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Homeland insecurity, in a 3-ounce serving
They took away my wife’s Sensodyne toothpaste at the airport. We were flying down to Manhattan to see “Hamlet,” so I suppose the thought could have been that an outraged retired schoolteacher might attack the Statue of Liberty with a huge toothbrush and whiten the statue’s teeth beyond all recognition. I’d warned my wife: “I […]
Plea with caution when your client isn’t a citizen
Call your malpractice carrier. You’re being sued by the wife and children of a permanent resident who was just deported back to some hell-hole of a country. You told him the deferred-prosecution deal you worked out for him would not count as a conviction. He protested his innocence to the charges, and the state’s case […]
Latest Opinion Digests
- Immigration: Asylum-Withholding of Removal-Appellate Jurisdiction
- Criminal Law: Child Pornography-Bottom-of-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
- Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Stop Work Order
- Immigration: Drug Conviction-Removability-Overbreadth of State Offense
- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
Top stories
- Nurse entitled to disability benefits despite working months after accident, Supreme Court rules
- Eastern District rules 10 cases against TitleMax may proceed without arbitration
- Supreme Court declines to hear Republican appeals on abortion ballot initiatives
- Cole County jury awards $1.56 billion in Roundup case headed for appeal
- Jury gives massive award after fleeing suspect causes fatal crash
- 8th Circuit tosses suit claiming false sale prices
- Attorney general releases report on Kim Gardner investigation
- Legal Limelight: Jason C. Smith, Office Managing Partner, Spencer Fane
