Yesterday, the California Supreme Court issued its unanimous opinion in Lu v....
Perhaps unknown to much of the law world, yet no doubt old news to the acting one, a company called Cast It Systems lets casting directors view digitally-recorded auditio...
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Recently I learned about how an old-fashioned idea had been modernized. Remember seeing the pickle jars on store counters where customers could donate to people in need....
The title of this post is the headline of this interesting new piece in Newsweek. Here is an excerpt: Of the 2.3 million inmates in the U.S., more than half have a histor...
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This year is providing a growing opportunity for mainstream financial institutions to offer affordable small-dollar loans while proving to be a difficult one for pre...
The impact of two landmark Supreme Court rulings that changed the standards civil lawsuits must meet to proceed is still unclear, a panel of lawyers said today during a d...
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After my last post on the juvenile system, railing against children being able to determine sentences for...
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Before I leave the subject of Wednesday's House Corrections Committee meeting, one more idea from Harris County DA Pat Lykos that might be more widely applicable....
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