Can the police decide not to arrest someone who has committed a crime? Yes, and approximately 250 California teens are probably very happy that such police discretion exists. The group of high school students was pulled over while recently en route to Utah for a ski weekend
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A witness to last month’s gruesome New York City elevator accident is planning to sue for trauma. Kathleen Mullahy, 36, of Queens, was inside an elevator in a midtown Manhattan office building Dec. 14 when the elevator malfunctioned
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Starbucks has been sued by California woman Janet Marx over her prosthetic leg. She claims she was discriminated against because of her disability.
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Forget the street corners. Forget those dark back rooms. Hell, forget that sketchy friend of a friend
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It seems like every employer is conducting mandatory drug testing these days. In states like California, where medical pot use has been legal since 1996, this can cause problems for employees legally using marijuana with a doctor’s prescription. Enter state Senator… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com
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Marijuana in the Workplace: Bill Would Bar Firing
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The residents of the United States speak dozens of languages. With a large immigrant population, many of them speak little to no English.These facts have prompted many lawsuits over the years in the areas of voting, education and work. Now…
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Two Minnesota lesbian students recently won a victory for gay students. Gay and lesbian teens have been in the news lately–and not for positive reasons.
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Lesbian Students Can Attend School Event as Couple
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If there is one area where there is no shortage of innovation, it’s in mixing drugs with food and beverages. That’s especially true in the business of medical marijuana, where you can buy pot cupcakes, pot brownies, pot lollypops, and..
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Pot Soda: New Soda Pot Coming to Dispensaries
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Comedian Bill Maher does a regular segment on his HBO show “Real Time” called “New Rules,” where he distributes advice that should be obvious, but for whatever reason has escaped the public. Allow me to add a couple: New Rule:… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.
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Ohio Mom Caught Giving Pot to 2-Year-Old
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So much for the Paycheck Fairness Act. The bill which was designed to put an end to wage discrimination died an unceremonious death, when the bill came up two votes short of moving forward. The bill received 58 votes, but..
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