by Admin | Jul 20, 2014 | administrative law, blog
According to an article from the Washington Times, the Environmental Protection Agency has given itself the power to unilaterally garnish wages of persons accused of violating EPA rules. this was accomplished by putting a notice in the Federal Register stating that...
by Admin | Jul 1, 2014 | blog, DUI
Mississippi Alcohol Laws Changes to the DUI law In its first 2014 Session, the Mississippi State Legislature passed a new law regarding the non-adjudication of the first offense of driving under the influence (DUI). A DUI 1st can be non-adjudicated, meaning that the...
by Admin | Jun 19, 2014 | blog, intellectual property
Photo: Keith Allison; license:Creative Commons Attribution- Share Alike 2.0 Generic In a 99 page opinion, and based on at 2-1 vote, the USPTO cancelled six “Redskins” patents issued to Pro-Football, Inc. (link to full opinion). The cancellation proceeding was...
by Admin | Jun 15, 2014 | blog, slip and fall
Photo by Alan Standton [Some rights reserved] In an interesting MTCA immunity case, the Mississippi Court of Appeals recently reversed a judgment against the City of Natchez. The case involved a fall caused by part of a sidewalk collapsing. The circuit court found...
by Admin | Jun 10, 2014 | blog, premises liability
photo by Prayitno Some rights reserved The Mississippi Court of Appeals recently ruled that a casino hotel bed was not an unreasonably dangerous condition. According to the opinion, a hotel guest suffered a broken ankle when she hit her ankle against a...
by Admin | Apr 18, 2014 | blog
I am an avid fisherman. I fish most often with my father and have been lucky enough to fish with him in a number of exotic locations. However, no matter how far we travel we continue to find that nothing beats fishing in Louisiana. From Port Fourchon to Cocodrie, we...
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