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Recent news about a rash of car accidents involving Vice President Joseph Biden’s motorcade raises some questions about traffic safety. Edmunds Inside Line detailed how Vice President Joseph Biden’s motorcade had yet another car crash. The car accidents in the VP’s motorcade all occurred in the span of a week and a half. The second accident occurred in Albuquerque, NM. A car crashed into a sheriff’s vehicle while it was part of the Vice President’s motorcade....

What’s wrong with a public high school loading a van full of students during school hours, showing them sample ballots that only include democrats and then taking them to vote? Nothing, according to the Cincinnati Public Schools system. The school system “expressly denies” that it did anything wrong. For a healthy dose of confusion, they then promised never to do anything like it again. So what now? A lawsuit, naturally. Republican Thomas Brinkman and the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending & Taxes have filed a lawsuit against the Cincinnati Public Schools system....

Notre Dame’s Declan Sullivan story is a sad one, and it may well end up getting the University sued. Now, Indiana’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA) has concluded its investigation into the death of Declan Sullivan, a Notre Dame student videographer who was filming a football practice when the hydraulic lift he was standing on collapsed. Indiana’s OHSA announced that Notre Dame will be fined $77,500 for workplace safety violations....

The Family Research Council, a Christian conservative advocacy group, has been sued by a former employee for unlawful retaliation . The complaint by plaintiff Moira Gaul stems from a claim she filed against the FRC for sexual harassment in 2009. Gaul alleges that shortly after she filing her complaint with a government agency, she was fired. So much for family values. The FRC opposes gay marriage, abortion, and divorce, among other things....

At what point can a court restrict a parent’s right to expose their child to a certain religion? On first glance, one would be inclined to say “never.” Look again. And this time, throw a bitter divorce into the equation. The Chicago Tribune reports that a Chicago area father, Joseph Reyes, baptized his three year old daughter, in violation of a court order and of what his ex-wife claims was an agreement to raise their daughter in the Jewish faith....

Joyce Little-Thomas was recovering from respiratory treatment at Select Specialty Hospital in 2009 when she was sexually assaulted and raped by Warren Butler, a certified nursing assistant at the facility. Little-Thomas sued the Augusta-based hospital for negligent hiring, retention, and supervision of Butler, on the grounds that the hospital knew he could be a danger to patients and did nothing. Her lawsuit was finally settled last month, on the eve of trial, with Select Specialty paying an undisclosed amount to avoid a trial....

Ending a marriage doesn’t necessarily mean you need to fight with a spouse. Some couples may choose to divorce amicably. Perhaps their relationship simply doesn’t work. Maybe both partners have fallen out of love. That is when couples may choose to file for an uncontested divorce. Divorce laws vary depending on what state you’re in. But typically, uncontested divorce refers to a case in which both parties agree to the split....

From cities to startups, everyone is trying to keep it weird these days. An offbeat corporate culture at your business may sound good in theory, but how do you keep it legal in practice? Here are a few tips to keep your office weird from getting too legally wild. Keep the Intake Integral Who and how you hire is still going to be the most determinative factor in your business’ success....

The Los Angeles City Council recently put off (again) its vote of a proposed ordinance that would severely restrict the medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. As reported by the LA Times, the council previously agreed on capping the number of dispensaries at 70 (effectively at 137, including those that properly registered with the city). It had agreed to place a 1000 foot buffer zone between marijuana dispensaries and any residential or other “sensitive” area (such as parks and schools)....

There are plenty of emotional reasons to steer clear of someone who is separated from their spouse, but not legally divorced yet. They’re not ready for a new relationship yet; they’re using you to hurt their ex; they might get back together with their spouse; heck, they’re probably still living together! These are all good reasons, and they don’t even touch on the legal ramifications of what would still be an extramarital relationship....

A Massachusetts “upskirting” photo ban has been signed into law. Lawmakers passed the bill Thursday, in response to a ruling by the state’s highest court that said a law aimed at criminalizing voyeurism did not apply to the taking of secret photos up a woman’s skirt, CNN reports. Why did the court rule in favor of the upskirt photographer, and how will the new law address the issue? Gov. Deval Patrick signed the bill Friday, making photographing or recording video under a person’s clothing – for example, down a blouse or up a skirt – a misdemeanor in Massachusetts, punishable by up to two and a half years in jail and a $5,000 fine....

After much anticipation, President Obama delivered his speech on health care reform to a joint session of Congress last night. And what things did small businesses take note of during his address? Here are some direct quotes from President Obama’s speech that relate to health care reform and small business: “We spend one-and-a-half times more per person on health care than any other country, but we aren’t any healthier for it....

The job of tracking California’s sexually violent predators is no easy feat. In fact, many argue that Jessica’s Law has made it all the more difficult for state parole investigators. The law requires sex offenders to return to the county where they were convicted. In addition, Jessica’s Law mandates they cannot live within 2,000 feet of a school, park or playground, which has made tracking sex offenders a daunting task for parole investigators because such sex offenders are more likely to become homeless, reports KTVU....

A small business hit by cybercrime fraud has won a $600,000 settlement in a case that could have set a new legal precedent for small businesses. But no longer. The case involved Village View Escrow, a small business in Redondo Beach, Calif., that holds funds for real-estate deals. Cybercriminals stole about $466,000 via online wire transfers from the company’s bank account in March 2010, PCWorld reports. Village View sued its bank over the cybertheft....

Almost every business has had a negative online review. You simply can’t make everyone happy. But sometimes, a review goes beyond unhappy and is just downright mean – and false. What are you supposed to do when this happens? The site usually won’t remove the comment even if you send a strongly worded request. Can you sue the online review site instead? Well, you can, but you probably won’t win....

The Sigma Nu fraternity on University of Nevada Reno’s campus has been sued due to an alleged hazing death that occurred last year. Along with the fraternity organization itself, the housing organizer and several fraternity members have been named in the lawsuit filed by the deceased’s parents. The parents of Ryan Abele filed the wrongful death suit alleging their son was forced to drink excessively, then suffered a life-ending fall down a flight of stairs at the fraternity house the following morning....

A recent Pro Publica report on immigrant children separated from their parents and detained in shelters details the suicidal thoughts of a 16-year-old, a 17-year-old on a hunger strike, and a 10-month-old boy who needed to be hospitalized after suffering injuries during his 5-month detention. And those were just in shelters in the Chicago, Illinois area. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in June to keep families together during immigration detention and reunite separated families....

New small business laws and regulations take effect in 2012, and they will almost certainly affect your bottom line. One of the most significant changes will affect how your small business calculates its federal taxes, the Los Angeles Times reports. New Internal Revenue Service rules will cut by 75% the amount a small business can deduct upfront for the cost of purchasing new equipment, according to the Times. The new IRS limit for new-equipment deductions is $125,000 – down from $500,000....

After years of contention between the online review site and businesses, Yelp has agreed to allow business an opportunity to respond on the yelp.com site to negative reviews. With the growing power of online reviews, many businesses wonder whether customer reviews can constitute defamation. As reported in the New York Times, starting next week, Yelp will allow business owners to publicly respond to reviews on the site. It’s been a long process getting to this point....

The recently revealed “Darkhotel” hack has been responsible for stealing data from U.S. corporate executives, all via hotel Wi-Fi. Security research firm Kasperksy Lab reported Monday that “Darkhotel” used compromised hotel Wi-Fi networks to trick hotel guests into installing seemingly innocuous updates for standard software which are actually malware. From there, CNET reports, hackers can access the infected computers through a “backdoor” and access all kinds of sensitive and personal data....