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Perverted Haunted House Clowns Accosted Minor: Lawsuit
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An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit against a haunted house and its volunteer workers, claiming the volunteers accosted her and her high-school-aged daughter. So reports The Smoking Gun.
Read more...Facebook Sues Law Firms of Man Who Sued Facebook
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Facebook is suing the law firms that represented a man claiming he owned half of the social media company in a 2010 lawsuit. So reports the San Francisco Gate.
Read more...NY May Adopt Uniform Bar Exam
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New York judges are considering replacing the Empire State’s bar exam with the Uniform Bar Exam—a standardized test that 14 states currently use. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...PA Boy Charged as Adult in 90-Year-Old’s Murder
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A 10-year-old boy was charged as an adult after he confessed to having strangled and killed a 90-year-old woman who resided with his grandfather. So reports McCall.com.
Read more...Church Suit Seeks Ouster of Sinful Preacher
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The board of a Baptist church in Alabama filed a lawsuit to force out its minister after he confessed to serious transgressions on the pulpit. So reports Fox News.
Read more...Teens Charged for Cruel 'Ice Bucket' Prank of Autistic Boy
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Five teens have been charged for "pranking" an autistic Ohio boy, who believing he was participating in the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.” So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Reuters to Become IRS’ Research Partner
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Thompson Reuters will assist the Internal Revenue Service in its research of tax laws, and relevant statutes, codes, and treatises, for policy purposes.
Read more...Top Paid First-Year Associates Earn $160K
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The highest paid first-year associates at U.S. law firms with more than 700 attorneys are earning an average of $160,000 -- the same amount the highest paid new lawyers were making in 2009. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...Criminal Exonerations on the Upswing
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In 2013, there were 87 known criminal exonerations, the most ever, and the increase isn’t owed to the use of DNA evidence to clear suspects. So reports the ABA Journal.
Read more...Adverb Use: The Legal Writer’s Cop Out?
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Adverbs may be an unpopular part of speech with best-selling authors like Stephen King, but they’re beloved by members of the legal profession. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
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