Potential presidential litigation, Archdiocese lawsuit and James Brown's papers round out this week's Law Blog Roundup.

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The Johns Hopkins University has named Mark B. Rotenberg its new vice president and general counsel.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The country’s leading gay rights group is donating $1 million to campaigns in four states where gay marriage is on the ballot this fall. The Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign is donating $250,000 apiece to allies in Maine, ...

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MINNEAPOLIS — The country’s leading gay rights group is donating $1 million to campaigns in four states where gay marriage is on the ballot this fall. The Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign is donating $250,000 apiece to allies in Maine, ...

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Laura K. McAfee wiped sweat off her pitching hand as she toed the rubber for her first collegiate softball outing. It was the end of the season and Carleton College wasn’t playing for much, but McAfee, a freshman, was churning ...

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — With New York now gearing up for same-sex weddings, the battle lines are forming for the next skirmishes over gay marriage — and the most dramatic could come in Minnesota. Gay-marriage supporters in the Land of ...

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“The story I have, nobody could steal” Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams Let me tell you a story. Those six words have captured our attention since our youth, and provided us with an initial reason to listen to whatever ...

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SAN DIEGO — A judge said Friday he would issue a ruling next week in a lawsuit filed by Target Corp. against a pro-gay marriage group to make it stop canvassing outside the retailer’s San Diego County stores. The suit ...

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ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The Smithsonian hears America singing, playing instruments and telling its history through music. The Washington cultural institution’s New Harmonies program will feature this musical history with a traveling exhibit in five states — Minnesota, Mississippi, New ...

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Yesterday I wrote about Money Magazine’s list of its best small cities to live. Eden Prairie, Minn., edged out Ellicott City/Columbia for first place thanks to attributes like “gently rolling hills,” “plenty of outer beauty” and other idyllic, Midwestern traits ...

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