Recent Updates
-
Juvenile court decision due in Slender Man stabbing case
Court Alerts 08/10/2015A pivotal decision is due this week in the case of two 13-year-old Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please online horror character Slender Man — keep them in adult court or move them into the juvenile system. The stakes are enormous...
-
Court: Lawsuit over Arkansas killing by cop may proceed
Court Alerts 08/07/2015A federal appeals court said Thursday the family of a 67-year-old man shot to death after two off-duty police officers entered his Little Rock apartment without a warrant or an invitation can move forward with a lawsuit. Eugene Ellison died Dec. 9, 2...
-
Brady lawsuit transferred from Minnesota to New York court
Court Alerts 08/03/2015Tom Brady's lawsuit against the NFL in which he wants his four-game suspension overturned will be heard in New York instead of Minnesota. Brady and the players' union filed their suit Wednesday in Minnesota. But the NFL already had filed papers Tuesd...
-
Federal report finds bias in St. Louis County family court
Law & Politics 08/01/2015The U.S. Department of Justice released a report critical of the St. Louis County Family Court on Friday, finding that black youths are treated more harshly than whites, and juveniles are often deprived of constitutional rights. Though unrelated to t...
-
Zimbabweans linked to illegal lion hunt appear in court
Court Alerts 07/29/2015Two Zimbabweans arrested for illegally hunting a protected lion named Cecil were in court on Wednesday as anger at the kill by an American dentist escalated. "If, as has been reported, this dentist and his guides lured Cecil out of the park with food...
-
Appeals court: Kansas abortion opponent must stand trial
Criminal Law 07/28/2015A Kansas abortion opponent must stand trial over a letter she sent to a Wichita doctor saying someone might place an explosive under the doctor's car, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned lat...
-
Appeals court revives challenge to consumer age
Headline News 07/26/2015A federal appeals court on Friday revived a legal challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the federal office created to protect consumers in financial dealings with banks, lenders and credit card companies. The federal appeals court in...
-
NY state Sen. Sampson found guilty of obstruction
Court Alerts 07/24/2015A once-powerful New York politician was convicted Friday on charges he lied to the FBI in an attempt to obstruct a corruption investigation targeting him for embezzlement. A federal jury in Brooklyn reached the verdict after deliberating for about a ...
-
Crimean Filmmaker Pleads Not Guilty in Terrorism Trial
Criminal Law 07/22/2015A Ukrainian filmmaker who has been in a Russian jail for more than a year on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism. Critics have dismissed Oleh Sentsov's prosecution as revenge for his pro-Ukrainian position in Russi...
-
Wife says Chinese rights lawyer being denied legal counsel
Court Alerts 07/20/2015A prominent Chinese rights lawyer whose trial is drawing near on charges of inciting ethnic hatred and provoking trouble has been denied access to lawyers for nearly a month, his wife and one of his attorneys said Monday. Meng Qun, wife of Pu Zhiqian...
-
Ill. high court rejects intervention on state paychecks
Lawyer Blogs 07/20/2015The Illinois Supreme Court has denied a request by state officials to decide the issue of paying government workers during the budget crisis. The high court made no comment Friday in rejecting the plea by Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Madigan sought...
-
Court Halts Execution Of Tyler Woman's Killer
Legal News Center 07/18/2015The Texas Court of Criminal of Appeals halted the scheduled lethal injection of Clifton Lamar Williams until questions about some incorrect testimony at his 2006 trial can be resolved. Williams, 31, had faced execution Thursday evening for the killin...