Posts tagged election

• Friday Legal & Safety News Round Up: May 4, 2012

  Brett Emison | May 04, 2012 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Legal, safety and other news that caught my interest this week: So You Want To Be A Lawyer? [Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice] Facebook Likes Aren't Speech Protected By the...

• Sen. Will Kraus Understands Why Voters Are "Very Frustrated" With His Vote Against Mo Court Plan

  Brett Emison | May 01, 2012 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Will Kraus is my state senator. I voted for Sen. Kraus in his contested primary where he defeated an incumbent who staunchly opposed justice issues. Writing as a constituent, I am deeply...

• Missouri Senate Votes To Destroy Non-Partisan Court Plan

  Brett Emison | April 30, 2012 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Missouri Senate voted last Thursday to destroy the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan, injecting politics into a legal system that should be determined on merit, facts, and law. The...

• Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan Attacked For Not Being Partisan Enough

  Brett Emison | April 17, 2012 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Carrie Severino at the National Review Online is at it again (coded nofollow). Her newest piece again contradicts itself in complaining that the Missouri non-partisan court plan doesn't work...

• Did You Know... Super PACs Are Targeting Judicial Elections?

  Brett Emison | April 09, 2012 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Last year, the New York Times asked the question: Can Justice be bought? A Washington Post article from March suggests powerful Super PACs may be preparing to try. While many states have...

• Friday Legal & Safety News Roundup: April 6, 2012

  Brett Emison | April 06, 2012 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It's been a few weeks since the last Friday roundup (I was preparing for trial), but we're back this week with legal and safety news from around the internet that caught my attention...

• Missouri Chamber's Tort Reform Policies Just Don't Work

  Brett Emison | January 10, 2012 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I wrote yesterday about how the Missouri Chamber's special interest politics will grow government, raise taxes, and threaten our Liberty. Since then, some friends have pointed out some...

• How The Chamber's Special Interest Politics Will Grow Government, Raise Taxes, And Threaten Liberty

  Brett Emison | January 09, 2012 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Accountability. Responsibility. Liberty. Justice. These are fundamental American principles enshrined in our Constitution. But they are under attack in states across the country. I typically...

• Legal & Safety News Roundup: January 6, 2012

  Brett Emison | January 06, 2012 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Happy New Year - here are some of the legal and safety related stories that caught my interest over the past week (or so): The Ridiculousness of the Virginia GOP Primary [Ilya Somin...

• Mine Company To Pay $210 Million For Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion

  Brett Emison | December 06, 2011 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The country was shocked in April 2010 by the explosion of the Massey Energy Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia that killed more than 2 dozen coal miners. That shock was magnified as we...