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      • Is private club status a dead issue?
        06/29/06
        The private club concept is far from dead, as the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals proved in 1995 when it upheld the private association right of members of a number of social clubs in the City of New Orleans.

        In the case of Louisiana Debating and Literary Association v. City

      • Criminal Defense Lawyers: Reducing Murder to Manslaughter.
        06/25/06
        Reducing murder to manslaughter is a task that presents itself in many murder cases. Depending on your state or jurisdiction you may be able to reduce murder to manslaughter by eliminating the element of "malice." Classically, this is where the defendant acts by being provoked into a sudde

      • Discrimination and Private Clubs.
        06/22/06
        Private social clubs have endured a great deal of criticism in the past several decades for two reasons: first for the use of the word 'social' which many people consider an affectation, and second for the continued insistence of many clubs on being considered 'private.' Neither

      • Battery.
        06/17/06
        The crime of battery is governed by California Penal Code Sections 242 and 243. Battery is defined as "any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another." (PC 242) Battery is defined as "simple" battery and battery with serious injury. The punishments <

      • Ten Myths About Copyright Protection.
        06/14/06
        The ten myths about copyright protection:
        1. If something is found on the internet it can be used freely

        False, if something is pulled from the internet it enjoys the same protections that any other literary work would enjoy. This means that without the author's specific permiss

      • Why Video Evidence is Rejected by the Courts.
        06/11/06
        Lets say youre a personal injury attorney working with a videographer to develop a video documentary that portrays how your clients life has changed as a result of being injured. Such video evidence is usually called a Day-in-the-Life or Slice-of-Life documentary, and focuses on the clients activiti

      • Who Decides Interstate Custody Disputes?
        06/08/06
        We live in an increasingly more and more mobile society and a society with a divorce rate that exceeds 50%. As a result, there are more and more custody disputes, and they have more frequently become interstate custody disputes.

        The first issue that must be decided in an interstate custo

      • Divorce and Alimony Formula.
        06/04/06
        In divorce, a common question is, "what is the alimony formula". Well, there really is no set alimony formula for divorce. This is in complete contrast to child support, which is decided based upon a specific formula in each state. Alimony is based on factors and those factors are decided

      • All About Bail Bonds.
        06/01/06
        When someone is accused of committing a criminal act, they are most commonly arrested and taken to jail. Before they can be released from jail while pending trial, someone must bail them out, or pay a bail bonds agency to step in and take over the process. The following paragraphs will answer some f

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