Recent Updates
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Immigrant teen seeking abortion asks court to reconsider
Lawyer Blogs 10/24/2017Attorneys for a pregnant teen being held in a Texas immigration facility are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision not to order the government to let her obtain an abortion. Lawyers for the 17-year-old on Sunday asked the U.S. Cou...
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Tennessee church shooting suspect due in court Monday
Criminal Law 10/23/2017The man accused of fatally shooting one person and wounding six others at a Tennessee church is slated for a court appearance. A preliminary hearing for 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson is scheduled for Monday morning in front of a Davidson County g...
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Florida court sides with Gov. Scott in nursing home battle
Court Alerts 10/22/2017Florida Gov. Rick Scott has won the first round in a legal tug-of-war over his mandate that nursing homes and assisted living facilities install generators. The 1st District Court of Appeal on Thursday rejected a legal challenge to emergency rules pu...
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Court, for now, blocks immigrant teen's access to abortion
Court Alerts 10/18/2017An appeals court is blocking, for now, an abortion sought by a pregnant 17-year-old immigrant being held in a Texas facility, ruling that the government should have time to try to release her so she can obtain the abortion outside of federal custody....
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Court weighing whether graffiti mecca was protected by law
Legal News Feed 10/16/2017For two decades, Jerry Wolkoff let graffiti artists use his crumbling Queens warehouse complex as a canvas for their vibrant works. Artists gave the spot the name "5Pointz" — a place where all five New York City boroughs come together — but painters ...
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Oregon Supreme Court denies request for information release
Court Alerts 10/14/2017The Oregon Supreme Court has denied a request by The Oregonian Publishing Co. for Oregon Health and Science University to release the names of patients who intend to sue. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the court ruled on Thursday that the informati...
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Court agrees to take on US-Microsoft dispute over emails
Lawyer Blogs 10/12/2017The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on a major dispute over the government's authority to force American technology companies to hand over emails and other digital information sought in criminal probes but stored outside the U.S. The justices int...
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Australia's High Court to consider fate of 7 lawmakers
Business Law 10/10/2017Australia's prime minister said Monday that he was confident that government lawmakers would win a court challenge this week that threatens his administration's slender majority. Seven High Court judges will decide whether seven lawmakers should be d...
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Supreme Court rejects free speech appeal in sexting case
Bankruptcy 10/10/2017The Supreme Court has turned away a free-speech appeal from a former school lunch server in Minnesota who was charged with sexting a 15-year-old student. The justices did not comment Tuesday in allowing the criminal case against Krista Muccio to proc...
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NC high court reviews death penalty of man who beheaded wife
Criminal Law 10/09/2017North Carolina's highest court is reviewing whether justice means the death penalty for a survivor of El Salvador's blood-soaked civil war of the 1980s who strangled and then decapitated his estranged wife. The state's Supreme Court hears oral argume...
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Bosnian court acquits ex-Srebrenica commander of war crimes
Headline News 10/08/2017Bosnia's war crimes court on Monday acquitted the wartime commander of Srebrenica, who was accused of committing atrocities against Serbs during the 1992-95 Balkan conflict. The acquittal of Naser Oric immediately prompted anger from Serbian leaders,...
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Indiana courts see changes with new e-filing system
Criminal Law 10/07/2017Electronic filing is transforming the way Indiana's judicial system works. Fifty-five of the state's 92 counties have adopted mandatory electronic filing for most new criminal and civil lawsuits over the past 15 months, The (Northwest Indiana) Times ...