Northern Pass May Face Right of Way Legal Battle
Much of the battle over the Northern Pass hydro-electric project has focused on cutting a new route through the forests of the North Country.Northern Pass intends to use 140 miles of existing right of...
View ArticleGay Marriage Lawsuit Presses For Survivor Benefits
Herbert Burtis met the person he wanted to marry in college, in 1948. But since the object of his affection was another man, they had to wait until 2004 for the ceremony, when Massachusetts legalized...
View ArticleOhio Tears Through Blighted Housing Problem
Cleveland resident Cedric Cowan was asleep on an overcast spring morning when the roaring sounds of splintering wood and falling rubble jolted him awake.Cowan lives in a neighborhood hit hard by...
View ArticleFederal Court To Weigh Graphic Cigarette Labels
The question of how far the government can go in forcing a business — in this case cigarette makers — to warn consumers about its product is before a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on...
View ArticleWhat A Small Firm's Challenge To PSNH Could Mean For The Future Of The...
More than a decade ago, the New Hampshire legislature partially deregulated its electricity market. The move was supposed to allow residential customers the chance to buy power from companies other...
View ArticleNH House Mulls Deregulating Phone Service
Fairpoint’s struggles since taking over Verizon’s northern New England land line network in 2007 have been well-documented in the media with
View ArticleFew Answers In Abuse Probes At Homes For Disabled
Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., is a sprawling facility of offices, residential buildings and therapy rooms set between a noisy boulevard and a golf course.Some 400 people with...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Research Flawed, Expert Panel Says
Proponents of the death penalty often argue that the threat of being executed acts as a deterrent that prevents people from committing murder. But those who oppose capital punishment challenge that claim.
View ArticleAriz. Immigration Law Limbo Sees Mixed Results
The Supreme Court is about to take up one of this term's biggest cases. Next Wednesday, the court will hear arguments challenging Arizona's controversial state immigration law, known as SB 1070.Among...
View ArticleHealth Law Survives With Roberts' Vote
In one of the most widely anticipated decisions in recent history, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the sweeping federal law overhauling the nation's health care system is constitutional.Chief...
View ArticleState, Citgo Look To Settle Over MTBE
For nearly a decade, New Hampshire has been seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from oil companies over the chemical additive MTBE, which the state says caused contamination in the state’s...
View ArticleWhy Jury Duty Matters
One day you check the mail, and flipping past the usual assortment of bills, credit card offers, and shopping catalogues, you find a letter that begins “Dear citizen"—a summons to serve jury duty....
View ArticleWhy Private Prisons Don't Want Immigration Reform
Thirty years ago, Corrections Corporation of America opened its first private prison. As demand for border patrol increased over the decades, so has its earnings. Last year, CCA brought in $1.7 billion...
View ArticleWhy Private Prisons Don't Want Immigration Reform
Thirty years ago, Corrections Corporation of America opened its first private prison. As demand for border patrol increased over the decades, so has its earnings. Last year, CCA brought in $1.7 billion...
View ArticleThe Lawyer Bubble
Since 2004, the number of law-school applications has dropped from almost 100,000 to 54,000, and the Law School Admission Council recently reported that applications were heading toward a 30 year low....
View ArticleArts On Trial
Throughout history, pieces of art – and their creators, have been hauled into the courtroom. They stood accused of obscenity, extramarital dalliances, societal intermingling, and blasphemy – among...
View ArticleSpace Law. Yes, That's A Thing.
For a long time, outer space was conceptually and legally a no-man’s land – that changed on October 4th, 1967 when the Soviet Union launched a satellite called Sputnik into Earth’s orbit, triggering...
View ArticleThe Man Who Owns The Moon...Maybe
Dennis M. Hope claims to own the moon. He's been taking advantage of an obscure international treaty loophole since 1980, selling off lunar property, and declaring himself owner of the Lunar Embassy,...
View ArticleWord Of Mouth 05.04.2013
In this special edition of Word of Mouth: are we catching up with technology? This week we'll explore the very human way we interact with technology; resistance is futile.
View ArticleWhy Your Mother Will Love 'Bubbe's Law'
On July 1st, the Chinese government enacted a new law called the “Protection of the Rights and Interests of Elderly People”. It is, in effect, a state-sponsored guilt trip for the adult children of...
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