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US urges restraint after court moves against Sudan
Lawyer Blogs 03/05/2009The Obama administration called Wednesday for all parties to the Darfur conflict to exercise restraint after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on war crimes charges. The United States is n...
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Madoff trustee asks for firms, property and artwork
Lawyer Blogs 03/04/2009A court-appointed trustee in the case against Bernard Madoff has asked a judge if he may take over ownership of the accused swindler's firm, an associated trading firm, property, artwork and corporate entertainment tickets. Court documents seen on Tu...
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Gigantic gem is subject of LA court case
Lawyer Blogs 03/04/2009An 840-pound emerald-encrusted rock will remain in the custody of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department while a judge decides which of a half-dozen claimants owns the boulder-sized gem. The emerald is one of the largest ever found and a judge c...
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High court to decide when judges should step aside
Lawyer Blogs 03/03/2009The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a sensitive dispute about judicial ethics. The justices are expected to issue at least one ruling Tuesday morning, then consider a West Virginia case about when elected judges should step aside from cases...
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Court refuses to take case on coach's team prayer
Lawyer Blogs 03/03/2009The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a high school football coach who wants to bow his head and kneel during prayers led by his players despite a school district policy prohibiting it. In an order Monday, the justices ended Marcus Borden's f...
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Court turns down Agent Orange cases
Lawyer Blogs 03/02/2009The Supreme Court has turned down American and Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange who wanted to pursue lawsuits against companies that made the toxic chemical defoliant used in the Vietnam War. The justices offer no comment on their action Monday, re...
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Court hears appeal in freelancers case
Lawyer Blogs 03/02/2009The Supreme Court will consider reviving the $18 million settlement of a dispute involving payment to freelance writers for use of their work online. The settlement came in a class-action lawsuit filed by the freelancers against publishers and databa...
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Enemy combatant indicted in Illinois federal court
Lawyer Blogs 03/02/2009Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment against alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali al-Marri, as the Obama administration considers a new strategy for handling terror suspects. Al-Marri has been held in a Navy brig outside Charleston, S.C. for...
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Alleged terrorist in Ohio faces 20 years in prison
Lawyer Blogs 02/27/2009Nearly six years after the government accused three men of plotting terrorist bombings while sipping refreshments at a suburban Columbus coffee shop, a federal judge was expected to sentence the last of them to a 20-year prison term. American-born Ch...
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Court rules for AT&T in dispute with Internet firm
Lawyer Blogs 02/25/2009The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled for AT&T in the company's antitrust dispute with an Internet service provider over prices for high speed Internet access. The court reversed a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The...
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Court finds Sierra Leone rebel leaders guilty
Lawyer Blogs 02/25/2009An international tribunal found three Sierra Leone rebel leaders guilty of crimes against humanity. The court found all three guilty of forced marriage, marking the first time the charge has been handed down in an international tribunal.Issa Sesay an...
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Court rules for Utah city in religious marker case
Lawyer Blogs 02/25/2009The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a small religious group cannot force a city in Utah to place a granite marker in a local park that already is home to a Ten Commandments display. In a case involving the Salt Lake City-based Summum, ...