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Twilio Adds Impossible Foods Legal Head As It Expands E-board  

Twilio, a growing cloud-communications company, has added Dana Wagner, the top lawyer at Impossible Foods, to its management team. So reports Reuters.

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Hastings Law School to Drop Name of Founder Who 'Perpetrated Genocidal Acts'  

The UC Hastings College of Law will no longer use the name of the school’s founder, Serranus Clinton Hastings, as Hastings is associated with the displacement and killing of Native Americans. So reports The Hill.

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Rittenhouse Attorney Asks for Mistrial After Prosecutor Raises Issue of Silence  

The defense for accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse has asked for a mistrial after Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger questioned Rittenhouse about his decision to remain silent ahead of taking the stand. So reports Yahoo! News.

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Fertility Clinic Mix-up Leads to Lawsuit from Parents Who Raised Another Couple’s Baby  

The parents of a newborn baby are suing their physician, fertility clinic and embryology lab after the mother gave birth to someone else's baby, and someone else gave birth to the couple's baby. So reports The New York Daily News.   

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Astroworld Tragedy Sparks Legal Actio

Organizers of the Astroworld Festival have been named in a lawsuit following the injuries of dozens and the death of eight concertgoers attending the Houston event. So reports CNN.

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Law Dean Turned Priest Rev. David Link Dead at 85  

David Link, the former dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Law School turned priest, died at 85 years old. So reports Yahoo! Sports.

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NFL's Ruggs Fatal Accident Exposes Flaws in DUI Laws: Legal Analyst  

In the wake of the fatal crash involving Las Vegas Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III, MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos is calling for legislators to revisit the way impaired driving is prosecuted. So reports NBC News. 

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Jail Officials Used 'Baby Shark' Song to 'Torment' Inmates: Lawyers  

A handful of Oklahoma County Detention Center inmates have filed a federal lawsuit after arguing they were subjected to repeated, malicious exposure to the children’s song “Baby Shark.” So reports Fox News.

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Republican AGs Call Constitutional Foul on Federal Vaccine Mandate  

Attorneys general in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee have filed a challenge against President Joe Biden’s mandate requiring federal contractors to take a COVID-19 vaccine. So reports NPR.

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Rittenhouse Attorney Opens with Racially Charged Language

Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer used the “N-Word” multiple times for effect during opening statements while defending the accused Kenosha, Wisconsin shooter. So reports Insider.

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