Recent Updates
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Apple Watch sales resume after federal court blocks ban
Business Law 01/01/2024Two higher-end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered by the International Trade Commission over a patent dispute.The ITC, a federal agency, ordered the halt in October to block Ap...
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Taiwan’s presidential candidates emphasize peace in relations with Beijing
International 12/30/2023Taiwan’s presidential candidates expressed desire for peaceful relations with Beijing, which has described Jan. 13 elections on the self-ruled island as a choice between war and peace and stepped up harassment of the territory that China claims...
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Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on the state's primary election ballot
Family Law 12/27/2023Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot.The court said Wednesday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to keep Trump from appearing ...
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Britain cracks down on protests in threat to democratic norms
Legal Business 12/26/2023For holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants, a retiree faces up to two years in prison. For hanging a banner reading “Just Stop Oil” off a bridge, an engineer got a three-year prison senten...
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Paramedics convicted in Elijah McClain's death after administering ketamine
Bankruptcy Law 12/22/2023chilling effect on first responders around the country.The case involving the 23-year-old Black man’s death was the first among several recent criminal prosecutions against medical first responders to reach trial, potentially setting the bar fo...
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Reaction to court ruling FIFA, UEFA unlawfully blocked Super League
Legal Business 12/21/2023With less than a month to go before voting begins, Donald Trump ‘s Republican rivals are once again rallying to his defense, this time after Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled to remove him from the state’s presidential primary ballot u...
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Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
Business Law 12/18/2023Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even big...
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Nigeria’s Court reinstates terrorism charges against separatist leader
Legal Business 12/15/2023Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling dismissing terrorism charges against a popular separatist leader whose trial has been blamed for an outbreak of violence in the country’s southeast region.The Court said Nn...
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Brazil's Senate approves Lula ally as new Supreme Court justice
Legal Business 12/14/2023Brazil’s Senate approved the appointment of Justice Minister Flávio Dino on Wednesday to take a seat on the country’s Supreme Court.Dino, a former leftist state governor who cracked down on supporters of former President Jair Bolso...
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A court in Japan convicts three former soldiers in sexual assault case
Court Watch 12/12/2023A Japanese court on Tuesday convicted three former soldiers in a sexual assault case that authorities had dropped until the victim, a former service member, came forward demanding a reinvestigation and prompting a military-wide harassment probe.The F...
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Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School attack
Legal Business 12/10/2023A judge sentenced a Michigan teenager to life in prison Friday for killing four students and terrorizing others at Oxford High School, after listening to hours of gripping anguish from parents and wounded survivors.Judge Kwame Rowe rejected pleas fro...
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Appeals court upholds gag order on Trump in Washington case
Court Watch 12/09/2023A federal appeals court in Washington largely upheld a gag order on Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case on Friday, but narrowed the restrictions on his speech to allow the former president to criticize the special counsel who brought ...