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Let the Blogslaps Begin: 7th Circuit, Please Fix Your Website
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
The Seventh Circuit is known for delivering benchslaps, so much so that it's acquired the nickname "Benchslappy" (hat tip to Above the Law). Well, they're not...
Second Challenge to Wisconsin's Act 10 Fails, Law Is Constitutional
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
The protests, and dramatic exit of Wisconsin State Senate Democrats, surrounding the legislation of Wisconsin's Act 10 in 2011 are still fresh in our memory,...
Judge Posner Benchslaps a Lady in a Banana Costume
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
So a lady in a banana costume, known as the "Banana Lady," walks in to a court room ... This is not the start of a joke. This is real. Thankfully, this...
Persian Artifacts Can't Be Seized for Judgment Against Iran
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
In 1997, Hamas orchestrated a triple suicide bombing in Jerusalem that wounded 200 and killed five people. U.S. citizens who were wounded, suffered emotional...
Motorola's Price Fixing Antitrust Claims Mostly Fail
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
Motorola has been involved in antitrust litigation for the past five years with AU Optronics, and other defendants, who are part of an alleged foreign price...
7th Cir. Adopts Definition of 'Maliciously' for Federal Arson Statute
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
Francis Grady was on a mission to "blow up" a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, and when we was arrested, tried and convicted of arson and...