Recent Updates
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Lawyers' group asks Supreme Court to review 'Serial' case
State Bar & Other Associations 09/20/2019The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has asked the Supreme Court to review the case of a Maryland man convicted in a case chronicled on the podcast "Serial."News outlets report the group filed an amicus brief in the case of Adnan Syed...
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Court: First Amendment protects “hate group” label
Politics 09/20/2019A federal judge has ruled that a liberal advocacy group has a First Amendment right to call a Christian ministry a hate group for its opposition to homosexuality.U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, in a 141-page decision issued late Thursday, threw o...
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EU court: Dutch tax deal with Starbucks is legal
Verdicts & Settlements 09/17/2019A European Union court overturned Tuesday a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between the Dutch government and Starbucks amounted to illegal state support for the coffee giant.Dutch authorities had clawed back 25.7 million euros ($28 ...
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Iowa high court launches courthouse break-ins investigation
Politics 09/10/2019The Iowa Supreme Court says it has hired a law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the arrests of two cybersecurity workers who were found inside a closed central Iowa courthouse and say they were just doing their jobs testing courthous...
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Appeals court expands minor leaguers salary lawsuit
Daily Legal News 08/17/2019A federal appeals court has expanded a lawsuit by minor league baseball players alleging they are being paid less than minimum wage.Players sued major league teams in February 2014, claiming most earn less than $7,500 annually in violation of several...
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Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border
Politics 08/16/2019A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the U.S. government to forbid Central American immigrants from seeking asylum at the two busiest stretches of the southern border in a partial legal victory for the Trump administration.The ruling...
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Mexico high court to Health officials: Regulate medical pot
Daily Legal News 08/13/2019Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered the country’s Health Department to set regulations complying with a law allowing medical use of marijuana and derivatives.The law took effect in June 2017 but has yet to be put into practice.The high cou...
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Planned Parenthood to exit federal family planning program
Politics 08/11/2019Raising the stakes in a standoff over women’s health, Planned Parenthood said Wednesday it will leave the federal family planning program within days unless a court puts a hold on Trump administration rules that bar clinics from referring patie...
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Suspect in Norway mosque attack bruised but smiling in court
Politics 08/06/2019A suspected gunman accused of an attempted terrorist attack on an Oslo mosque and separately killing his teenage stepsister appeared in court on Monday looking bruised and scratched, but smiling.The suspect did not speak, and his defense lawyer Unni ...
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Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
Politics 07/29/2019The Kansas Supreme Court's chief justice plans to retire before the end of the year, allowing first-year Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to leave a bigger mark on the state's highest court than her conservative Republican predecessors.Chief Justice Lawto...
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Louisiana judge orders man's mouth taped for interruptions
Legal News Headlines 07/24/2019Court logs show a Louisiana district court judge ordered a man's mouth be taped shut for repeatedly interrupting proceedings.The Acadiana Advocate reports Michael C. Duhon was being sentenced July 18 for theft and money laundering.Court minutes show ...
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Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall
Legal Interview 07/24/2019The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico.The court’s five conservative justices gave the administration the green light on Friday ...