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Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl
Political and Legal 04/01/2020A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.Instead, the court found Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh guilty of the less...
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Trump cases are put on Supreme Court hold by virus
Class Action 03/29/2020The coronavirus pandemic has put on indefinite hold a major portion of the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket, including a multibillion-dollar clash between software giants Google and Oracle Corp. and cases that could affect President Donald Trump&rsq...
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Court: UK shouldn’t give US evidence on pair of IS militants
Civil Litigation News 03/25/2020A court on Wednesday barred the British government from providing U.S. prosecutors with evidence against two Islamic State militants suspected in the beheadings of Western hostages, citing the prospect the men could face the death penalty if tried an...
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Judge improperly removed mother's rights to children
Family Law 03/24/2020A Tennessee judge who recently came off probation for mishandling cases improperly stripped a mother’s parental rights without proper notice or a hearing, a state court said.The Tennessee Court of Appeals described the father as abusive to the ...
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Australian highest court to rule on Cardinal’s appeal later
Court Watch 03/15/2020Australia’s highest court on Thursday said it will deliver a verdict at a later date on whether to overturn the convictions of the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of child sex abuse.Cardinal George Pell’s lawyer, Bret Walker, told...
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Juul Labs sought to court AGs as teen vaping surged
Bankruptcy Law 03/10/2020It was a blunt warning about the dangers of youth vaping: Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced late last month that his state had joined 38 others to investigate whether Juul Labs, the nation’s largest electronic cigarette company, pro...
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International court approves Afghanistan investigation
International 03/06/2020International Criminal Court judges authorized a far-reaching investigation Thursday of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Afghan government forces, the Taliban, American troops and U.S. foreign intelligence operatives.The ...
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Supreme Court will decide fate of Obama health care law
Court Watch 03/01/2020The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, but the decision is not likely until after the 2020 election.The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruli...
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UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns
Practice Focuses 02/27/2020Heathrow Airport’s plans to increase capacity of Europe’s biggest travel hub by over 50% were stalled Thursday when a British court said the government failed to consider its commitment to combat climate change when it approved the projec...
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Court sides with Trump in ‘sanctuary cities’ grant fight
Family Law 02/26/2020The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision that conflicted with three other fed...
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Justices return for season of big decisions, amid campaign
Court Watch 02/19/2020For a Supreme Court that says it has an allergy to politics, the next few months might require a lot of tissues.The court is poised to issue campaign-season decisions in the full bloom of spring in cases dealing with President Donald Trump’s ta...
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India's top court grants equal rights to women in army
Breaking Legal News 02/17/2020India’s top court on Monday ordered the federal government to grant permanent commission and command positions to female officers in the army on par with men, asserting that the government's arguments against the policy were based on gender ste...