Recent Updates
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Chief justice praises work of federal courts during COVID-19
Law Review 01/01/2021Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is praising federal courts nationwide for their flexibility in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledging in his annual year-end report the role technology has played in keeping courts running.The high...
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China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years
Legal Compliance 12/28/2020A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of “picking fights and provoking trouble,” one of her lawyers said. The Pudong New Area Peo...
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Trump made lasting impact on federal courts
Legal Compliance 12/26/2020On this, even President Donald Trump’s most fevered critics agree: he has left a deep imprint on the federal courts that will outlast his one term in office for decades to come.He used the promise of conservative judicial appointments to win ov...
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Trump plan to curb drug costs dealt setback in court
Legal Compliance 12/24/2020A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare’s own costs suffered a legal setback Wednesday that appears likely to keep the policy from taking effect before the president leaves...
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Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court
Legal Compliance 12/17/2020The Senate has confirmed an Indiana prosecutor to replace Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on a federal appeals court based in Chicago.Thomas Kirsch, who currently serves as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, will replace Barr...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit
Law Review 12/13/2020The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, ending Trump's legal challenges in state court about an hour before the Electoral C...
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Federal judge casts doubt on Trump’s Wisconsin lawsuit
National Legal News 12/10/2020A federal judge Thursday cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s lawsuit that seeks to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin, saying siding with Trump would be “the most remarkable ruling in the history of this court or the federal j...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal to limit transgender students
Law Review 12/07/2020The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal from parents in Oregon who want to prevent transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms of the gender with which they identify, rather than their sex assigned at birth.The case came...
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High court to decide whether Nazi art case stays in US court
Legal Compliance 12/06/2020Jed Leiber was an adult before he learned that his family was once part-owner of a collection of centuries-old religious artworks now said to be worth at least $250 million.Over a steak dinner at a New York City restaurant in the 1990s he had asked h...
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US Supreme Court asked to block Biden win in Pennsylvania
Legal Compliance 12/02/2020Republicans attempting to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up their lawsuit, three days after it was thrown out by the highest court in the battleground state.In the reques...
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Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election
Legal Compliance 11/29/2020Pennsylvania’s highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to thwart President...
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Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
Legal Compliance 11/22/2020As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump's failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centered on the biggest prize of all: Pennsylvania.The strategy may have p...