Recent Updates
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California court body has paid $500K to settle sex claims
Lawyer News 03/24/2018The policymaking body for California's courts says it has paid more than $500,000 in taxpayer funds since 2011 to settle five complaints of sexual harassment against judges and court employees. The Judicial Council released the figures on...
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Court clerk: Despite memo, staff not required to campaign
Court Alerts 03/21/2018The clerk of court in one North Carolina county says she never meant to require any of her employees to work for her re-election even though that's what a leaked memo said.After the memo was published, Surry County Clerk of Court Teresa O'Dell told t...
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Michigan's top court hearing cases over guns, schools
Criminal Law 03/21/2018A gun openly carried by a spectator at a school concert in 2015 has turned into a major legal case as the Michigan Supreme Court considers whether the state's public schools can trump the Legislature and adopt their own restrictions on firearms.The c...
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Randle, an enforcer on the court, is a gentle giant elsewhere
Attorney Blogs 03/18/2018Nick Young and Jordan Clarkson were not scheduled to speak at Julius Randle’s wedding. It was an elegant affair, bathed in white roses to celebrate a love that began almost instantly when Randle met Kendra Shaw at a friend’s party in coll...
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Indian court grants bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan
Business Law 03/11/2018A court on Saturday granted bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who will be allowed to remain free while he appeals his conviction on charges of poaching rare deer in a wildlife preserve two decades ago.Khan was convicted Thursday and sentenced ...
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Greek court postpones decision in Turkish extradition case
Criminal Law 03/01/2018A Greek court postponed ruling Tuesday on a Turkish extradition request for the second of nine Turkish citizens alleged to be left-wing militants and arrested in November, days before an Athens visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Naci Ozp...
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Supreme Court delays order for North Carolina to redraw maps
Labor & Employment 02/21/2018The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday delayed a lower-court order that would have forced North Carolina Republican lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional districts by next week because of excessive partisan bias in current lines.The justices anno...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court primary will leave just two
Criminal Law 02/11/2018The latest battle over the ideological balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court plays out in the Feb. 20 primary, where one of three candidates will be eliminated a head of a spring election.Partisan politics have weighed heavy over weeks of campaignin...
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Kushner firm seeks court change to keep partners secret
Legal News Feed 02/08/2018The family real estate company once run by presidential adviser Jared Kushner is shifting a federal court case to a new venue so it won't have to reveal the identities of foreign partners behind some of its real estate projects.With a deadline approa...
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Court: Idaho nuclear waste documents won't be made public
Court Alerts 02/06/2018U.S. officials don't have to provide details about proposed shipments of extremely radioactive spent commercial nuclear fuel to the country's top government nuclear research laboratory in Idaho, a federal court has ruled.The ruling was a major setbac...
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Court: Lawsuit alleging coerced confessions can go to trial
Headline News 02/05/2018A lawsuit that accuses Evansville police officers of violating three teenagers' constitutional rights by coercing confessions in the killing of a homeless man can proceed to trial, a federal appeals court has ruled.A panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Cou...
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Samsung heir freed after appeal wins suspended jail term
Court Alerts 02/04/2018Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was freed Monday after a South Korean appeals court gave him a 2 ½-year suspended jail sentence for corruption in connection with a scandal that toppled the country's president.The Seoul High Court softened the origin...