Recent Updates
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Coast Guard takes rape case to SC court-martial
Legal News Center 07/03/2013A Coast Guard petty officer accused of rape, sexual assault and other charges will face a court-martial expected to begin in September in South Carolina, military officials said Tuesday. The commander of the Coast Guard district headquartered in Port...
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Adoption case returns to SC from US Supreme Court
Lawyer News 07/02/2013The U.S. Supreme Court is pushing South Carolina courts to quickly take up a custody case that will decide whether a Native American girl's life will be with her biological father in Oklahoma or the South Carolina couple who adopted her. A divided U....
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The Law Offices of David Stein - DC Assault Lawyer
Headline News 06/25/2013Assault in Washington, DC can be complicated and if you find yourself facing these charges you will need to contact a DC assault attorney. The threshold requirement for a simple Assault Charge in the District is very low. The statute criminalizes “wh...
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Houston, Texas - Workplace Hazards Lawyer
Law Firm News 06/22/2013Workplace hazard Texas attorney can represent your case if you have been injured on the job due to unsafe work environments. An employer is obligated to maintain the safety of a workplace for their workers and should also provide the proper training,...
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Court: Ex-Im Bank needs to explain Air India loan
Headline News 06/20/2013A federal bank that backed a huge airplane loan for Air India will have to explain that the loan didn't hurt U.S. airlines. A lawsuit by Delta Air Lines Inc. had accused the Export-Import Bank of failing to follow a requirement that it makes sure its...
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Corbett to pick Stevens for Pa. high court
Legal News Center 06/19/2013Gov. Tom Corbett plans to nominate state appeals court Judge Correale Stevens to temporarily fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court. Two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press of Corbett's plans on condition of anonymity, sayi...
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Court: $1M coverage for Conn. fire victim families
Headline News 06/14/2013Families suing the operator of a Hartford nursing home where 16 patients died in a 2003 fire suffered a setback Monday, when the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the home's insurance coverage was $1 million instead of the $10 million claimed by t...
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Court says human genes cannot be patented
Court Alerts 06/13/2013The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotechnology industries. The high court's unanimous jud...
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Court OKs Class-action Suit Over Apartment Leases
Headline News 06/10/2013An appeals court has certified a class-action lawsuit that seeks to invalidate provisions that are routinely included in apartment leases signed by University of Iowa students. The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that tenants of landlord Tracy B...
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Intel chair says NSA court order is renewal
Lawyer Blogs 06/07/2013The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence committee says the top secret court order for telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon is a three-month renewal of an ongoing practice. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California spoke t...
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Court: Police can take DNA swabs from arrestees
Legal News Feed 06/03/2013A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, equating a DNA cheek swab to other common jailhouse procedures like fingerprinting. "Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, like ...
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Court Upholds Rifle Sales Reporting Requirement
Court Alerts 06/01/2013A federal appeals court panel has unanimously upheld an Obama administration requirement that dealers in southwestern border states report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles. The firearms industry trade group, the National Shooting Sport...