Recent Updates
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Trump’s sentencing is set for Jan. 10. Here’s what could happen next
Bankruptcy Law 01/07/2025Faced with the never-before-seen dilemma of how, when or even whether to sentence a former and future U.S. president, the judge in President-elect Donald Trump ‘s hush money case made a dramatic decision that could nevertheless bring the case t...
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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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Biden administration warns of disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
Bankruptcy Law 11/08/2023The Biden administration on Tuesday urged an appeals court to allow sweeping new asylum restrictions to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border. The government is urging a panel of judges in Pas...
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Progressive Councilmember Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville mayor’s race
Bankruptcy Law 09/22/2023Freddie O’Connell, a progressive member of Nashville’s metro council, has resoundingly won the race to become the next mayor of the Democratic-leaning city, according to unofficial results. Results from the Davidson County Election Commis...
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Judge backs penalties against county in voting machine case
Bankruptcy Law 11/19/2022A Pennsylvania judge has recommended the state’s high court impose civil contempt penalties against a Republican-majority county government that this summer secretly allowed a third party to copy data from voting machines used in the 2020 elect...
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Massachusetts governor signs bill protecting abortion access
Bankruptcy Law 07/29/2022A sweeping abortion bill designed to protect access to the procedure in Massachusetts at a time when many other states are restricting or outlawing abortions was signed into law Friday by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.The new law attempts in part to ...
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Justices rule for American woman in bitter custody dispute
Bankruptcy Law 06/15/2022The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday for an American woman who is involved in a bitter international custody dispute with her Italian husband over their young son. The high court threw out lower court decisions ordering the return of the boy...
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Pakistani court orders probe into ex-minister’s arrest
Bankruptcy Law 05/26/2022A court in Pakistan’s capital has ordered an investigation into the controversial arrest of a former human rights minister over a decades old land dispute.Chief Justice Ather Minallah of the Islamabad High Court late Saturday ordered the probe ...
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Alabama’s new transgender care felony faces federal test
Bankruptcy Law 05/05/2022A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday on a challenge to Alabama’s plan to outlaw the use of gender-affirming medications to treat transgender youth.U.S. District Judge Liles Burke has scheduled a hearing on a request to block the law&rsq...
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2nd Circuit denies Yanks request in letter unsealing case
Bankruptcy Law 04/21/2022The 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals has denied a request by the New York Yankees to rehear the team’s attempt to keep sealed a letter from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to general manager Brian Cashman detailing an investigation into sign stealin...
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Judge tosses New Mexico rancher’s claim after he kills wolf
Bankruptcy Law 03/27/2021A federal judge has tossed a rancher’s claim that he should still have the right to use federal land in New Mexico after it was revoked for killing a wolf.Craig Thiessen killed an endangered Mexican wolf in Gila National Forest six years ago an...
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US court halts drilling at ConocoPhillips project in Alaska
Bankruptcy Law 02/12/2021A federal appeals court ordered work to stop at a major oil project on Alaska’s North Slope, siding with conservation and Indigenous groups.The decision Saturday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will stop on-the-ground work for the wint...