Election-Campaign Law

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Building Codes
National, local, and municipal building code sources

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Uniform Commercial Code and Contracts
Interstate commercial transactions and sale of goods in the United States

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.