From the “old news” file comes word that the corruption trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich ended in a hung jury on all but one count.

A new complaint from the Northern District of Iowa highlights the egg recall of salmonella-tainted eggs tied to two Iowa egg distributors, Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms

The Reference Attorneys are still receiving a number of calls about the ECO-Gift Card Act, Public Law 111-209, the Amendment to the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009

In a move that will simultaneously send organic-agriculture supporters into the highest of sugar highs and conventional farming advocates into the deepest of sugar crashes, a federal judge halted the planting of anymore of Monsanto’s Genetically-Modified Sugarbeet seeds.

Seven-time CY Young award winner Roger “The Rocket” Clemens, one of the most well known pitchers in baseball, was indicted on Thursday on a series of charges related to lying to the U.S. Congress about using performance-enhancing drugs.

The 9th Circuit recently considered the Stolen Valor Act, and struck it down as a facially invalid intrusion upon the 1st Amendment. The act (18 USCA 704(b)) criminalizes a person falsely representing themselves as having received an award or medal for the Armed Forces.

Accused “Craigslist Killer” Philip Markoff was found dead Sunday after he reportedly committed suicide. The fact that his apparent suicide occurred while in custody brought to mind a few recent calls I’ve taken on prisoner civil rights suits.

One trend during the economic downturn seems to be a lower number of divorce filings. However, some say that this trend has nearly run its course.

Gay Marriages Are On Hold & Proposition 8 Update

Last week Janet Napolitano called discussions of repealing so-called “birthright” citizenship “just wrong”. Lindsey Graham and other Republican members of Congress have been considering enacting an amendment to the constitution to override the 14th amendment’s grant of citizenship to “all persons…born in the United States”.