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  • Argentina asks top US Court to stop 'catastrophe'

    Argentina asks top US Court to stop 'catastrophe'

    Court Alerts 02/20/2014

    Argentina filed a long-shot appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday asking the justices in Washington to avert an "economic catastrophe" by overturning lower court rulings that could force the South American government to default on billions of d...

  • Fight over gay marriage moving to federal courts

    Fight over gay marriage moving to federal courts

    Legal News Center 02/20/2014

    The overturning of Virginia’s gay marriage ban places the legal fight over same-sex unions increasingly in the hands of federal appeals courts shaped by President Barack Obama’s two election victories. It’s no accident that Virginia has become a key ...

  • Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage

    Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage

    Class Action News 02/17/2014

    Lawyers for Egypt's ousted president and his co-defendants walked out of court on Sunday to protest the soundproof glass cage in which defendants are held during proceedings, state TV reported. It said judge Shaaban el-Shamy ordered a recess after th...

  • Jacksonville man guilty of lesser counts in music shooting

    Jacksonville man guilty of lesser counts in music shooting

    Court Alerts 02/17/2014

    A 47-year-old software developer was convicted Saturday of attempted murder for shooting into a carful of teenagers after an argument over what he called their “thug music,” but jurors couldn’t agree on the most serious charge of first-degree murder....

  • Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban

    Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban

    Class Action News 02/13/2014

    In an about-face, Nevada has decided against defending its constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, the latest step in a series of battles being waged across the nation on the volatile issue. Nevada's attorney general and governor said Monday that t...

  • Ky. high court to hear death penalty appeal

    Ky. high court to hear death penalty appeal

    Headline News 02/13/2014

    The Kentucky Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case of a death row inmate who has twice won a new trial. The justices on Thursday will take up the case of 57-year-old Michael Dale St. Clair, who was convicted in the 1991 slaying of distil...

  • Farmer pleads guilty in pot growing scheme

    Farmer pleads guilty in pot growing scheme

    Criminal Law 02/10/2014

    A Northern California farmer renowned nationally for his heirloom tomatoes has pleaded guilty to leasing out his greenhouses for growing marijuana. Sixty-four-year-old Thomas Jopson of Sutter County pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture at leas...

  • Lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect due in court

    Lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect due in court

    Class Action News 02/10/2014

    Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be in court this week for the first time since U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Tsarnaev. A status co...

  • Australian court rules ANZ Bank late fees too high

    Australian court rules ANZ Bank late fees too high

    Headline News 02/06/2014

    One of Australia's largest banks faces a multimillion dollar payout to thousands of customers after a judge ruled on Wednesday that late payment fees it charged on credit cards were exorbitant. ANZ Banking Group Ltd. partially lost a class action law...

  • Judge finds Citgo guilty of Clean Air Act felonies

    Judge finds Citgo guilty of Clean Air Act felonies

    Legal News Feed 02/06/2014

    A South Texas judge has fined Citgo Petroleum more than $2 million after finding it guilty of felony violations of the U.S. Clean Air Act by its Corpus Christi refinery. U.S. District Judge John Rainey handed down his verdict and punishment Wednesday...

  • Pakistan court dismisses Musharraf medical request

    Pakistan court dismisses Musharraf medical request

    Legal World 02/03/2014

    A Pakistani court hearing the case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on charges of high treason rejected Friday a request that he be allowed to go abroad for treatment, his lawyer and a court official said. Instead, they said, it issued ...

  • Not guilty plea in Oakland attack on 'agender' boy

    Not guilty plea in Oakland attack on 'agender' boy

    Headline News 02/03/2014

    A 16-year-old San Francisco Bay Area boy has pleaded not guilty to charges that he set a male teen's skirt on fire on a public bus. Richard Thomas is facing aggravated mayhem and assault charges with hate crime allegations in connection with the Nov....

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