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Andi Dorfman Got a Murder Conviction in 8 Minutes, but Can She Get a Date with The Bachelor?

Atlanta lawyer Andi Dorfman has a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law, a job as a Fulton County assistant district attorney and a track record that includes persuading a jury of 12 to return a murder conviction in eight minutes. But in the latest episode of ABC's reality TV show "The Bachelor," which aired last night, she's just trying to get a date.
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New York Law Journal

Court Declines to Ban Teen's Tape of Alleged Rape Apology

In an era when teens routinely record their musings and post them online for the world to see and hear, it makes little sense to bar prosecutors from using a minor's recorded conversation with her father in a rape case, a judge in Brooklyn has held.
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New York Law Journal

Westbrooks v. City of Buffalo

Dispute Over Officer's Order to Move Defeats Probable Cause Basis to Arrest Job Interviewee
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Daily Business Review

Scott Rothstein Takes Witness Stand In Trial Of Former Employee

Disbarred law firm chairman Scott Rothstein testified about his connections to then-Gov. Charlie Crist, bragging that he influenced Crist to name judges Rothstein wanted in place.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit: Inmate Pays for Lawyer's Error

An Atlanta-based federal appeals court panel again has rejected an inmate's claim that he should be forgiven for his lawyer's missing a deadline, despite being reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court twice in recent years after holding prisoners accountable for their lawyers' failings.
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Daily Business Review

Rothstein's Top Assistant Testifies That Others Knew Of Ponzi Scheme

Debra Villegas, former chief operating officer for Scott Rothstein's firm, testified in the trial of attorney Christina Kitterman, who is accused of pretending to be a Florida Bar official to aid Rothstein's Ponzi scheme.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Editorial: What To Do With Edward Snowden?

By | February 04, 2014
Edward Snowden broke the law. There seems to be little, if any, doubt about that. The problem is that his case presents us with the same conundrum faced when Sir Thomas Moore refused to bow to King Henry's royal will, when abolitionists ignored the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and when Rosa Parks refused to take her seat in the back of he bus.
4 minute read

Law.com

Judge Strikes Rule Restricting Subpoenas Against Lawyers

A federal judge in New Mexico has struck down a state attorney ethics rule restricting federal prosecutors from subpoenaing lawyers to testify about past or existing clients in grand jury proceedings.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Why I ... Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

As a third-grade student, I was introduced to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and its work to save children's lives through the St. Jude Math-A-Thon.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court Takes on Cellphones and Privacy

The Fourth Amendment has protected individuals from unlawful governmental searches and seizures for more than two centuries. Initially, the thrust of the Fourth Amendment focused on the homes of early Americans—those places where individuals wanted to remain "secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects."
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