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Each week, we bring you updates on the legal world. Looking ahead… A nurse returning from West Africa after treating Ebola patients is going to court over the quarantine rules she faced after returning. She claims…

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Could Your Boss Buy Your Whereabouts? The Growing Problem of Apps and Privacy

by Chris Janak

October 3, 2014

Apple’s announcement last week that its new operating system carries with it greater privacy protection brought the company some much needed positive attention. For devices running IOS 8, Apple says that improved encryption now prevents…

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What the Law Looks Like: Police Blotters

by Simone Seiver

October 1, 2014

Every week, a little bit of the law squeezes itself into local newspapers. Somewhere near the marriage announcements and death notices is usually a long list of dates, places, and alleged crimes. I am talking,…

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Legal Briefs: What’s Happening In the Law?

by Simone Seiver

September 22, 2014

Looking ahead… Barry Bonds, the disgraced baseball star of doping scandal fame, was convicted in 2011 of obstruction of justice for offering incomplete answers in his testimony before a grand jury. But the conviction may soon be…

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Prison Graduates Share Inspirational Words

by Juan Haines

September 7, 2014

Our contributor from San Quentin State Prison, Juan Haines, writes to us that the 2014 graduating class at San Quentin included more than a dozen inmates who received associates degrees, 45 who earned GEDs, and that…

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Funnier than Letterman: California’s Vexatious Litigants List

by Life of the Law

July 14, 2014

Barbara Walters has her 10 Most Fascinating People list. Santa has his naughty and nice lists. David Letterman has his Top Ten list every weeknight. The FBI has its Most Wanted Fugitives List. And not…

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Legal Briefs: This Week In Law

by Life of the Law

July 7, 2014

Granada and Grenada make the news. A man and his wife are suing an airline for flying them to Spain, not the Caribbean. (ABC News) Somewhere, Nancy Grace is smiling. The next Casey Anthony-type case…

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Meet Me, Our Intern: Part II

by Life of the Law

July 6, 2014

They say bigger is better, but for me, I’ll take ten over ten thousand any day. If you haven’t looked at our “About” page recently, you might want to. You’ll notice that while we have…

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Inquiring Minds: Mad Magazine and The Brethren

by Life of the Law

October 11, 2012

During my junior year at Columbia, I began to think about my post-college life and wrestled with a decision so many other privileged, Jewish Ivy Leaguers before me had faced: Lawyer or comedy writer?…

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Million Dollar Blocks

by Life of the Law

October 3, 2012

From NPR: “No one had ever actually sat down and gotten the home street address of everyone going into prison and jail, as well as all the background information about their age and their employment status,…

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Legal Briefs: What’s Happening in the Law

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Could Your Boss Buy Your Whereabouts? The Growing Problem of Apps and Privacy

by Chris Janak

What the Law Looks Like: Police Blotters

by Simone Seiver

Legal Briefs: What’s Happening In the Law?

by Simone Seiver

Prison Graduates Share Inspirational Words

by Juan Haines

Funnier than Letterman: California’s Vexatious Litigants List

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Legal Briefs: This Week In Law

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Meet Me, Our Intern: Part II

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Inquiring Minds: Mad Magazine and The Brethren

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Million Dollar Blocks

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