Recent Updates
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Convictions tossed in 2016 death of 16-year-old shot in minivan in Trenton
Family Law 06/19/2023An appeals court in New Jersey has tossed out the convictions of a man sentenced to 55 years in prison after being tried as a teenager in the 2016 death of a girl who was shot in a minivan as she and other juveniles were riding around Trenton.The cou...
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Austrian court restarts US extradition proceedings for Ukrainian
Personal Injury 06/15/2023An Austrian court said Friday that it has ruled in favor of Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash in a years-long legal saga over a U.S. bid to have him extradited to face corruption charges, sending the extradition case back to square one.Firtash fa...
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters
Family Law 06/12/2023The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama, with two conservative justices joining liberals in rejecting a Republican-led effort to weaken a landmark voting...
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Southern Indiana man bolts from courtroom before capture
Criminal Law 06/07/2023A man sentenced to 200 days in jail for a probation violation bolted from a southern Indiana courtroom and tried to escape before two shocks from a stun gun brought him down, police said.Trevin Littlejohn, 35, of Columbus, faces a new charge of resis...
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Court upholds judge’s finding that Tesla acquisition of Solar City was fair
Family Law 06/05/2023Delaware’s Supreme Court has upheld a judge’s decision in favor of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a lawsuit challenging the electric car maker’s $2.4 billion acquisition of a solar panel company founded by two of his cousins.The court on Tu...
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Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands
Court Watch 05/27/2023The U.S. Supreme Court has stripped federal agencies of authority over millions of acres of wetlands, weakening a bedrock environmental law enacted a half-century ago to cleanse the country’s badly polluted waters.A 5-4 majority significantly e...
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Islamic scholar acquitted of rape by Swiss court
Elite Lawyers 05/23/2023A Swiss court on Wednesday acquitted noted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on charges of rape and “sexual constraint,” citing lack of material evidence more than a decade after the alleged actions, contradictory witness statements and what ...
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Tunisian court releases prominent radio director from prison
International 05/21/2023Tunisia’s most popular private radio station said an appeal court has allowed its director to be released on bail from prison, after more than three months of detention.Mosaique FM announced Wednesday that its director, Noureddine Boutar, was f...
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Suspect in fatal stabbing of Cash App founder pleads not guilty
Criminal Law 05/19/2023Tech consultant Nima Momeni pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee on the streets of San Francisco.San Francisco Superior Court Judge Victor Hwang ordered Momeni, 38, kept in jail without bail...
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Supreme Court won’t put Illinois gun law on hold
Court Watch 05/17/2023The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Illinois can, for now, keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain semi-automatic guns and large-capacity magazines.The high court denied an emergency request from people challenging the law, which bans...
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to California pork law
Family Law 05/13/2023The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a California animal cruelty law that affects the pork industry, ruling that the case was properly dismissed by lower courts. Pork producers had said that the law could force industry-wide changes ...
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Top Spanish court considers far-right challenge to LGBT law
International 05/08/2023Spain’s Constitutional Court said Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge lodged by the far-right Vox party against a new law extending rights for transgender teenagers and encouraging tolerance for sexual diversity in schools. The wide-ran...