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Pa. mayor, chief in battle over police records – msnbc.com

Macungie’s police chief says the mayor, a civilian with no law enforcement experience, has no business looking at sensitive investigative materials or telling cops how to do their jobs. Their dispute has landed in a state appeals court, and the … Continue reading

Alabama immigration fight recalls civil rights era – msnbc.com

Alabama was well-suited to be the nation’s civil rights battleground because of its harsh segregation laws, large black population, and the presence of a charismatic young minister named Martin Luther King Jr., who led a boycott of segregated …

Was autistic man really a Marine? Military court to decide – Fresno Bee

Fry struggled in boot camp and at the Marine Corps School of Infantry … the irregularity resulted in the Marines landing a man who under California state law was supposed to be ruled out. “Once a court has adjudged one … Continue reading

Tax Law update, Part 1 of 3: Home Office Deductions (Do’s and Don’ts) – Patch

Guest Blogger, Sal Curcuru, CPA and Partner in Cucuru & Associates, shares his expertise in this 3 part Tax Law Update. In Part 1 below, he explains the do’s and don’t’s of home office deductions. Stay tuned in the following weeks … Continue reading

H&R Block Can’t Proceed With TaxAct Maker Deal, Judge Rules – Bloomberg

Howell granted a permanent injunction, saying the “evidence before the court, including documents and factual and expert testimony” showed the proposed purchase violated antitrust law. She ordered that her opinion remain temporarily sealed …

Crime History: Son blows up mom’s flight, kills 44 – Washington Examiner

At the time, there was no federal law that made it a crime to blow up an airplane, so prosecutors charged him with one count first-degree murder of his mother. Colorado became the first state to sanction TV cameras in … Continue reading

Law firm prepares to move into renovated Elks Building – Rapid City Journal

Talbot Wieczorek, an attorney with Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson, Ashmore law firm, was telling his friend and contractor Peter Anderson about how the growing firm was looking for a larger space. Anderson knew that his father-in-law, Steve McCarthy …

Political pandering in D.C. – Washington Examiner

To win support from Hispanic voters, he issued an executive order mandating public safety officials ignore federal immigration laws. But he may have outdone himself this time. Last week, to maintain his African-American political base east of the Anacostia …

Obama’s Illegal-immigrant Crackdown: Implications for Hispanics – ABC News

Much has been made of how this is playing out on the state level, with Arizona and Alabama among the states passing tough immigration laws. But a crackdown, at least a partial one, has been happening at the federal level, … Continue reading

State medical marijuana law creates haze of ambiguity for medical community, spurs growth of certification clinics – MLive.com

Hayes said his family physician wouldn’t have qualified him to receive … the drug still is illegal under federal law. It is not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and doctors cannot write a prescription for it.