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Legalese 101: What exactly is a Grand Jury?
In a few days, the Buju Banton news went from Grammy for Best Reggae Album to Buju Banton Found Guilty of cocaine possession. The reggae artist is facing up to 15 years in a federal prison
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Buju Banton Found Guilty of Cocaine Dealing, Faces 15 Years
When they paid for their relaxing, exciting vacation on board the cruise ship the Carnival Splendor, it is a safe bet the passengers never imagined they would be without air-conditioning, telephones and for a bit, working toilets. No, this wasn’t..
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Carnival Splendor Fire: Ship Dead in Water
Will someone go to jail over the BP oil spill? The Department of Justice seems to be putting the criminal investigation over the spill into high gear
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Criminal Charges from Oil Spill for BP Employees?
How a tragic suicide case has turned into an investigation into New Jersey privacy laws is a new exploration into the legal landscape of social media. Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi committed suicide after he found out his college roommate had…
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Rutgers Suicide Case to Test NJ Privacy Law
How much would you pay for the following songs? Guns N Roses “Welcome to the Jungle”; “November Rain” Vanessa Williams “Save the Best for Last” Janet Jackson “Let’s Wait Awhile” Gloria Estefan “Here We Are”; “Coming Out of the Heart”;…
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Jury Fines File Sharing Woman $1.5M
Could it be … a college football playoff?
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Could Federal BCS Probe Lead to College Football Playoff?
Smoking is down in the U.S. and smoking bans are up
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Smoking Bans Worked: Less Americans Smoking
For any of you who have been following “the one that got away” story of the litigation over Asian carp, the story continues today. As you may reacall, the Supreme Court has washed their hands of the fishy case, so… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.
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Carp On: 5 States Sue Feds Over Asian Carp
Whenever there is a large scale disaster, there will be con artists, or just plan scammers, that will try to take advantage. The BP oil spill is no exception