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Divorce lawyer in rockville md - Minshew & Ahluwalia LLP
Family Law 07/16/2022Nicholas C. Minshew, Attorney at Law, concentrates his practice in the area of Family Law including divorce, separation, child support, child custody, alimony, division of property, separation agreements, domestic violence, prenuptial agreements, and...
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Zimbabwe students scoop international awards for moot court
International 07/14/2022A history-making team of Zimbabwean high school students that became world and European moot court competition champions has been widely praised in a country where the education system is beset by poor funding, lack of materials and teachers’ s...
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Georgia abortion law challenge now focused on ‘personhood’
Court Watch 07/13/2022Lawyers for the state of Georgia urged a federal appeals court to allow the state’s 2019 abortion law to take effect now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled there is no constitutional right to an abortion.Ruling in a case out of Mississippi, ...
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Judge throws out Missouri AG’s COVID-19 suit against China
Political and Legal 07/09/2022A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit by Missouri Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt that blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic.U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh said in his 38-page ruling that in this case federal rules prohibit...
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Man charged with killing mother at sea seeks freedom
Court Watch 07/07/2022The man charged with killing his mother at sea in a plot to inherit millions of dollars has asked a federal court Wednesday to authorize his release from custody pending trial.The attorneys for Nathan Carman filed a motion in U.S. District Court in B...
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Judge holds hearing on challenge of Mississippi abortion law
Legal Business 07/04/2022A judge held a hearing Tuesday but didn’t say how she would decide a lawsuit filed by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which is trying to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions in the state.The law — which st...
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Senators ask minor leaguers for information on MLB antitrust
Business Law 06/29/2022The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball’s antitrust exemption.Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the comm...
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Scottish leader calls for new independence vote next year
Corporate Law 06/28/2022Scotland’s leader told lawmakers in Edinburgh Tuesday that she plans to hold a fresh referendum on Scotland’s independence on Oct. 19, 2023 — even though U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson maintains it wasn’t the right time for...
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Justices side with doctors convicted in pain pill schemes
Court Watch 06/25/2022The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for doctors who face criminal charges for overprescribing powerful pain medication in a case arising from the opioid addiction crisis.Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that prosecutors must prove that doctor...
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Seattle tax on big businesses upheld by state appeals court
Tax Law 06/22/2022An appellate court judge has upheld Seattle’s payroll tax, affirming a decision made in King County Superior Court last year. In an opinion published Tuesday, the Division I Court of Appeals deemed Seattle’s JumpStart tax lawful, The Seat...
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Construction to begin on roadway, but legal fight remains
Business Law 06/20/2022Construction is scheduled to begin this week on a long-planned road project in the south end of Burlington, Mayor Miro Weinberger said. The comments came after a federal judge lifted an order that blocked work on the first phase of what is known as t...
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Iowa court: Abortion not protected by state constitution
Legal Business 06/17/2022The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.The court, now comp...