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Legal representation groups who rely on legal aid from the government for payments will stage a full-day walkout on March 7 after an unproductive meeting with UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling could not resolve the proposed £220 million legal aid budget cut.

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was found guilty of accepting payoff for city contracts. Nagin became the first mayor in the city's history to be charged and convicted of corruption, as the 57-year-old, who presided over the city during Hurricane Katrina, was found guilty for 20 of the 21 counts leveled against him.

Last April, prominent lawyer and First Amendment champion Edward de Grazia died at age 86. De Grazia spent a legendary legal career defending the artistic worth of literary icons, like Henry Miller and William Burroughs, in their epic battles against censorship.