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NYC’s New Paid Sick-Leave Law Protects 1.2 Million Workers

New York recently became the largest city in the nation to ensure that a vast majority of workers won’t lose a portion of their paychecks if they or their close relatives get sick. So reports The New York Times.

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Morphine-Addicted Mom Convicted for Overdose Death of Breastfeeding Infant

In the first prosecution of a mother for killing her child through a substance transmitted in breast milk, a South Carolina judge has sentenced a 39-year-old former nurse to the minimum 20 years in prison for feeding her child a lethal dose of morphine. So reports the Associated Press.

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Court Affirms Award to Lawyer Who Sued Client for Bad Reviews

The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a jury’s award of damages to a lawyer who sued her former client for libel, claiming that his false, negative reviews of her services on a web site caused “wounded feelings.”

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High Court Throws Out Limits on Aggregate Political Contributions

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC leaves in tact restrictions on how much a donor can give to any one political candidate or party committee, but throws out restrictions on the number of candidates or committees to which a single contributor can make donations. So reports the Washington Post.

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Michael Vick Controversy: When is a Convict Rehabilitated?

When someone commits a crime, there are guidelines on punishment. However, once they are released from prison, its not exactly clear when someone who has committed a horrific crime is truly rehabilitated. This is a topic many New York Jets fans have weighed in on in recent weeks with the team's signing of quarterback Michael Vick. So reports ESPN.

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A List of Words No Lawyer Should Ever Use

In this piece for the ABA Journal, Bryan Garner, the editor-in-chief of Black's Law Dictionary and the author of bestselling books on how to craft persuasive legal prose, provides a “verbal blacklist” for attorneys—“a simple list of words that do nothing but blemish the documents that contain them.”

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Corporate Clients Demand Cybersecurity From Law Firms

Some big corporate clients are threatening to withhold work from law firms failing to prove their cybersecurity is strong enough to protect clients’ sensitive information. So reports The New York Times’ Dealbook.

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Judge Joe Brown Jailed For Court Outburst

The star of the nationally syndicated television show “Judge Joe Brown” spent three hours in jail recently after being held in contempt of court for repeatedly challenging a Tennessee Juvenile Court magistrate’s authority while he was representing a woman appearing before the magistrate in a child support hearing. So reports USA Today.

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Congresswoman Plans to Criminalize ‘Revenge Porn’

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) last week announced plans to introduce federal legislation that would make it a crime to post on the Internet nude photos of former lovers without their consent—content known as “revenge porn.” So reports U.S. News.

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Are Rap Lyrics Used Unfairly in Criminal Prosecutions?

Some scholars and defense lawyers say that rap lyrics, which have played prominent roles in more than three dozen criminal prosecutions in the past two years, are being unfairly used to prejudice judges and juries who don’t understand that gangsta rappers are often people who have assumed fictional personas. So reports The New York Times.

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