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Court: Man put clothes, ID on stand-in corpse in $2M scheme
Legal Business 12/05/2018A Minnesota man accused of faking his own death seven years ago to collect a $2 million life insurance policy arranged for a stand-in corpse to be dressed in his clothes in Moldova, according to a judge’s detention order.Igor Vorotinov, 54, als...
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Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure
Court Watch 12/04/2018Rwanda’s high court on Thursday acquitted the country’s most prominent opposition figure of all charges related to her election challenge of President Paul Kagame, as judges said the prosecution failed to provide proof of insurrection and...
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Sri Lanka court orders prime minister to refrain from duties
Practice Focuses 12/03/2018A Sri Lankan court on Monday ordered disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his ministers to refrain from carrying out their duties as it hears an appeal against them.While the ruling by the Court of Appeal is an interim order, it is yet anoth...
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Dutch court rejects man’s request to be 20 years younger
Court Watch 12/01/2018Dutch motivational speaker Emile Ratelband may feel like a 49-year-old but according to Dutch law he is still 69.A Dutch court on Monday rejected Ratelband’s request to shave 20 years off his age in a case that drew worldwide attention.“M...
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Alec Baldwin appears in court in parking-spot case
Breaking Legal News 11/26/2018Alec Baldwin appeared in a New York court on Monday after being accused of striking a man in the face over a parking space.The 60-year-old actor said nothing as he was arraigned on misdemeanor and violation-level charges. He has previously stated tha...
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Supreme Court sets high bar for medical device lawsuits
Consumer Rights 11/23/2018The tiny balloon was supposed to stretch open a blocked artery on Charles Riegel's diseased heart. Instead, when the doctor inflated the balloon, it burst.The patient went on life support but survived. His lawsuit against the manufacturer of that art...
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Porter County to start new court for mentally ill offenders
Legal Marketing 11/23/2018A northwestern Indiana county is preparing to become just the fourth in the state to operate a court specifically designed to treat the needs of nonviolent mentally ill offenders.Porter Superior Court Judge David Chidester says the county's Restorati...
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Trump lawyer confident he'll win in charity suit
Corporate Governance 11/23/2018Donald Trump's lawyer says he's confident the president's side will prevail in a lawsuit alleging that he used his charitable foundation to further his business and political interests.Trump's lawyer Alan Futerfas said a judge's decision to reject hi...
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Lawyer for WikiLeaks’ Assange says he would fight charges
Personal Injury 11/18/2018WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not willingly travel to the United States to face charges filed under seal against him, one of his lawyers said, foreshadowing a possible fight over extradition for a central figure in the U.S. special counsel&rs...
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Mexico's high court tosses law on policing by military
Business Law 11/17/2018Mexico's Supreme Court invalidated a controversial law signed last year that created a legal framework for the military to work in a policing role in much of the country, ruling Thursday that the measure violated the constitution by trying to normali...
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Mixed rulings for Republicans from Kentucky Supreme Court
Court Watch 11/16/2018In a pair of mixed rulings for Kentucky Republicans, the state Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law requiring a panel of doctors to review medical malpractice cases before they go to court while upholding the state's law banning mandatory unio...
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Court challenge to be filed over appointment of acting AG
Class Action 11/14/2018Maryland is challenging the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as the new U.S. acting attorney general.A draft filing obtained by The Associated Press argues that President Donald Trump sidestepped the Constitution and normal procedure by naming Whitake...