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On Memorial Day Weekend, People Arrested for Dancing at the Jefferson Memorial

On Memorial Day Weekend, People Arrested for Dancing at the Jefferson Memorial

During Memorial Day Weekend, in The Jefferson Memorial, a group of protesters kicked it ‘Footloose’ style. The dancers were shaking their groove thing in disapproval of the recent court ruling…

Picard Dealt Blow by Federal Judge in Suit Against JPMorgan

Picard Dealt Blow by Federal Judge in Suit Against JPMorgan

Attorney Irving Picard reached a setback in its 6.8 billion dollar case against JPMorgan. A federal judge ruled that the case could be moved out of bankruptcy court and into…

Larry Thompson’s Hiring by UGA Opposed by Legal Advocacy Group

Larry Thompson’s Hiring by UGA Opposed by Legal Advocacy Group

Attorney Larry G. Thompson was appointed to the law faculty at the University of Georgia last Tuesday, May 17. However, his appointment has been opposed by the Center for Constitutional…

Tessera Did Not Have its Patents Infriged, According to Federal Circuit Ruling

Tessera Did Not Have its Patents Infriged, According to Federal Circuit Ruling

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of Elpida Memory Inc., Acer, Inc., Smart Modular Technologies Inc., and other technology companies. Tessera Inc. had claimed that the companies had…

Snooping Went on at Ropes & Gray During Insider Trial

Snooping Went on at Ropes & Gray During Insider Trial

Attorney Brian Santerlas testifies at the insider trading trial of Zvi Goffer, Emanuel Goffer and trader Michael Kimelman. Santerlas was an attorney at the law firm of Ropes & Gray,…

Finances Disclosed by Judicial Nominees, Including Former Cravath Partner

Finances Disclosed by Judicial Nominees, Including Former Cravath Partner

Former anti-trust partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and judicial nominee Katherine Forrest released her financial disclosure statements. Forrest is deputy attorney general at the Justice Department and Obama’s nominee…

Minnesota State Governor Announces Running for 2012 Presidential Nomination

Minnesota State Governor Announces Running for 2012 Presidential Nomination

Minnesota State Governor, Tim Pawlenty, made an announcement during a speech in Iowa town hall on Monday, May 24 of his intention to run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.…

Ruling by Supreme Court Will Release 40,000 California Inmates to Decongest Prisons

Ruling by Supreme Court Will Release 40,000 California Inmates to Decongest Prisons

There is currently overcrowding in California state prisons and a supreme court ruling has seen this as a violation of prisoners rights of health and dignity. Figures in the article…

Bingham McCutchen to Pay Almost $2 Million to Legal Recruiter in Lawsuit

Bingham McCutchen to Pay Almost $2 Million to Legal Recruiter in Lawsuit

Alan Miles, a legal recruiter, has successfully sued the law firm Bingham McCutchen and will receive almost $1.9 Million. Miles filed his complaint because he felt he deserved a fee…

Safiya and Aisha Gaddafi Leave Libya

Safiya and Aisha Gaddafi Leave Libya

Tunisian security reports indicate Safiya and Aisha Gaddafi shook loose from Libya and are now in Tunisia in connection to a Libyan delegation. All signs point to the sure downfall…

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