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Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Trial Begins

Brianna Smith - June 7, 2017

The trial between Commonwealth v. Bill Cosby is in its third day, having started on Monday in Norristown, Pennsylvania. For those who don’t know, the proceedings involve “Cosby’s alleged sexual assault of a woman named Andrea Constand, in 2004.” According to USA today, “Cosby is being tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault stemming from an encounter with Constand at his nearby home in 2004. She says he drugged her to the point of near-paralysis and then assaulted her as she lay helpless on a couch.”

A smiling, dark-haired female doctor holds a clipboard.

Physician Shortage is About Priorities

Dawn Allen - June 7, 2017

Despite the increased demand for healthcare, the American educational system isn’t responding by producing many more doctors. The American Association of Medical Colleges expects that in 2025, we’ll be about 46,000 to 90,000 doctors short of where we need to be. That means we’ll have to look into how to make more doctors to fill the physician shortage, or, alternatively, how to need fewer doctors in the first place.

Defendant In Decade Long Open Case Requests It Be Dropped

Defendant In Decade Long Open Case Requests Charges Be Dropped

Sara E. Teller - June 7, 2017

Defendant In Decade Long Open Case Requests Cbarges Be Dropped

Federal Communications Commission Seeks Feedback on Straight-To-Voicemail Tactics By Telemarketers, Debt Collectors

Ryan J. Farrick - June 6, 2017

Consumer rights advocates and three attorneys general are asking the Federal Communications Commission to curb a new straight-to-voicemail messaging technique being used by debt collectors and telemarketers. The FCC is seeking feedback from the public after receiving a petition from a ‘ringless voicemail provider’ trying to avoid regulation under the confines of the Telephone Consumer

Is ABC News Liable for Defamation Over ‘Pink Slime’ Report?

Brianna Smith - June 6, 2017

Have you heard of pink slime? Well it turns out that a “defamation trial over an ABC News report about so-called pink slime, a once-common ingredient in ground beef,” began on Monday after a South Dakota meat processing company claimed the news report “wreaked havoc on its business after it aired in 2012.” But what is pink slime?

Image of the The Beaufort Inn’s Private Cottages

Settlement Reached Between Beaufort Inn and Bride Who Was Attacked On Eve of Her Wedding

Brianna Smith - June 6, 2017

According to police, Gretchen Rhyan Mazur-Williamson was “badly beaten in a rented cottage at the Beaufort Inn in April 2009” after her assailant “entered her room through a broken rear window and waited for her to return.” As a result of the attack, the woman sued the inn back in 2012, accusing the owner, Associated Luxury Inns of Beaufort, of gross negligence for “failing to adopt and utilize adequate and proper security and emergency procedures for guests.” Now, years later, the Beaufort Inn has agreed to “an undisclosed settlement.”

Michigan Innocence Clinic Client Released After Confession Statement

Sara E. Teller - June 6, 2017

Michigan Innocence Clinic Client Released After Confession Statement

Aaron Thompson Loses Appeal In Child Death Case

Aaron Thompson Loses Appeal In Child Abuse Case

Sara E. Teller - June 6, 2017

Aaron Thompson Loses Appeal In Child Abuse Case

Presidential aides Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway, two Trump aides who received ethics waivers.

Ethics Waivers: A Huge Asterisk

Dawn Allen - June 5, 2017

While Americans went nuts last week spreading negative covfefe about a Presidential Twitter typo, the White House was reluctantly disclosing nearly a score of ethics waivers granted by President Trump to his senior staff, including former lobbyists and corporate lawyers.

Judge Is Reprimanded For Poor Social Media Etiquette

Sara E. Teller - June 5, 2017

Judge Is Reprimanded For Poor Social Media Etiquette

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