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Yale law students need not apply for this clerkship

Today is Monday, the first day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022-23 term. Here are some other news items. — Federal judge will snub Yale when hiring law clerks. — Is North Carolina’s voter identification law racially biased? — Potential ...

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2021 was unkind to corporate bankruptcy attorneys

Welcome to Monday, the 93rd anniversary of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, in which 7 gangsters were killed. Here are some more news items. — Corporate bankruptcy lawyers had a bad 2021. — Parental pardon acquits Pakistani man ...

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Furloughs could become law firm layoffs, report says

Welcome to Monday, the 37th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris decision that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits states from discriminating on the basis of sex in providing retirement benefits. Here ...

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Md. pizza shop owner sentenced for sending guns to Pakistan

A pizza shop owner has been sentenced to two years in prison for exporting semi-automatic rifles, parts and accessories to Pakistan. Thirty-five-year-old Kamran Ashfaq Malik of Upper Marlboro was sentenced Monday in federal court in Baltimore. Prosecutors say Malik, who ...

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Rockville man abducted in Pakistan calls for U.S. help

A 72-year-old American development worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan by al-Qaida more than two years ago appealed to President Obama in a video released Thursday to negotiate his release, saying he feels "totally abandoned and forgotten."

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Former Maryland man pleads guilty to aiding al-Qaida in attack plots

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A former Maryland resident pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping al-Qaida plot attacks from his native Pakistan, reaching a plea deal with the U.S. government that limits his sentence but that his lawyers say could ...

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