A Month After His Bizarre Press Conference, NRA's Wayne LaPierre Goes On A...
About a month to the day after a stunning press conference in response to the massacre in Newtown, Conn., NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre returned to the public scene with a lengthy diatribe in which he panned...
View ArticleHorrifying Anti-Gay Graffiti Found At Boston Law School
Instead of honoring Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to civil rights, some at Boston College Law School used MLK Day to deface the office of an LGBT student group, according to Above The Law.The...
View ArticleFormer Law Student Allegedly Robbed A Bank To Pay Off Student Loan Debt
A 49-year-old man sporting his school's mascot allegedly robbed a Madison, Wis., credit union last week, telling police he did so because of crushing student debt.Randall Hubatch allegedly tried to...
View ArticleFewer Investors Are Suing Corporate America For Fraud
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Fewer investors are taking corporate America to court for fraud.The number of new federal securities fraud lawsuits seeking class-action status fell to a 7-year low in...
View ArticleMore Than 20 Women Are Suing A Texas 'Revenge Porn' Site And GoDaddy
As "revenge porn" sites grow in popularity, women who say they've been exploited are starting to fight back.In Texas, at least 23 women have filed a class-action lawsuit against Texxxan.com and its...
View ArticleProfessional Chef And Other Readers Sue Lance Armstrong Over His 'Memoir'
Professional chef and cycling enthusiast Jonathan Wheeler is trying to teach Lance Armstrong "a lesson" by joining a class action lawsuit over the disgraced cyclist's memoir, News 10 ABC...
View ArticleThe Real Story Of How 'Untouchable' Wall Street Execs Avoided Prosecution
PBS' Frontline program on Tuesday night broadcast a new one-hour report on one of the greatest and most shameful failings of the Obama administration: the lack of even a single arrest or prosecution of...
View ArticleThe Top 11 Excuses For Making Law School So Absurdly Expensive
Apologists who defend the status quo in legal academia, by limiting their reformist gestures to various types of ineffectual hand-waving, have developed a stock set of responses to more searching...
View ArticleResearchers Blew Up Subway Cars To Prepare For Future Terrorist Attacks
European researchers have developed subway cars designed to better withstand bombings, to prepare for the possibility of future terrorist attacks on public transport systems.In 2010, the SecureMetro...
View ArticleThe Voice Of Charlie Brown Arrested For Stalking
The man who voiced Charlie Brown on holiday TV specials has been arrested for stalking. 56-year-old Peter Robbins was apprehended Sunday evening at a border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana,...
View ArticleUS Treasury Freezes Assets Of Top Gangsters From Around The World
Earlier today, the Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against the members of three international crime syndicates in an effort to crack down on organized crime.President Obama had...
View ArticleJunior Seau's Family Is Suing The NFL Over Brain Injuries
The family of Junior Seau has sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker's suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football.The wrongful death...
View ArticleRepublicans: Gays Are So Powerful They Don't Need Marriage Equality
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two big gay marriage cases this term, and the first briefs arguing the merits of each side of the debate are starting to come in.Republican lawmakers fighting to...
View ArticleSubway Hit With Class Action Lawsuit After Photo Of Too-Short Sub Went Viral
Two New Jersey men sued Subway this week, claiming the world's biggest fast-food chain has been shorting them by selling so-called footlong sandwiches that measure a bit less than 12 inches.The suit,...
View ArticleLaw School Recalls Grades Because Teachers Couldn't Figure Out How To Inflate...
There's a pretty interesting grading scandal coming out of Utah's Brigham Young University Law School.According to an email a tipster sent to Above The Law, second- and third-year students received...
View Article'The Baddest Lawyer In The History Of New Jersey' Goes On Trial Again
New Jersey's most infamous defender of drug lords, gang members, and pimps, Paul Bergrin, was back in Newark federal court on Tuesday and facing a laundry list of charges from drug trafficking to...
View ArticleDoctor's Murder Inspires Documentary About Late-Term Abortions
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Third-trimester abortions — those done beyond the 28th week of pregnancy — account for less than 1 percent of all abortions performed in the United States each year. Only four...
View ArticleGallup's New Poll Makes Clear How Much Gun Control Is About Politics
Americans support nine of the White House's key proposals to reduce gun violence, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday. That includes support for controversial measures such as a...
View ArticleUVa-Wise Was On Lockdown Wednesday Night Following Reports Of Gunman On Campus
The University of Virginia's College at Wise was on lockdown late Wednesday night following reports of an alleged gunman on campus, The Roanoke Times reported at 10:18 p.m.However, it might have been a...
View ArticleUndercover Mole Has Implicated Another Former SAC Capital Trader In An...
Dipak Patel, a former SAC Capital portfolio manager, has been fingered by a mole, says the WSJ.The undercover informant has told federal investigators that she passed confidential information to the...
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