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On August 18, 2015, Paul Brock was suspended from the practice of law for two years. Brock began a dating/sexual relationship with a client during his representation of her during a child custody case, ended their dating relationship, and while continuing to represent her, continued to have sexual interactions. Rather than encouraging her to seek other counsel, because he feared she would divulge their relationship to another attorney, he continued to represent her. She eventually found
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On July 31, 2015, Dawn Donleycott Johnson Warren’s petition for a stay of the remaining of her suspension period was denied. Johnson Warren was suspended on September 19, 2012, for three years. As part of her terms of suspension, she was to submit her law license and membership card to the State Bar within thirty days, file an affidavit with the State Bar within ten days of the effective date, and pay the administrative fees and costs of the disciplinary action within thirty days, all of
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With the rise in on-campus shootings across the United States, many colleges are changing their laws to allow students and faculty to carry guns on campus.
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The United States Department of Justice's announces that it will begin requiring federal agents to obtain a warrant before using cell-site simulator.
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Muslim teen gets arrested and suspended after bringing a clock to school; his father asserts Islamophobia for the reasoning behind drastic measures taken by the school and police.
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Should the standard for excessive force be different for when police encounters a child?
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Welch Foods is under fire for allegedly inferring that its fruit snacks are healthy, without actually stating that the snacks are healthy.
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Can minors be charged and convicted for possession and distribution of child pornography for having naked selfies of themselves on their phones? In North Carolina, the answer is yes.
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Federal district court rules that students who experience traumatic events while growing up could be considered disabled.
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The Ninth Circuit ruled that the rule of amateurism is important to student athletes’ roles at their prospective schools, and as such, they may be given scholarships up to the full cost of attending the school, but may not be compensated or paid for their playing on collegiate sports team.
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The implications of the United States’ H-2 visa program.
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The arrest of undocumented Mexican citizen, Blanca Borrego, implicates HIPPA laws and the need for immigration reform.
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Should physician-assisted suicide in terminally ill patients be legalized? The California State Legislature has passed a bill saying that it can. What legal implications may arise?
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Despite the fact that Planned Parenthood is prohibited by law from receiving federal funding to provide abortion services, anti-abortion Republican lawmakers threatened to shut down the federal government in order to defund the organization, which provides a variety of necessary health care services for women who are unable to afford them otherwise.
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Earlier last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) determined that female law professors at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law were illegally paid less than men, in violation of the Equal Pay Act. The EEOC found that the pattern of unequal pay disparities for female law professors as opposed to their counterpart male law professors at the University of Denver was a “continuing pattern” dating back to 1973. After this pay discrepancy was brought to the
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