Legal News Roundup - 8/10/18
Had a busy week? Here are some of the top legal news stories you may have missed.
1) “Argentina’s Senate has begun a session to decide on legalizing elective abortions — an issue that bitterly divides the homeland of Pope Francis.” See more about the debate on a historic abortion law from the Washington Post: http://ow.ly/kCQ230ljTuh
2) From the New York Times, “here is a look at some ways Donald Trump Jr. may be in legal jeopardy”: http://ow.ly/7utS30ljTkP
3) “Voters in Missouri have overwhelmingly rejected a right-to-work law passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature that would have banned compulsory union fees — a resounding victory for organized labor that spent millions of dollars to defeat the measure.” NPR has all the latest details here: http://ow.ly/MEc230ljSHl
4) “Rick Gates, a longtime business associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, on Monday testified that he helped Manafort file false tax returns and hide his foreign bank accounts.” Learn more here from Reuters: http://ow.ly/E4r230ljTLN
5) “The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar withdrew a resolution before the ABA House of Delegates on Monday that called for cutting Standard 503, which requires an exam for law school admission, and beefing up Standard 501 to include the use of admission credentials and academic attrition when determining accreditation compliance.” Find out more on this issue from the ABA Journal: http://ow.ly/dOwy30ljTZ4
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