Law and Justice – Other Archive

How to Perform Employee Background Checks Every business, large and small, must make a decision whether or not they want to conduct background checks on job applicants, keeping in mind that a background check can …

Will Clement Consent? The Alberto Gonzales ball is in Solicitor General Paul Clement’s court. What he does with it is anybody’s guess. Mr. Clement was a member of the Bush Justice Department for four years …

If you’re unfortunate to have gotten a traffic ticket, keep the following tips in mind, your chances of getting it kicked out are much greater: 1. Do not be argumentative.2. Don’t bring your own opinion …

Before leaving office, former President George W. Bush signed an executive order that expanded the rights of doctors, healthcare workers, and pharmacists to refuse to provide patients with various services and treatments, based on their …

In today’s world protecting your ideas and products is something you do not want to take lightly. One of the worst feelings is to pour your heart and soul into something only to have someone …

Under French inheritance law which dates back to Napoleonic times, a child cannot be disinherited. One may think that this is very fair indeed, though with more and more mixed marriages and children from different …

Let’s talk about odd laws still on the books in Texas some of which should have been removed long ago. Did you know that one must acknowledge a supreme being before able to hold public …

Many Writers and Artists assume the poor man’s copyright when creating original pieces and believe that this will be enough to protect themselves and their Intellectual Property. In fact, thousands of Writes and Artists find …

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but, when it comes to your personal intellectual property, it is definitely the sort of compliment you’d want to avoid. Fortunately, protection against others stealing your idea …

The right to vote is an all too important patriotic duty that has been granted to the American people by the United States Constitution. The old adage that elections have consequences rings ever so true …

If you have been arrested for driving a vehicle with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit in the state of Missouri you will need to be familiar with the necessary steps to reinstate …

Violations of Intellectual Property The Internet , the worlds electronic global soapbox, is one of the best promotional tools for up and coming authors, painters, and photographers. Art display sites, music sharing sites, poetry sites …

How To Win In Traffic (or any other) Court I. Standing of plaintiff For a plaintiff to have standing in court, there must be a violation of a right or personal injury. Governments were/are created …

The first ingredient of any banking/government cronyism scandal is to have a partisan think tank like the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) uncover documents to reveal that the U.S. Attorney General has ties to some part …

I left out the last Paragraph in the first draft….Ban this; a discourse in freedom Everyone, smoker and non-smoker alike should pay close attention to the minute and systematic snipping of freedom perpetrated by special …

JUSTICE? Chapter one: Caleb drove to the truck stop to pick up his brother Joey who had just come backfrom a long haul. Joey wanted to come home for the night to unwind a little …

The life of a celebrity can be murder – literally. Celebrities are often regarded as demigods who are beautiful, perfect and above the law. But beneath the public façade of Botox, Armani and Chanel, there …

Pennsylvania has finally passed Act 71, the bill to legalize casino gambling in the state. Simultaneously, the state passed a smoking ban that prohibits smoking in any public area. Ironically, casinos could gainexemption from that …

In the summer of 1976, I experienced a rite of passage. I was 16 years old. And no, this had nothing to do with becoming a licensed driver. Nevertheless, it would change my life forever. …

Identity theft is estimated to cost the United Kingdom somewhere between 1.3 and 1.7 billion every year. Because of this, and because identity theft is a growing problem which often has connections to other criminal …

Although intellectual property was established as a form of property, its intangibility makes it more difficult to protect from other types of property. This is why the copyright concept was introduced – giving exclusive rights (rights to copy, …

You wouldn’t think such a revolting practice would require special legislation against it, but then you would be wrong. Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts was forced to sign legislation preventing the practice of “upskirting” just …

To those who lay claim that the current sex offender laws are just and necessary to protect us from the evil-doers in this world my reply is simply this…Seriously? As someone who has seen the …

In 2004 the United States Congress failed to renew the 10 year ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons within the U.S. that expired that year. This was a grave mistake. There is …

THE PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF JOHN EMIL LIST Inmate #226472 doesn’t exchange Happy Anniversary cards with his wife. He doesn’t receive Father’s Day cards from his three children, nor does he send Mother’s Day cards …

Any person who becomes a defense attorney has an obligation to provide the best defense available to their client.  There are not only moral reasons why lawyers should defend the guilty, but professional obligations.  Defense attorneys have to …

Even an incompetent weak leader is occasionally prodded into doing something right for his country, even if to get re-elected. No Child Left Behind bill, which was co-sponsored by Edward Kennedy, was signed by George …

When copyright laws were first created, they were designed to protect the original works of artists and encourage technology and science.  However, with our new digital age, art and science are merged and digital art …

Despite the growing animosity against guns, lawmakers in Michigan are still considering passing a concealed weapons law that would allow gun users to carry weapons in a discreet fashion. I find this measure ironic as …

Superstars lead a luxurious lifestyle that the world is envious of and drawn to. Although, sometimes that luxurious lifestyle, turns into just the opposite. No matter what they are accused of, still we are glued …