If you braved the lines, you may have already seen Peter Jackson’s latest blockbuster, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which was released at midnight last night. The movie is the subject of a lawsuit filed this week in a …
This week, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit in the New York Civil Supreme Court of Fulton County (Docket #2051/2013) on behalf of Tommy, a chimpanzee who is caged in a used trailer lot. The Nonhuman Rights Project is …
A new Report from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sheds light on the inequities of Mandatory Minimum and Life Without Parole Sentences for non-violent offenses. According to the report, 3,278 people are shockingly serving life without parole in the …
Sentenced to Die in Prison for Non-Violent Offenses…in the USA? Read more »
The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog, recently had a posting concerning the murky legislative history of the 501(c)(4) exemption to tax exempt organizations being allowed to be politically active [find it]. With big money players like the Koch Brothers and …
“Social Welfare” 501(c)(4) Organizations and Politics Read more »
JURIST is an internet legal news service run by students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. If you haven’t been to this web page before it’s worth a look. The content is free and is filled with up …
