Doctor-patient privilege, also known as physician-patient privilege, refers to a confidential communication between the doctor and the patient that receives protection from disclosure.
Common law does not recognize doctor-...
statutes
Dodd-Frank: Title I - Financial Stability
Introduction
Title I expands federal research, evaluation, and oversight of large financial institutions in order to find efficient ways to manage risks to the financial stability of the United States. The Title establishes two new...
Dodd-Frank: Title II - Orderly Liquidation Authority
Introduction
Title II, the Orderly Liquidation provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, provides a process to quickly and efficiently liquidate a large, complex financial company that is close to failing. Title II provides an alternative to...
Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882
The Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882 (Edmunds Act) is a U.S. federal statute adopted in 1882 declaring polygamy as a felony in federal territories. The Edmunds Act suppressed different rights for people practicing polygamy and made it...
Emancipation of minors - laws
Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico Governing the Emancipation of Minors
This page links to the laws of the states dealing with the "emancipation" of minors, that is, the provisions dealing with when and on what conditions...
enabling clauses
Enabling clauses are clauses or provisions in a statute or constitution that gives government officials the authority to put the law into effect and to enforce it. Enabling clauses also can be used as clauses in contracts that give a business...
excessive bail
Excessive bail is an amount of bail ordered to be posted by an accused defendant which is much more than necessary or usual to ensure they will make court appearances particularly in relation to minor crimes. Moreover, under the Eighth...
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Background
A creditor may seek to collect an outstanding debt in several ways. However, because of “abundant evidence of the use of abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices by many debt collectors,” (15 U.S.C. § 1692)...
False Claims Act
Federal statute that sets criminal and civil penalties for falsely billing the government, over-representing the amount of a delivered product, or understating an obligation to the government. The False Claims Act may be enforced either by the Justice...
false pretenses
False pretenses, also known as larceny by false pretenses, is a crime under common law. A defendant commits false pretenses when they obtain title to the victim’s property through misrepresentations with the intent to defraud.
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