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  1. IG: ex-US Attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's inspector general says the U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  2. Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill. Lawmakers called it a step... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

  3. Morgan Stanley sued in 'pay-to-play' retirement plan case
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    (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley has been sued by an Alabama medical laboratory that claims it steered retirement plan business to ING U.S. Inc and others in exchange for extra fees in an illegal "pay-to-play" scheme. Skin Pathology Associates... Full Article at Thomson Reuters News & Insight

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    SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more... Full Article at Thomson Reuters News & Insight

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    LONDON (AP) — Britain's Prince William has joined his father Prince Charles in urging global action to tackle the illegal... Full Article at FindLaw: AP Professional News

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  3. Kaitlyn Hunt is seen in this undated photo courtesy of the Hunt Family via Change. org. Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of Hunt, an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes...
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  5. Georgia's former Prime Minister Ivane "Vano" Merabishvili arrives for questioning at a regional prosecutor's office in Kutaisi, some 250 km (155 miles) west of Tbilisi May 21, 2013. Georgian prosecutors arrested Merabishvili over corruption and embezzlement charges on Tuesday in the...
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  1. The attorney general and I agree that the state is on firm legal footing as we move to return the Bibles to the rooms
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  2. It looked like we sneaked down there and did it ... We didn't do anything illegal. ... I have to prove to the people watching in Virginia that it was legal.
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  3. The Philippines underscores that the apprehension and illegal detention of peacekeepers are gross violations of international law
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  4. The decision is outrageous. It's wrong. It's illegal. It's a nullity. The magistrate has totally misconceived the law
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  5. The law in itself is a legal violation because parliament passed it while it was under a state of terrorism and intimidation
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  6. When a legal economy is bad, (law firm mergers) really slow down ... I think law firms are concerned about their revenue picture at this point of the year, and that might put a damper on finalizing merger talks right now.
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  7. The attorney general was the one who pushed the law in 2009, which got set aside. I'm not completely surprised
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  8. This case not only impacts Mr. Coats, but also some 127,816 medical marijuana patient-employees in Colorado who could be summarily terminated even if they are in legal compliance with Colorado state law
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  9. This case not only impacts Mr. Coats, but also some 127,816 medical marijuana patient-employees in Colorado who could be summarily terminated even if they are in legal compliance with Colorado state law
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  10. While I do not believe I did anything illegal, or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong and there is no one else responsible for my sins
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  11. Sadly, Reis is not the first attorney to be prosecuted for this type of illegal conduct, and he will not be the last.
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  12. It never happens this quickly ... If they know they won, they're going to contact their attorney or an accountant first so they can get their affairs in order.
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  13. This is a pending legal matter ... There will be no further comment until the legal process has run its course.
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  14. We asked through the Red Cross and the attorney general in Damascus, but received no answer about his place of detention and his health
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  15. We are lawful and legal citizens of New York state and we always obey the law ... It's as simple as that.
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  16. I feel he's a capable attorney ... Now that I know how things turned out, this wasn't his best case.
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  17. This may be a strategic decision by the attorney general's office to not give the court the opportunity to review the extent of the attorney general's powers
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  18. The attorney general must explain the Justice Department's actions to the public so that we can make sure this kind of press intimidation does not happen again
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  19. The distinction between illegal fundraising and private lending still remains unclear
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  20. If District Attorney Hynes spent less time worrying about getting on TV and more about doing his job, Brooklyn's reputation wouldn't be tarnished by prosecutorial misconduct or the lowest felony conviction rate in the city.
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  21. imparted not only his legal acumen but also his life experiences, constantly pushing and prodding us to respond not only to the persuasiveness of legal argument but also to the power of moral truth.
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  22. I can speak of everything. There is nothing that cannot be discussed ... If the law does not talk about civil rights, there's no law, because the law is about protecting one's rights.
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  23. Although GINA has been law since 2009, many employers still do not understand that requesting family medical history, even through a contract medical examiner, violates this law
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  24. Once shareholders have made their peace, they can't take a second bite at the apple through the attorney general
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  25. If you implanted these embryos, which would be illegal, I think you would get the same results as in mice: Most of them die at birth, and the others encounter big troubles as they age.
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