Criminal Law, Conflict of Laws, Administrative Law

Marijuana Officially Legal but States Await Feds’ Reaction

by Josh Crank | Lawyers.com on 12/21/2012

Marijuana stores in Colorado and Washington won’t be open for at least a year, but new laws legalizing the drug Marijuana pipe on its sidetook full effect in both states this month. Washington’s Initiative 502 kicked in on...more

Appeals Court Rules on State Immigration Laws in Alabama and Georgia

by Justin S. Coffey, Andrew W. Merrills | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/19/2012

In three separate decisions issued on August 20, 2012, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, applying the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona v. United States, held that key provisions of state immigration laws passed...more

Circuit Split: How Does the CFAA Apply to Employment Cases?

by Cullen and Dykman LLP on 10/15/2012

Imagine a disgruntled employee rummaging through your company’s confidential files and covertly stealing trade secrets to use as he builds a competing business. What recourse would you have against the rogue employee?...more

CFPB to make first preemption determinations

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/20/2012

The CFPB intends to determine whether certain provisions of Maine and Tennessee laws relating to unclaimed gift cards are preempted by federal law on gift card expiration dates. The CFPB’s rulings will represent the agency’s...more

Fourth Circuit Decision Deepens Split of Authority on Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's Prohibition on Conduct that "Exceeds...

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/2/2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has issued a ruling in WEC Carolina Energy Solutions v. Miller, holding that the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) prohibition on exceeding “authorized access” to a...more

Arizona's Attempt To Crackdown On Immigration (Mostly) Rejected By Supreme Court

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 6/26/2012

On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court held that certain provisions of Arizona's immigration statute (signed into law in 2010) were preempted by federal immigration law. The preempted provisions include those making it a...more

Got Pot? The Feds Try to Make Mortgagee Banks Liable Under the Crack House Statute

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/24/2012

Banks holding mortgages now have one more thing to worry about: potential criminal and civil liability and forfeiture under the federal “crack-house” statute. Sound crazy? Read on, because late last year the four U.S....more

Illinois at Odds With Feds on Immigration Enforcement

by Ronald Shapiro on 10/27/2011

Last month, Gov. Pat Quinn’s General Counsel, John Morton, said that the “Secure Communities” program of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (“ICE”) would not make communities safer, but would instead cause...more

INTERPOL and Dowry Violation Charges

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 9/1/2011

A great example of INTERPOL's adherence to its own rules is that of its refusal to assist in the extradition of persons accused of violating dowery law. INTERPOL's rules require that a Red Notice be issued with an eye towards...more

PRE PAID LEGAL LEGACY

by Robert Mallory II on 10/28/2010

The legend goes that Harland Stonecipher, the founder of Pre-Paid Legal Services, was involved in a car wreck way back in July 1969. Stonecipher had no legal coverage or protection from the legal bills that began to pile up....more

Memorandum: Interstate Compact for Supervision of Adult Offenders

by Amy L. Becerra, Esq. on 2/25/2000

Review of the 1999 Model Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision as proposed and circulated by the National Institute of Corrections for adoption by the states; including the nature of interstate compacts and their...more