Aldermen and Finance Committee Discuss Chicago’s Issues
Aldermen and Finance Committee Discuss Chicago’s Issues
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Sympathetic Judge Strikes Down Challenge to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program Dissolution
A federal judge in Maryland reluctantly ruled against a challenge to President Donald Trump’s dissolution of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Judge Roger Titus said he’d prefer a different outcome but felt his job doesn’t allow him to set immigration policy. His opinion, wrote Politico.com, was ‘very revealing.’ “This Court does not like
Chessy Prout Releases Memoir Recounting Her Courageous Journey
Chessy Prout Releases Memoir Recounting Her Courageous Journey
Jury Awards Family of Deceased Mother of Three $3.9M, Ending Wrongful Death Suit
Late last week a jury agreed to a “nearly $4 million verdict…in the case of the wrongful death of a mother of three,” Garylyn Langell. In handing down the verdict, the jury agreed that “an ER doctor was culpable in Langell’s 2011 death,” not her family physician. In addition to the verdict, the jury “awarded past economic damages at $490,000, and past non-economic damages at $3.5 million.” But what happened? How did Langell die, and what role did the ER play in her death?
Protections For Some Dreamers Expire Despite Court Order
Even though federal courts have ordered the Trump administration to continue processing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program renewals, many Dreamers are liable to find their protections expire. The problem, writes Politico.com, stems from policies implemented by the Department of Homeland Security. The agency refuses to process applications based on urgency and impending expirations. DACA
Legal Analytics – 90% Percent Says Value Add, Roughly One-Third Says Invaluable
Recently, our friends at Lex Machina made me aware of a legal analytics survey conducted by ALM and LexisNexis® Legal & Professional that revealed the value of this powerful tool for success in the practice of law. What follows is the announcement of the results, revealed on January 31, 2018.
Be Better Citizens
If you want a better nation, be better citizens. We can start by bringing honesty to conversations and challenging ourselves with uncomfortable viewpoints.
Woman Drugs Friend With Tainted Cheesecake to Steal Her Identity
Viktoria Nasyrova, a 42-year-old Russian native, allegedly tried to poison a woman who looked like her back in 2016 with tranquilizer-laced cheesecake, so she could steal her identity. The Brooklyn resident thought the poisoning would resemble a suicide and staged the women’s unconscious body to make her scheme believable. “This is a bizarre and twisted
Muslim Women Forced to Remove Hijabs for Mugshots Settle with New York City
Three Muslim women forced by New York police officials to remove their hijabs for mugshots settled with the city for $60,000. According to The New York Times¸ the agreement was reached Monday and first reported the following day. Kimberly Joyce, spokeswoman for the city’s law department, said, “The resolution of these matters were in the
The Equifax Hack Just Got Bigger
Just when we thought news about the Equifax hack couldn’t get worse, the company announced yesterday that “an additional 2.4 million Americans were impacted by last year’s data breach.” Unlike the millions of other Americans impacted by the hack, however, these new 2.4 million consumers “had significantly less personal information stolen,” according to the announcement. For example, Equifax claims the “additional consumers only had their names and a partial driver’s license number stolen by the attackers, unlike the original 145.5 million Americans who had their Social Security numbers impacted.”