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Myanmar rejects court probe into crimes against Rohingyas
Legal Compliance 11/17/2019Myanmar’s government rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision to allow prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority.Government spokesman Zaw Htay said at a Friday night press ...
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Supreme Court steps into Google-Oracle copyright fight
Law Review 11/15/2019The Supreme Court said Friday it will referee a high-profile copyright dispute between technology giants Oracle and Google. Oracle says it wants nearly $9 billion from Google.The case stems from Google’s development of its hugely popular Androi...
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Court’s Conservatives Seem to Back Trump on Immigration
Legal Compliance 11/13/2019The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems prepared to allow the Trump administration to end a program that allows some immigrants to work legally in the United States and protects them from deportation.There did not appear to be any suppo...
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Suspect in Colorado synagogue bomb plot due in court
Legal Compliance 11/08/2019A man arrested on suspicion of plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue is set to be back in court.Richard Holzer is scheduled to appear in federal court in Denver Friday for a hearing to review the evidence against him and determine whether he...
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Court OKs conviction of pharma executive Shkreli's ex-lawyer
Legal Compliance 10/30/2019An appeals court in New York says the former lawyer of a notorious pharmaceutical executive was properly convicted in a financial fraud case.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected Evan Greebel's challenge to his December 2017 con...
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Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
Legal Compliance 10/25/2019Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong appeared in court Friday for a retrial on corruption allegations linked to a 2016 scandal that spurred massive street protests and sent South Korea's then-president to prison. "I feel deeply sorry for worr...
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Court Weighing Whether Judge Can Unseal Lynching Records
Legal Compliance 10/23/2019A historian’s effort to unseal grand jury records from the brazen 1946 lynching of two black couples on a Georgia riverbank prompted tough questions in a federal appeals court, but the judges also suggested there might be another way to win rel...
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The Latest: EU Parliament to be flexible on ratifying Brexit
National Legal News 10/21/2019An influential Brexit expert at the European Parliament says the legislature might even meet in an extraordinary plenary next week if that is what is needed to push the Brexit deal through.The EU parliament is awaiting approval for the Brexit deal in...
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Supreme Court takes up case over quick deportations
Law Review 10/19/2019The Supreme Court will review a lower court ruling in favor of a man seeking asylum and which the Trump administration says could further clog the U.S. immigration court system.The justices said Friday they will hear the administration's appeal of a ...
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Appeals Court to Hold Rehearing on Trump Hotel Lawsuit
Legal Compliance 10/16/2019A federal appeals court will reconsider a ruling from a three-judge panel that threw out a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel.The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court...
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In or out? Court case on job bias casts pall on LGBT fests
Legal Compliance 10/13/2019National Coming Out Day festivities were tempered this year by anxiety that some LGBT folk may have to go back into the closet so they can make a living, depending on what the Supreme Court decides about workplace discrimination law.But the mere fact...
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Court denies attempt led by Ohio to stop opioid trial
Legal Compliance 10/10/2019A federal appeals court has denied an effort led by Ohio's attorney general to stop a bellwether trial over the opioid crisis from starting this month in Cleveland.The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Ohio didn't object when laws...