Recent Updates
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Court extends detention of Cambodian opposition leader
Law Journals 08/30/2018A court in Cambodia has extended by six months the pre-trial detention of Kem Sokha, the leader of the now-dissolved main opposition party who already has been held for a year on a treason charge.One of Kem Sokha's lawyers says the court ruled Thursd...
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India's top court calls for new law to curb mob violence
Law Journals 07/15/2018India's highest court on Tuesday asked the federal government to consider enacting a law to deal with an increase in lynchings and mob violence fueled mostly by rumors that the victims either belonged to members of child kidnapping gangs or were beef...
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Court: Drug users can be jailed for relapsing on probation
Law Journals 07/13/2018In a case that has attracted national attention, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Monday that judges in the state have the authority to order people to remain drug free as a condition of probation and under some circumstances order a defendant jail...
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Lawyers: 2014 arrest at Vegas hotel precursor to killings
Law Journals 07/05/2018Attorneys in a negligence lawsuit stemming from the Las Vegas Strip shooting say the massacre could have been avoided if hotel management tightened security after a man was found with multiple weapons at the Mandalay Bay resort in 2014.Lawyer Robert ...
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Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg wins GOP attorney general nod
Law Journals 06/22/2018South Dakota Republicans on Saturday chose Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg to run against Democratic former U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler in the race for state attorney general.GOP delegates voted to nominate Ravnsborg at their state party convention, wh...
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Court: Compliance reached in education funding case
Law Journals 06/10/2018A long-running court case over the adequacy of education funding in Washington state has ended, with the state Supreme Court on Thursday lifting its jurisdiction over the case and dropping daily sanctions after the Legislature funneled billions more ...
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Court upholds Phoenix law over same-sex wedding invitations
Law Journals 06/08/2018An Arizona appeals court on Thursday upheld a Phoenix anti-discrimination law that makes it illegal for businesses to refuse service to same-sex couples because of religion.The ruling comes days after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Colorado bake...
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The Latest: Colorado governor announces Supreme Court pick
Law Journals 06/05/2018Gov. John Hickenlooper has named Carlos Samour to the Colorado Supreme Court, filling a vacancy left by Chief Justice Nancy Rice's imminent retirement.Samour, a judge in the 18th Judicial District in Arapahoe County, is best known for presiding over ...
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High Court Rules in Dispute Over Immigrant Teen's Abortion
Law Journals 06/05/2018The Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case about a pregnant immigrant teen who obtained an abortion with the help of the ACLU, siding with the Trump administration and wiping away a lower court decision for the teen but rejecting a suggestion her lawye...
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High court to hear challenge to Virginia uranium mining ban
Law Journals 05/19/2018The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to Virginia's decades-old ban on uranium mining.The 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 Count...
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Trump's personal attorney has dropped a pair of libel suits
Law Journals 04/19/2018President Donald Trump's personal attorney dropped a pair of libel lawsuits against BuzzFeed and investigation firm Fusion GPS amid the stir caused by an FBI search of the lawyer's files.Michael Cohen had sued in New York City over publication of the...
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Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion
Law Journals 04/19/2018Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Co...