Recent Updates
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Facing death penalty, school shooting suspect in court
Court Watch 03/13/2018Now formally facing the death penalty, the suspect in the Valentine’s Day school shooting that killed 17 people in Florida is headed for a court appearance Wednesday on a 34-count indictment.An arraignment hearing is set for 19-year-old Nikolas...
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TransCanada doesn't have to pay landowner attorneys
Business Law 03/10/2018The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline doesn't have to reimburse attorneys who defended Nebraska landowners against the company's efforts to gain access to their land, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.The high court's ruling resolves a dispute...
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Former Trump campaign aide Nunberg at court for grand jury
Political and Legal 03/10/2018A former Trump campaign aide appeared for hours before a federal grand jury Friday, after he defiantly insisted in a series of news interviews just days earlier that he intended to defy a subpoena in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigat...
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Martin Shkreli cries in court, is sentenced to 7 years for securities fraud
Corporate Law 03/09/2018The smirk wiped from his face, a crying Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud Friday in a hard fall for the pharmaceutical-industry bad boy vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug.Shkreli, the boyis...
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South Carolina court questions transportation tax spending
Consumer Rights 03/08/2018The South Carolina Supreme Court is questioning how a county is spending transportation tax money.The court said Wednesday the state revenue department did not have the authority to withhold payments to Richland County.But the justices also said the ...
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Court rules in favor of fired transgender funeral director
Corporate Governance 03/07/2018A woman was illegally fired by a Detroit-area funeral home after disclosing that she was transitioning from male to female and dressed as a woman, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said R.G. & G.R. Harr...
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Brazil court largely upholds law that some fear hurts Amazon
International 03/06/2018Brazil's Supreme Court has batted down challenges to key parts of a law that environmentalists say has contributed to increasing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.The 2012 law included an amnesty for illegal deforestation that occurred before Ju...
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Turkish court rejects request for Greek soldiers' release
International 03/05/2018A Turkish court on Monday rejected lawyers' requests for two Greek soldiers arrested in Turkey to be released from custody.The two were arrested last week for allegedly entering a Turkish military zone and on suspicion of attempted espionage. Greece ...
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Cardinal's alleged sex victims testify in Australian court
Court Watch 03/04/2018The alleged victims of the most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis began giving testimony to an Australian court on Monday.Australian Cardinal George Pell wore his clerical collar for the first day of the hea...
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Philippine gov't asks Supreme Court to expel chief justice
Practice Focuses 03/03/2018The Philippine government's legal counsel asked the Supreme Court on Monday to expel the chief justice for allegedly not declaring her assets, in a new attempt to remove the nation's judicial leader.Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, who President R...
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Court: Nike logo of Michael Jordan didn't violate copyright
Corporate Law 03/01/2018A U.S. appeals court says an iconic Nike logo of a leaping Michael Jordan didn't violate the copyright of an earlier photograph of the basketball star.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that the logo was based on a photograph of Jorda...
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Brazil court largely upholds law that some fear hurts Amazon
Court Watch 03/01/2018Brazil's Supreme Court has batted down challenges to key parts of a law that environmentalists say has contributed to increasing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.The 2012 law included an amnesty for illegal deforestation that occurred before Ju...