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Feds Hire Heavyweight Lawyer in Google Probe
As its investigation into Google's search practices continues, the Federal Trade Commission has hired a top outside lawyer for the case. The choice of an outside litigator is a rare one for the...
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LinkedIn Hit With $5M Suit Over Hack
LinkedIn's security breach —the one in which some 6 million passwords were stolen and posted online—is about to get more problematic for the company. An Illinois woman has filed a $5 million lawsuit...
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Judge to Lawyer: No, You Can't Be Hemingway
A lawyer in an upcoming federal trial wanted to make sure he'd get a particular day off in a few weeks—because, as he noted in his request, the "undersigned counsel" is "a perennial contestant in the...
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Judge Nixes Feds' Move to Restrict Lawyers at Gitmo
The US government was hoping to boost its control over when a Guantanamo detainee could see a lawyer, but a federal judge shot down the effort yesterday. As it stands, private lawyers have a protected...
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Celeb Lawyer 'Threatens' Ex-Client With Mafia
A celebrity divorce lawyer is under investigation for allegedly threatening a client with Mafia violence on a recorded voice message, the New York Post reports. Barbara left the message for truck...
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Delhi Rape Lawyer: Police Sodomized My Clients
A lawyer for three of the defendants in the New Delhi gang-rape case is coming out swinging: Manohar Lal Sharma says not only were his clients tortured into confession, but ultimately it's the victims...
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Lawyer Bills Client for Sex
Legal tip of the day: If you feel the urge to have sex with your lawyer, make sure you're off the clock first. Otherwise, you might find out that your lawyer is like this one in Minnesota—suspended...
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Canada Judge: Suspects Must Get Internet to Find Lawyer
A modern twist on that old line about getting one phone call from jail: A judge in Canada has ruled that police must provide access to the Internet so suspects can look up a lawyer, reports the Toronto...
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Needed: Rural Lawyers; Subsidies Available
Lawyers are having a hard time finding jobs these days, but all they really need to do to get hired is move out of the city. Rural America is increasingly short on lawyers, and as a result, one state...
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Law School Enrollment Dives to 36-Year Low
Is America going to face a future shortage of lawyers? First-year law school enrollment dropped this year to 39,675—some 5,000 less than last year and the lowest level since 1977, the Wall Street...
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BP Sues Lawyer Over Thousands of 'Phantom' Plaintiffs
Three years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP has launched a suit of its own—against a plaintiffs' lawyer who, the company says, has represented tens of thousands of "phantom" clients in the case....
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Package Explodes, Killing Retired Lawyer at His Home
A 74-year-old retired lawyer is dead after "an unknown package exploded" at his rural Tennessee home Monday, and locals are rattled. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and ATF agents are investigating...
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Wife Dies After Mail Bomb That Killed Lawyer Husband
The wife of a retired lawyer who was killed by a mail bomb this week has also died, reports the Tennessean . Marion Setzer, 72, had been listed as seriously injured in Monday's explosion. Meanwhile,...
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Snowden Had Top Spy Lawyer on Retainer
Last summer, hoping to strike a plea deal with the US, Edward Snowden lawyered up: The former NSA contractor had leading espionage lawyer Plato Cacheris on retainer, insiders tell the New York Times ....
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California Lawyers Must Now Swear to Be ... Nice
All new lawyers in California will soon have to make an added promise when joining the bar—to be nice to one another, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Beginning May 23, the oath one takes to...
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Judge Tells Lawyer, 'I'll Beat Your Ass,' Does So
A judge in Florida got testy during a hearing, and his feud with a public defender ended with a hallway scuffle. Video shows a disagreement in court between the two, with Judge John Murphy telling...
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Lawyer Photoshopped Herself Into Star Pics: Judge
California attorney Svitlana Sangary apparently wanted to drum up publicity for her firm, so she posted some 50-plus pics of herself on her work website posing with a variety of high-profile...
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Frein's 'Mom and Dad' Letter Spurs Terrorism Charges
Alleged cop killer Eric Frein faces two additional charges, this time of terrorism, and he has a letter he allegedly wrote to his parents to thank them. NBC News shares the relevant lines from the...
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Woman Poses as Lawyer, Makes Partner at Firm
A woman used forged documents to pose as an estate lawyer for a decade and made partner at her small firm before her fraud was discovered, according to charges announced yesterday. Kimberly Kitchen was...
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'Dysfunctional' FEC Missing a Head Lawyer for 2 Years
When your chairwoman goes on the record as saying your agency is "worse than dysfunctional," chances are you may have a hard time attracting talent. That's the issue now faced by the Federal Election...
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