In 2013, a deal on immigration reform seemed imminent in Congress. So imminent, in fact, that law enforcement in California started noticing an uptick in immigration law scams.
Sep 1, 2015 6:45 AM CDT
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Stopnotariofraud.org
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When is a craft beer not a craft beer? A class action lawsuit recently filed in California asks that question over claims that Blue Moon beer, despite its label as…
Sep 1, 2015 6:40 AM CDT
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Blue Moon Brewing Co.
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Photograph by Stephen Webster
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Robert Burgdorf. Photo by David Fonda.
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More than 20 years ago, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski realized his clerks had a troubling gap in their education: They hadn't seen
12 Angry Men.…
Aug 1, 2015 7:20 AM CDT
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Judge Alex Kozinski. Photograph by Jonah Light.
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Marshall Goldberg moves between two professional worlds. As a civil rights lawyer in the 1960s and '70s, he served as counsel for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights and…
Aug 1, 2015 7:10 AM CDT
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Marshall Goldberg. Photograph by Wayne Slezak.
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It's safe to assume that few attorneys publicly associate with strippers, but New York City lawyer Justin Swartz proudly touts his connections.
Aug 1, 2015 6:50 AM CDT
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Justin Swartz has put strip clubs on notice that misclassifying exotic dancers as independent contractors can be quite costly. Photography by Arnie Adler.
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By day, Malenda Harris Meacham is a busy solo family law practitioner and part-time judge in Hernando, Mississippi. By night she's become something of an air bongo sensation. That's right—an…
Aug 1, 2015 6:45 AM CDT
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Malenda Harris Meacham. Photographs by Wayne Slezak.
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When a small-batch granola company from Brooklyn unveiled its newest product this spring, it caught the attention of '80s rockers Daryl Hall and John Oates. That's because the granola maker…
Jul 1, 2015 6:20 AM CDT
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Daryl Hall and John Oates. Associated Press
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South Carolina litigator Mark Mason knew as much about the marijuana industry as any other middle-aged, law-abiding lawyer. That is, until his son called from Denver asking for help. Now…
Jul 1, 2015 6:05 AM CDT
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Photo of Mark Mason courtesy of Jackie Collins
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Photo Courtesy of Arrival Records
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Illustration by Roger Radtke
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You'd think bills requiring pints of beer to contain a requisite 16 fluid ounces would meet with resounding cries of "We'll drink to that." But recent attempts to pass so-called…
Jun 1, 2015 6:40 AM CDT
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