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Ohio sheriff accused of drug theft changing not guilty plea
Daily Legal News 12/08/2016A suspended sheriff in Ohio who has denied stealing prescription drugs and misusing office funds is due in court to change his not guilty plea.Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer is scheduled to attend a change of plea hearing Monday in Fremont.Ove...
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ICC prosecutor: African states leaving court is 'regression'
Politics 12/08/2016The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said Tuesday that it is a "regression" for African nations — including her home country of Gambia — to quit the court and said the continent should work with her office to end impunity for atrocities.Spea...
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US Supreme Court could hear Charleston company, Lexmark case
Legal Interview 12/08/2016A small Charleston company that refills and resells empty toner cartridges could soon be defending itself before the U.S. Supreme Court in a dispute that could affect huge tech companies and pharmaceutical firms.Lexmark, a Lexington, Kentucky-based p...
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Lawyers for Egypt's Islamists see high court as last refuge
Practice Legal News 12/08/2016Twice this month, Egypt's highest appeals court has struck down harsh sentences against Mohammed Morsi, the elected Islamist president overthrown by the military in 2013, giving some hope to thousands of his supporters, who were jailed or sentenced t...
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Court blocks federal plan to extend overtime pay to many
Legal Interview 12/08/2016In a blow to the Obama administration's labor-law plans, a federal court has blocked the start of a rule that would have made an estimated 4 million more American workers eligible for overtime pay heading into the holiday season.As a result of Tuesda...
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UK Supreme Court hears landmark challenge to Brexit plans
Legal News 12/08/2016Britain's Supreme Court began hearing a landmark case Monday that will decide who has the power to trigger the U.K.'s exit from the European Union — the government or Parliament.The legal battle has major constitutional implications for the balance o...
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Supreme Court takes up cases about race in redistricting
Court News 12/08/2016The Supreme Court is taking up a pair of cases in which African-American voters maintain that Southern states discriminated against them in drawing electoral districts.The justices are hearing arguments Monday in redistricting disputes from North Car...
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Muslim cleric is in US court fighting against deportation
Practice Legal News 12/08/2016The leader of one of New Jersey's largest mosques has taken the stand to defend himself against charges that he lied on his green card application.Imam Mohammad Qatanani is the leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County.A judge ruled against immi...
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Court: Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case
Political and Legal News 12/08/2016A Chinese court says a star securities trader who was arrested following last year's stock market collapse has pleaded guilty to insider trading and manipulating share prices. The court in the eastern city of Qingdao said in a statement Tuesday ...
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US Supreme Court could hear Charleston company, Lexmark case
Court News 11/23/2016A small Charleston company that refills and resells empty toner cartridges could soon be defending itself before the U.S. Supreme Court in a dispute that could affect huge tech companies and pharmaceutical firms.Lexmark, a Lexington, Kentucky-based p...
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ICC prosecutor: African states leaving court is 'regression'
Court News 11/23/2016The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said Tuesday that it is a "regression" for African nations — including her home country of Gambia — to quit the court and said the continent should work with her office to end impunity for atrocities.Spea...
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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...