Bloody Terrorist Attack in Kenyan Mall Claims 30
Al Qaeda affiliated Somali militant group Al Shabab has claimed responsibility on the bloody attack on a mall in Nairobi,…
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8th Circuit Court of Appeals Blocks Move to Unionize In-Home-Childcare Providers
On Thursday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary injunction against unionizing more than 12,500 in-home child-care providers…
ABA Draft Report is Hard on Law Schools and Painfully Truthful
On September 20, the ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education published their Draft Report. The report is…
Fourth Circuit Rules Facebook Likes Protected Under First Amendment
This Wednesday, in a matter in which a former deputy sheriff from Hampton, Virginia claimed that he had been fired…
LSU Law Student Arrested for Rape
This week, a third-year law student in the Paul M. Herbert Law Center was picked up from his intellectual property…
Christie Betting on Supreme Court to Save Sports Betting Law
After a federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled this week that New Jersey cannot implement sports betting, Gov. Chris Christie…
Brazil’s President Calling Off State Visit to US over NSA Spying
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has postponed her state visit to the United States in response to reports that NSA had…
Snowden Nominated for Sakharov Prize in European Parliament
On Monday, the European Parliament said in a statement that Edward Snowden was among the seven nominees for this year’s…
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Hires Former SEC Official
On Monday, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, announced that it had hired Tram N. Nguyen as a partner in…
Israel’s Supreme Court Invalidates Law that Allowed Detaining Asylum Seekers without Trial
On Monday, a nine-justice panel of Israel’s Supreme Court struck down an amendment to Israel’s anti-infiltration law, which allowed detaining…
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes down State’s Gun Law
On Friday, the Illinois Supreme Court published its opinion in the matter of Illinois v Aguilar striking down the gun…
Bill for Allowing Law Licenses to Non-Citizens Clears California Assembly
On Thursday evening, a bill to allow law licenses to illegal immigrants cleared the California Legislature. The bill was prompted…