America’s same-sex marriage law has not pleased everyone, including a lot of conservative lawyers. A case in point is Ken Paxton, attorney general in Texas who has said he will personally defend any marriage clerk who refuses to marry gays upon religious grounds. Paxton’s claims have started the inevitable speculation of a raft of lawsuits […]
Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for the White House has sparked another debate about unpaid interns. The “overworked and underpaid” (or unpaid) mantra has been something that has developed into lawsuits against major corporations in the past few years. Tales of exploitation and hardship have been aired and many younger voters are attracted to the opposition to
The same-sex marriage ruling has been euphorically received, however does it contain more than just the seeds of despair for LGBT rights generally. Scott Lemieux is Guardian US correspondent and blogger at Lawyers Guns & Money as well as being a professor of political science On the anniversary of its decisions striking down laws banning
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Skadden Arps – As the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014-15 term draws to a conclusion, the Court has resolved — or will resolve in a matter of days — several cases with potentially wide-reaching implications for a range of important policy and business issues. On June 25, 2015, the Court handed the Obama administration a major
Chicago, IL (Law Firm Newswire) June 9, 2015 – It is against the law for a business to discriminate against someone who is pregnant. Further, breastfeeding is an integral part of pregnancy and breastfeeding in public is legal. Yet women who breastfeed in many establishments face discrimination. “Breastfeeding in public is legal. Period. However, the
Changes with the Patriot Act have been changing with the “expiry” of the NSA’s ability to invade your privacy. But exactly what HAS changed with the Act? Technically the Patriot Act may have expired, but in real terms it still exists and snooping can continue because significant parts of the Act will continue in force.
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LOS ANGELES – The owner of a Los Angeles-based international food distribution company pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal charge of operating an unlicensed money transmittal business through which more than $17 million was transferred between Iran and the United States. Ali Amin, a 57-year-old resident of the Bel-Air district of Los Angeles, also
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“Breaking Bad” created waves in the legal and ‘non-legal’ community, but now a law student has addressed the issue of just how its characters might have fared if a real-life legal system was imposed. The New Mexico Law Review has released an edition that examinees a range of issues relating to Walter White, attorney Saul
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Death on the street of America is becoming all too commonplace, but in the case of Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the death sentence imposed upon him has actually created issues for Bostonians, who oppose putting him to death. A poll conducted by the Boston Globe indicated an overwhelming opposition to killing Tsarnaev with 15 percent
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Do White supremacists pose a threat to America? The issue may seem far-fetched but it has reached a higher level of concern with the spate of killings involving white police officers and black victims. The concerns arise from an FBI report in October 2006 which reported that “White supremacist infiltration of law enforcement” represented a
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