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Verizon Wireless is facing a lawsuit after a man claiming to be a detective with the Cary Police Department was arrested for stalking. Last year, Robert Glauner, who is a resident of New Mexico, sent Verizon Wireless a fake search warrant demanding phone records from a Cary woman. He falsely claimed that the woman was…
When Americans talk about the death penalty in the United States, we generally ignore a large swath of the middle of the country. In part, that is because only 200 of the 1594 executions that have taken place since 1976 occurred in the Midwest. However, looking at such reliably red states like Kansas, Nebraska, and…
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily Trivia Question of the Day feature. Which justice was responsible for the addition of Starbucks coffee in the Supreme Court cafeteria? Hint: The most recently appointed justice serves on the Court’s cafeteria committee, so they’ve all had a go at the job. Justice Kagan is famous for bringing in a frozen yogurt…
We’re not shy about our Dana Nessel fandom. The Michigan Attorney General is tough on crime, social media savvy, and knows how to do a college football game right. At the ongoing Democratic National Convention, Nessel had something to say to the Supreme Court’s all-but-inevitable attack on Obergefell. This is, of course, a riff on…
EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Aug 22, 2024 at 4:23 pm The Republican National Committee asked the justices to allow Arizona to continue to enforce a law that would bar those who do not show proof of citizenship from voting. (Wolfgang Schaller via Shutterstock) A divided Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon granted a request…
Good lawyers do more than know the law. They also zealously represent their clients. For the record, it is very hard to do that when you are also stealing from them. An estates attorney was caught misappropriating funds from several clients over a period of years. From Providence Journal: A disbarred Rhode Island attorney has…
(Image via Getty) Documenting legal transactions requires considering every possible circumstance. And maybe a few less than possible ones. Mecklenburg County North Carolina’s registry of deeds and other public legal documents has a website. That’s good! But it might have a user experience issue because not EVERY legal document requires the same decision tree… Hint:…
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If the partners want associates to be in the office four days a week, or wear funny hats, or bill 2,400 hours three years in a row until they burn out and leave, that’s their prerogative. Every year, there’s a new crop of associates,…