Recent Updates
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Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts
Breaking Legal News 05/26/2020Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in lawsuits by California cities and counties seeking damages for the impact of climate change.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by energy companies and rul...
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High court allows bigger award in 1998 embassy bombing case
Breaking Legal News 05/18/2020The Supreme Court is allowing a bigger award of money to victims of the 1998 bombings by al-Qaida of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Despite the court’s ruling, however, it’s unlikely the victims will ev...
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Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
Bankruptcy Law 05/15/2020A young black man filmed by a security camera walking through a home under construction in December and in February may have stopped at the site for a drink of water, according to an attorney for the homeowner thrust into the investigation of the fat...
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Called to order: Supreme Court holds 1st arguments by phone
Legal Marketing 05/10/2020They politely took turns speaking. Not a child, spouse or dog could be heard in the background. The conference call went long, but not by that much. And with that, the Supreme Court made history Monday, hearing arguments by telephone and allowing the...
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Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
Court Watch 05/08/2020On the evening before he was to argue a case before the Supreme Court years ago, Jeffrey Fisher broke his glasses. That left the very nearsighted lawyer with an unappealing choice. He could wear contacts and clearly see the justices but not his notes...
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Unanimous Supreme Court throws out ‘Bridgegate’ convictions
Legal Business 05/05/2020A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the convictions of two political insiders involved in the “Bridgegate” scandal that ultimately derailed the 2016 president bid of their ally, then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.The ju...
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Meghan's privacy case against tabloid heard at UK Court
Civil Litigation News 04/25/2020A preliminary hearing opened Friday at Britain’s High Court in the Duchess of Sussex’s legal action against a British newspaper that published what she describes as a “private and confidential” letter she wrote to her father.M...
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High court declines to revisit immigrant issue during virus
Legal Business 04/24/2020The Supreme Court on Friday declined a request by states who cited the coronavirus pandemic in asking the justices to reverse course and temporarily halt a Trump administration policy that makes it harder for legal immigrants to become permanent resi...
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Dutch court approves euthanasia in advanced dementia cases
Political and Legal 04/21/2020The Netherlands' highest court ruled Tuesday that doctors can carry out euthanasia in patients with advanced dementia if the patient has earlier made a written directive.The Supreme Court ruling solidifies in law a practice that already was being car...
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Voters reject Trump’s pick in chaotic Wisconsin court race
Legal Business 04/14/2020A liberal challenger on Monday ousted a conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice endorsed by President Donald Trump, overcoming a successful push by Republicans to forge ahead with last week’s election even as numerous other states postpone...
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Kansas' high court rules for governor on religious services
Court Watch 04/12/2020The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Saturday that a Republican-dominated legislative panel exceeded its authority when it tried to overturn the Democratic governor’s executive order banning religious and funeral services of more than 10 people durin...
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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...