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Man to Be Jailed for Pooping on Walls of Court Bathroom
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The 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals last week issued a 57-page opinion upholding the conviction of a man who was sentenced to seven days in jail for defecating all over a federal courthouse bathroom.
Read more...Judge in ‘Joker’ Holmes Case Upholds ‘Extreme Indifference’ Law
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The judge who will be hearing the case against the man accused of killing a dozen people in a Colorado movie theater last July denied the defense lawyers' motion to overturn a law making it a crime to commit murder with extreme indifference.
Read more...Cyclist Guilty of Vehicular Manslaughter for Killing Pedestrian
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A 37-year-old bicyclist who fatally stuck a 71-year-old pedestrian after allegedly failing to stop at a red light has pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter in San Francisco Superior Court.
Read more...SAC Capital Indicted in Historical Insider Trading Scheme
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The United States attorney’s office in Manhattan and the F.B.I. filed criminal charges last week against SAC Capital for an insider trading scheme that one prosecutor described as "on a scale without known precedent in the history of hedge funds.” So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Changes to ABA's Law School Accreditation Rules Underway
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A recent meeting of a committee dedicated to reevaluating the American Bar Association's law school accreditation guidelines yielded a recommendation that the ABA drop its "one full-time faculty member for every 30 students" requirement, according to the National Law Journal.
Read more...Court Requires Journalist to Testify in Classified Info Leak Case
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A federal appeals court last week issued a ruling that's likely to have a big impact on investigative journalism when it comes to national security matters. So The New York Times reports.
Read more...Miss USA Contestant to Pay $5M for Calling Pageant 'Rigged'
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A federal judge has upheld a $5 million judgment against a 2012 Miss USA Pageant contestant who claimed—on her Facebook page and on the Today show—that the pageant is “rigged,” with the top five finishers all predetermined. So reports the Daily News.
Read more...Lawyer Ditches Underwater Ferrari to Argue Motion
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When employment lawyer Howard Levitt's Ferrari started to fill with water as a result of the torrential downpour that hit Toronto, Canada, last week, he didn’t try to adjourn the hearing he was heading to.
Read more...Supreme Court at Odds With Other Gov’t Branches
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Arguing that the current Supreme Court’s ruling majority differs more in principle with the administration in power than any court "since the 1930s," a recent USA Today piece points out that “in the last seven days alone of the term that ended June 26, the court struck down key portions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and a 2003 law regulating AIDS funding.”
Read more...Affordable Care Employer Mandate Postponed Until 2015
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The portion of the Affordable Care Act that requires companies with 50 or more employees to offer affordable healthcare coverage will not be enforced until 2015, CBS.com reports.
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