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Law Firm Revenue Growth Remains Constrained

Law firm revenue grew a modest 2.5% in 2013, with the 50 top-grossing U.S. firms "materially outperform[ing]" other segments of the market in terms of profitability. So reports The Wall Street Journal.

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Homeless Man Uses Law Firm’s Offices as After-Hours Hangout

A 47-year-old homeless man has been charged with criminal trespass, theft of property greater than $500, and burglary for “making himself at home” in a Tennessee law firm. So reports The Daily Times.

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Feds Charge Founder of Mark Cuban-related Firm with Fraud

Federal prosecutors have filed fraud charges against Jonathan Mills, the founder of the San Francisco technology company Motionloft, for getting his doctor to deposit $210,000 into his account by telling the doctor that investing in Motionloft would result in a huge return because Cisco was buying Motionloft for $760 million, SF Gate reports.

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Lawsuit Alleges For-Profit Trade Schools Lied To Students About Career Prospects

A federal lawsuit filed by seven former employees of a for-profit chain of trade schools owned by Premier Education Group alleges that the schools’ officials routinely misled students about their career prospects. The suit also claims the school falsified records to keep students enrolled so that it could keep receiving tuition money granted and loaned to those students by the government. So the New York Times reports.

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AZ Bill: Biz Owners Can Deny Gays Service Based on Religious Beliefs

Gay rights activists are up in arms over a bill passed by the Arizona legislature last week that would strengthen a business owner’s right to refuse service to gays if the owner believes doing so violates his or her religion. So reports the Los Angeles Times.

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Man Declared Dead in 2000 is Alive & Fighting for Benefits

A California man who now goes by the name “Kwame Seku” claims a DNA test proves he is a father of three from New York City who was formerly known as “Winston Bright.” Bright has been missing for decades and was deemed deceased by a judge in 2000. So reports the New York Daily News.

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Biological Boy to Bat for Girls’ Softball Team

A California teen who was born male but identifies as female will be playing on the high school’s all-girl softball team thanks to a new Golden State law requiring schools to allow students to participate in sex-segregated activities “consistent with [their] gender identit[ies].” So Fox News reports.

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'Dead Woman' Sues Credit Agency Equifax

A St. Louis woman who has been blocked from refinancing her mortgage and has been refused a credit card because the credit reporting company Equifax has her listed as “deceased” earlier this month filed suit against Equifax. So the St. Louis Dispatch reports.

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DOJ: Questioning Bar Applicants About Mental Health Violates Disabilities Act

The U.S. Department of Justice early this month sent a letter to the Louisiana Supreme Court stating that the Bayou State’s attorney licensure system discriminates against bar applicants with disabilities by asking prospective lawyers questions about their mental health diagnoses and treatments. So reports the ABA Journal.

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