We had some cases with interesting facts come up this week. The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling on providing survivor benefits to children conceived by in vitro fertilization, with frozen sperm, after the father died. In Astrue v. Capato, Respondent mother of the twins applied for Social Security…
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Well, it hasn’t been a good week for the reputation of the legal profession. By now, you’ve heard that the 9th Circuit ruled on Padilla v. Yoo, finding that plaintiffs do not have a cause of action against the former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. Yoo for injuries suffered…
Here is a rundown of March's highest scoring lawyers on Justia Legal Answers, along with a look at which Justia Dockets legal filings, Tech Law blog posts, and Facebook posts readers viewed the most. Justia Legal Answers’ Top 10 Legal Answerers for March 2012 Min G. Kim, 880 points, 18…
Whitey Bulger, the indicted and apprehended alleged ringleader of Boston's notorious 'Winter Hill Gang' organized crime family, needs "a reasonable amount of time to review a tsunami's worth of discovery," according to Bulger's defense lawyers J.W. Carney, Jr. and and Henry B. Brennan. The statement was made in a filing…
Facebook is hacking Congress. But don't be alarmed. It's all legal. Really. Democratic and Republican lawmakers and their staffs are making nice on Capitol Hill this afternoon in a hackathon with Facebook engineers and software developers. Mark Zucerkberg's team is helping Senators, Representatives, and congressional staffers brush up on their…
It’s a bad week for government documents. OMB Watch recently reported that the House voted to cut funding to the Government Printing Office. This comes as no surprise, given the recent budget drama, and it’s not likely to get a lot of mainstream attention with looming cuts to entitlement programs…
In an enlightening decision, a federal judge ruled this week that Las Vegas-based copyright litigation enterprise Righthaven had no legal basis to sue one defendant, Democratic Underground, because it didn't even own the copyright it was suing over. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Roger Hunt was particularly peeved to learn…
Here is a rundown of May's highest scoring lawyers on Justia Legal Answers, along with a look at which Onward blog and Facebook posts readers viewed the most. Justia Legal Answers’ Top 10 Legal Answerers for May 2011 Mark A. Siesel, 3475 points, 70 answers Rodney John Alberto, 2,747 oints,…
36 U.S. Code § 116 requests that the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe Memorial Day by praying for permanent peace. Here are some photos and videos of how various Presidents and the people of the United States have observed Memorial Day…
The Supreme Court has handed down opinions in some of the cases that we blogged about back in October. Here are the updates. FCC v. ATT Back in October, I wondered whether this case would add to the growing list of personal rights for corporations. The short answer is no.…