Law In the News Archive

2010 - 2011

March, 2011

• Wal-Mart Wants Supreme Court to Reject Historic Sex-Discrimination Employment Lawsuit
• The Raj Rajaratnam Insider Trading Trial Gets Underway

 February, 2011

• President Says Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
• A Young Lawyer Fights For the Homes of Low-Income Families
• Federal Courts Back Free Speech on Facebook

 January, 2011

• Florida Judge Rules Health Care Reform Unconstitutional
• The Financial Crisis Commission Recommends Wall Street Prosecutions
• NY Money Manager Arrested for Threatening to Kill 47 Regulators
• Justice Atlas of Sentencing & Corrections
• Arizona Challenging 14th Amendment Regarding Birthright
• Court Rules Texts Can Be Searched Without Warrant
• The Facebook Stock Purchasing Situation

 December, 2010

• For-Profit Kaplan Sued by EEOC for Discrimination
• U.S. Government Sues BP Over Gulf Oil Spill
• Capital Punishment Declining in U.S.
• New National Health Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional
• Supreme Court Accepts Wal-Mart Gender Pay Lawsuit Appeal
• 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Repeal Fails in Senate

• Wal-Mart Sex Bias Suit Heads to the Supreme Court

November, 2010

• Congress Passes Landmark Food Safety Bill
• Image Rights vs. Free Speech in a Video Game Lawsuit
• State Trooper Pleads Guilty to a Murder that Inspired a Historic Civil Rights March
• A First Amendment Case that's Been Sealed by the Courts

 October, 2010

• Federal Judge Orders Military to Stop 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• ACLU Takes Up Case of Girl Expelled for Nose Ring
• Can Strangers Protest at a Family Funeral? Snyder v. Phelps
• The Supreme Court Case Index for October 2010
• Prisoners Not Included in Unemployment Statistics
• Fisher-Price Co. Recalling Over 11 Million Toys

 September, 2010

• '93 Triple Murder Conviction Revisited in Light of DNA Evidence
• The Supreme Court Takes Cases on Corporations' Rights
• Massive Foreclosure Fraud Brings Halt to Foreclosures in 23 States
• Intellectual Property: Netflix Says Library DVDs Violate Copyright
• Two Experts Explain the Constitution
• Craigslist Removes Sex Ad Section after Senate Testimony
• "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Goes Back to the Courts
• Contracts & Business: Hewlett-Packard Sues its Ex-Chief Executive Officer as He Takes a New Job at Oracle

 August, 2010

• New Law Allows Those Forced  into Prostitution to Clear Names
• Conservative Lawyer Agrees that Ground Zero Mosque Protected Under First Amendment
• Scrutinizing Free Speech in Video Games
• Wrongly Convicted Inmate Released after 27 Years in Prison
• Proposition 8  Banning Gay Marriage Struck Down

 July, 2010

• Apple Sued Over Claims that iPad Overheats
• Arizona Immigration Law Blocked by Judge
• The troubled home life of 'Barefoot Bandit' Colton Harris-Moore
• Arrest made in LA Serial Killing of 10 people - the Grim Sleeper case

 June, 2010

• Online Bullying: An Issue for Students--and Schools
• Supreme Court Extends Gun Ownership Rights
• Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Bias Ruling
• Nebraska Passes New Immigration Law
• U.S. Justice Dept. Will Fight Arizona Immigration Law
• Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Terror Law
• New Supreme Court Miranda Ruling

• Elena Kagan Nominated for the Supreme Court
• The Supreme Court Rules on Employment Practices

April, 2010

• Arizona Passes New Immigration Law

January, 2009 - March, 2010

Student Life

• Meet Shon Hopwood
• Meet Derrius Quarles

 Intellectual Property: Why it's crucial to small businesses today.

Business & Contracts

• Startups: Why choosing the right corporate structure matters
• Insider Trading: A big case heats up
• Raj Rajaratnam has been charged with running the biggest insider trading scheme involving a hedge fund

Marriage & Divorce

• International custody disputes: The U.S., Brazil and a 9-year-old boy
• A look at the economic benefits of marriage
• As Americans grow older, divorce complicates caregiving

Criminal Law

• The Maurice Clemmons case and the issue of arrest warrants between states
• An article describing an instance of the insanity defense
• The Washington State Supreme Court rules that police can force motorists to take blood-alcohol tests
• CIA Interrogations Draw Scrutiny
• The new and important Supreme Court opinion about search & seizure.

Sources of the Law: 

• Elena Kagan nominated for the Supreme Court by President Obama
• President Obama's landmark health care legislation
• Justice Sotomayer is sworn in.  Video

Constitutional Law:

• It is illegal for employers to use an employment practice that has a disparate impact on the basis of race. The Supreme Court rules in favor of Chicago's black firefighters.

• The Changing Face of Miranda
• Supreme Court Miranda Ruling: Suspects must tell police they want to remain silent
• What does Miranda Require?
• Florida v. Powell
• The U.S. Supreme Court case summary & oral argument
• The Supreme Court decision rejecting the law banning videos depicting animal cruelty
• An article from the New York Times regarding the Supreme Court's decision

• Arizona introduces a controversial bill on immigration

• Corporations Gain New Power as Individuals Under the Law
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08-205: The recent Supreme Court decision on why corporations will now be allowed to fund political campaigns as if those corporations were individuals, and what it means to our political system.

• Eddy Curry: A lucid examination of why DNA testing for inherited disease may be a constitutional issue
• Discrimination and marriage: what one Louisiana couple learned
• The U.S. Supreme Court reviews a handgun ban again

Employment Law

• Exploding oil rigs and fatal mining accidents: Why OSHA matters in the workplace

Personal Injury Law

• An example of what happens when hospitals make mistakes
• The Chicago Tribune Watchdog website
• Drywall imported from China is making consumers ill
• Recent interesting cases and commentary

Other Resources:

• Legal Education Commons
• Academic Info A directory of online legal education resources for students