(Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts related to the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Gonzales v. Raich, which takes place Tuesday. See the link at the end of the article for the prior pieces.) What Gonzales v. Raich was about, a year after it was decided, ultimately depends […]
READ MORENeurologist indicted for illegally Prescribing Narcotics
A busy pain-management physician in the region may not be very busy for awhile. Federal prosecutors believe Eugene Gosy to be among the greediest. They backed up their claim by accusing the physician of running a criminal enterprise that gave out over 300,000 illicit prescripts over the last 48-months. The accusations against Gosy are just […]
READ MORESpyEye Creator Gets Nine Years While Co-Conspirator is Handed a 15-year Sentence
The Russian creator of a computer program that American law enforcement claim drained bank accounts in a variety of countries was sent to federal prison for 9.5 years. Known online as “Gribodemon” and “Harderman,” Aleksandr Panin was sentenced in Atlanta after being accused of creating the malware program SpyEye. Panin sold the software through a […]
READ MORESome Legal Experts See Bausch & Lomb Moving Toward Quick Settlement in ReNu Cases
A subscription-only article that ran this week on the website Lawyers USA quotes several legal experts who say they think Bausch & Lomb will settle quickly in lawsuits related to ReNu with MoistureLoc, the now-withdrawn contact lens solution that had been causing serious fungal infections in some users. The article quotes Paul J. Pennock, a […]
READ MOREBrian Nichols avoids the death penalty – what now?
Today Judgeithout parole, seven life sentences plus 485 years all running consecutive to one another. Brian Nichols will never see the outside world again. The Judge suggested that the Feds house him at the Federal Supermax prison in Colorado, although he has been convicted of State crimes. I don’t know if this is the last […]
READ MOREFriday Art + Music
Because one can only spend so much time bemoaning the state of the world, policies that don’t work, and problems that are Very Very Large, it’s nice to take a second to recharge the soul. And besides which, it’s Friday. Therefore: Here’s a Mates of States video that sort of fits the theme, with lyrics […]
READ MORE“Don’t Take Me For Granted”
One of the tricky things about writing this blog is that I get a lot of emails and comments from folks who have had drug problems — either problems with addiction or problems trying to get medication to get their addiction in check. I get these emails and hear these stories, but I don’t really […]
READ MOREStatute of Limitations NYCriminalLawyer
In 1975, a nephew of the late Robert F. Kennedy was believed to be a suspect in a gruesome killing Over forty years later, Michael Skakel’s attorney is claiming his client did not get a fair trial. Skakel, convicted in 2002 in the death of 15-year old Martha Moxley was sentenced to 20 years to […]
READ MOREFriday Music July 25, 2008
Paul Westerberg has a new record out that is one seamless mp3 track, costs 49 cents, and rocks the house. It’s a pretty unconventional “rock” record, actually, with tunes cutting in and out, overlapping each other and starting and stopping in a style that at times could be either a mashup or just a symptom […]
READ MORETechnology Leap Frogs Over the Law – Again
Newfangled machines, called cars, scared the hell out of horses and ran over pedestrians in the early 20th century as their numbers exploded from 200,000 to over 2 million. By the time government could pass traffic laws, it was too late to stop the growth. Nothing has changed. New technologies spread practically instantly and take […]
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