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Kenya Supreme Court says why it annulled presidential poll
Legal Interview 09/22/2017Kenya's Supreme Court is delivering its full judgment on why it annulled President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in August.The court annulled Kenyatta's victory in the August 8 election saying there were irregularities and illegalities, in response to...
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California hits Gatorade in court for "anti-water" videogame
Focused Practice 09/22/2017Gatorade has agreed not to make disparaging comments about water as part of a $300,000 settlement reached Thursday with California over allegations it misleadingly portrayed water's benefits in a cellphone game where users refuel Olympic runner Usain...
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Court: Utility, not gov't responsible for Fukushima disaster
Political and Legal News 09/22/2017A Japanese court has ruled that a utility, not the government, should pay compensation to dozens of former residents of Fukushima for losses to their livelihood caused by meltdowns at a nuclear plant after a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011.Chi...
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Ohio court sets 2022 execution date for Cleveland killer
Political and Legal News 09/22/2017The Ohio Supreme Court has set a 2022 execution date for a man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a man in an argument over a sewing machine.Death row inmate Percy Hutton, of Cleveland, was sentenced to die for the 1985 slaying of Derek Mitchell.H...
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South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison
Legal Review 09/01/2017A South Korean court sentenced the billionaire chief of Samsung to five years in prison for crimes that helped topple the country’s president, a stunning downfall that could freeze up decision making at a global electronics powerhouse long run like a...
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Supreme Court justice blocks ruling on redrawing Texas districts
Legal Review 09/01/2017U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday temporarily halted enforcement of a lower-court ruling that required two Texas congressional districts to be redrawn. Responding to an appeal by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Alito halted action ...
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Dispute over rights to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan goes to court
Legal News 09/01/2017Tom Clancy's widow wants a court to rule that the author's estate is the exclusive owner of the rights to his famous character Jack Ryan.News media outlets report that Alexandra Clancy's lawsuit says that the author's estate should be the sole benefi...
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S. Korean court says worker's rare disease linked to Samsung
Court News 09/01/2017South Korea's Supreme Court said a former worker in a Samsung LCD factory who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis should be recognized as having an occupationally caused disease, overturning lower court verdicts that held a lack of evidence against...
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Israeli protesters erect golden statue of High Court chief
Legal Interview 09/01/2017Jerusalem residents woke to discover a surprising spectacle outside the country's Supreme Court — a golden statue of the court's president put up in protest by members of a religious nationalist group.Police quickly removed the statue of Miram Naor, ...
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Access to license-plate data may be possible, court rules
Practice Legal News 09/01/2017It would violate people's privacy to publicly release raw data collected by automated license plate readers that police use to determine whether vehicles are linked to crime, but there may be ways to make the information anonymous that would require ...
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Indiana high court hearing appeal in children's fire deaths
Political and Legal News 09/01/2017The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments in the appeal of a man sentenced to death for setting a fire that killed his fiancee's two children.A Clark County jury convicted 41-year-old Jeffrey Weisheit on murder and arson charges in 2013 for the 2...
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Missouri Supreme Court rejects request to stop execution
Law Firm News 08/17/2017The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a motion from attorneys seeking to halt the execution of a man scheduled to die next week but did not explain its decision.Attorneys for Marcellus Williams had asked the state Supreme Court and Gov. Eric G...