Law
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A Fifth Circuit appeals panel on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling against a former Mississippi prosecutor who claimed she was fired due to race and gender discrimination, while her boss said he let her go for writing bad checks and using office letterhead to stave off a creditor… Read this piece in its entirety…
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Notorious Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff asked a New York federal court on Wednesday to let him out of a 150-year prison sentence after serving just over a decade, saying he’s expected to die soon due to complications from kidney failure… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Attorneys belonging to various state bar associations have raised concerns about the ethical “minefield” that could result from the adoption of a proposal before the American Bar Association aimed at opening the door to greater involvement of nonlawyers in the legal industry… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A music producer who’s worked with Katy Perry, Rod Stewart and Lionel Richie filed suit Tuesday in Los Angeles court against Warner Music Group and Warner Records CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck, alleging the company wrongly backed out of a plan to hire him to a high-level post… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California’s new consumer privacy law made an appearance in a proposed class action filed in Oakland federal court that accuses children’s clothing company Hanna Andersson and its online payment services provider Salesforce of failing to properly safeguard customers’ sensitive data… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 