Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf

A federal appeals court has ruled that law suits against food companies for misrepresentation are not preempted by federal law, opening the door even further to a growing wave of such suits,

The AZ Super Bowl Host Committee opposed a bill now before the governor which would permit businesses not to do business with gays, and most think it is likely that the NFL would move the Super Bowl from Arizona if she signs it

The National Football League [NFL] is reportedly about to ban the use of racist and gender-related slurs on the field and elsewhere, even to the point of imposing a 15-yard penalty, or even ejecting a player from the field, for uttering words like...

New Law Might Help Protect Defendants Like Dunn Who Shot into Cars

As publicly predicted by public interest law prof John Banzhaf, a significant number of jurors - 2 out of 10 on an initial vote, and 3 out of 12 on the final vote - accepted Dunn's claims that his shooting of Davis was justified by self defense

Many states - just now Missouri - are in danger of having their scheduled executions delayed or even stopped by law suits over the drugs to be injected, but there appears to be a simple remedy which avoids virtually all of the problems

The jurors apparently accepted Michael Dunn's claim that he shot Jordan Davis in self defense, and then convicted him of crimes related to the other passengers only because of apparently erronious instructions from the judge

The commentators who were "distressed" and "outraged" that a Jacksonville jury did not convict Michael Dunn of murder (or even manslaughter) for the "loud music" killing of Jordan Davis, and the many citizens demanding the ouster of Florida State...

The judge in the "loud music" murder case may have provided incorrect answers to the jury's questions about whether the doctrine of self defense applies only to the apparent aggressor and not to third parties

Smokers could lose child custody because of a new report showing that tobacco smoke residue on furniture, rugs, draperies, etc. - "third-hand tobacco smoke" - can be as hazardous to a child's health as secondhand tobacco smoke