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SoHo Landlord Files $100k Suit Against Tenant Who Impersonated Son of Famous Designer
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The landlord of a Manhattan apartment that rents for $15,000 a month is asking a state court to break the apartment’s current lease and order the apartment’s current tenant, who claimed to be Diane von Furstenberg’s son, to pay $100,000 in back rent. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...How Many Supreme Court Justices Will the Next President Appoint?
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The average age of the justices currently sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court is just over 69, and that’s the third-highest average age of the sitting justices in the Court’s history. So reports The Washington Post.
Read more...Fearing Requital, Many Law Students Don’t Report Mental Health Substance Abuse Problems
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Many law students are not seeking help for depression and drug or alcohol dependence because they’re afraid it will hurt their chances of getting admitted to the bar or landing a legal job, a new study shows. So reports Bloomberg BNA.
Read more...Ukrainian Model Sues Ex for Sending Her to Jail
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A Manhattan judge refused to dismiss the defamation suit of a Ukrainian model who spent a night in jail as a result of her ex-boyfriend’s allegedly false police report. So reports The New York Post.
Read more...Dad of 30 Pays $1.49 a Month in Support to Some Moms
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A Tennessee man who fathered 30 children with 11 different mothers is requesting that the state help him with child support payments. So reports the Memphis news station WREG.
Read more...Authorities Subpoena Chipotle About Norovirus Outbreak
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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California and the FDA are requiring Chipotle to produce documents connected to a restaurant in California that was linked to a norovirus outbreak this past summer. So reports NBC News.
Read more...Female Attorneys Attest to Sexual Harassment at Work
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Female lawyers have emailed journalists claiming they have gotten unsolicited backrubs from male partners and experienced other radically inappropriate conduct by male colleagues. So reports Above the Law.
Read more...Woman Who Murdered Daughter Demands Longer Prison Sentence
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A woman who shot her 17-year-old daughter to death agreed to plead guilty only if she could be sentenced to no less than life in prison. So reports the Orlando Sentinel.
Read more...NY’s First Female Chief Judge Dies
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Judith Kaye, the first woman to serve on New York’s seven-member Court of Appeals and the first woman to serve as New York State’s chief judge, died at 77 years old. So reports the New York Law Journal.
Read more...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.
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