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‘Marathon’ emails cast doubt on New York Post’s defense
Recently unsealed emails cast doubt on the defense’s arguments in a Boston Marathon bombing-related defamation lawsuit against the New York Post.
Obama sending attorney general Holder to Missouri
President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson, to meet with federal law enforcement authorities investigating the police shooting of an unarmed teenager.
What every lawyer should know about e-discovery
Unfamiliar with the terminology and hesitant about technology in general, lawyers have struggled with the tidal wave of electronically stored information, or ESI, hitting the courtroom.
President criticized for Ferguson response
President Barack Obama urged Americans last week to “step back” from violent clashes between police and protesters in Ferguson to “think about how we’re going to be moving forward.”
FedEx faces money-laundering charge in revised indictment
FedEx Corp. faces money-laundering charges in a drug-trafficking case brought by the U.S. last month over its shipping of prescription painkillers and other controlled substances for illegal Internet pharmacies.
Commentary: Retired justice trades interpreting Constitution for rewriting it
Off the bench John Paul Stevens has decided to address a different audience: you and me and our elected representatives.
NFL’s Redskins appeal ruling that team’s name is disparaging
The Washington Redskins appealed a decision that the football team’s name was disparaging to American Indians and no longer entitled to federal trademark protection, escalating a two-decade dispute over a brand worth an estimated $145 million.
Commentary: Ferguson shows how not to police in a volatile situation
With each passing day, the police in Ferguson look more like the gang that couldn’t shoot straight – except, perhaps, when aiming at an unarmed black teenager.
New ABA president plans to focus on innovation
William Hubbard Tuesday became the president of the American Bar Association at its annual meeting in Boston.
IRS tells judge it couldn’t save data on Lois Lerner’s computer
U.S. Internal Revenue Service told a judge its technicians made repeated futile efforts to save data on a malfunctioning computer hard drive used by Lois Lerner, the former official at the center of a dispute between Congress and the Obama administration over scrutiny of tea party groups.
U.S. can keep secret phone companies helping NSA spying, judge says
The U.S. doesn’t have to disclose the telecommunications companies helping it collect phone call records or turn over a secret surveillance court’s orders, a federal judge ruled, saying the information would reveal methods used in terrorism investigations.
The psychology of mediation
Scott H. Harris breaks down the psychology behind a successful mediation.
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