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Florida Mom Faces Charges Relating to Decisions About Son’s Circumcision
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A Florida mom, who spent more than a week in jail for refusing to obey a judge's order requiring her to circumcise her 4 1/2-year-old son, finally consented to the procedure. So reports the Sun Sentinel.
Read more...Federal Suit: Four Cancer Charities Are Scams
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The FTC and prosecutors in all 50 states filed a suit claiming that four self-described cancer charities spent only 3% of the donations they collected for the causes they professed to support. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Ultrasound Tech Students: We Were Forced Into In-Class Vaginal Exams
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Two former students in the medical diagnostic sonography program at a Florida college have filed a federal lawsuit alleging they were forced to submit to vaginal exams in front of their classmates as part of their training. So reports CNN.
Read more...Lower-Income Lawyers Are Happiest in the Profession: Survey
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Lawyers occupying typically low paying jobs, such as public defenders, are more likely than other members of the profession to report that they are happy. That's according to a survey of 6,200 attorneys. So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Starbucks Wins Hot-Coffee-Burns Case
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A North Carolina jury found that Starbucks is not liable for any damages in a case filed by a man who said he suffered third-degree burns as a result of the lid on his coffee popping off and causing the beverage to spill into his lap. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Art Dealer Accused of Theft by Picasso’s Stepdaughter
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French officials are investigating Oliver Thomas, a Swiss art dealer who was accused by Pablo Picasso’s stepdaughter, Catherine Hutin-Blay, of stealing some of the Picasso works he was hired to transport. So reports The Telegraph.
Read more...Assistant Sues Singer Robbie Williams and Wife for Sexual Harassment
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A man who worked for a short time as an assistant to singer Robbie Williams and his wife, actress Ayda Field, is suing the couple, alleging Field, among other things, walked around partially clothed and questioned the assistant about his sex life. So reports TMZ.
Read more...Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel to Pay Ex $26K a Month
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A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has ordered Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel to pay her soon-to-be ex-husband Jason Hoppy, a pharmaceutical salesman, $26,000 a month plus another $100,000 in lawyer fees. So reports The New York Post.
Read more...All Female Law Firm Encourages Parental and Professional Ambitions
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The founders of a six-woman law firm in Washington, D.C., are out to prove that a work-life balance is possible even in the legal profession, where women represented a mere 16.5% of law partners in 2013. So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Supreme Court: Fla. Law Restricting Judicial Fundraising Stands
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The U.S Supreme Court has held that Florida's Canon 7C(1), a rule preventing judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign funds, does not violate the First Amendment. So reports CNN.
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