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3.9 Tons of Marijuana Found During Traffic Stop

We have an incredible story out of Texas today for one of our legal news stories. A state trooper pulled…

Chevron Subpoena for Documents Rejected by Judge

U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins rejected the efforts by Chevron Group to secure documents related to a California environmental advocacy…

New Jersey Bans Tanning Beds for Anyone Under Age 17

The Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, has signed legislation that bans anyone under the age of 17 from using…

Melvyn Weiss Arrested for DUI; Faces More Jail Time

Melvyn Weiss, a securities attorney who has spent more than one year in prison after he pled guilty to charges…

Unionized Firefighters Can’t be Shielded from Pension Contributions by the Triborough Amendment

On Tuesday, a divided New York Court of Appeals held in two separate rulings that unionized firefighters in Yonkers and…

VIDEO: Lenore Rice Leaves Law to Sell Pots

The pivotal moment for Lenore Rice, who had been a lawyer for nine years, between the justice department as a…

Lawsuit Filed by Patricia Cohen Revived by Appeal

A lawsuit filed by the former wife of Steven A. Cohen, the founder of hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors, has…

Man Who Sexually Assaulted Six-Month-Old to Death Asks for Mercy

Steven Smith, the man who sexually assaulted a six-month-old baby girl to death, is asking for mercy, according to The…

SEC Clarifies Rule on Posting Company Data on Social Media

On Tuesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said that companies can use their social media accounts like Twitter and…

Judge Denies Store the Right to Sell Used MP3s

The law and capitalism continue to determine reality for us as a judge determined that the only way to sell…

Obama Announces Human Brain Mapping Program

President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday his plan to invest $100 million in 2014 to map the human brain, according…

Two Politicians Arrested for Alleged Scheme to Rig Mayor Race in NYC

Two politicians were arrested on Tuesday morning at their homes in relation to an alleged plot to rig the race…