Divorce, Cambodian Style
A couple in Cambodia has given new, and quite literal meaning to the concept of dividing up marital property, according to today’s on-line BBC NEWS. After 40 years of marriage, an argument prompted the couple to take their splitting up into their own hands, in order to avoid the high costs and lengthy waits involved in court [...]
Text Messaging: Bane or Boon
Text messaging is a lot like like rock and roll music. Young folks love it, and their parents find it irritating. It is, at this stage, primarily an aspect of youth culture, and with its odd abbreviations, used apparently to avoid exhausting the thumb muscles, it can seem impenetrable. For example, “I see you” [...]
Why Current Legal Trends Will Hurt Us
You may not know it yet, and hopefully, you will never have to learn it. But from now on, if you are injured or killed as a result of a medical device that was FDA approved, but negligently manufactured, you will not be able to seek redress in state courts. Due to a principle called [...]