Recent Updates
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Lobster fishing union drops lawsuit about new whale closure
Practice Focuses 08/25/2022A lobster fishing union in Maine has decided to drop part of its lawsuit against the federal government over new restrictions meant to protect rare whales.The Maine Lobstering Union sued the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after the g...
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German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
Practice Focuses 05/31/2022A German federal court on Monday mulled a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old antisemitic statue from a church where Martin Luther once preached, and said it will deliver its verdict in the long-running dispute next month. T...
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New Mexico advocates review plan aimed at education deficits
Practice Focuses 05/20/2022New Mexico’s governor has presented a long-awaited plan that would set goals for academic proficiency as the state struggles to resolve a lawsuit by frustrated parents who won a court ruling saying the state is failing to provide an adequate ed...
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India's top court suspends implementation of new farm laws
Practice Focuses 01/11/2021India’s top court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the implementation of agricultural reform laws and ordered the creation of an independent committee of experts to negotiate with farmers who have been protesting against the legislation.The S...
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German arrest order for Panama Papers lawyers faces hurdle
Practice Focuses 10/23/2020A German arrest order for two Panamanian lawyers whose firm was at the center of an international tax evasion scandal faces a substantial obstacle: Panama’s constitution prohibits the extradition of its citizens.Juergen Mossack and Ramón...
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Pennsylvania high court to settle voter signatures fight
Practice Focuses 10/16/2020Pennsylvania’s highest court granted a request Wednesday to wade into a fight over whether counties should count mail-in ballots when a voter’s signature doesn’t necessarily match the one on their registration. In its brief order, t...
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Court hears testimony on whether Assange was spied on
Practice Focuses 07/25/2020Spain’s National Court heard testimony Monday in an investigation into whether a Spanish company was hired to spy on Julian Assange during the seven years the WikiLeaks founder spent in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.The court is investigatin...
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Brazil obeys court order to resume providing full virus data
Practice Focuses 06/09/2020A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the government of President Jair Bolsonaro to resume publication of full COVID-19 data, including the cumulative death toll, following allegations the government was trying to hide the severity of the pandemi...
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UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns
Practice Focuses 02/27/2020Heathrow Airport’s plans to increase capacity of Europe’s biggest travel hub by over 50% were stalled Thursday when a British court said the government failed to consider its commitment to combat climate change when it approved the projec...
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UK parents lose court appeal to keep baby on life support
Practice Focuses 02/13/2020The parents of a baby declared brain dead by doctors have lost the latest round of a legal battle in Britain’s courts to keep him on life support.Britain’s Court of Appeal on Friday rejected an attempt by Karwan Ali and Shokhan Namiq to o...
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WADA asks sports court to open Russia case to public hearing
Practice Focuses 02/08/2020The World Anti-Doping Agency wants a rare public hearing for sport’s highest court to judge a four-year slate of punishments faced by Russia for persistent cheating.The Court of Arbitration for Sport is preparing a hearing expected within weeks...
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Bill Cosby sex assault verdict upheld; spokesman lashes out
Practice Focuses 12/09/2019Bill Cosby lost his bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday, as an appeals court upheld the verdict in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.In its ruling, the Superior Court affirmed the right of prosecutors to call other accuser...