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  • Growing Military Sexual Assault Issues Prompts New Law

    Growing Military Sexual Assault Issues Prompts New Law

    After the Pentagon was sued by 17 current and former members of the armed services stemming from allegations of misconduct, the US Congress sponsored a bill that would give sexual assault victims more rights. As it stands, less than 10% of all sexual assault cases...

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  • Supreme Court To Settle Microsoft Patent Lawsuit

    Supreme Court To Settle Microsoft Patent Lawsuit

    Microsoft has been battling a lawsuit filed against the the company by a little known Canadian software firm, i4i, since 2007. The company alleges that Microsoft has illegally been using a patent that they filed in 1998 in conjunction with Microsoft Word programs. The lawsuit...

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  • Michigan Realtor Dies After Being Being Hit With Housing Violations

    Michigan Realtor Dies After Being Being Hit With Housing Violations

    Marshall Henry Redder had bought and sold real estate in the Michigan area for many years before he was booked on misdemeanor charges Most recently, Redder began to rent his properties to local residents. The popular real estate agent allegedly refused to keep his tenants’...

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  • Dismissed Doctor Sues Catholic Charities For Inadequate Health Care Practices

    Dismissed Doctor Sues Catholic Charities For Inadequate Health Care Practices

    Low income Americans, particularly immigrants, have to rely on free and low cost health care programs in order to get services such as checkups and prescriptions for vital medications. In the case of Catholic Charities, one patient may have died because she was not provided...

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  • Former Producer Goes To Court Over James Browns Estate

    Former Producer Goes To Court Over James Browns Estate

    In 2009, an estate judge in South Carolina ruled that the late James Browns’ estate would be split between his former wife, adult children and his charity. His estate remained in probate for months before the case was finally settled, but producer Jacque Hollander believes...

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  • Documentary Leads To The Release Of An Innocent Man In Mexico

    Documentary Leads To The Release Of An Innocent Man In Mexico

    In Mexico, the criminal justice system is murky at best. Defendants that are not able to afford high priced attorneys are left to wait in limbo until their cases are decided, however, even with forensic evidence and expert testimony on their sides a guilty verdict...

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  • Chicago Law Firm Investigated For Two Dubious Estate Fraud Cases

    Chicago Law Firm Investigated For Two Dubious Estate Fraud Cases

    Normally, when a law firm handles the estate planning of its clients there is a thorough background search conducted on any outside party that attempts to alter wills. Unfortunately, the Przybylo and Kubiatowski law firm is now suspected of negligence in two separate cases involving...

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  • UK Hospitals Plan To Evict Patients Who Refuse To Leave

    UK Hospitals Plan To Evict Patients Who Refuse To Leave

    Legally, hospitals and other health care facilities are required to administer medical care in emergency situations. After health care professionals gives patients a clean bill of health they are required to leave within the recommended time period. Even still, a relative minority of patients do...

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  • Police Van Stationed In West Sussex To Prevent Accidents

    Police Van Stationed In West Sussex To Prevent Accidents

    After police in West Sussex learned that an alarming amount of accidents were narrowly avoided due to negligent drivers and pedestrians, they developed a plan that would prevent further reckless behavior. This prompted Network Rail to setup an initiative that would put an unmarked police...

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  • Channing Tatum Injured In Scotland On The Set Of Film

    Channing Tatum Injured In Scotland On The Set Of Film

    Channing Tatum says that he has no plans to sue the production crew that is partially to blame for an accident that left him scarred and suffering from the effects of hypothermia. While on the set of the historical drama, “The Eagle,” Tatum and his...

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