Recent Updates
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German court orders sentence enforced in Chile abuse case
Class Action News 08/13/2017A court in western Germany has ruled that a German man must serve the sentence of a Chilean court for his role in the sexual abuse of children at a secretive German colony in Chile. The dpa news agency reported Monday that the court in the town of Kr...
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Wyoming raises court fees for courtroom technology updates
Class Action News 08/08/2017An increase in court automation fees approved by the state Legislature aims to provide Wyoming courtrooms with adequate technology. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports people using Wyoming courts since July 1 have had to pay $15 more in automation fees...
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Federal court's agenda has topics that draw Trump's ire
Class Action News 07/15/2017The nation’s largest federal court circuit has clashed repeatedly with President Trump over the past six months, and the agenda for its annual meeting is not shying away from topics that have stoked the president’s ire. Immigration, fake news and med...
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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch: Rule of law 'a blessing'
Class Action News 06/03/2017Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch acknowledged Friday that there is "a lot of skepticism about the rule of law" in the country but defended the United States judicial system as "a blessing" and "a remarkable gift" during a talk at Harvard University...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from flight-sharing company
Class Action News 01/10/2017The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a company that wants to offer flight-sharing services using a model similar to Uber. The justices on Monday left in place a lower court ruling that said Boston-based Flytenow could not operate a website tha...
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Appeals court upholds order against Pence on Syrian refugees
Class Action News 10/02/2016A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's order blocking Indiana Gov. Mike Pence from barring state agencies from helping Syrian refugees resettle in the state. A three-judge panel for the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Mond...
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Court halts construction of another section of pipeline
Class Action News 09/18/2016A federal appeals court has ordered a halt to construction of another section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in a ruling late Friday that i...
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Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder
Class Action News 09/17/2016A Pakistani court on Saturday adjourned the case of a British-Pakistani woman's murder until Sept. 23 to give police more time to finalize charges against her father and ex-husband, who are accused of slaying her in the name of honor, police and lawy...
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Sotomayor calls job on high court blessing and curse
Class Action News 09/12/2016Serving on the U.S. Supreme Court has been both a blessing and a curse and reaching decisions is harder than she ever expected, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday during a visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The court's first Hispanic ju...
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Appeals court: Week of early voting shouldn't return to Ohio
Class Action News 08/24/2016A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Ohio law that trims a week of early voting in the swing state, reversing a judge's decision that had restored the time. Democrats had challenged a series of Republican-backed voting changes they claimed di...
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Obama rebukes Poland over paralysis of constitutional court
Class Action News 07/07/2016rebuking a right-wing government that has paralyzed the constitutional court and taken steps to control state run media. Obama said he shared his worries with Polish President Andrzej Duda in a one-on-one meeting before the opening of a NATO summit i...
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Senate confirms district court judge for New Jersey
Class Action News 07/06/2016The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's nominee for the U.S. District Court for the district of New Jersey. The vote was 92-5 on Wednesday for Brian Martinotti, who has served as a judge on the Superior Court of New Jersey since 2002. Obama...