Cliff Rieders

February 21, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The latest legal fight in the legislature concerns venue. What is venue? Venue is a rule of court dictating where a person, corporation or another entity can be sued.

By Cliff Rieders

6 minute read

April 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

On the Internet, right next to the text of the U.S. Constitution, Seventh Amendment, is an ad for a donation to the "Revolution of Ron Paul."

By Cliff Rieders

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May 15, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

I feel like it's the '60s again. So many people are talking about the Constitution that I am reminded of Chairman Mao's followers running around with their little red books waving them tirelessly in the air.

By Cliff Rieders

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February 07, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Institute of Medicine published its long-awaited report based upon work of the Committee on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology, Board on Health Care Services.

By Cliff Rieders

9 minute read

September 25, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

By now, everyone has heard something about the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 132 S.Ct. 2566 (2002).

By Cliff Rieders

9 minute read

January 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Indian River School Board conducted a prayer at its regularly scheduled board meetings. The board meetings attended by students from the local school district.

By Cliff Rieders

7 minute read

June 07, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania has a doctrine called joint and several liability.

By Cliff Rieders

5 minute read

August 09, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Have you ever had a situation where you asked the lawyer on the other side not to share with factual eyewitnesses testimony of other witnesses?

By Cliff Rieders

5 minute read

August 23, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Campaign finance reform is without question the only change in our political system that can save this nation from sliding into the total abyss. The unforgivable scene in Washington recently over the debt ceiling, borrowing and taxes is only a glimpse of much worse to come.

By Cliff Rieders

6 minute read

September 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

I predict that every law school in America will adopt as required reading the decision in the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. City of Chicago Illinois , which announces a plurality opinion already widely reported in the press; the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution shall be fully applicable to the states meaning that the right to keep a loaded handgun at home is a fundamental liberty interest.

By By Cliff Rieders

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