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New Jersey Could Be Lighting up Medical Marijuana after Labor Day

Two years ago New Jersey legalized medical marijuana and only now can anybody get some. After a rigorous rigmarole and…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Suffers Cracked Ribs

The eldest justice on the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said that she cracked two of her ribs back in…

7th Circuit Denies Class-action Status to Lawsuit by Black Construction Workers

On Wednesday, the 7th Circuit reversed a lower court decision and denied class-action status to a lawsuit filed against one…

Court Rules Barriers at Polls Hindered Disabled Voters in New York

On Wednesday, a judge ruled that thousands of disabled voters faced “pervasive and recurring barriers” when trying to vote at…

Zynga Sued by Electronic Arts for Copyright Infringement

Zynga has been sued by Electronic Arts for copyright infringement. Electronic Arts filed its complaint in U.S. District Court of…

US Appeals Indefinite Detention Ruling

An order from a U.S. judge was appealed earlier this week by federal prosecutors. The order bars the enforcement of…

Court Rules Competitive Cheerleading is Not a Sport

On Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that competitive cheerleading does not qualify as a sport under…

Low IQ Texas-inmate Loses Battle against Execution in U.S. Supreme Court

In an early order on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court curtly informed, “The application for stay of execution of sentence…

Spyker Sues GM for $3 Billion for Ruining Saab

When GM sold their Swedish carmaker Saab to Spyker Cars NV for $74 million in 2010, commentators thought it was…

LawCrossing Releases Its 2013 List of Most Influential Legal Recruiters

LawCrossing.com has released its 2013 list of most influential recruiters. After filtering through 6,000 recruitment firms, LawCrossing published the 2013…

Megaupload Founder was not Only Brutalized at his Arrest, But Arrested Illegally

Kim Dotcom, who founded Megaupload, a file storage site that is being prosecuted on piracy charges for copyright infringement, has…

Courts for Youths a Hit with New Yorkers

A small minority of 16-17 year olds are receiving the boons of a new pilot project in New York, which…