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Garner, Brown Decisions Prompt Law School to Allow Grief-Stricken Students to Postpone Exams

Columbia Law School allowed its students to request exam-time postponements based on their anguish over the grand jury decisions not to indict police in the Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y. So reports The New York Daily News.

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Hedge Fund Managers’ Insider Trading Convictions Vacated

A federal appeals court threw out the convictions of two hedge fund managers who were found guilty of trading on tips passed through a network of analysts. So reports the New York Post.

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Utah Mom Ordered to Cease Religion Talks With Kids

A Utah woman is challenging the constitutionality of a court order prohibiting her from discussing fundamentalist Mormon beliefs with her children. So reports Fox News.

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Georgia County to Pay Profanity-Spewing Woman $100K

A county in Georgia is paying a woman $100,000 to settle her suit claiming police violated her First Amendment rights when they arrested her for shouting expletives at them. So reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Federal Court Upholds McCarthy-Era Conviction

A federal court judge refused to vacate a McCarthy-era conviction related to an obstruction of justice plot to leak atomic secrets. So reports New York’s Daily News.

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Law Schools Make Concessions in Face of Declining Applications

Facing decreasing enrollment, middle-tier law schools—including the ones at Penn State and the University of Arizona—have reduced their tuitions. So reports The New York Times’ Dealbook.

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Physican Faces Charges for Forcing Abortion Pill on Woman

A New York State anesthesiologist is out on $50,000 bail following his arrest for allegedly forcing a woman who told him she was pregnant to swallow an abortion pill. So reports NBC News.

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Jackson, Lewis to Stop Hourly Billing of Associates’ Time

Beginning Jan. 1, the law firm Jackson Lewis will stop billing its clients by the hour for its 293 associates. So reports American Lawyer.

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Lawsuit: Chick-fil-A Cherry Caused Heart Attack

A woman is alleging she suffered heart attack brought on by a tooth fracture she suffered from biting down on the cherry she was served at a Texas Chick-fil-A. So reports the San Francisco Gate.

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AZ Frat Member Sentenced for Role in Fellow Student’s Death

An Arizona State University Alpha Epsilon Pi member who was responsible for the alcohol served at a party where another student drank and later died was sentenced to probation and a 45-day deferred jail sentence. So reports AZ Central.

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