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If you find yourself on the lower half of the ladder, you need to change. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/XxJ-Usuc_LM/story01.htm

Analysis A wide wave of anticipation that the Supreme Court would plunge into the constitutional controversy over same-sex marriage ran into a wall of silence on Thursday. The Justices released a list of official actions which said nothing at all on that issue. Whether that was disappointing or reassuring, it likely will set off a […]

Arguing that one in ten voters already registered in Wisconsin may not actually get to cast their ballots this year, civil rights and citizens’ advocacy groups asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to bar a new requirement to produce a photo ID before voting. By a vote of five to five, a federal appeals court […]

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On September 17, the U.S. Tax Court, in Dynamo Holdings LP v. Commissioner, 143 T.C. No. 9 (Sept. 17, 2014), held that a taxpayer could use predictive coding, over the objection of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to identify relevant electronically stored information (ESI) for production. This is the first Tax Court case to address […]

The Supreme Court, taking on new controversy on the eve of opening a new Term, on Thursday stepped into an Arizona case that may settle the future of attempts to take the redrawing of congressional districts out of the hands of legislatures to make that effort non-partisan. If the Court does reach the core issues […]

So, you’ve been working at your law firm for seven or ten years or whatever amount of time it takes these days to “make partner.” As the goal of partnership gets closer, however, something begins to smell. You can’t quite pinpoint it, but there’s something in the air that makes you ill at ease, signs […]

* Half of $1.1 bln paid for oil field went on bribes-prosecutors Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/F3z9nRb4rzE/idAFL6N0RX14220141002

DUBAI, Oct 2 (Reuters) – The president of Emirates airlines said on Thursday that demand for flights to Africa from Asia has fallen due to concerns over the Ebola virus. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/nyb-GdkUrb0/idAFL6N0RX0YU20141002

Oct 2 (Reuters) – Oil and gas producer Afren Plc said it expected drilling and production at its Barda Rash field in Kurdistan to be fully resumed by end-October as the security situation had improved at the border of Iraqi Kurdistan. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/MdPnl9ZyJAI/idAFL3N0RX1A220141002