Officer David Rhodes, of the Albemarle County Virginia Police Department was one of many officers in search of a driver on a distinctive black-and-orange motorcycle. The driver has twice eluded police officers, and in one case there was a chase during...

Former Trump campaign adviser, Paul Manafort has been indicted by a grand jury empaneled by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. Mr. Mueller was hired to look into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian agents to influence the outcome...

Olivia de Havilland, 101 years old, the legendary two-time Oscar-winning actress who played Melanie Wilkes in "Gone With the WInd" had her suit against the FX Network dismissed. The suit alleged that the film produced by FX, "Feud: Bette...

Curtis Dawkins is a convicted felon who is serving a life sentence for a murder that resulted from a robbery gone bad. Dawkins had served 12 years of that sentence, spending most of his time writing. One of his projects, a booked called, The Graybar Hotel...

In 2014, Terrence Byrd was d riving a rental car on the interstate in Pennsylvania. He had not rented the car, and he was not listed as an authorized driver. His fiancé had rented the car. A Pennsylvania state trooper pulled Mr. Byrd over for three...

In 1992, with former NBA star and then-Senator Bill Bradley leading the way, and the sports industry offering its support, Congress passed PASPA, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. PASPA prohibits states from “authorizing”...

If you are a first-time shoplifter caught at Walmart, you have a choice. You can pay about $400, complete an education program, and, in exchange, upon completion and payment, Walmart will not refer your case for prosecution. There has been high...

Timothy Ivory Carpenter was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a series of robberies of Radio Shacks and T-Mobile stores. U.S. v. Carpenter, 2013 WL 6385838 (W.D. Mich. 2013) Mr. Carpenter, along with friends, planned the robberies, supplied the guns...

Freshman Brianna Brochu and Chennel Rowe were roommates by random selection. They did not know each other when the University of Hartford put them together in campus housing. Ms. Brochu and Chenel Rowe did not get along, so Ms. Brochu is alleged to have...

In light of the successful lawsuits that have come from accused students in campus sexual misconduct cases, the Department of Education (DOE) undertook a study to determine whether campus administrators were following basic standards of due process in...

A trial underway in Istanbul, Turkey is being criticized by many democratic countries as a crackdown on dissent, and on free press rights. The defendants in the case are journalists and staff of a Turkish newspaper titled Cumhuriyet, one of the last...

New Jersey, New Mexico, and Maryland now have statutes that prohibit the use of cash bail bonds. In New Jersey, for example, those who are arrested are not required to post bond to be free prior to trial. However, they are fitted with electronic devices...

Since 2006, the number of cities with ordinances against panhandling has increased 43%. Panhandling, or asking passers-by for money, is generally an activity targeted by commercial property owners who want to remove the panhandlers from their properties...

The president’s @realDonaldTrump Twitter account has more than 33 million followers. Since 2009, he has sent more then 35,000 messages on that account. Richard Wolf, “Trump Sued After Blocking Twitter Followers,” USA Today, July 12,...

The noise at the Town of East Hampton Airport, located approximately 100 miles east of New York City was driving the neighbors bonkers. East Hampton is a popular summer vacation destination on the south shore of Long Island. East Hampton has a year-round...

The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari [authorization to argue a case before the high court] to a case that pits two constitutional rights against each other - religious freedom and equal protection of the law. For a case to get certiorari...

The Iowa State University (ISU) student chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Law (NORML) applied for permission (as was required by Iowa State) to for a t-shirt design to the ISU Trademark Office. The t-shirt had “NORML ISU”...

No television show or movie has written stuff this good. Jury selection for the securities fraud trial of Martin Shkreli began on Monday, June 26, 2017. The judge anticipated having a jury empaneled by noon, with the trial beginning in the afternoon....

We’ve been covering the rocker band, the Slants , here on the blog since December 2015. Simon Tam, the front man for the rock band, The Slants , wanted to register the band’s name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The examiner...

As technology brings new capabilities, there are issues that must be resolved using the very old rules of evidence emerge. The state of Arkansas may be the first to grapple with whether Amazon’s Alex could be a witness at a trial. Here are the...

p> Despite the warnings about risk and the fact that texting while driving is illegal in most states, the texting whilst driving continues. Frustrated by the numbers of texting drivers as well as the standards of proof officers must have for a texting...

U.S. Customs agents had filed to obtain a summons to force Twitter to reveal who was behind the @ALT_USCIS. The account is referred to as an alt-agency account, one of many Twitter accounts that have been attacking President Trump. The accounts claim...

A fascinating constitutional law issue arose in a case involving events at a Trump campaign rally held on March 1, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. Plaintiffs attended the rally and protested Trump’s policies. In response, Trump repeatedly said from...

New York, along with nine other states, has a statute that prohibits merchants charging different prices for cash vs. credit-card customers: “[N]o seller in any sales transaction may impose a surcharge on a holder who elects to use a credit card...

A Memphis Tennessee Fight for $15 organization (an international movement begun in 2012 seeking a $15 minimum wage for low-income workers) is suing the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department for alleged violations of the Constitutional rights of free speech...