Unlike earlier legislative efforts to block gay marriage, this law is probably constitutional. Yet Gov. Jan Brewer still shouldn’t sign it.
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Read More »Unlike earlier legislative efforts to block gay marriage, this law is probably constitutional. Yet Gov. Jan Brewer still shouldn’t sign it.
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Read More »The U.S. is unique among advanced nations in its use of the death penalty. The distinction isn't one to be proud of and should be brought to an end.
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Read More »The industries primarily affected by the requirements are power plants, chemical facilities, oil and gas projects and cement plants.
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Read More »The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the exclusions for wrongful disclosures and misrepresentation did not cover all the allegations against a Maryland title company, and thus did not remove the duty of an insurance company to defend its insured.
Read More »Four types of hand-rolled cigarettes were ordered off the market by U.S. regulators, the first time tobacco products have been halted for sale under authority from a 2009 law.
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Read More »U.S. auto-safety regulators didn’t start a defect probe into failures that prompted this month’s recall of almost 800,000 General Motors Co. cars after learning of them seven years ago.
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Read More »The corrosive effects of income inequality on companies came into renewed focus when Wal-Mart said profit this year will trail analysts’ estimates as its low-income U.S. customers continue to struggle.
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Read More »Oregon’s attorney general said she won’t defend her state’s ban on same-sex marriage, joining other top state law enforcement officials in refusing to fight challenges to similar prohibitions.
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Read More »The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is setting up a website with advice for anyone accused of patent infringement.
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Read More »An innocent client is the scariest client a lawyer will ever have, according to the old saying. Make a mistake, and you help put an innocent person behind bars. Win acquittal — against all odds — and everyone says the system worked.
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Read More »Let us take a little trip to Sabine Parish. It is located in “the Bible Belt” of Louisiana. How do we know that? Because the superintendent of the Sabine Parish School District said so to the parents of a Buddhist sixth-grader.
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