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Man to Receive Nearly $18M for Being Wrongfully Convicted A man who was freed in 2015 after spending a quarter-century in prison for an infamous tourist killing will receive nearly $18 million in... NTL Top 100

Premises Liability: Who Is Responsible? - FindLaw FindLaw's primer on the responsibility of landowners and non-owner residents under the legal theory of premises liability.

The judge who will decide the fate of UnitedHealth's $13.8 billion bid for Change Healthcare challenged the DOJ during closing arguments on its assertions that the deal will create a monopoly for health insurance claims processing technology. https://www.law360.com/articles/1528513

Our nation was forever changed 21 years ago by the tragic events of 9/11. Today, we remember and honor those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

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Appeals court revives challenge to Maryland gun laws FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit challenging Maryland's rules for obtaining a handgun as unconstitutionally restrictive. The unanimous ruling from...

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SCOTUS opens new term with criminal law cases addressing insanity defense and unanimous juries The U.S. Supreme Court has several blockbuster cases in its new term—on gay and transgender rights, federal immigration enforcement and gun regulation. But before it gets to any of those, the court on the first day of the term will take up two criminal law cases raising significant questions, even...

New California law allows felons who served their time to serve on juries The “Right to a Jury of Your Peers” law allows felons to serve on juries if they have finished their prison time, unless they are still on parole, probation or other post-prison supervision. Registered s*x offenders with felony convictions will still be banned from jury service.

Afternoon Briefs: Man acquitted for Facebook rants about judge; trial to begin in law prof's slaying Jurors in Michigan deliberated for 26 minutes before acquitting a dad charged for his angry Facebook posts about a judge he blamed for his son’s death. Jonathan Vanderhagen, 35, was acquitted on a misdemeanor charge of malicious use of a telecommunication device. His 21-month-old son had died in 2...

Federal wage law protects workers in state-licensed pot industry, 10th Circuit rules A federal appeals court has ruled that the federal wage law protects a worker in Colorado’s state-licensed cannabis industry, even though ma*****na remains illegal at the federal level.

Free speech or censorship? Social media litigation is a hot legal battleground The now-retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in an opinion on a 2017 First Amendment case, called the cyber age a revolution of historic proportions, noting that “we cannot appreciate yet its full dimensions and vast potential to alter how we think, express ourselves, and define who...

Spousal communication privilege 'has outlived its useful life,' state supreme court says The New Mexico Supreme Court has abolished the spousal communication privilege in a murder case based on testimony by the defendant’s ex-wife and estranged current spouse.