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Writer, lawyer and consultant with over thirty years of writing and photography experience.
While my areas of writing expertise include history, travel, politics, foreign affairs, aviation, the environment and law, I believe a good writer should, with enough research, be able to write about anything.
Good writing is good writing.
Though now shuttered, this month’s closure of Western Sky Financial’s payday loan center on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation leaves some unanswered legal questions.
It's the letter. The letter that says you either have to defend why you are receiving unemployment insurance has been granted UI and shouldn't have. Prepare to UI Appeals "ballroom."
Whatever side you are on--employer or employee--the dance is not fun but knowing a few "dance" steps--no matter whether you're leading or following?makes it manageable. Our "dance" instructor, Attorney Christopher Madsen, is a partner at Boyce, Greenfield, Pashby & Welk, LLP in Sioux Falls and practices in the areas of employ- ment issues, commercial litigation, and administrative law. According to Madsen, many workers who lose their jobs qualify for UI?but not all.
(Reuters) - South Dakota carried out its first execution in 60 years on Wednesday, putting to death a 25-year-old inmate convicted of torturing and killing a 19-year-old man following a robbery. Officials at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls said Elijah Page was pronounced dead at 10:11 p.m.
(Story was largely written by full-time reporter in Chicago. I was on scene to add any details, etc.)
Is intellectual property law capitalism's "toady"?
You think of these things when you are a self-described "simple country lawyer with a specialty in intellectual property," bumping along on the back of a four-wheeler across a dirt field, looking for volunteer soybean plants on a hot summer day in South Dakota. In this part of South Dakota, the northeast, which is way north of much of the United States, the sun is high, beaming down on one's head like an array of sun lamps at a cheap spa. This area is sometimes described as "the empty quarter."
Americans, who are used to laws, codes, judicial decision, and regulations on almost every aspect of life, may find it hard to comprehend, but the People's Republic of China did not have a comprehensive code of substantive or procedural criminal procedure until 1979.
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
That whining sound you hear from the west is the cacophony of lobbying groups and lobbyists crying about the impact Initiated Measure 22 is having on their cozy relationships with legislators. Special interest groups are dropping their legislative events and dinners with some frequency because of the reporting requirements and $100 limit on gifts/services in IM 22.
While the Sioux Falls Police Department chases chimeras that allegedly assault their officers in city parks, in many other police departments across the nation, law enforcement has seemingly declared war on the citizens they are supposed to protect. Since the federal government doesn’t keep statistics on how many unarmed people are killed each year by law enforcement, it’s difficult to come up with a definitive number.
Imagine if a there was someone on the loose in Sioux Falls for nearly five months who had threatened a police officer in one of the city’s signature parks near one of it’s toniest neighborhoods! And imagine if the police officer shot at the suspect because he felt his life was in danger? You’d then imagine a huge dragnet to catch such a dangerous scofflaw would be all over the news, the video and audio of the attack would be released to help catch the assailant and a law enforcement joint task force would be set up to catch this person who is a danger to the police and public.
The race for South Dakota Democratic Party Chair may be turning on where the two candidates stand on abortion. Party officials meet Saturday in Oacoma to select a new chair to replace Deb Knecht of Houghton, who is stepping down. Announced candidates for the chairmanship are Minnehaha County Commissioner Jeff Barth of Sioux Falls and retired teacher and former Sioux Falls Education Association president Ann Tornberg of Beresford.
A federal district judge today (Monday) dismissed Democratic Minnehaha County Commissioner Jeff Barth’s petition to preserve evidence in the EB-5 scandal. However, Judge Karen E. Schreier did give Barth’s attorney, Richard Engels, of Hartford, the opportunity to add a new petitioner to the matter, Richard Hulshof, a former employee of the now defunct Northern Beef Packers plant in Aberdeen.
A Constitution Party candidate who unsuccessfully tried to get on the November South Dakota ballot for the U.S. House of Representatives is suing Secretary of State Jason Gant to be placed on the ballot. Wednesday, Charles “Chuck” Haan of Watertown filed a writ of mandamus pro se with the U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls.
That's according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. "Access to technology has changed how many consumers handle their personal finances. A growing number of consumers want to manage their personal business via email and text or on a website that is accessible 24/7," said Kelly Campbell, PCI vice president.
South Dakota is one of the few states that has no statewide ban or fine for texting while driving, according to a recent survey of state laws by Mother Jones Magazine.
South Dakota is one of the few states that has no statewide ban or fine for texting while driving, according to a recent survey of state laws by Mother Jones Magazine. However, some South Dakota communities, like Mitchell and Sioux Falls, have anti-texting ordinances. South Dakota joins only Montana, South Carolina and Arizona with no state law ban of any sort against texting.