Posts tagged rights

• Utterly Un-American - Are You Really Innocent Until Proven Guilty?

  Darin Schanker | August 12, 2008 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I know, for a fact, that if you google my name there are four or five of my counterparts that spring up. And there are some odd similarities that spring up, there is another Nathan Swanson in...

• Local Sheriffs Sued Over ADA

  Linda Chalat | January 30, 2012 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court against Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr over alleged violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Last week three plaintiffs joined in...

• A New Supreme Court Decision: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing Explored Further

  Kyle Bachus | June 27, 2008 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A defendant has a constitutional right to confront a witness that is accusing him. The basic rule is that prior statements cannot be used unless the defendant has had a chance to cross exam the...

• Reporting Law for E- Retailers Put on Hold

  Linda Chalat | April 07, 2011 5:12 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A federal court judge granted a preliminary injunction against a Colorado law that required e-commerce sites and other out-of-state retailers to disclose information about state residents’...

• Facebook Privacy Settings Struck Down By Court(2)

  Linda Chalat | December 20, 2010 3:07 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A cautionary tale from New York where a judge of the Supreme Court of New York State has recently held that information voluntarily placed on Facebook and MySpace pages are discoverable, and that...

• Making Educated Medical Decisions: The Role of Informed Consent

  Linda Chalat | November 12, 2010 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A common theme shared by many individuals wanting to discuss a potential medical malpractice claim is having experienced unexpected, and sometimes serious, consequences from a medical procedure or...

• Your Amazon History Is Safe

  Linda Chalat | October 28, 2010 4:03 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Lists that identify the books, music and movies that individual customers bought from online retailer Amazon.com Inc. are protected from North Carolina tax collectors, a federal judge has...

• Major Insurers Deny Healthcare Coverage, Seek Higher Rates

  Linda Chalat | October 13, 2010 4:14 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A new government report finds that WellPoint Inc., Aetna Inc., Humana Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. denied health coverage to 49 percent more people over the past two years, citing pregnancy or...

• School District Faces No Criminal Charges

  Linda Chalat | August 18, 2010 9:33 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Surprisingly, no criminal charges will be filed against a suburban Philadelphia school district that secretly snapped tens of thousands of webcam photographs and screen shots on laptops issued to...

• Unfair Treatment of Trial Lawyers Reviewed

  Linda Chalat | August 05, 2010 5:13 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The U.S. Treasury has initiated a review of a provision in the tax code that prohibits trail lawyers from deducting expenses for contingency cases in the year they are incurred. The current...