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‘Chopped’ Winner Sued For Denying Grieving Employee Time Off

A man who worked as a night chef at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York City has filed suit against his former boss, Chef Anthony Paris, 2010 winner of the Food Network reality contest “Chopped,” for firing him when he requested time off after his wife of 17 years suffered a stroke. So reports the New York Post.

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Woman Charged for Placing Ad Encouraging Rape of Nemesis

Federal prosecutors have charged a San Diego woman with forcible rape for retaliating against a couple who outbid her on a home by posting an online advertisement encouraging men to contact the home’s new owner for sexual favors when her husband wasn’t home. So reports NBC News.

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Taxpayers Held Responsible for Parents’ Decades-Old Debts

Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers expecting refunds are getting letters informing them that the government has confiscated their checks because of a debt that their parents incurred. So reports The Washington Post.

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NYC’s New Paid Sick-Leave Law Protects 1.2 Million Workers

New York recently became the largest city in the nation to ensure that a vast majority of workers won’t lose a portion of their paychecks if they or their close relatives get sick. So reports The New York Times.

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Morphine-Addicted Mom Convicted for Overdose Death of Breastfeeding Infant

In the first prosecution of a mother for killing her child through a substance transmitted in breast milk, a South Carolina judge has sentenced a 39-year-old former nurse to the minimum 20 years in prison for feeding her child a lethal dose of morphine. So reports the Associated Press.

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Court Affirms Award to Lawyer Who Sued Client for Bad Reviews

The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a jury’s award of damages to a lawyer who sued her former client for libel, claiming that his false, negative reviews of her services on a web site caused “wounded feelings.”

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High Court Throws Out Limits on Aggregate Political Contributions

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC leaves in tact restrictions on how much a donor can give to any one political candidate or party committee, but throws out restrictions on the number of candidates or committees to which a single contributor can make donations. So reports the Washington Post.

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Michael Vick Controversy: When is a Convict Rehabilitated?

When someone commits a crime, there are guidelines on punishment. However, once they are released from prison, its not exactly clear when someone who has committed a horrific crime is truly rehabilitated. This is a topic many New York Jets fans have weighed in on in recent weeks with the team's signing of quarterback Michael Vick. So reports ESPN.

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A List of Words No Lawyer Should Ever Use

In this piece for the ABA Journal, Bryan Garner, the editor-in-chief of Black's Law Dictionary and the author of bestselling books on how to craft persuasive legal prose, provides a “verbal blacklist” for attorneys—“a simple list of words that do nothing but blemish the documents that contain them.”

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Corporate Clients Demand Cybersecurity From Law Firms

Some big corporate clients are threatening to withhold work from law firms failing to prove their cybersecurity is strong enough to protect clients’ sensitive information. So reports The New York Times’ Dealbook.

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