[2008-09-23]

In fiscal year 2007, it cost 24,922 to keep someone incarcerated in a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility for 12 months, and 3,621.64 to keep a federal offender on supervised release for 12 months.

[2008-08-14]

Bankruptcy law does not necessarily place divorced or divorcing spouses in an adversarial posture. Sometimes a joint bankruptcy case can reduce the financial pressures on a troubled marriage, thereby facilitating reconciliation.

[2008-08-15]

The Sudden Emergency Doctrine Under the "sudden emergency doctrine," a person is not liable for his reasonable response to a sudden emergency, so long as the person did not create the emergency. The sudden emergency doctrine may be used as a defense to a personal injury action.