Obama Administration’s Rules on Driver Fatigue Challenged by Trucking Industry

3/3/2012   Trucking companies are legally challenging the Obama Administration’s rules aimed to ensure that commercial truckers on the road get enough rest. The American Trucking Association revealed that it has filed a petition with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia this week asking the court to review the recently […]

Towns Might Challenge New Drilling Law

3/3/2012   Many of the local communities that enacted Marcellus Shale ordinances are now thinking of consolidating their forces in order to challenge the new natural gas drilling law of the state. A couple of days after the contentious legislation was signed by Gov. Tom Corbett into law, leaders of local municipalities are complaining that […]

Widows Continued to be Stalked by the Banking Industry

3/2/2012   Constant intimidation, verbal abuse and phony lawsuits are only some of the methods that the bank industry uses to pursue illegally the widows and grieving family members for the financial obligations of deceased loved ones. These are debts that they do not even owe. A leading consumer finance website has revealed that exposure […]

Colorado’s Pot Shop Banking Rejected

3/2/2012   Medical cannabis is legal in seventeen states, but the industry has the appearance of a black-market entity due to its cash-only transactions. Lawmakers in Colorado have considered a bill that aims to set up a special cooperative banking institution. However, the first-of-its-kind legislative measure was defeated on Tuesday. Democratic and Republican lawmakers are […]

The Budget Crisis in Michigan Puts Democracy on the Chopping Block

3/1/2012   When the city of Pontiac in Michigan ordered the shutting down of its fire department in December, Councilman Kermit Williams found all about it in the morning paper. This was only one is a chain of sweeping realignments for the city, where the elected government has been substituted by one individual with extraordinary […]

Gov. Deal has No Plans of Changing Immigration Law

3/1/2012   Gov. Nathan Deal said on Tuesday that he was not seeking any changes to the new anti-illegal immigration law of Georgia despite of its unintended outcomes, which include a shortage of migrant farm workers. The Republican governor, who signed the measure into law in May of last year, pointed out that some parts […]

Legal Questions on the Volcker Rule Raised by Wall Street

2/29/2012   Wall Street and lobbying groups are sending the U.S. financial regulators a not-so-subtle message regarding the so-called Volcker rule asking them to slow down or they may face each other in court. In letters sent to regulators on Monday, the group said that they do not believe the agencies took the time or […]

Despite State Law, Distributors of Medical Marijuana Are Subject to Federal Prosecution

2/28/2012   A district court has ruled that cannabis dispensers are not protected by Montana medical marijuana law from federal prosecution. The court’s decision will reduce the number of doctors who are willing to recommend medical pot to patients. The ruling is also expected to trim down the number of entities that dispense medical marijuana. […]

Law Firms to Increase their Staffs in the Midst of the Marcellus Shale Boom

2/28/2012   The legal landscape in some regions in the United States has been changed by the advent of the multibillion-dollar Marcellus Shale industry. It also has pushed lawyers like Bill Caroselli to focus on oil and gas law practice after a couple of decades of specialization in other fields. Firms that already have lawyers […]