Recent Updates
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Academic accused in Chicago killing due in California court
Practice Legal News 08/17/2017A Northwestern University microbiologist suspected in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago man is due in a California courtroom.Wyndham Lathem and Oxford University financial officer, Andrew Warren, were sought in a cross-country chase on firs...
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Hearing In San Diego Unified Suit Against The College Board
Practice Legal News 07/20/2017Judge Michael M. Anello will hear San Diego Unified's motion for a temporary restraining order in federal court 4 p.m. Friday, according to court records. The district filed a lawsuit Friday against the College Board and Educational Testing Services,...
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With court victory, hand of Brazil's president strengthened
Practice Legal News 06/11/2017Fighting to save his job, Brazilian President Michel Temer has received a huge boost from a decision by the country's top electoral court to reject allegations of illegal campaign finance and keep him in office.The Superior Electoral Tribunal's 4-3 v...
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Court: Neighbors can sue pot grower for stinky smells
Practice Legal News 06/11/2017A pot farm's neighbor can sue them for smells and other nuisances that could harm their property values, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling revives a lawsuit between a Colorado horse farm and a neigh...
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High court ruling may give voter rights groups a strong tool
Practice Legal News 05/24/2017The Supreme Court's ruling that two North Carolina congressional districts relied too heavily on race should give voting-rights advocates a potent tool to fight other electoral maps drawn to give Republicans an advantage in the state.The justices agr...
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Finnish court releases Iraqi twins in IS-related killings
Practice Legal News 05/24/2017A Finnish court has thrown out charges against Iraqi twin brothers of taking part in Islamic State-related killings of at least 11 unarmed soldiers.The Pirkanmaa District Court says the two who were not identified, were set free on Wednesday.The cour...
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Appeal in boy's burp arrest case relies on Gorsuch dissent
Practice Legal News 05/17/2017One of Neil Gorsuch's sharpest dissents as an appeals court judge came just six months before he was nominated for the Supreme Court.That's when he sided with a New Mexico seventh-grader who was handcuffed and arrested after his teacher said the stud...
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Supreme Court says cities can sue banks under anti-bias law
Practice Legal News 05/07/2017The Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities may sue banks under the federal anti-discrimination in housing law, but said those lawsuits must tie claims about predatory lending practices among minority customers directly to declines in property taxes.T...
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Michigan Supreme Court Justice Young announces retirement
Practice Legal News 04/03/2017Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young plans to retire and return to his former law firm.A statement from the court says Young announced his plans Wednesday during a meeting with fellow Michigan Supreme Court justices. The 65-year-old says his r...
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Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick
Practice Legal News 04/03/2017Senate Democrats on Monday forced a one-week delay in a committee vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, who remains on track for confirmation with solid Republican backing.Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Commi...
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Ohio court considers privacy rights in backpack search
Practice Legal News 03/08/2017The state Supreme Court will hear arguments over the constitutionality of an Ohio student's backpack search that authorities say led first to the discovery of bullets and later a gun.At issue before the high court is whether a second search of the ba...
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Aaron Hernandez expected in court as murder trial nears
Practice Legal News 01/23/2017Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez is expected in a Boston courtroom for a pretrial hearing in his upcoming double murder trial.Hernandez is accused of killing two men he encountered at a Boston nightclub in 2012. Prosecutors say the former New England ...