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Spanish court convicts 53 in corruption trial
Lawyer Blogs 10/04/2013A Spanish court convicted 53 people Friday in the country's biggest-ever corruption trial, which lasted two years and centered on widespread real estate fraud and bribery in the southern jet-set resort town of Marbella. The defendants in the trial, w...
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NJ court overturns award for view lost to dune
Lawyer Blogs 07/09/2013New Jersey's highest court on Monday overturned a $375,000 jury award given to an elderly couple who complained that a protective sand dune behind their house blocked their ocean views. In a ruling seen as a wider victory for towns that want to build...
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Intel chair says NSA court order is renewal
Lawyer Blogs 06/07/2013The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence committee says the top secret court order for telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon is a three-month renewal of an ongoing practice. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California spoke t...
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Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
Lawyer Blogs 05/23/2013A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates a string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings starting with Roe v. Wade that guara...
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Crone Hawxhurst LLP
Lawyer Blogs 05/09/2013We are trial lawyers based in Los Angeles, California. We focus on business litigation, including intellectual property, employment and consumer class action defense. Although headquartered in California, we represent clients in courts and arbitratio...
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Kan. gov. signs measure blocking Islamic law
Lawyer Blogs 05/26/2012Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a law aimed at keeping the state's courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic or other foreign legal codes, and a national Muslim group's spokesman said Friday that a court challenge is likely....
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Md. highest court recognizes same-sex divorce
Lawyer Blogs 05/19/2012Maryland's highest court ruled Friday that same-sex couples can divorce in the state even though Maryland does not yet permit same-sex marriages. The Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that couples who have a valid marriage from another state can divorce in ...
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Court to decide if deportation ruling retroactive
Lawyer Blogs 05/01/2012The Supreme Court will decide whether to apply retroactively its 2010 decision that immigrants have a right to be told that a guilty plea could lead to their deportation. The high court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Roselva Chaidez, who was...
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Court Rules For Private Lawyer Hired By CA City
Lawyer Blogs 04/17/2012The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that private individuals hired temporarily by local governments have the same protection against civil rights lawsuits as public employees. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday that it makes no sense to trea...
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High court turns down Louisiana bid on Census
Lawyer Blogs 03/19/2012The Supreme Court has turned down Louisiana's bid to recover the congressional seat taken from the state as a result of the 2010 Census. The court is not commenting on its order Monday preventing the state from pursuing a lawsuit that claims the Cens...
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Supreme Court considers Fighting Sioux case
Lawyer Blogs 03/16/2012North Dakota's Supreme Court grilled the state Board of Higher Education's lawyer Thursday about the board's tardiness in challenging a law that requires the University of North Dakota's sports teams to carry the Fighting Sioux nickname. State lawmak...
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House acts against high court on eminent domain
Lawyer Blogs 02/29/2012The House sought Tuesday to undercut a 2005 Supreme Court ruling that gives state and local governments eminent domain authority to seize private property for economic development projects. Sponsors of the bill, which passed by a voice vote, said it ...