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MJM Law Office, P.C. - Lane County DUI Lawyer
Law Firm Directory 01/11/2025Lane county, OR DUI Lawyer DUII (Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants) is the one crime that most everyone, including police officers, judges and lawyers, have committed at one time or another. A small percentage of motorists operating under th...
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Law Offices of Esra Jung
Law Firm Directory CaliforniaSunnyvale, CA Personal Injury Attorney If you have been injured in an accident, you need a personal injury attorney who is ready to fight for the compensation you deserve. At the Law Offices of Esra Jung, we have spent decades helping the hardworking...
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Krol, Bongiorno & Given, Ltd
Law Firm Directory IllinoisChicago, IL Workers& Compensation Lawyers Since 1962, the law firm of Krol, Bongiorno & Given, Ltd. has been a leader in the field of workers’ compensation law, protecting the rights of tens of thousands of workers injured on the job. K...
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ACLU: JPMorgan Chase settles paternal leave class action
Class Action 05/30/2019A civil rights group says JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by male employees who say they were denied additional paid parental leave between 2011 and 2017.The settlement was announced Thursday by the ...
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University of Wyoming plans $10M law school expansion
Law Review 05/30/2019The University of Wyoming is planning a $10 million expansion to its law school that coincides with the college's centennial celebration next year.The Laramie Boomerang reported Thursday that the renovation to the College of Law is expected to be com...
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McConnell: ‘We’d Fill’ Any Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020
Legal Business 05/28/2019The Senate majority leader says if there’s a vacancy on the Supreme Court during next year’s election cycle, the Republican-controlled Senate would likely confirm a nominee selected by President Donald Trump.In an appearance Tuesday in Pa...
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Kenya's Judges Uphold Laws That Criminalize Gay Sex
Legal Compliance 05/26/2019Kenya's High Court has chosen to uphold colonial-era laws that criminalize gay sex, dashing the hopes of activists who believed the judges would overturn sections of the penal code as unconstitutional and inspire a sea change across the continent.Thr...
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DeVaney sworn in to South Dakota Supreme Court
Legal Compliance 05/24/2019Patricia DeVaney has been sworn in as South Dakota's newest Supreme Court justice.DeVaney took her oath of office in the state's Capitol Rotunda in Pierre Thursday, steps away from the Attorney General's Office where she spent much of her career.Repu...
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Brazil's supreme court votes to make homophobia a crime
Family Law 05/23/2019A majority in Brazil's supreme court has voted to make homophobia and transphobia crimes like racism, a decision coming amid fears the country's far-right president will roll back LGBT social gains.Six of the Supreme Federal Tribunal's 11 judges have...
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South Africa ex-president Jacob Zuma in court for corruption
Corporate Law 05/20/2019Former South African president Jacob Zuma is in court facing charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering.Zuma, 77, appeared at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg in eastern KwaZulu-Natal province Monday on charges of receiving bribes whe...
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High court sides with Crow tribe member in hunting dispute
Consumer Rights 05/19/2019The Supreme Court is siding with a member of the Crow tribe who was fined for hunting elk in Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest.The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Clayvin Herrera. He argued that when his tribe gave up land in present-day Montana a...
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Federal appeals court rules against Trump on ending DACA
Legal Compliance 05/17/2019A federal appeals court ruled Friday the Trump administration acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner when it sought to end an Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation.A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circ...
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Students in Colorado shooting face murder, other charges
Law Review 05/15/2019Two students suspected of opening fire at their school are charged with over a dozen counts of murder and attempted murder as well as theft and arson, prosecutors said Wednesday.The charges came on the same day a memorial service was being held for t...
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Supreme Court allows consumers antitrust suit against Apple
Immigration Law 05/13/2019A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that consumers can pursue an antitrust lawsuit that claims Apple has unfairly monopolized the market for the sale of iPhone apps.New Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the court’s four liberals in rejecting a pl...
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Supreme Court says 1 state can’t be sued in another’s courts
Law Review 05/13/2019The Supreme Court decided Monday that one state cannot unwillingly be sued in the courts of another, overruling a 40-year precedent and perhaps, foreshadowing an argument over the viability of other high court decisions.The outcome left one dissentin...