Recent Updates
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Court refuses to hear Maryland gun case
Lawyer Blogs 10/04/2011The Supreme Court won't hear a Maryland man's argument that the Second Amendment allows him to carry a gun outside of his home for self-defense. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Charles F. Williams Jr., who was arrested in 2007...
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Mexico court upholds state right-to-life amendment
Lawyer Blogs 09/30/2011Mexico's supreme court on Wednesday let stand a right-to-life amendment to the Baja California state constitution that says life begins at conception and effectively bans elective abortions in the northern border state. The ruling appeared to allow M...
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Discover faces FDIC action on protection sales
Lawyer Blogs 09/30/2011Discover Financial Services is facing an enforcement action by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over the way it sold its payment protection, identity theft protection and other products. The Riverwoods, Ill.-based credit card company said in a reg...
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LA sheriff under fire after report slams jails
Lawyer Blogs 09/29/2011Los Angeles County's longtime sheriff is facing one of the toughest attacks of his 13-year term, after a civil rights group demanded his resignation and claimed he looked the other way while his sprawling jail network became co-opted by violent and c...
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Wis. Supreme Court takes payday loan case
Lawyer Blogs 09/26/2011The state Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Wisconsin law permits judges to determine when payday loan interest rates are too high. The court will consider whether state statutes block judges from determining if a particular interest rate is...
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Ill. court rules against releasing Drew Peterson
Lawyer Blogs 09/20/2011The Illinois Supreme Court says Drew Peterson must stay in jail while the former police officer fights charges that he murdered his third wife.Peterson has been jailed for more than two years. His trial has been on hold while prosecutors appeal a rul...
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Fugitive siblings from Fla. in Colorado court
Lawyer Blogs 09/20/2011Three siblings accused in a cross-country crime spree that began in Florida and ended with a police chase in southern Colorado could soon learn whether they'll stand trial.Lee Grace Dougherty and her brothers Dylan Stanley-Dougherty and Ryan Edward D...
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Court reinstates $675,000 damages for downloading
Lawyer Blogs 09/19/2011A federal appeals court has reinstated a $675,000 judgment against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded and shared songs on the Internet. In 2009, a jury in Boston awarded $675,000 to the Recording Industry Association of America, rep...
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Appeals court to weigh Ark. desegregation case
Lawyer Blogs 09/19/2011A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments over whether Arkansas can stop making desegregation payments to Little Rock-area schools more than 50 years after troops escorted nine black students into an all-white school.The 8th U.S. Circuit Court...
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Illinois high court hears police torture arguments
Lawyer Blogs 09/15/2011Illinois Supreme Court justices questioned prosecutors Thursday about evidence in the rape conviction of a man who says he was tortured into confessing by Chicago police officers. In oral arguments in a case with potentially far-reaching impact on ho...
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McCourts to argue over spousal support in LA court
Lawyer Blogs 09/14/2011A judge on Wednesday will consider reducing the amount of spousal support paid by Dodgers owner Frank McCourt to his ex-wife Jamie their divorce battle over ownership of the team. McCourt filed a motion in July indicating that he's paid more than $5 ...
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Former Ukraine PM's trial halted for 2 weeks
Lawyer Blogs 09/13/2011The judge presiding over former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's trial unexpectedly postponed hearings Monday for a two-week period, following renewed pressure from the United States and the European Union. Tymoshenko, 50, the former Sovie...