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Top 5 Cases From the Supreme Court's 2011 Term
By Andrew Lu | Last updated on
The Supreme Court's 2011 term was a busy one as usual. Several high-profile decisions were handed down, including one that may define President Obama's...
Supreme Court Tells Drug Representatives: No Overtime Pay
By Deanne Katz, Esq. | Last updated on
The Supreme Court ruled drug representatives are not entitled to overtime pay in its decision on Monday. Two ex-GlaxoSmithKline employees sued their former...
Tattoos are a Form of Protected Speech, AZ Supreme Court Rules
By Andrew Lu | Last updated on
The Arizona Supreme Court found that tattoos are a constitutionally protected form of free speech. The question of whether tattooing is protected speech had...
Threatening a Judge, Even in a Song, is Still a Crime
By Deanne Katz, Esq. | Last updated on
It's never a good idea to threaten a judge no matter how you go about it. That includes if you do it in a song posted online, according to the Sixth Circuit...
Texas Redistricting Maps Discriminatory, Thrown Out by Fed. Court
By Andrew Lu | Last updated on
A U.S. federal district court in Texas found this to be exactly the situation as it threw out the Lone Star state's new district maps drawn ahead of the...
Is it Constitutional to Impersonate a Cop After U.S. v. Alvarez?
By Deanne Katz, Esq. | Last updated on
Laws that punish people who impersonate a police officer are still constitutional under the First Amendment, according to the Fourth Circuit Court of...
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Joseph Fawbush, Esq.
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Vaidehi Mehta, Esq.
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Kit Yona, M.A.
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Mariana Petersen
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