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WASHINGTON — In the “What on earth happened to Rudy Giuliani?” sweepstakes, there are plenty of entries but no winners. Everyone wants to know why ...
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Giuliani’s latest divorce is bitter, expensive and very public
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Legal writing notebook: Liberating the Bride of Frankenmemo
A late hour in a dark office. A sleep-deprived lawyer squints at a glowing flatscreen, her keyboard pattering: tappity tap tap tap. Ctrl+C. Ctrl+V. Tap ...
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Law gives child sex assault victims more time to file suits
California is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse more time to decide whether to file lawsuits, joining several states in expanding the statute of limitations ...
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Michigan AG seeks to halt adoption ruling, denies anti-Catholic bias
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking a federal judge to halt an injunction that lets religious-based adoption and foster care agencies refuse to serve ...
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Michigan AG seeks to halt adoption ruling, denies anti-Catholic bias
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking a federal judge to halt an injunction that lets religious-based adoption and foster care agencies refuse to serve ...
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Oregon under pressure to provide services for children with disabilities
SALEM, Oregon — Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities being attacked and locked up in isolation. This is what some kids from Oregon were subjected ...
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Indiana seeks to keep records sealed in child services case
INDIANAPOLIS — Lawyers for Indiana’s Department of Child Services are pushing to seal records in a federal class action lawsuit accusing the child welfare agency ...
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Legal writing notebook: Liberating the Bride of Frankenmemo
A late hour in a dark office. A sleep-deprived lawyer squints at a glowing flatscreen, her keyboard pattering: tappity tap tap tap. Ctrl+C. Ctrl+V. Tap ...
Read More »The impact of the broadening rights to parent
Maryland recently passed laws that expand the right to parent. On June 1, 2019, House Bill 519 (See 2019 Md. ALS 438, 2019 Md. Laws ...
Read More »Child welfare: Assessing the criminal background of potential caregivers
This article discusses an unusual but actual issue, which arose in a criminal background check of an individual who hoped to provide a home for ...
Read More »Legal protection for youngest drug victims: The presumption of neglect
The broad policy of the Child in Need of Assistance (CINA) subtitle is to ensure that juvenile courts and local departments of social services exercise authority ...
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