Recent Updates
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Buffalo Chip takes quest to become town before Supreme Court
U.S. Court News 09/22/2019The South Dakota Supreme Court will once again hear oral arguments in Buffalo Chip's quest to become a municipality, after a lower court ruled in February that the popular motorcycle rally campground near Sturgis must be dissolved as a town.The Rapid...
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Attorneys: Court seat puts Montgomery in far different role
Class Action News 09/11/2019Attorneys say Gov. Doug Ducey's appointment of now-former Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to the Arizona Supreme Court puts Montgomery in a new role that could silence his public advocacy on policy issues.Montgomery for years has been a powe...
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Dutch-based court files new charges against Hariri suspect
Law Journals 09/10/2019A U.N.-backed court based in the Netherlands unveiled new charges Monday, including terrorism and intentional homicide, against a Hezbollah fighter who also is accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.The Special Tribunal ...
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UK court: Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament unlawful
Labor & Employment 08/30/2019A Scottish court dealt another blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans Wednesday, ruling that his decision to suspend Parliament less than two months before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union was an unlawful attempt to avoi...
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New Orleans judges seek review of court fees conflict ruling
Latest News 08/22/2019State criminal court judges in New Orleans have asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its finding that they have a conflict of interest when deciding whether some defendants can pay fines and fees.The fines and fees in question partially fund e...
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Appeals court expands minor leaguers salary lawsuit
U.S. Court News 08/17/2019A federal appeals court has expanded a lawsuit by minor league baseball players alleging they are being paid less than minimum wage.Players sued major league teams in February 2014, claiming most earn less than $7,500 annually in violation of several...
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Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border
Latest News 08/15/2019A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the U.S. government to forbid Central American immigrants from seeking asylum at the two busiest stretches of the southern border in a partial legal victory for the Trump administration.The ruling...
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Mexico high court to Health officials: Regulate medical pot
Latest News 08/12/2019Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered the country’s Health Department to set regulations complying with a law allowing medical use of marijuana and derivatives.The law took effect in June 2017 but has yet to be put into practice.The high cou...
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Planned Parenthood to exit federal family planning program
Business Law 08/11/2019Raising the stakes in a standoff over women’s health, Planned Parenthood said Wednesday it will leave the federal family planning program within days unless a court puts a hold on Trump administration rules that bar clinics from referring patie...
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Cosby lawyers ask appeals court to toss #MeToo conviction
Legal Analysis 08/07/2019A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday questioned why actor Bill Cosby never got a supposed non-prosecution agreement in writing as his lawyers asked the panel to overturn his sexual assault conviction.Cosby, 82, is serving a three- to 10-year prison...
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Swedish court temporarily frees A$AP Rocky from jail
Lawyer Blogs 08/06/2019The bodyguard of A$AP Rocky has told a Swedish court that the strange behavior and the "glossy" eyes of the man that the American rapper and his entourage are accused of assaulting in June alerted him that something was not right.Timothy Leon William...
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Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
U.S. Court News 07/29/2019The Kansas Supreme Court's chief justice plans to retire before the end of the year, allowing first-year Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to leave a bigger mark on the state's highest court than her conservative Republican predecessors.Chief Justice Lawto...