Recent Updates
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Philippine court urged to order Marcos' remains exhumed
Practice Legal News 11/23/2016Human rights victims who suffered during the rule of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos filed petitions Monday asking the Supreme Court to order the exhumation of his remains that were buried last week at the country's Heroes' Cemetery.They also wa...
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French court restores far-right candidate's ties to father
Political and Legal News 11/23/2016French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen thought she had cut the political cord with her controversial father by expelling him from the far-right party he founded, but a court ruled Thursday Jean-Marie Le Pen still is the National Front's honorary...
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Nevada high court considering email public records question
Lawyer News 11/23/2016Neighbors' efforts to block the reopening of a mine in a historic Nevada mining town have unearthed a legal question about whether emails kept by elected officials on their personal devices are public records.The Comstock Residents Association wants ...
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Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
Legal Interview 11/23/2016The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday night stayed the execution of an Alabama man convicted of the 1982 shooting death of a woman's husband in a murder-for-hire arrangement.Five justices voted to stay the execution of Tommy Arthur as the high court con...
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ICC prosecutors: US forces may have committed war crimes
Politics 11/23/2016U.S. troops and CIA agents could face investigation and possible charges by the International Criminal Court after its chief prosecutor said in a report that they may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan."Members of US arme...
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Hawaii Supreme Court affirms Maui solar telescope permit
Political and Legal News 11/23/2016Hawaii's Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed a permit to build a solar telescope on a Maui mountain. The ruling denies a challenge by a group seeking to protect the sacredness of the summit of Haleakala (hah-leh-AH'-ka-lah). The University of Haw...
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Defense attorney sparks 'Black Lives' protest in Vegas court
Law Firm News 09/21/2016A defense attorney touched off a protest about race and free expression in a Las Vegas courtroom when she refused to remove a "Black Lives Matter" button from her blouse despite a judge's request not to demonstrate what he called "political speech."C...
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DC gun law gets hearing before Washington appeals court
Legal Review 09/21/2016An appeals court will hear challenges to a District of Columbia law that places tough requirements for gun owners to get concealed carry permits. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is hearing arguments Tu...
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Kenya: World court has no jurisdiction in Somalia dispute
Legal Interview 09/21/2016Kenya says that the International Court of Justice has no jurisdiction in a case filed by Somalia covering a dispute over potentially oil-rich seabed off the two countries' Indian Ocean coasts.Somalia launched a case with the United Nations' highest ...
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Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun
Practice Legal News 09/21/2016A Michigan man who can't buy a gun because he was briefly treated for mental health problems in the 1980s has won a key decision from a federal appeals court, which says the burden is on the government to justify a lifetime ban against him.The Second...
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Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder
Focused Practice 09/21/2016A Pakistani court on Saturday adjourned the case of a British-Pakistani woman's murder until Sept. 23 to give police more time to finalize charges against her father and ex-husband, who are accused of slaying her in the name of honor, police and lawy...
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Appeals court orders judge to expunge woman's convictions
Politics 09/21/2016A state appeals court has overruled a western Indiana judge and ordered him to expunge a woman's convictions despite his disgust for her crimes.The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 last week that Jay Circuit Judge Brian Hutchison must expunge the c...