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Chipotle Faces Criminal Probe for Norovirus Incident
Summary: Chipotle has announced Wednesday they are under criminal investigation. Chipotle’s unwished for notoriety in 2015 has only lead to further woes in 2016. What began as a widespread outbreak of...
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Lawyer’s Attack May Be Defended as Involuntary Intoxication
Photo courtesy of the Fairfax County Police Department Summary: A lawyer intends to use the involuntary intoxication defense to explain why his client, a lawyer, attacked and tortured another lawyer....
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Why the $1.5 Billion Powerball Winner Could Face Lawsuits
Photo credit: FreeImages Summary: A consideration of the legal and tax problems that come with winning the lottery. Since nobody has won Powerball yet, its jackpot has skyrocketed to $1.5 billion....
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Woman Charged With Stealing $1 Million From Law Firm Pleads Guilty
Photo credit: DuPage County state’s attorney’s office/Handout Summary: Ex-law firm worker pleads guilty to stealing over $500,000. A woman accused of stealing $1 million from a law firm in Naperville,...
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Atheist Group Plans to Sue Clemson Over Coach’s Christianity
Photo courtesy of Clemsontigers.com Summary: The Freedom From Religion Foundation intends to sue Clemson because of their football coach’s inclusion of Christianity. Clemson lost the national...
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John Edwards Seeks Key Position in Volkswagen Suit
Photo credit: Edwards Kirby Law Firm website Summary: John Edwards is one of the 140 lawyers who have applied to be on the plaintiff’s steering committee against Volkswagen. Lawyers are lining up to be...
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Spain’s Princess Cristina Faces Fraud Charges
Photo credit: Euronews’ YouTube Channel Summary: Spain’s Princess Cristina is the first of the royal family to stand trial with charges of fraud. Now that Spain’s Princess Cristina faces trial for...
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Why a Would-Be Lawyer Is Stuck With a $260K Student-Loan Debt
Photo credit: Jason Morrison/FreeImages Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a would-be lawyer’s attempt to escape $260,000 in student-loan debt. This Monday, the U.S. Supreme...
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Lawyer Ends Up With Sir Mix-a-Lot’s Old Phone Number
Photo courtesy of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s Facebook page Summary: A Seattle lawyer ends up with Sir Mix-A-Lot’s previous cellphone number. When Seattle lawyer Jonathan Nichols gained a new local number to help...
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Law Professors Weigh In on Cruz’s Natural-Born Citizen Issue
Photo credit: Ted Cruz’s Facebook page Summary: Law professors weigh in on whether Ted Cruz is ineligible to run for president because of the natural-born citizen issue. Considering Donald Trump fueled...
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Atheist Sues to Remove ‘In God We Trust’ From Currency
Photo credit: cc-vortex/FreeImages Summary: Outspoken atheist Michael Newdow files lawsuit to remove “In God We Trust” from currency. If nothing else, Michael Newdow is persistent. This Californian...
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Supreme Court to Hear Xbox Lawsuit Appeal
Summary: Microsoft’s Xbox 360 scratching issue makes it to the Supreme Court. Although Microsoft replaced the Xbox 360 with the Xbox One, their headaches over the previous unit and its hardware...
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Metallica Apologizes for ‘Overzealous Attorney’
Photo credit: Metallica’s Facebook page Summary: Metallica apologizes for an overzealous cease-and-desist letter sent to a cover band. We would expect Metallica to be over-litigious ever since their...
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Former Attorney Who Slit Dog’s Throat Gets Probation
James Stewart Robinson’s mugshot. (Handout) Summary: The former attorney who slit his dog’s throat has been sentenced. A Birmingham attorney who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and domestic violence,...
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Cosby’s Lawyer Won Similar Rape Case Against Same Prosecutor
Photo courtesy of the Montgomery County Office of the District Attorney Summary: Bill Cosby’s defense attorney beat Cosby’s new prosecutor previously in a similar case, The Daily Beast reports. Now...
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Former SS Member to Face Trial Over Nazi Murders
Summary: A former SS medical orderly is charged with accessory to murder on at least 3,681 counts, the BBC reports. A 95-year-old former SS member is to face trial next month in northeast Germany on...
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Lawyer Sanctioned for $100,000 for Wasting Court’s Time
Photo credit: Jason Morrison/FreeImages Summary: A lawyer is being sanctioned $100,000 for making a frivolous suit, PennLive reports. A Pennsylvania lawyer is facing a huge sanction after a federal...
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Widow Sues Twitter for Enabling Rise of ISIS
Photo courtesy of Twitter Summary: A Florida widow is suing Twitter for the platform it provided ISIS in the killing of her husband. Twitter is being sued for the first time for allowing ISIS to use...
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Nestlé Loses High Court Battle to Trademark KitKat Shape
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Summary: Nestlé has lost at its attempt to trademark its KitKat bar shape. Nestlé has failed to win their longstanding trademark battle over the four-finger shape of...
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Lawyer Faces Trial for Attempting to Kill Girlfriend
Photo credit: Jason Morrison/FreeImages Summary: Lawyer who faces trial for attempted murder turns down plea deal. An attorney who is on trial for the attempted murder of his girlfriend turned down a...
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