Brooklyn DA Proposes Home Based Prisons for Mothers with Children
On Wednesday, the office of the Brooklyn District Attorney launched a new program to offer home-based prison alternatives for mothers…
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Co-Chairs of Bankruptcy Practice of Cadawalader Join O’Melveny & Meyers
On Tuesday, O’Melveny & Myers LLP announced the boosting of their bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice with the arrival of…
Vatican Bank Regulator Agrees to Share Information with FinCEN
On Tuesday, the Vatican’s Financial Intelligence Authority signed a partnership with the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a unit…
Brown Rudnick Hires Stephen Best, the Lawyer of Mark Cuban
Stephen Best, the lawyer who is defending billionaire basketball team owner Mark Cuban has left Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck to…
California Local Governments Can Ban Medical Marijuana Shops
On Monday, the Supreme Court of California ruled that local governments have the power to ban operating medical marijuana dispensaries…
Author of “To Kill A Mockingbird” Sues Literary Agent
Harper Lee, 87, the author of Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” has sued her literary agent Samuel Pinkus,…
Patriot Coal Workers Threaten Strike
On Friday, a lawyer representing the United Mine Workers of America told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in St. Louis that…
Obama Comes Out in Support of Same-Sex Partnership in Immigration Reform
On Friday, President Barack Obama came out in support of a proposal to include same-sex partnership in immigration and said…
NRA Criticizes Demonizing of Law Abiding Gun Owners
On Friday, National Rifle Association leaders, speaking at the first NRA convention since the Newtown school massacre, heavily criticized the…
Pentagon Says North Korea Close to Building Capacity for U.S. Nuclear Strike
A Pentagon report made to the Congress on Thursday observed that North Korea’s Taepodong-2 missile was close to developing capabilities…
Force-Feeding Prison Inmate on Hunger Strike Does Not Violate His Rights
On Thursday, the Court of appeals in New York found that a court order authorizing force feeding of a prison…
NY Court of Appeals Lowers Burden of Proof in Cases of Severe Child Abuse
On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals dealt with the matter of burden of proof in cases of severe…