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Int'l court: Hezbollah member guilty in Lebanon ex-PM death
Legal Compliance 08/18/2020A U.N.-backed tribunal on Tuesday convicted one member of the Hezbollah militant group and acquitted three others of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.The Special Tribunal for Lebanon said Salim Ayya...
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Court record in Colombia reveals Uribe's mounting legal bind
Legal Compliance 08/10/2020The frantic voice message to an inmate in Colombia’s notorious La Picota prison came days before powerful former President Alvaro Uribe was up against a court deadline to submit witness testimony in a potentially damaging case against him.&ldqu...
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Appeals court sides with teen who spoke out against assault
Legal Compliance 08/08/2020A federal appeals court has ruled that a lower court was justified in blocking the suspension of a Maine high school student who posted a note in a bathroom to draw attention to sexual assault.Cape Elizabeth schools suspended Aela Mansmann, then a 15...
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Court upholds health order fines for New Mexico businesses
U.S. Court Watch 08/05/2020The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld the governor’s authority to fine businesses up to $5,000 a day for violating state emergency health orders aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.The court heard arguments from a group...
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Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
U.S. Court Watch 08/01/2020A federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Cir...
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Malaysian ex-PM Najib arrives in court for graft verdict
Legal Compliance 07/28/2020Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived at court Tuesday for a verdict in the first of several corruption trials linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund.The outcome is widely seen as a test of the rule of l...
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Oklahoma high court: Governor overstepped with tribal deal
National Legal News 07/23/2020Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt overstepped his authority when he reached a casino gambling agreement with two Native American tribes, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.In a 7-1 decision, the high court determined the compacts Stitt signed with the Com...
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Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election
Legal Compliance 07/19/2020President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have tried to make it clear: Given the chance, they would push through a Supreme Court nominee should a vacancy occur before Election Day.The issue has taken on new immediacy with the ...
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No peeking, voters: Court keeps Trump taxes private for now
U.S. Court Watch 07/12/2020Rejecting President Donald Trump’s complaints that he’s being harassed, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a New York prosecutor’s demands for the billionaire president’s tax records. But in good political news for T...
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Court: Some employers can refuse to offer free birth control
U.S. Court Watch 07/09/2020The Supreme Court ruled broadly Wednesday in favor of the religious rights of employers in two cases that could leave more than 70,000 women without free contraception and tens of thousands of people with no way to sue for job discrimination.In both ...
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UK judge says Amber Heard can be in court for Depp testimony
Legal Compliance 07/05/2020Johnny Depp’s lawyers have failed to stop the American actor’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, from attending his libel trial against the British tabloid newspaper The Sun until she is called to give evidence.In a court order published on Saturday,...
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Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling
Legal Compliance 07/05/2020States can’t cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education, a divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.By a 5-4 vote with the conservatives in the majority, the justices upheld a Montana scholarship program ...