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Partners at Law Firms Facing Cuts

  Big law firms across the country have recently cut their junior lawyer and staff members in the recent years…

South Carolina High School Teacher Arrested for Sex with Student

An honors English teacher from Dreher High School in South Carolina has been charged with sexual battery after she allegedly…

Preliminary Hearing Against James Holmes Underway

In the preliminary hearing Monday for James Holmes, the man charged with the murder of 12 people at the Aurora,…

Legal Services Industry Adds 1,000 Jobs in December

In the month of December, the legal services sector in the United States gained 1,000 jobs despite the national unemployment…

Video Posted Online About Steubenville, Ohio Rape Case

A video has been posted to YouTube of a man allegedly involved in the Steubenville rape case, according to WTFR.…

Court of Appeals Rules Officers Cannot Arrest People Who Give Them the Finger

On Thursday, a federal appeals court ruled that a police officer cannot pull over a driver and arrest that driver…

Father from Florida Leaves Infant at Strip Club

Kenneth Rowe, Jr. probably will not win father of the year awards anytime soon after what he did recently in…

Sperm Donor Fighting Against Petition for Child Support

So, here’s the sad tale of the sperm donor. William Marotta, 46, had donated his sperm to enable a lesbian…

Lawyers in Colorado Movie Theater Shooting Return to Court

On Wednesday, defense lawyers and prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting returned to court before an important hearing in the…

Wilmington 10 Receive Full Pardons of Innocence from North Carolina Governor

North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue pardoned Ben Chavis four decades after he was wrongfully sent to prison following a racially…

Following Outrage Over Publishing County Denies Request For Names Of Gun Permit Holders

Even as “Journal News” said that they would continue to publish and release the names and addresses of gun-owners in…

Motion to Unseal Settlement between Mt. Pleasant Township Couple and Gas Drilling Companies

In mid-December 2012, according to the Observer-Reporter, a Pennsylvania publication, a request to unseal a legal settlement between a Mt.…