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Former Residential School Student Says Info Withheld on Priest Who Abused Him

Justice department lawyers have been accused of withholding documents that show a priest who worked at an infamous Indian residential school for nearly four decades was a serial sexual predator even as they persuaded an adjudicator to deny compensation to a former student who said the priest abused him. The man, who was a student of St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont., is …


Two Attorneys Tapped to Probe Flint Water Scandal

Lee-Anne Walters from Flint holds a glass of filtered water at the Webber residence on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 in Flint, MI. Walters was unable to drink the water in fear that, though filtered, it contained lead and was unsafe for drinking.The Wall Street Journal Michigan’s attorney general has tapped a Detroit-area trial lawyer and a former head of the FBI’s Detroit field office to lead a …


How Flint, Michigan’s Tap Water Became Toxic

Soon after the switch, the water started to look, smell and taste funny. Residents said it often looked dirty. Rhonda Kelso and her daughter
“The water would come in brown and my daughter was like ‘Mom … why is the water brown?’


John Edwards (Yes, That One) Looks to Profit From Volkswagen Lawsuits in His Day Job as a Lawyer

Just when you thought the Volkswagen emissions drama couldn’t become any more of a circus, a disgraced former politician knocks on the door. John Edwards, the former U.S. senator and two-time presidential candidate and former hugely successful lawyer for plaintiffs against major corporations, is said to be lobbying a U.S. District Judge to play a leading role in the private class action …


How Tap Water Became Toxic in Flint, Michigan

Soon after the switch, the water started to look, smell and taste funny. Residents said it often looked dirty. Rhonda Kelso and her daughter
“The water would come in brown and my daughter was like ‘Mom … why is the water brown?’