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Utah Ruling May Force SCOTUS' Hand on Same-Sex Marriage
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The same-sex marriage issue is likely to wind up back in front of the U.S. Supreme Court a lot sooner than everyone thought. So The New York Times Report.
Read more...4 Top Landmark Cases in 2013
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Calendar year 2013 brought with it legal cases that tested statutes pertaining to the economy, civil rights and race, gender equality, self-defense, gun control, murder and more. It saw the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history and featured a plaintiff who almost managed to be named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year.
Read more...Petitions Filed to Recognize Chimps as Persons
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An animal rights group recently filed a habeas corpus petition—a writ requiring that an unlawfully detained prisoner be brought before a judge—on behalf of a chimpanzee in captivity. So CNN reports.
Read more...Rich Teen Drunk Driver Kills 4, Gets Probation
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A speeding, drunk driving Texas teen who caused a crash killing four people has been sentenced to probation. His lawyers argued that he should not be sent to jail because he suffered from ‘affluenza’ as a result of his parents teaching him that wealth buys privilege. So reports the Star-Telegram.
Read more...J.P. Morgan’s Madoff Settlement Imminent
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J.P. Morgan Chase is expected to pay $1 million to end the Justice Department’s criminal probe into the adequacy of the bank’s warnings about Bernard L. Madoff. Madoff had a two-decade-long relationship with J.P. Morgan before his arrest in December 2008. So reports MarketWatch.
Read more...Suit Seeks Clarification of Assisted Suicide Law
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A New Mexico court last week heard testimony in a lawsuit filed against the state by plaintiffs who want the court to clarify that physicians who prescribe medication to assist terminally-ill patients in ending their lives will not be prosecuted under a decades-old New Mexico law that makes it a fourth-degree felony. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Dershowitz Retires From Harvard Law
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After 50 years as a member of the Harvard Law School faculty, famed criminal and constitutional law professor Alan Dershowitz is retiring from teaching. So reports the Boston Globe.
Read more...Iowa Law School Significantly Decreases Tuition
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For students entering law school at the University of Iowa this fall, tuition will be 16.4% lower for both residents and non-residents of the state. So reports the Huffington Post.
Read more...State Courts Weigh Whether Unauthorized Immigrants May Practice Law
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In a test case for whether immigrants in this country illegally can practice law in New York, the Empire State’s Supreme Court’s appellate division is currently deciding whether a 30-year-old man who passed the state bar exam and meets all of the other state bar criteria can practice law despite being an unauthorized immigrant. So The New York Times reports.
Read more...Wife Shoots Husband Outside Lawyer’s Office
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A Tennessee physician is in critical condition after having been shot multiple times last week by his wife on their way out of his lawyer’s office, where they had both just participated in a mediation session.
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