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Is online impersonation of the academic rivals of your father, a Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, a crime? Or is it protected First Amendment speech? New York’s Highest Court will decide. Court Hears Appeal by Son of Scholar…

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Is Wal-Mart a Presbyterian?

by Sam Ritchie

March 25, 2014

What religion is General Motors? Has Apple converted from Zen Buddhism now that the late Steve Jobs is no longer at the helm? What are the firmly held beliefs and convictions of Proctor & Gamble?…

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If Hobby Lobby Wants to Deny Insurance Coverage of Birth Control It Should Stop Selling Knitting Needles, Too

by Lynn M. Paltrow

March 25, 2014

Hobby Lobby is the Oklahoma-based chain of craft stores that is challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA), claiming that the health-care reform law violates the corporation’s free exercise of religion by requiring it to provide…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Life of the Law

March 24, 2014

A Supreme Court version of March Madness. (Faith, Sweat, and Tears) Constitutional Law Scholar Erwin Chemerinsky thinks Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg should retire. (LA Times) Michigan federal judge strikes down gay marriage ban, and couples…

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From Broadcast to Publishing

by Julia Barton

March 21, 2014

When I started in radio in 1995, only national programs kept archives of their broadcasts. These were shelves or stacks (or often, I can tell you, messy piles) of reel-to-reel tape in thin boxes. And…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

March 17, 2014

Supreme Court will hear case about an Ohio law that criminalizes the spreading of falsehoods about a political candidate. (The Economist) Former teacher files a discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against a Catholic high school, claiming that the…

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Q&A With a Legal Startup: Legitimo, The App that Drafts Contracts…In Spanish

by Michelle Jalowski

March 11, 2014

About a year ago, Nikhil Jhunjhnuwala got a frantic call from a young friend named Julia asking him if he thought she had a legal case. A week earlier, the venue that had held her…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

March 10, 2014

Finders are keepers, usually. (Time) Child brags on Facebook about her father receiving a settlement in an age discrimination suit; a Florida court deemed this to be a breach of the confidentiality agreement, and the father…

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Q&A with a Legal Startup: Judicata on "Mapping the Legal Genome"

by Michelle Jalowski

March 4, 2014

Westlaw and LexisNexis have dominated the online legal research field for decades. Although technology has innovated almost every aspect of our lives, it has seemed to skip over legal research entirely, a field that still…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

March 3, 2014

Jeffrey Toobin writes that Justice Thomas’ silence during oral argument is “downright embarrassing.” (The New Yorker) Is it? (Los Angeles Times) The Supreme Court denies cert in case involving the Tennis Channel and Comcast; the former…

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Interesting Read of the Day: Dead Sea Scrolls & Impersonation

by Life of the Law

Is Wal-Mart a Presbyterian?

by Sam Ritchie

If Hobby Lobby Wants to Deny Insurance Coverage of Birth Control It Should Stop Selling Knitting Needles, Too

by Lynn M. Paltrow

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Life of the Law

From Broadcast to Publishing

by Julia Barton

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by Rebecca Worthington

Q&A With a Legal Startup: Legitimo, The App that Drafts Contracts…In Spanish

by Michelle Jalowski

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

Q&A with a Legal Startup: Judicata on "Mapping the Legal Genome"

by Michelle Jalowski

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by Rebecca Worthington

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