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Leading questions ordinarily allowed on cross-examination can be entirely inappropriate on direct-examination, but this does not mean only non-leading questions are permitted on direct.
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Businesses take steps to fight negative online reviews of their products and services, causing some to rethink their online activity.
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Travelers on board disaster-stricken cruise ships seek legal remedies, and one politician urges the enactment of new legislation to protect passengers’ rights.
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The flaws in the TSCA may finally be remedied through a breakthrough bipartisan bill initiated in the Senate.
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On June 20, 2013, a federal court in California will hear arguments to determine whether O’Bannon v. NCAA will be classified as a class-action lawsuit. If the class is certified, major changes could be much more likely to soon be underway for collegiate athletics.
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Mario Williams may not be able to force his ex-fiancée to return his engagement ring, depending on the approach employed by the Texas courts.
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July 20, 2012. Just after midnight. A dark movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Audience members are seated to watch the highly anticipated Dark Knight Rises, the final film in the acclaimed Batman series. But what begins as a theater buzzing with excitement over the on-screen
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N.C. Senate Bill 594, which would mandate drug testing for all welfare beneficiaries and require the beneficiary to front the testing costs, is far from a simple “solution” to a quite complex issue.
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“You’ve been served” is something no one ever wants to hear, but what if while checking out your new friend requests on Facebook, you were also greeted with a notification of service? While it seems far-fetched, Manhattan federal judge Paul Engelmayer ruled in March that U.S. Government
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Updated June 7, 2013: The North Carolina General Assembly House voted on Wednesday, June 5 to repeal the Racial Justice Act on a 77 to 39 vote. The vote was split strictly along party lines, with no Democrats supporting repeal and only one Republican representative opposing repeal. The Senate
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Throughout history, pop culture has been a discussion board of sorts for society’s concerns about omnipresent government surveillance. George Orwell’s novel 1984, a classic tale of “Big Brother,” “thought control,” and pervasive government surveillance, is required reading in many
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Updated June 17, 2013: The Supreme Court, in a plurality opinion (pdf) written by Justice Alito, ruled that the right to remain silent must be expressly invoked in order for that silence to be protected at trial, even if that silence is pre-arrest. We have all heard it before, some of us through
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Last week, the Senate voted on the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, a bill that would require online and mail-order businesses to comply with the same tax withholding requirements as in-state brick-and-mortar businesses. The bill had strong bipartisan support and was passed by a vote of
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Ronald Reagan famously decried an over-bearing government, saying that the “nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.” Well, the distracted driving laws enacted by states over the past few years have plainly failed to be
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Editor’s Note: Judge Leonard has been appointed as the next dean of Campbell’s School of Law, effective July 15, 2013. The Campbell Law Observer and the Campbell Law Review are pleased to honor our new dean, Judge Rich Leonard, with the following article by Chief Judge Doub. None of us
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