Recent Updates
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Pence slams district court rulings against Trump policies
Law Review 05/09/2019Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue rulings blocking nationwide policies, arguing that such injunctions are obstructing President Donald Trump&rsquo...
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Federal judge sends suit over pipeline back to state court
Legal Compliance 05/06/2019A federal judge has sent back to North Dakota state court a lawsuit alleging the environmental group Greenpeace conspired against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.The two sides had agreed to the move, and U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland recently sig...
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Arizona court says Costco can be sued over ED drug disclosure
National Legal News 05/05/2019The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that the Costco warehouse store chain can be sued for privacy violations by a Phoenix-area man because a pharmacist joked with his ex-wife about an erectile dysfunction prescription he had never picked up.The ru...
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EPA reaffirms glyphosate safe for users as court cases grow
Legal Compliance 05/01/2019The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed Tuesday that a popular weed killer is safe for people, as legal claims mount from Americans who blame the herbicide for their cancer.The EPA’s draft conclusion Tuesday came in a periodic review of ...
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Roggensack Re-Elected as Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief
Law Review 04/29/2019Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack has been re-elected to a third, two-year term leading the court.The court announced her re-election by fellow justices Tuesday. The result was public, but the vote was done in secret and the b...
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Kansas court bolsters abortion rights, blocks ban
Law Review 04/26/2019Kansas’ highest court ruled for the first time Friday that the state constitution protects abortion rights and blocked a first-in-the-nation ban on a common second trimester method for ending pregnancies.The state Supreme Court’s ruling r...
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Supreme Court to take up LGBT job discrimination cases
U.S. Court Watch 04/22/2019The Supreme Court is taking on a major test of LGBT rights in cases that look at whether federal civil rights law bans job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.The justices said Monday they will hear cases involving p...
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Supreme Court asked to void Louisiana abortion clinic law
National Legal News 04/18/2019A Louisiana abortion clinic is asking the Supreme Court to strike down regulations that could leave the state with just one clinic.A divided high court had previously agreed to block the law pending a full review of the case.An appeal being filed wit...
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6 appear in court on charges they sent mosque attack images
Legal Compliance 04/15/2019Six people appeared in a New Zealand court Monday on charges they illegally redistributed the video a gunman livestreamed as he shot worshippers at two mosques last month.Christchurch District Court Judge Stephen O’Driscoll denied bail to busin...
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South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban
Legal Compliance 04/12/2019In a major reversal, South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the easing of the country's decades-old ban on most abortions, one of the strictest in the developed world.Abortions have been largely illegal in South Korea since 1953, thou...
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Court finds WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty
Law Review 04/10/2019Court in Britain finds WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty of breaching his bail conditions.Police arrested Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday, after the South American nation decided to revoke the political asylum that had g...
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Court sides with Wisconsin governor in appointment fight
National Legal News 04/08/2019A Wisconsin appeals court sided with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday, ruling that he had the authority to withdraw appointments made by then-Gov. Scott Walker and approved by Republicans during a lame-duck legislative session.The state's 3rd Di...