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May's Verdicts: Sperm Donors, Asian Elephants and Roadside Cavity Searches
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From illegal cavity searches and sperm donors, to Asian elephants and a death sentence for refusing to renounce Jesus, the topics of May's verdicts ranged from unusual to outrageous. Check them out below.
Read more...Akin Gump Reports Client That Forged Evidence
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The international law firm Akin Gump withdrew its representation of a tech company in a breach of contract suit after learning that the company had fraudulently altered the contract used as evidence in that litigation. So reports the blog Above the Law.
Read more...Court Denies Trademark Protection to Anti-Muslim Slogan
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A federal appeals court has upheld a trademark board decision denying protection to the phrase “Stop the Islamisation of America” based on the finding that the phrase disparages Muslims. So reports the Washington Post.
Read more...LSAT Admin Pays Millions to Disabled Applicants
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The organization that administers the law school admissions test will pay $7.73 million to compensate the more than 6,000 individuals who requested accommodation for their disabilities during the last five years but were denied. So reports The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog.
Read more...Tenn. Reinstates 'Old Sparky'
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Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law a bill that allows Tennessee to electrocute death row inmates if the state can’t obtain the drugs necessary for lethal injection. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Fla. Appeals Court Stays Order Requiring Circumcision
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A federal appeals court has granted a Florida mom’s request for an emergency stay on a court order that her three-year-old son be circumcised. So reports the Broward-Palm Beach New Times.
Read more...Mass. Criminal Justice Lawyers Make Less Than Custodial Workers: Study
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With assistant district attorneys’ annual salaries starting at $37,500 and public defenders’ annual salaries starting at $40,000, Massachusetts pays its criminal justice lawyers less than it pays the custodial workers who work in the state’s courthouses, a new study shows. So reports the Boston Globe.
Read more...Actor Jason Patric Can Pursue Paternity Claim: Calif. Court
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A California appellate court has held that the actor Jason Patric may pursue a paternity claim over a 4-year-old boy who he fathered with his ex-girlfriend via in-vitro fertilization. So reports Time.
Read more...Annoying Speech Is No Crime: NY Court
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In a decision expected to have a huge impact on hundreds of harassment cases, New York’s highest court struck down a law that made it a felony to communicate with someone “in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm.” So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Steve Jobs’ Employee Retention Efforts Likely Violated Antitrust Law
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New revelations show that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was the driving force behind a conspiracy to prevent tech companies from poaching Apple’s employees. So reports The New York Times.
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