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DWI Charges Dropped Against Woman Who Suffers From Rare Disorder
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In what a defense attorney called “one of the strangest cases [he’s] ever been involved with,” a judge dismissed driving while intoxicated charges against a woman who has a disorder that turns ordinary food into alcohol in her body. So reports The Buffalo News.
Read more...Man May Argue Cough Syrup Made Him Kill His Partner, Son
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Attorneys for the Seattle physician Louis Chen might argue that Chen killed his 29-year-old partner and their two-year-old son as a result of a psychosis caused by couch syrup. So reports The Seattle Times.
Read more...GA Law Firm Pays $3.1M to Settle Charges of Filing Unwarranted Suits Against Consumers
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Marietta, Ga.-based law firm Frederick J. Hanna & Associates PC paid $3.1 million to settle charges that the firm filed more than 350,000 credit card collection complaints against consumers who owed nothing or owed less than was claimed. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...Legal Fight: Surrogate Refuses to Abort One of Three Fetuses
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A California surrogate has gone public with her refusal to abort one of the three fetuses she is carrying despite the fetuses’ biological parents’ insistence that she do so. So reports The New York Post.
Read more...Aussie Man Loses Job After 'Slut' Comment on Facebook
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An Australian man was fired from his job as a supervisor at a hotel chain Down Under for calling the feminist writer Clementine Ford a “slut”’ on her Facebook page. So reports Mashable.
Read more...Cosby Case: Where Public Opinion and Criminal Law Meet
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Comedian Bill Cosby will stand trial in Pennsylvania for alleged sexual misconduct, but as the prosecution and defense prepare to make their arguments, the world is judging, for better or worse, Cosby’s treatment of women.
Read more...Fortune 100 GC Makes the Case for Part-Time Legal Work
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When Allstate Corporation’s general counsel, Susie Lees, graduated from law school in 1987 as the mother of two young children, Allstate was the only company that would accommodate her request for a part time position. So reports Bloomberg BNA.
Read more...Ex-Cop Convicted of Sexually Assaulting 13 Women
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A jury found former Oklahoma police officer Daniel Holtzclaw guilty of 18 charges in connection with his victimization of more than a dozen women while he was on duty. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Priest Siphoned Parish Cash to Pay For S&M Lifestyle: Lawsuit
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The parishioners of two New York churches have filed suit against a Catholic priest who they allege stole approximately $1 million from their parishes to fund his support of a male “dom” whom he referred to as “master.” So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Yale is Responsible for The Blue Book’s Origins: New Research
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It turns out that—despite what the legal community has long been led to believe—Yale Law School, not Harvard Law School, is primarily responsible for the manual known as The Blue Book, which establishes the proper form for legal citations. So reports The New York Times.
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