Georgia defendant Feliz Vega Jr. is using a unique defense during his trial

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My Paxil Made me Rob a Bank

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A sluggish economy and an increasingly diverse workforce led to a record number of EEOC job-discrimination complaints last year. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 99,947 workplace-discrimination complaints in fiscal year 2011, the agency reported Tuesday.

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Job Discrimination Complaints Hit All-Time High

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A child support lawsuit seeks to provide free legal representation for poor parents facing enforcement actions in Georgia. It also seeks to stop Georgia’s practice of throwing thousands of deadbeat parents behind bars. A judge in Atlanta has cleared the way for a class-action child support lawsuit, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution…..

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Deadbeat Parents Need Free Lawyers: Child Support Suit

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Georgia man and devout Christian Billy E. Hyatt worked in a factory.

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GA Man Fired, Refused to Wear ‘666′ Sticker

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If there’s anything that injured plaintiffs and hospitals can agree on, it might be that medical malpractice lawsuits are time consuming and costly. Medical care providers, patients, and policy makers have all argued for medical malpractice reform

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Is Medical Malpractice Reform Coming Soon?

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What is ricin? Four members of a Georgia militia movement certainly know, according to the Justice Department. The men had allegedly planned to spread the powerful toxin up and down the Eastern Seaboard

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What Is Ricin? 4 Arrested in GA Terror Plot

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What do you make of the elementary school teacher’s aide who allegedly taped a Georgia student’s mouth shut?Some might consider this an acceptable form of corporal punishment, some might not. Corporal punishment is a term used to describe physical discipline in schools. Many states have outlawed corporal punishment entirely.

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Teacher’s Aide Taped Kinder Student’s Mouth Shut

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Why do you need to get copyright protection? Protecting your business’ intellectual property is akin to protecting its image

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Top 5 Reasons You Should Register a Copyright

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A classmate of Lauren Giddings has been charged with the former Mercer Law student’s murder in Macon, Georgia. Giddings, 27, had just graduated from Mercer University’s law school and was preparing for the bar exam when she went missing. Stephen…

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Mercer Law Student’s Murder: Classmate Charged

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Though you’d think that the only way to obtain a repetitive strain injury (RSI) like carpal tunnel or tennis elbow is to spend a bit too much time at the computer or in competitive play, the truth is that every… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.

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‘Barista Wrist:’ RSI Injuries Are Real

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