Recent Updates
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Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
Bankruptcy 11/14/2020Republicans suffered setbacks to court challenges over the presidential election in three battleground states on Friday while a law firm that came under fire for its work for President Donald Trump’s campaign withdrew from a major Pennsylvania ...
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US to get 9th justice with Dems powerless to block Barrett
Class Action News 10/27/2020A 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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Health care law on line at court, but is it likely to fall?
Legal News Center 10/13/2020To hear Democrats tell it, a Supreme Court with President Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett could quickly get rid of the law that gives more than 20 million Americans health insurance coverage. But that’s not the inevitable outcome...
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Court blocks extension of Wisconsin absentee ballot deadline
Bankruptcy 10/09/2020A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a decision to extend the deadline for counting absentee ballots by six days in battleground Wisconsin, in a win for Republicans who have fought attempts to expand voting across the country. If the ruling st...
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2 justices slam court’s 2015 decision in gay marriage case
Lawyer Blogs 10/06/2020The Supreme Court, already poised to take a significant turn to the right, opened its new term Monday with a jolt from two conservative justices who raised new criticism of the court’s embrace of same-sex marriage.The justices returned from the...
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The Latest: Trump says he won't meet with Judge Lagoa
Business Law 09/24/2020President Donald Trump says he will not be meeting with Judge Barbara Lagoa, but says the Florida-born jurist is still on his short list to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court.Speaking to reporters during a White House press briefing Wednesday, Tru...
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Trump announces new list of potential Supreme Court picks
Court Alerts 09/11/2020U.S. President Donald Trump announced at the White House on Wednesday a new list of 20 more candidates he would consider nominating to the Supreme Court, which is widely seen as his latest effort to bolster support among conservative voters in the No...
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Britney Spears asks court to curb father’s power over her
Court Alerts 08/22/2020Britney Spears on Tuesday asked a court to keep her father from reasserting the broad control over her life and career that he has had for most of the past 12 years. In documents filed by her court-appointed lawyer that give a rare public airing to t...
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High court: Rhode Island mail-in voters don't need witnesses
Business Law 08/12/2020The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place an agreement that allows Rhode Island residents to vote by mail through November's general election without getting signatures from two witnesses or a notary.State officials had agreed to suspend the w...
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Appeals court revives House lawsuit for McGahn's testimony
Class Action News 08/01/2020A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday revived House Democrats' lawsuit to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before a congressional committee, but left other legal issues unresolved with time growing short in the current ...
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‘See you in court’: ACLU files nearly 400 cases versus Trump
Criminal Law 07/28/2020The day after Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union posted a message to him on its website: “See you in court.”As president, Trump hasn’t personally squared off against the ACLU from the ...
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California court upholds verdict in Monsanto cancer case
Business Law 07/21/2020A California appeals court on Monday upheld a groundbreaking verdict that Monsanto’s widely used weed killer caused cancer in a school groundskeeper but the panel also slashed the damage award from $78.5 million to $21.5 million.The 1st Distric...