The topic of regulating attorney conduct most immediately raises thoughts of disciplinary panels established by court rule or legislative enactment. Such enforcement mechanisms typically are employed to hear alleged ...

Many statutes and rules operating in courts in the United States permit or mandate the shifting of attorney's fees in civil litigation. The erosion of the so-called American Rule on attorney's fees is found in laws that ...

Despite emerging recognition that the normal rules do not apply when zoning affects first amendment activities, the Supreme Court has not yet definitively addressed zoning restrictions that affect the exercise of religion. ...

This article will attempt a comprehensive review of the issues involved in policing bias and conflicts of interests in zoning decisionmaking. Part one will briefly discuss the nature of zoning decisionmaking and the value ...

Several thousand infants die in the United States each year as a result of parental decisions to withdraw or withhold necessary medical treatment. Physicians implement these decisions in treating infants born with disabilities ...

Judicial promulgation of generally applicable rules involving the administration and operation of American judicial systems has been increasingly criticized during the past decade as both too secretive and too closed. There ...

Lawmakers addressing the problem of legal rights of the handicapped traditionally have tended to focus on the legal rights afforded those persons already possessing certain physical or mental handicaps. Specifically, their ...

This commentary discusses the economic, ethical and legal aspects of insider trading. The nature of insider trading is explored and the issues are analyzed to determine what part, if any, government should play in the ...

This note examines the Supreme Court's decision which precludes the use of a screen to obstruct a witness' view of the defendant during a criminal trial. Although the Court attached great importance to the psychological ...

This article analyzes the developing trend of awarding damages for the loss of life's pleasures, i.e., "hedonic damages." Although framed within the context of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the article addresses the underlying tort ...