Personal Injury Lawyer News
Was It “Cruel and Unusual” Punishment for Grandma to be Housed with Male Inmates?
December 14, 2018
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals certainly thinks so!
Fior Pichardo de Veloz is a lawyer and elected official from the Dominican Republic. In 2013, when she was 50 years old, she flew to Miami to be present for the birth of a grandson, but was arrested at the airport
What Are Federal Sentencing Memos and Why Are Michael Cohen’s So Important?
December 11, 2018
What Are Federal Sentencing Memos?
Sentencing memos often focus on who the convicted defendant is, and not the crime committed. A sentencing memorandum should be detailed and tell the client’s story and highlight the factors, called Section 3553 factors, that a judge must consider in imposing a
Is the “Warrior Gene” A Defense to Murder?
December 2, 2018
The first gene to be linked to antisocial behavior was identified in 1993 in a large Dutch family that was notorious for violence. Fifteen years of painstaking research revealed that they all lacked the same gene. This gene produces an enzyme called MAOA, which regulates
Fact or Fiction: Congress Cannot Ban Female Genital Mutilation
November 23, 2018
According to one federal judge, this is a fact!
This past week U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled that Congress had no authority to ban female genital mutilation. The judge stated that “as despicable as this practice may be,” Congress did not have the authority to pass the 22-year-old federal
Why Dr. Luke’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Kesha Is Raising First Amendment Concerns
November 18, 2018
In 2014, Kesha (Kesha Rose Serbert) filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, accusing music producer “Dr. Luke” Gottwald of sexually, physically, and emotionally abusing her during their professional relationship.
Kesha’s lawsuit alleged:
“Ms. Sebert took the pills and woke up the following afternoon, naked in
Can a 69-year-old Dutchman Legally Change his Age to 49?
November 10, 2018
Dutch TV personality and positivity guru Emile Ratelband thinks age is just a number. He’s 69 years old but has petitioned a court in the central city of Arnhem, Netherlands to permit to legally change his age to 49. Doctors told him he has the body of
Fact or Fiction: The European Court of Human Rights Upheld a Woman’s Conviction for Insulting the Prophet Muhammed
October 27, 2018
This is fact!
The European Court of Human Rights, Europe’s highest human rights court, just upheld a 2011 verdict by an Austrian court that fined an unnamed woman who gave seminars in which she described the marriage between the Prophet Muhammed and a
Fact or Fiction: Prosecutors Can Indict the DNA Profiles of Unidentified Suspects
October 18, 2018
This is a fact! In order to avoid the statute of limitations prosecutors have brought indictments against anonymous DNA profiles!
Recently prosecutors in Wisconsin filed a felony charge against the DNA profile of an unidentified man believed to have sent a threatening letter to a judge. The DNA was
Fact or Fiction: Artists and authors can reclaim licenses to their work after 35 years
October 11, 2018
This is fact! Even if an artist or author signed agreements that transferred all rights to their music label or publisher, a federal law allows the artist to reclaim the copyright after a certain number of years. See 17 U.S.C. § 203.
The Copyright Act of
Fact or Fiction: Doxing Someone Can Get You Arrested.
October 5, 2018
This is a fact!
Doxing can refer to a broad array of conduct, but its essence is publishing private information about a person, such as home address, employment location, cell phone numbers, etc, usually out of a sense of revenge or social justice. The term comes from the abbreviation “docs”