Recent Updates
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Supreme Court Rules Against Steelworkers' Claim
Labor & Employment 01/30/2014The Supreme Court says steelworkers do not have to be paid for time they spend putting on and taking off protective gear they wear on the job. The court was unanimous Monday in ruling in favor of United States Steel Corp. over workers' claims that th...
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Teen charged in Mass. teacher killing due in court
Headline News 01/30/2014A 15-year-old Massachusetts boy charged with killing his math teacher is returning to court Thursday for arraignment on a second rape charge. Philip Chism is charged in the October killing of Colleen Ritzer, a 24-year-old teacher at Danvers High Scho...
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Lawmakers push back against Washington high court
Legal News Feed 01/27/2014Washington state's highest court has exercised an unusual amount of power on education funding, and it's prompted some lawmakers to raise constitutional concerns. Before last year's legislative session, the court ruled that the state wasn't meeting i...
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High court rules against steelworkers' claim
Class Action News 01/27/2014The Supreme Court says steelworkers do not have to be paid for time they spend putting on and taking off protective gear they wear on the job. The court was unanimous Monday in ruling in favor of United States Steel Corp. over workers' claims that th...
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Court: Lawyers will be disbarred over child porn
Headline News 01/24/2014Lawyers convicted of child pornography charges will automatically be disbarred and prohibited from practicing law in California, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Deciding the fate of an Orange County lawyer whose license was suspended after he...
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2 killed in attack at German court
Class Action News 01/24/2014Two men were killed Friday in a shooting and stabbing at a court complex in Frankfurt in what may have been a revenge attack, authorities said. Frankfurt prosecutors said the case appeared to be linked to the fatal stabbing of a car dealer near Frank...
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Italian court hears final rebuttals in Knox trial
Criminal Law 01/20/2014A prosecutor urged a court on Monday to take steps to make sure that American Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend would serve their sentences, if they are convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher. Prosecutor Alessandro Crini p...
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Texas Supreme Court limits insurance exclusions
Legal World 01/20/2014The Texas Supreme Court issued a key ruling Friday that should boost consumer confidence in the liability insurance coverage that builders and general contractors carry. Writing for the court, Justice Phil Johnson denied an insurance company's attemp...
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High court OKs Miss. lawsuit on LCD price fixing
Class Action News 01/16/2014The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that Mississippi can pursue claims of price-fixing against a manufacturer of LCD screens in state court. The justices on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that blocked the state-court suit against AU Optron...
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Maryland appeals income tax case to Supreme Court
Legal News Feed 01/16/2014The Daily Record reports the justices on Monday asked for the Obama administration's views on the constitutionality of barring state residents from deducting income taxes paid to other states from their local city or county taxes owed in Maryland. La...
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Chile's top court rules against coal-fired complex
Legal News Feed 01/13/2014Chile's Supreme Court sided with local fishermen who contend a coal-fired power complex harms ocean life and pollutes their community, but the judges stopped short of ordering a suspension and left it to environmental authorities to decide if operati...
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Court weighs president's recess appointments power
Class Action News 01/13/2014The Supreme Court is refereeing a politically charged dispute between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans over the president's power to temporarily fill high-level positions. The case being argued at the high court Monday is the first in th...