Recent Updates
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CAS asked to judge Ecuador case by 10 days before World Cup
Family Law 09/29/2022Sport’s highest court has been asked to judge a case that aims to remove Ecuador from the World Cup by no later than Nov. 10 — just 10 days before the team should face host Qatar in the opening game.The Court of Arbitration for Sport said...
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Khmer Rouge tribunal ends work after 16 years, 3 judgments
Elite Lawyers 09/22/2022The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the Khmer Rouge for its brutal 1970s rule ended its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes after the regime caused the deaths of an estimated 1....
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Kentucky court suspends prosecutor who asked for nude photos
Criminal Law 09/17/2022The Kentucky Supreme Court has suspended an Eastern Kentucky prosecutor who promised to help a defendant in exchange for nude photos.Ronnie Goldy is the commonwealth’s attorney for Bath, Menifee, Montgomery and Rowan counties. Although the cour...
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German court rejects environmental group’s suit vs Mercedes
International 09/13/2022A German court has rejected a lawsuit from an environmental group which sought to have automaker Mercedes-Benz barred from selling cars with combustion engines that emit greenhouse gases after 2030. The state court in Stuttgart, where Mercedes-Benz G...
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Biden taps Montana law professor to be 9th Circuit judge
Family Law 09/05/2022President Joe Biden nominated has nominated a University of Montana law professor to be a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Anthony Johnstone is a former solicitor for the state of Montana who has taught at the University of Montana sinc...
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Biden taps Montana law professor to be 9th Circuit judge
Political and Legal 08/31/2022President Joe Biden nominated has nominated a University of Montana law professor to be a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Anthony Johnstone is a former solicitor for the state of Montana who has taught at the University of Montana sinc...
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Lobster fishing union drops lawsuit about new whale closure
Practice Focuses 08/25/2022A lobster fishing union in Maine has decided to drop part of its lawsuit against the federal government over new restrictions meant to protect rare whales.The Maine Lobstering Union sued the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after the g...
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Thai court asked to rule if prime minister must step down
International 08/23/2022Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Monday received a petition from opposition lawmakers seeking a ruling on whether Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has reached the legal limit on how long he can remain in office.The petition, signed by 171 mem...
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Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules
Court Watch 08/20/2022When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin’s 1849 law that bans the procedure except when a mother’s life is at risk became newly relevant.Republicans in the Legislature blo...
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Google workers demand abortion protections, data privacy
Business Law 08/17/2022Hundreds of Google employees are petitioning the company to extend its abortion healthcare benefits to contract workers and to strengthen privacy protections for Google users searching for abortion information online.Google parent company Alphabet ha...
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Palestinian hunger striker to appeal to Israel’s high court
International 08/15/2022The lawyer for a Palestinian prisoner said Tuesday that her client will appeal his case to Israel’s Supreme Court as he continues what his family says is a 165-day hunger strike against his detention. Also Tuesday, an Israeli military court ext...
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Appeals court puts Georgia PSC elections back on ballot
Family Law 08/11/2022A federal appeals court on Friday ordered that statewide elections for two Georgia public service commissioners be put back on the November ballot, only a week after a federal judge postponed the elections after finding that electing the five commiss...