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High Court Throws Out Limits on Aggregate Political Contributions
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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.
Read more...Michael Vick Controversy: When is a Convict Rehabilitated?
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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
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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.”
Read more...Corporate Clients Demand Cybersecurity From Law Firms
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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.
Read more...Judge Joe Brown Jailed For Court Outburst
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The star of the nationally syndicated television show “Judge Joe Brown” spent three hours in jail recently after being held in contempt of court for repeatedly challenging a Tennessee Juvenile Court magistrate’s authority while he was representing a woman appearing before the magistrate in a child support hearing. So reports USA Today.
Read more...Congresswoman Plans to Criminalize ‘Revenge Porn’
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Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) last week announced plans to introduce federal legislation that would make it a crime to post on the Internet nude photos of former lovers without their consent—content known as “revenge porn.” So reports U.S. News.
Read more...Are Rap Lyrics Used Unfairly in Criminal Prosecutions?
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Some scholars and defense lawyers say that rap lyrics, which have played prominent roles in more than three dozen criminal prosecutions in the past two years, are being unfairly used to prejudice judges and juries who don’t understand that gangsta rappers are often people who have assumed fictional personas. So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Verdicts of the Month: Deaf Woman Awarded a Dollar in $4.5M Suit
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The verdicts across the country in March ranged from stingy to strange.
Read more...Strict Sex-Offender Laws Challenged in Several States
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A married mother of three is challenging the Virginia law that makes it illegal for her to enter school property or attend church services without seeking permission because of a sexual affair she had with a 16-year-old male 15 years ago. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Simpson Thacher Law Clerk Arrested for Insider Trading
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As part of a recent crackdown on trusted corporate-deal players who leak market-moving information, the FBI last week arrested a Simpson Thacher & Bartlett law clerk and a Morgan Stanley broker on insider trading charges. So reports the New York Times’ Dealbook.
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