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Is Yale Law School graduate Jonny Dach getting a bum rap? Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/m8TQyGfEsSk/story01.htm

* That didn’t take long. John Oliver’s Supreme Court dogs have already been used to recreate Hobby Lobby. The entire Hobby Lobby argument. [Above the Law] * Squire Patton Boggs is representing the pharmaceutical company promoting Ebola drugs. Or, as CNN would put it, EVERYONE AT SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS HAS EBOLA!!!! [Law and More] * […]

As reported this week by Law360 (subscription required), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently issued a reminder (Regulatory Notice 14-40) warning firms against the use of confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements that prohibit or otherwise restrict customers or anyone else (such as current employees) from communicating with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), FINRA, or […]

With the filing Tuesday of a one-paragraph notice by state officials in a federal courthouse in Casper, Wyoming, and the release of a two-page order by a federal judge, that state became the thirty-second to allow same-sex marriage — an increase of thirteen from just sixteen days ago. The Wyoming governor and attorney general formally […]

Low prices and high supplies are driving iron ore prices down. Analysts say large companies will survive the crunch but many smaller producers and explorers may be faced with tough decisions. … Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/_HR6afrl-b8/mining-end-of-iron-age.html

Zimbabwe’s mobile regulatory authority – the Postal and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) – has ordered all three mobile network operators to slash voice tariffs to 15 cents per minute with effect from December, down from 23 cents per minute. … Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/unx2cXibBXI/zimbabwe-mobile-operators-to-slash-rates.html

South African paralympian, Oscar Pistorius was on Wednesday sentenced to serve five years in prison after being convicted of culpable homicide for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, although the prosecuting authority has hinted that it might appeal, as it seeks a harsher sentence. … Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/8s1pbQ9Kyts/oscar-pistorius-goes-to-prison.html

After two years of keeping a low profile, a member of the late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s family and government has emerged to restore stability in the war torn country. … Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/6zb-DIyaZwA/a-gaddafi-returns-to-libyan-politics.html

Investors should expect more calm to return to U.S. equity markets after some of the most volatile trading since 2012 as the 21-day incubation period for Ebola passes for many in Texas without new infections. … Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/M9E5L8EiUTc/ebola-fear-factor-subsides-in-us-financial-markets.html

The petition of the day is: Illinois v. Cummings 14-209 Issue: Whether the Fourth Amendment permits a police officer to request a driver to produce his license during a lawfully-initiated traffic stop but after reasonable suspicion or probable cause has dissipated, where the officer’s conduct is reasonable under the totality of circumstances and the stop […]