Recent Updates
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Family of victim in ‘Serial’ case asks court to halt case
Legal Business 10/06/2022The family of the victim in the murder case chronicled in the first season of the “Serial” podcast has asked Maryland’s intermediate appellate court to halt Adnan Syed’s court case pending the family’s appeal of a judge&...
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School dean who shot student ordered to pay $10M judgment
Legal Business 08/07/2022A former dean at a Boston high school known affectionately by students as “Rev” has been ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $10 million in damages to a former student he was convicted of trying to kill in a dispute over drug sale...
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Judge holds hearing on challenge of Mississippi abortion law
Legal Business 07/04/2022A judge held a hearing Tuesday but didn’t say how she would decide a lawsuit filed by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which is trying to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions in the state.The law — which st...
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Iowa court: Abortion not protected by state constitution
Legal Business 06/17/2022The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.The court, now comp...
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New lawsuit seeks reinstatement of NY congressional maps
Legal Business 05/02/2022A group of New York voters asked a federal court Monday to reinstate Congressional district maps tossed out by state judges last week because they were gerrymandered to favor Democrats. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, argued that even if those maps ...
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Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court
Legal Business 02/18/2022Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced the appointments of two judges to the state’s highest court on Thursday. Harford County Circuit Court Judge Angela Eaves has been appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals. Eaves, who is the first Hispanic j...
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Minnesota Supreme Court defers ruling on Minneapolis police
Legal Business 09/16/2021The Minnesota Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling Thursday in the fight over a ballot question about the future of policing in Minneapolis, but it didn’t settle the bigger question of whether the public will get to vote on the issue. Chief Jus...
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Thai court gives record 43-year sentence for insulting king
Legal Business 01/16/2021A court in Thailand on Tuesday sentenced a former civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the country’s strict law on insulting or defaming the monarchy, lawyers said.The Bangkok Criminal Court found the w...
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US to get 9th justice with Dems powerless to block Barrett
Legal Business 10/25/2020A divided Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, giving the country a ninth justice Monday as Republicans overpower Democratic opposition to secure President Donald Trump’s nominee the week before Election Day. Democra...
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Federal appeals court: Male-only draft is constitutional
Legal Business 08/14/2020A federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld the constitutionality of the all-male military draft system Thursday, citing a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court decision.In a decision that overturned a 2019 ruling by a Texas-based federal judge, a panel of the 5...
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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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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...