The Law Has Gone to the Dogs
People love their pets. People also love lawsuits. Put the two together, you have an emerging litigation practice area: Animal Law.
A Raleigh News & Observer story reported today that "ninety-two of the 196 law schools in the country approved by the American Bar Association now offer courses on animal law, up from the nine that offered classes in 2000, according to the Animal Legal Defense Fund."
This trend, according to sources in the story, is the result of people placing greater prominence on the pets in their lives. Bob Barker, who always ended The Price is Right with a reminder to viewers to spay or neuter their pets, is helping, too.
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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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