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NJ Teen Living With Friends Sues Parents For Support Payments
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Are non-divorced parents obligated to pay for their children's college education and provide other financial support after the child has left home?
Read more...Law Firm Refuses to Pay Fee to Estate of Partner Who Committed Suicide
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The family of a Minnesota lawyer who took his own life has filed suit against the law firm where he was a partner for the amount the lawyer was owed for negotiating the settlement of a claim against a drunk driver. So reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Read more...School OK to Ban American Flag Shirts at Cinco De Mayo Party: Court
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A federal appeals court last week held that the principal of a California high school acted constitutionally when he told students wearing American flag t-shirts to turn them inside out in the interest of maintaining peace during the school’s Cinco De Mayo celebration, which had inspired altercations between the school’s white students and Mexican students the year before. So reports the Daily Caller.
Read more...5 States Weighing Bills to Allow Businesses to Deny Service to Gays
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed the Grand Canyon State’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act last week, but legislation that would strengthen a business owner’s right to refuse service to homosexuals is still on the table in five U.S. states. So reports ABC News.
Read more...Walgreens Refuses to Print Bible Verses, Citing Copyright Law
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Asserting a belief that making copies of scripture violates copyright law, customer service representatives at the pharmacy chain Walgreens refused to process two prints of Bible verses that a Mississippi woman ordered online. So reports FoxNews.com.
Read more...Law Firm Revenue Growth Remains Constrained
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Law firm revenue grew a modest 2.5% in 2013, with the 50 top-grossing U.S. firms "materially outperform[ing]" other segments of the market in terms of profitability. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...Homeless Man Uses Law Firm’s Offices as After-Hours Hangout
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A 47-year-old homeless man has been charged with criminal trespass, theft of property greater than $500, and burglary for “making himself at home” in a Tennessee law firm. So reports The Daily Times.
Read more...Feds Charge Founder of Mark Cuban-related Firm with Fraud
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Federal prosecutors have filed fraud charges against Jonathan Mills, the founder of the San Francisco technology company Motionloft, for getting his doctor to deposit $210,000 into his account by telling the doctor that investing in Motionloft would result in a huge return because Cisco was buying Motionloft for $760 million, SF Gate reports.
Read more...Lawsuit Alleges For-Profit Trade Schools Lied To Students About Career Prospects
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A federal lawsuit filed by seven former employees of a for-profit chain of trade schools owned by Premier Education Group alleges that the schools’ officials routinely misled students about their career prospects. The suit also claims the school falsified records to keep students enrolled so that it could keep receiving tuition money granted and loaned to those students by the government. So the New York Times reports.
Read more...AZ Bill: Biz Owners Can Deny Gays Service Based on Religious Beliefs
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Gay rights activists are up in arms over a bill passed by the Arizona legislature last week that would strengthen a business owner’s right to refuse service to gays if the owner believes doing so violates his or her religion. So reports the Los Angeles Times.
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