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Tribunal: India, Italy should agree on Italian marine's bail
Legal News Feed 05/06/2016India and Italy should work toward an agreement to allow an Italian marine to return home while an arbitration process continues in the fatally shootings of two Indian fishermen in 2012, a tribunal said Tuesday. The two countries should present their...
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Iran's president slams US court ruling on frozen assets
Legal News Feed 05/05/2016Iran's president said Wednesday that a U.S. court ruling that allows for the seizure of Iranian assets amounts to theft and indicates continued "hostility" toward his country. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the families of victims of a 1...
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Court in Russia-annexed Crimea bans Tatar assembly
Criminal Law 05/04/2016The Supreme Court in the Russia-annexed peninsula Crimea on Tuesday banned a Crimean Tatar group in the latest step to marginalize the minority. Crimea's prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya who personally lodged the lawsuit welcomed the ruling against the...
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High court seems poised to overturn McDonnell conviction
Headline News 05/03/2016The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to overturn the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on political corruption charges and place new limits on the reach of federal bribery laws. Justices across the ideological spectrum expresse...
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High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing
Labor & Employment 05/02/2016The Supreme Court won't step into a dispute between Michigan gaming officials and a group of harness racing drivers over allegations of race-fixing. The drivers had refused to speak to state investigators without a grant of immunity from prosecution....
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Stoddard firefighter charged with arson due in court
Law & Politics 04/25/2016A volunteer firefighter charged with arson in connection with a brush fire that burned 190 acres in New Hampshire and prompted the evacuation of 17 homes is due to make his first court appearance. David Plante is scheduled to be arraigned Mond...
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High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing
Bankruptcy 04/25/2016The Supreme Court won't step into a dispute between Michigan gaming officials and a group of harness racing drivers over allegations of race-fixing. The drivers had refused to speak to state investigators without a grant of immunity from prosecution....
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JetBlue attendant pleads not guilty to cocaine charge
Criminal Law 04/24/2016A JetBlue flight attendant accused of trying to sneak a suitcase full of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge. City News Service says Marsha Gay Reynolds entered the plea Friday to posses...
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Federal lawyer gets 30 days for forging document
Law Firm News 04/23/2016A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney was sentenced to 30 days in jail Wednesday for forging a document to make it look like a Mexican man who wanted to stay in the United States was not eligible to do so. Jonathan M. Love was also sent...
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Arkansas funeral home pleads guilty over stacked bodies
Attorney Blogs 04/23/2016The company that owns an Arkansas funeral home where bodies were found stacked on top of each other in unrefrigerated areas pleaded guilty Friday after felony charges were dropped against the father and son who own the business. Arkansas Funer...
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High court nominee praises lawyers for helping the poor
Legal News Center 04/22/2016Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland praised lawyers for their work with low-income Washingtonians Thursday in his first public remarks since his nomination last month. Garland was on familiar turf, speaking at the federal courthouse in Washington, ...
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Court convicts Israeli in Palestinian teenager's 2014 murder
Criminal Law 04/21/2016A Jerusalem district court has convicted the main suspect in the July 2014 murder of a Palestinian teenager. The court convicted 30-year-old Yosef Haim Ben David on Tuesday of murder, rejecting a plea that he was not responsible for his actions. Ben ...