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Minor Sex Trafficking Protection Blocked by Judge
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A federal district court judge has indefinitely blocked a New Jersey law penalizing anyone who knowingly publishes an advertisement for a commercial sex act that includes the depiction of a minor. So reports the Associated Press reports.
Read more...A-Rod & MLB: What’s the Legal Impact of PED Suspensions?
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On Monday, Major League Baseball levied its stiffest penalty for performance enhancing drug use in history, Twelve players were handed 50 game suspensions and accepted the ban. Then there was Alex Rodriguez, who was handed an unprecedented 211-game suspension and vowed to fight it before making his season debut on Monday against the White Sox.
Legal analysts have tried to parse through exactly what ramifications the suspensions and A-Rod's appeal will have on the players, the league and on the weighty contracts MLB players hold.
Read more...House Republicans' Bills Likely to Incite IRS Employees' Ire
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With the Internal Revenue Service's reputation at an all-time low, House Republicans introduced a slew of bills intended to rein in the agency. So reports Forbes.
Read more...Judge Enjoins Law Imposing Admitting Mandate on Abortion Providers
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A federal district judge has extended a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a Wisconsin law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. So reports the Los Angeles Times.
Read more...Apple Store Workers Sue Over Unpaid ‘Bag Inspection’ Time
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Two former Apple store employees have filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for the unpaid time they spent complying with the stores' anti-theft measures, according to the Associated Press.
Read more...DOJ: OK to Skip ‘Judicial Process’ When Targeting U.S. Terrorists Abroad
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The Justice Department has taken the position there is a pertinent distinction between “due process” and “judicial process” with respect to the Constitution and drone-strike targeting of U.S. citizens affiliated with terrorists.
Read more...Man to Be Jailed for Pooping on Walls of Court Bathroom
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The 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals last week issued a 57-page opinion upholding the conviction of a man who was sentenced to seven days in jail for defecating all over a federal courthouse bathroom.
Read more...Judge in ‘Joker’ Holmes Case Upholds ‘Extreme Indifference’ Law
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The judge who will be hearing the case against the man accused of killing a dozen people in a Colorado movie theater last July denied the defense lawyers' motion to overturn a law making it a crime to commit murder with extreme indifference.
Read more...Cyclist Guilty of Vehicular Manslaughter for Killing Pedestrian
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A 37-year-old bicyclist who fatally stuck a 71-year-old pedestrian after allegedly failing to stop at a red light has pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter in San Francisco Superior Court.
Read more...SAC Capital Indicted in Historical Insider Trading Scheme
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The United States attorney’s office in Manhattan and the F.B.I. filed criminal charges last week against SAC Capital for an insider trading scheme that one prosecutor described as "on a scale without known precedent in the history of hedge funds.” So reports The New York Times.
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