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After specialist contacts congressman, Army admits soldiers got ‘sub-optimal’ food
Soldiers received “sub-optimal” meal service while taking part in a major exercise last month at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, an Army colonel acknowledged in a recent letter to a member of Congress. The July 27 letter from Col. Nicholas...
Man set spike traps to keep kids on bikes off his lawn, who kept riding over it 'out of spite': Police
Goodview Park in Wyoming, Minn. (Google Maps). A Minnesota man was charged after police said he set traps on the lawn near a park to keep kids from using his yard as a shortcut. Kyle James Steffen, 39, was charged with setting a spring gun/pitfall/deadfall/snare and...
'Bigger bone than I wanted to see': Missing woman's body found in burn pit on property 90 miles from where she disappeared, cops say
From left: Felix Watson (Saline County Jail), Amber Simpson (Kansas City Police) and Damon Thomason (Saline County Jail). Authorities in Missouri arrested two men after the discovery of a missing woman's body in a burn pit in a rural area 90 miles from where she...
'Knew immediately she was deceased': 1-year-old baby girl died with her abdomen permanently 'sucked in' after mom left her to starve to death in crib all day, police say
Inset: Evangelina Thrift. Background: Nevada mom Alivia Thrift in court (KLAS). A Nevada mother neglected her 1-year-old daughter to the point where she died covered in insect bites — from cockroaches or bedbugs — and sores from lying in decaying milk and bodily...
Paul, Weiss’s Multimillion-Dollar Secret Deal To Get Its First Openly Trans Partner Out Of The Firm
We’ve spent well over a year now documenting Paul, Weiss’s descent from Biglaw’s self-appointed conscience to its most instructive cautionary tale — the craven deal with Trump, the litigation talent that bolted in response, the Epstein emails...
Former Guatemala Mayor Pleads Guilty Drug Trafficking
Former mayor admits role in cocaine trafficking operation linked to U.S. markets.
Finding the Needle: How AI Is Changing Patent Licensee and Infringer Identification
The Hidden Bottleneck in Patent Licensing: Turning a Portfolio Into Actionable Infringement LeadsPatent licensing and monetization programs live and die on a single question: out of everything in a portfolio, where is the strongest, most defensible infringement...
The Hidden Legal Risks That Hold SMEs Back—And How to Stay Ahead
Running a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) is no small feat. Between managing operations, driving sales, hiring talent, and serving customers, legal compliance often takes a back seat. Unfortunately, many businesses only recognize the importance of legal...
Legal Ethics Roundup: The ‘Unethical’ DOJ, A Biglaw Firm’s Court-Required Ethics Training, ‘Bending The Knee’ To Trump & More
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy Monday! Today...