New Jersey's Distracted Driving Bill and Its Disturbing Implications for Probable Cause

USA Today reports : A bill under consideration in the state Legislature calls to prohibit "any activity unrelated to the actual operat...

California Lawsuits Allege That Suspension of Drivers' Licenses Violates Due Process

The Los Angeles Times reports : Civil rights lawyers filed suit Tuesday accusing the Los Angeles Superior Court of improperly suspending dri...

Possible Sovereign Citizen Elected to Australian Senate

Just when you thought that this blog was now solely focused on the legal intricacies of Pokemon Go... Through my Google Alert for "sove...

Evaluating the Pokemon Go Class Action Lawsuit

Several news outlets have reports on Marder v. Niantic, Inc. , filed July 29, 2016 in the Federal District Court for the Northern District o...

Following "Alarming" Report, New York Bans Pokemon Go for Sex Offenders on Parole

So reports Governor Andrew Cuomo's office in this press release : Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed the New York State Department ...

Legislating Via Pokemon Go

The New York Times reports on an awful innovative approach to policy making: Since its introduction this month, the app known as Pokémon Go...

Fred Flintstone, World Records, and Rules With Shifting References

While the rest of the country was watching the Democratic National Convention yesterday, my attention was drawn to a far more dramatic serie...

Sorry Iowa, Political Robocalls Are Protected by the First Amendment

While I currently live in California, I spent most of my life in Iowa, and I regularly visit my family in Iowa around the holidays. It is ni...

Does California Need a Law Prohibiting Drones Near Wildfires?

Ars Technica reports : Firefighters working to contain a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California were temporarily thwar...

Ninth Circuit: Double Negatives Don't Matter

In an opinion sure to shock the conscience of grammar enthusiasts around the nation, the Ninth Circuit ruled that a defendant's statemen...