Recent Updates
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Pipeline company found guilty in 2015 California oil spill
Practice Focuses 09/08/2018A pipeline company was convicted of nine criminal charges Friday for causing the worst California coastal spill in 25 years, a disaster that blackened popular beaches for miles, killed wildlife and hurt tourism and fishing.A Santa Barbara County jury...
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Court gives Spanish princess' husband 5 days to go to prison
Practice Focuses 06/13/2018Judicial authorities on Wednesday told the brother-in-law of Spain's King Felipe VI that he must report to a prison within five days in order to serve five years and 10 months for fraud and tax evasion, among other crimes.Inaki Urdangarin, a former O...
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An Epic Supreme Court Decision on Employment
Practice Focuses 05/23/2018False dichotomy, meretricious piety, and pay-no-attention-to-that-man-behind-the-curtain misdirection are vital arrows in the quiver of any lawyer or judge, no matter of what persuasion. These tricks were on particularly egregious display in Epic Sys...
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High court to hear challenge to Virginia uranium mining ban
Practice Focuses 05/17/2018The state has had a ban on uranium mining in place since 1982, soon after the discovery of a massive uranium deposit in the state's Pittsylvania County. It's the largest known deposit in the United States and one of the largest in the world.The owner...
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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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Delay in Nevada gun buyer law draws protests at court debate
Practice Focuses 02/25/2018A lawyer seeking a court order to enforce a Nevada gun buyer screening law that has not been enacted despite voter approval in November 2016 blamed the state's Republican governor and attorney general on Friday for stalling the law."For either person...
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Catalan politicians in Spanish court in secession probe
Practice Focuses 02/20/2018Two prominent Catalan politicians are testifying before a Supreme Court judge for their roles in holding a banned independence referendum and making an illegal declaration of independence based on its results.Judicial police have identified left-repu...
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The Gorka Security Clearance Incident
Practice Focuses 09/10/2017Dr. Sebastian Gorka, the newly appointed Deputy Assistant to President Trump, was charged with a misdemeanor for carrying a weapon in an airport terminal on January 31, 2015. Gorka, who had been practicing with his 9mm pistol at the range ...
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Military parts dealer guilty in plot to steal Army equipment
Practice Focuses 09/03/2017A military equipment dealer was convicted Thursday of scheming with soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to steal sensitive material for sale to buyers in Russia, China and Mexico.John Roberts, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was found guilty of conspirac...
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Federal judge throws out Texas voter ID law
Practice Focuses 08/23/2017A federal judge who has compared Texas' voter ID requirements to a "poll tax" on minorities once again blocked the law Wednesday, rejecting a weakened version backed by the Trump administration and dealing Texas Republicans another court defeat over ...
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Top EU court moves to restore Hamas terror listing
Practice Focuses 07/23/2017The European Union’s top court ruled Wednesday that Islamic militant group Hamas should stay on the EU terror list, saying a lower court should not have ordered the group removed from the EU’s terror list, and sent the case back to the lo...
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Connecticut court takes up doctor-patient confidentiality
Practice Focuses 06/23/2017The Connecticut Supreme Court will be deciding an issue that most people may think is already settled — whether medical providers have a duty to keep patients' medical records confidential.A trial court judge in Bridgeport, Richard Arnold, rule...