New Law in Utah Extends Mandatory pre-Abortion Wait to 72 Hours
While the current law in Utah mandated a pre-abortion wait of 24 hours, the state has decided that the...
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Cyberbullying and Suicides: 5 States Want New Laws
New York, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, and Maine are among a growing list of states who want to put more...
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Wisconsin May Reconsider Life-ban for Felonious Attorneys
While a demand for lifetime bans had already been rejected by an unanimous Supreme Court in 2010, latest...
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Hard Times for Urban Outfitters
With its tawdry fashions and edgy home products, Urban Outfitters seems to invite attention through...
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Immigration Status and Parental Rights
As the main investigative arm of the US Department of Homeland Security, US Immigration and Customs...
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Healthcare Debate Sees Record Number of Amicus Briefs in Supreme Court
The previous amicus record holder cases in the U.S. Supreme Court (affirmative action against University of...
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DC Judge Chides Police over ''Transparently False'' Statements
In a case that involved the demand to receive certain police records by a civil rights group, the D.C. police...
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Last Trial in Virginia Tech Massacre (2007) Finds the School Negligent
It happened on April 16, 2007, and this is 2012, but neither the public nor the parents of students who were...
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Retailing Legal Services: The New Retail Lawyer
Melva Rozier is making the headlines by setting up the nation’s, possibly, first retail law firm – and...
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Yale Law Tops the Chart Again in U.S. News Law School Rankings
The recent publication of the 2013 U.S. News & World Report of U.S. law school rankings found Yale Law School...
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Unemployment Checks for Convicted Murderer
While awaiting trial in the Los Angeles County jail system, convicted murderer Anthony Garcia still managed to...
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Iowa Makes it a Crime to Reveal the Truth
Iowa’s Governor Terry Branstad knows which side his bread is buttered on, so it should come as little...
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Supreme Court May Hear Case on Rent Control in NYC
New York City rent control has long been a hot button for both critics and supporters of the law. That’s...
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Holder Delivers Administration on American Terrorist Killings to Law School Audience
In recent days, Attorney General Eric Holder, in an address to an audience of nearly 800 law school students...
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Catholic College Sued by Student over Roommate’s Sexual Behavior
Now this might seem ludicrous, but it’s not, and the fact that a court in Massachusetts allowed the case to...
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NY Court Upholds Ban on Non-Lawyer Investment in Law Firms
New York State ethic rules hold that if investment is not from legal circles, then it is illegal, as far as...
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U.K. Judgment Creates Jurisdictional Upheaval in International law
The UK Court of Appeal has passed a recent judgment that domestic courts may refuse to recognize a judgment...
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Lawsuit Over Fallen Soldier’s Photo
Army Lieutenant Peter Burks made the ultimate sacrifice for his country in 2007 but up until last month his...
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Senator Cites Gridlock as Reason for Departure
It’s no secret that intense partisanship has played a large role in the creation of a less than productive...
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U.S. Supreme Court to Address Broader Issues of Alien Torts Act
The case of Esther Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co, No. 10-1491, has become a concern both for the U.S....
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What’s to Become of the Voting Rights Act?
A major section of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act may be on the chopping block, following recent actions...
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Has Google's New 'Privacy' Policy Gone Too Far?
Almost three dozen Attorneys General from around the United States have joined forces against Google's new...
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Study: Law Firms Spending Millions in Online Advertisements
A new report by the by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform reveals that Law firms are using and...
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International Criminal Court, Hague, Set for its First-ever Verdicts
Since its inception a decade ago, the International Criminal Court at Hague has not yet been compelled to...
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Social Media Paying Off For 25% Law Firms – Says Report
The acceptance of social media in the legal arena has become a subject of interest in recent weeks with a...
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Lawsuit Over Student Overdose
Drug use amongst students is a reality that most accept as part of the college experience. However, when John...
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Alabama Child Dies After Forced Physical Exertion
Children seem to have an unending supply of energy so when Savannah Hardin's neighbors saw the nine-year-old...
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Supreme Court Ruling in U.S. v. Jones Affects FBI Tracking of Citizens
In a landmark case that has gone quite unnoticed, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that ''The...
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One Word for Law Students: Think
According to the recent examiner.com article, ''UC Denver study says law students not being taught to ask the...
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Companies Ask of Government: What’s Up with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
In recent days, trade groups and businesses around the country have demanded clearer answers from the...
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