights if they sign certain contracts. The Washington Post says […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Legal, Litigation, Negligence, Wrongful Death

New Law Requiring Hospital Caps Goes Into Place

August 29, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

A new state law took effect on August 8th in Colorado that restricts how much hospitals can bill an uninsured patient, and how tough a hospital may be in going after non-payers. The law, called the Hospital Payment Assistance Program is designed to help Coloradans responsibly pay their hospital bills. According to cohealthinitiative.org, the law requires […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Legal, Medicine

Medical Malpractice Cap Struck Down by Missouri Supreme Court

August 22, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

Earlier this month, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the Missouri Supreme Court struck down a $350,000 limit on jury awards for ‘pain and suffering’ in medical malpractice cases. In a 4-3 decision, the court said the law violates a patient’s right to a jury trial and that the cap “infringes on the jury’s constitutionally protected purpose […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Legal, Malpractice, Medicine

Girl Scouts Sued for Disbanding Deaf Girl’s Troop

August 14, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

A young deaf girl, Megan Runnion, was given a social life through the Girl Scouts because the Scouts’ council paid for a sign-language interpreter to attend Scout meetings, a camping trip, and other outings. But who should continue to pay for a sign-language interpreter? That has become a question-turned-lawsuit, The Chicago Tribune reports, that was filed on […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Legal

Congress Passes Restrictions on Military Funeral Protests

August 6, 2012 by Lance M. Sears

The Huffington Post reports that Congress has passed a veterans bill that will limit the ability of groups like the Westboro Baptist Church to protest military funerals. “According to “The Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012″…demonstrators will no longer be allowed to picket military funerals two hours before or after […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Legal, Military

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