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Big Victory for Physician Assisted Suicide in New Mexico
Anneliese Mahoney | January 15, 2014A ruling in the Second District court of New Mexico may make physician assisted suicide legal in that state....
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Iowa Bar No More?
Anneliese Mahoney | January 14, 2014The Hawkeye State is thinking of making a big change to the way it deals with young law school graduates....
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TV Streaming Makes it to Supreme Court
Anneliese Mahoney | January 13, 2014In 2012, a new company called Aereo launched. It offered a revolutionary new way to watch TV. Essentially, Aereo provides...
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Remembering Aaron Swartz and His Battle With PACER
Jimmy Hoover | January 13, 2014In September 2008, Aaron Swartz commissioned a friend to walk into a federal law library in Sacramento with a...
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7 Reasons to Watch the Chris Christie Scandal
Anneliese Mahoney | January 10, 2014Chris Christie, the popular governor of New Jersey, has been one of the stars of the Republican Party for...
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FBI Changes Mission Statement
Anneliese Mahoney | January 7, 2014The Federal Bureau of Investigation has changed its mission statement. For years, the primary mission of the agency has...
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Cases to Watch in 2014
Anneliese Mahoney | January 7, 2014This year promises to be an interesting one in law. Here are some of the most interesting cases, trials,...
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Facebook Suit Alleges Privacy Violations
Anneliese Mahoney | January 6, 2014On December 30, 2013, a class action suit was filed against Facebook for its use of members’ private data....
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Downton Law Making Headlines in UK
Anneliese Mahoney | January 3, 2014A new law in the UK is grabbing attention–perhaps because of its catchy TV-inspired title. It’s been nicknamed the...
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Welcome California’s Newest Lawyer: Sergio C. Garcia
Anneliese Mahoney | January 3, 2014In California, an undocumented immigrant who goes to college, law school, and passes the bar now has the ability...
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A December of Hackers
Anneliese Mahoney | January 2, 2014December was a bad month for anyone who didn’t want their personal information leaked to hackers or other third-party...
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Ten Silliest Political Moments in 2013
Anneliese Mahoney | December 31, 2013Last week, I counted down the Most Influential News Events of 2013. Those were all great moments, but in 2013...
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ACLU Files New NSA Suit
Anneliese Mahoney | December 31, 20132013 was the year that brought us the NSA spying scandal, thanks to Edward Snowden. 2014 may be the...
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French Court Authorizes “Millionaire Tax”
Anneliese Mahoney | December 30, 2013A new, extremely controversial tax was just ruled constitutional in France. The law has been nicknamed a “millionaire tax”...
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Conceal Carry Mess in Illinois
Anneliese Mahoney | December 30, 2013Until last year, there was only one state without a conceal carry law, and that state was Illinois. A...
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Big Changes to Guantanamo Bay
Anneliese Mahoney | December 27, 2013One of the promises that Obama made on the campaign trail during his first election in 2008 was to...
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Montana Judge Gets Creative in Sentencing
Anneliese Mahoney | December 27, 2013The world heard about Judge G. Todd Baugh earlier this year when he sentenced a 47-year-old teacher to 31...
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The Most Influential News Events of 2013
Anneliese Mahoney | December 24, 2013Here at Law Street, we are very interested in the changing world of law. So as the wild ride...
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ICC’s Case Against Kenyan President Delayed
Anneliese Mahoney | December 23, 2013The International Criminal Court has been pursuing a case against Uhuru Kenyatta, the current President of Kenya since the...
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Big Change to Canadian Prostitution Laws
Anneliese Mahoney | December 20, 2013This just in: prostitution is now very much legal in Canada. In the Great White North, the actual physical...
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Harvard Medical School Violates Animal Welfare Act
Anneliese Mahoney | December 20, 2013Harvard Medical School has been slapped with fines of $24,036 for violating the Animal Welfare Act.The Animal Welfare Act...
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Is the US Done With the Death Penalty?
Anneliese Mahoney | December 19, 2013The United States will be able to report a lower number of executions in 2013. Thirty-nine people were executed...
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The Dark Side of Snapchat
Anneliese Mahoney | December 19, 2013Snapchat is a smartphone app designed to show timed pictures and videos that are not permanently saved to the...
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While Law School Enrollment Drops, Outsourcing Surges
Jimmy Hoover | December 19, 2013According to the American Bar Association’s latest findings, law school enrollment is down 11%, or 5,000 students from last...
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Celebrities Who Think They Know Politics…But Don’t
Anneliese Mahoney | December 17, 2013In today’s world of constant media consumption, it’s easy to form an opinion on just about everything. From sports,...
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Cops Are Pretending to be High Schoolers…Obligatory 21 Jump Street Reference?
Anneliese Mahoney | December 17, 2013“Cops pretend to be 11th graders, then arrest 25 students.” This is an actual headline. This is not an...
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“Sister Wives” Win Big Case
Anneliese Mahoney | December 16, 2013The Learning Channel, or TLC, has made a name for itself in recent years for creating shows that showcase...
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Colorado Sheriffs Say “No Way” to New Laws
Anneliese Mahoney | December 16, 2013The newest trend among small town sheriffs is a refusal to follow the laws of the land. What laws...
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Where Inventions, Privacy, and Economics Intersect: R2D2’s Evil Twin
Zachary Schneider | December 10, 2013Robots are the future- and they are already here. Although, the average “joe” may not interact with these human...
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When the Government Floods Your Property
Jimmy Hoover | December 10, 2013In Oct. of 2012, the Supreme Court heard oral argument from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on whether...