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Lawyer Website Search Engine Optimization
National Legal News 07/22/2018Beyond simply attracting more attention to your website, keeping a regular, informative blog can be a great way to build influence in your community. If you update your blog frequently with useful information for clients, employees and individuals se...
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Suspect in 1988 killing of Indiana girl, 8, appears in court
National Legal News 07/16/2018A judge has given prosecutors until Thursday to formally charge a man who's being held in the 1988 slaying of an 8-year-old Indiana girl.Fifty-nine-year-old John D. Miller of Grabill was arrested Sunday on preliminary murder, child molesting and crim...
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Hawaii Supreme Court sides with lesbian couple in B&B case
National Legal News 07/12/2018A Hawaii appeals court ruling that a bed and breakfast discriminated by denying a room to two women because they're gay will stand after the state's high court declined to take up the case.Aloha Bed & Breakfast owner Phyllis Young had argued she ...
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Trump has 2 or 3 more candidates to interview for court
National Legal News 07/03/2018President Donald Trump has interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices and plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.Eager to build suspense, Trump wou...
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Prosecutor to press court to release church abuse report
National Legal News 07/01/2018Pennsylvania's highest court is being pressed to publicly release a major grand jury report on allegations of child sexual abuse and cover-ups in six of the state's Roman Catholic dioceses.Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro will ask the court...
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Supreme Court adopts new rules for cell phone tracking
National Legal News 06/25/2018The Supreme Court says police generally need a search warrant if they want to track criminal suspects’ movements by collecting information about where they’ve used their cellphones. The justices’ 5-4 decision Friday is a victory for...
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Giant telescope project before Hawaii Supreme Court again
National Legal News 06/22/2018The Hawaii Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in an appeal that could determine whether an embattled multi-nation telescope project can be built on a mountain Native Hawaiians consider sacred or have to move to a backup site in Spain's Canary Isl...
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Court: Compliance reached in education funding case
National Legal News 06/10/2018A long-running court case over the adequacy of education funding in Washington state has ended, with the state Supreme Court on Thursday lifting its jurisdiction over the case and dropping daily sanctions after the Legislature funneled billions more ...
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Court: Montana minimizes impact of mining near Yellowstone
National Legal News 05/29/2018A gold exploration proposal near Yellowstone National Park faced a significant setback as a judge blamed Montana officials for understating the potential for mining to harm land, water and wildlife.The ruling released Friday means the Montana Departm...
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Court says Baltimore police could fire officer in force case
National Legal News 05/11/2018The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has ruled the Baltimore Police Department followed procedure when it fired an officer accused of excessive force. The Daily Record of Baltimore reports Serge Marcien Antonin was fired for repeatedly slapping a de...
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Analysis: Voter ID Fight Testing Court as Much as New Law
National Legal News 05/06/2018The Arkansas Supreme Court's decision to allow the state to enforce its voter ID law in this month's primary while justices consider whether the measure is unconstitutional sets up a test over Republican lawmakers' efforts to reinstate a law struck d...
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Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion pastor's appeal on noise
National Legal News 04/16/2018The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a pastor who challenged a state law's noise limit that was used to restrict his anti-abortion protest outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Portland, Maine.The justices offered no comment Monday in rejecti...