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Kenya court blocks closing of world's biggest refugee camp
Legal News Feed 02/11/2017A Kenyan court ruled Thursday that the government must not close the world's largest refugee camp and send more than 200,000 people back to war-torn Somalia, a decision that eases pressure on Somalis who feared the camp would close by the end of May....
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South Korean executives jailed for humidifier cleaner deaths
Legal News Feed 01/08/2017A South Korean court sentenced the former head of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser to seven years in prison Friday after the company's disinfectant for humidifiers killed scores of people and left hundreds with permanent lung damage. The Seoul Central District ...
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Muslim cleric is in US court fighting against deportation
Legal News Feed 12/04/2016The leader of one of New Jersey's largest mosques has taken the stand to defend himself against charges that he lied on his green card application. Imam Mohammad Qatanani is the leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County. A judge ruled against im...
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Court revives lawsuit against California bullet stamping law
Legal News Feed 12/03/2016Gun manufacturers have the right to present evidence supporting their claim that technology does not exist to comply with a California law requiring new models of semi-automatic handguns to stamp identifying information on bullet casings, a state app...
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German court upholds former Auschwitz guard's conviction
Legal News Feed 11/29/2016A German federal court has rejected a former Auschwitz death camp guard's appeal against his conviction for being an accessory to murder, a decision greeted Monday as setting an important precedent for future prosecutions of Holocaust perpetrators. O...
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Philippine court urged to order Marcos' remains exhumed
Legal News Feed 11/20/2016Human rights victims who suffered during the rule of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos filed petitions Monday asking the Supreme Court to order the exhumation of his remains that were buried last week at the country's Heroes' Cemetery. They also w...
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Supreme Court in holding pattern, awaiting ninth justice
Legal News Feed 10/02/2016The Supreme Court is set to begin its new term as it ended the last one — down one justice and ideologically deadlocked on a range of issues. The absence of a ninth justice since Antonin Scalia's death in February has hamstrung the court in se...
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Court gives fertilizer dealers a reprieve from policy change
Legal News Feed 09/26/2016A court ruling has given farm fertilizer dealers a reprieve from a federal policy change that some say would unfairly burden the industry. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy change announced last year would regulate retail deale...
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California Supreme Court to consider suit over Yelp review
Legal News Feed 09/23/2016The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to consider a lawsuit that Yelp.com warns could lead to the removal of negative reviews on the popular website. The seven-member court voted unanimously Wednesday to take up an appeal by Yelp of a lower c...
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Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reforms
Legal News Feed 07/26/2016A federal judge on Monday chose a monitor team to oversee reforms of Ferguson's policing and court system, a process expected to cost the St. Louis suburb more than $1 million. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry announced that Squire Patton Boggs, a...
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Court orders release of Chicago police disciplinary records
Legal News Feed 07/08/2016An Illinois appeals court on Friday vacated an injunction obtained by the Chicago police union that barred the city's release of disciplinary files dating back decades. The Fraternal Order of Police sued to block the release after a March 2014 appell...
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Court rules against White House science office in email case
Legal News Feed 07/06/2016A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that work-related emails from a private account used by the White House's top science adviser are subject to disclosure under federal open records laws. The ruling from the three-judge panel is a win for governme...