Recent Updates
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New York Adoption, Foster Care Litigation and Family Law
Law Firm News 08/23/2015Rosin Steinhagen Mendel is an adoption and foster care law firm committed to serving our clients in New York City, the counties surrounding the areas in southern New York State and in New Jersey. Our New York and New Jersey foster care lawyers repres...
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Crone Hawxhurst LLP - Los Angeles, California Litigation Law Firm
Law Firm News 08/23/2015Crone Hawxhurst is a law firm based in Los Angeles, California. We are trial lawyers who focus their practice on business litigation including intellectual property, employment and consumer class action defense. We work throughout the United States a...
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$15 SeaTac minimum wage challenged in court
Employment Law 08/23/2015A King County Superior Court judge declined Friday to immediately rule on a challenge to the voter-approved $15 an hour minimum wage requirement for airport workers in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Judge Andrea Darvas said she'll issue a ruli...
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Appeals court reinstates wage rules for home care workers
Employment Law 08/23/2015A federal appeals court has reinstated Obama administration regulations that guarantee overtime and minimum wage protections to nearly 2 million home health care workers. The court in Washington ruled that the Labor Department had authority to change...
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California Supreme Court OKs organic labeling lawsuits
Consumer Rights 08/23/2015Consumers have a right to file lawsuits under California law alleging food products are falsely labeled "organic," the state Supreme Court ruled. Thursday's ruling overturned a lower court decision that barred such suits on the grounds that they were...
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Bankruptcy court denies Caesars Entertainment's quick appeal
Bankruptcy Law 08/23/2015A bankruptcy court that ruled lawsuits against Caesars Entertainment Corp. would not be halted as the company's debt-heavy subsidiary attempts to emerge from Chapter 11 has also denied the casino company's effort to fast-track an appeal of the decisi...
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Bryant tells court it should affirm same-sex marriage ruling
Family Law 08/23/2015Gov. Phil Bryant remains opposed to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, but he’s stopping his court fight against it. In a letter Wednesday, Bryant’s lawyer asks the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to ...
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Federal report finds bias in St. Louis County family court
Family Law 08/23/2015The U.S. Department of Justice released a report critical of the St. Louis County Family Court on Friday, finding that black youths are treated more harshly than whites, and juveniles are often deprived of constitutional rights. Though unrelated to t...
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Cornell Law Review
Law Reviews 08/23/2015For 100 years, the Cornell Law Review has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s leading law journals by publishing significant and challenging contributions to the world of legal scholarship. From its inception in 1915 through 1966, the Co...
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The Yale Law Journal
Law Reviews 08/23/2015Mission For over a century, the Yale Law Journal has been at the forefront of legal scholarship, sparking conversation and encouraging reflection among scholars and students, as well as practicing lawyers and sitting judges and Justices. The Journal ...
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Louisiana Dui information
DUI Law 08/23/2015Louisiana First Offender You are DWI/DUI in Louisiana if you drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .10% or greater. First Offense Penalties Jail 10 days to 6 months. If you had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15% or higher, at least 48...
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Harvard Law Review
Law Reviews 08/23/2015The Harvard Law Review is a student-run organization whose primary purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship. The Review comes out monthly from November through June and has roughly 2,500 pages per volume. The organization is formally inde...