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The Court of Appeals recently had an opportunity to review a decision that addressed contingency fees after the break-up of a law practice.

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For years now I’ve been an advocate of Web-based computing and have asserted that it will change the practice of law as we know it.

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A 72-year-old woman has sued a California hair salon, alleging she ate a cookie laced with marijuana from a hospitality tray left out for customers: http://cbsloc.al/1lihNAx

Both contenders in the Nov. 4 general election have ample resumes; both have prosecuted cases and run district attorney offices.

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For better or worse (duh-dum), the nonhuman creature most often associated with attorneys (duh-dum … duh-dum) is that decidedly menacing, vicious aquatic predator known as (duh-dum, duh-dum, duh-dum, DUH-DUM, DUH-DUM) — well, you know.

Terrance Lee admits to firing the gun that killed Marquis Sutton. But Lee's attorney says it's not an admission of murder.

Recent enforcement guidance on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act represents the EEOC’s first effort to substantially update its position on this prohibited form of discrimination since 1983.

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Hologram USA filed a lawsuit that claims a 3D representation of the famous Homer at this year's Comic-Con convention in San Diego infringed its patented system to project three-dimensional images onstage.

Another day, another judge who criticizes and sanctions Rodney Rigsby for his litigious nature.

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Wisconsin statutes are clear that a final judgment or order is appealable as a matter of right, unless an exception applies.

An unpaid wrongful death judgment against O.J. Simpson can be purchased immediately at JudgmentMarketplace.com for $1 million.

Ever since the debut of The Jetsons, a TV cartoon show that featured a world of futuristic technology and robots, most of us have been aware of the impending death of many jobs and careers.

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The Colorado mountain town of Montezuma is suing its 61 registered voters in an effort to sort out the results of an April election that the lawsuit says was filled with errors: http://goo.gl/vfDSB6

A 76-year-old man who police say was sunbathing nude in his backyard next to a church parking lot in Utah has pleaded not guilty to lewdness charges: http://bit.ly/1uLJW30

The Wisconsin Legislature has launched a redesigned website, and it has quite a new look.

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The husband of a Connecticut attorney running for a probate judge seat was a member of a prominent neo-Nazi group for several years, according to watchdog groups, and currently maintains a pro-white online blog: http://bit.ly/1yb25r5

Nevada Supreme Court justice Mark Gibbons was at Carson District Court on Monday but the visit wasn't in his official capacity.

My dad used to tell me that the older you get, the more you realize what you don’t know.

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Manitowoc police say a groom spent his wedding night in jail after getting in an argument in a bar over the weekend: http://htrne.ws/Y0AyxO

If you needed help with a legal situation, would you ask the first five people you see on the street?

If you consider jail to be the "college of hard knocks," then this dude is a proud alum: http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81036462/

Construction liens can be useful in helping collect money or services owed, but how does one go about filing one, and when should you move ahead with foreclosure?

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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man celebrated out-eating some police officers, only to find out that he couldn't outrun them: http://dailym.ai/1mCMCuv

Fond du Lac police have arrested a 26-year-old man who they say has admitted to three home invasions while in the nude.

Pete Holmes, the city's chief prosecutor, says, "My hope is that the people who received the tickets do not pay them."

What can an ordinary passenger do to stop police from searching the passenger’s property when it’s in a vehicle being searched with the driver’s consent?

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If a monkey takes a selfie, who owns the copyright?

A jury awarded a $1 million verdict to a woman blaming a doctor, who now practices on inmates, and a shopping center clinic for complications from breast augmentation surgery.

Foxwordy, launched this past February, is a private platform, built “by lawyers for lawyers.”

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In a rare unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Riley v. California that police must secure a warrant before searching a cellphone owned by a criminal suspect.

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