Recent Updates
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Court may reconsider ruling on police deadly force measure
Legal Business News 08/30/2018The question of whether Washington voters will have their say on a measure designed to make it easier to prosecute police for negligent shootings might not be over after all.One day after ruling that Initiative 940 should appear on the November ballo...
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Chief justice re-elected to Supreme Court of Virgi
U.S. Court News 08/27/2018The current chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia has been elected to a second term in that role.The court said in a news release Tuesday that the justices re-elected Donald W. Lemons as chief justice. His second term will begin Jan. 1, 2019...
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Israel's Supreme Court sentences tycoon to 3 years in prison
U.S. Court News 08/25/2018Israel's Supreme Court has sentenced one of the country's most prominent businessmen to three years in prison for securities fraud.The court ruled Wednesday that former IDB Holding Corp. controlling shareholder Nochi Dankner will begin serving his pr...
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Lawyers will seek to shift blame for warehouse fire at trial
Legal Outlook 08/19/2018Lawyers for the two men charged in the Northern California warehouse fire that killed 36 people said Friday they are now preparing for a trial where they will try to shift blame for the blaze from their clients to others, including the building's own...
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Alabama Supreme Court won't move lawsuit against Moore
Legal Business News 08/19/2018The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday refused to transfer a defamation lawsuit against former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore by a woman who says Moore molested her decades ago.The court denied Moore's request to have the case heard in Etowah County in...
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California high court rules for immigrant kids in visa fight
Civil Rights 08/17/2018The California Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for some immigrant children who are abused or abandoned by a parent to seek a U.S. visa to avoid deportation in a ruling that advocates said would help thousands of children.State judges cannot ...
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N Carolina Supreme Court race lawsuit returning to court
U.S. Court News 08/13/2018A North Carolina Supreme Court candidate's lawsuit against Republican legislators over a law preventing him from having his party listed on November ballots is returning to court.A judge scheduled a Wake County hearing Monday to consider requests by ...
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Court questions whether Maine has money to expand Medicaid
Legal Outlook 07/19/2018Maine's high court is weighing whether to allow the LePage administration to continue to block federal funding for voter-approved Medicaid expansion. Justices on Wednesday heard the administration's arguments against a court order r...
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Philadelphia's tax on soda upheld by state Supreme Court
Civil Rights 07/17/2018Pennsylvania's highest court is upholding Philadelphia's tax on soda and other sweetened drinks, rejecting a challenge by merchants and the beverage industry.The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the 1.5-cent-per-ounce levy is aimed at distributors and d...
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Rebel Wilson back in Australian courts in defamation appeal
Legal Business News 07/17/2018Rebel Wilson has applied to Australia's highest court to increase the comic actress's payout from a defamation case against a magazine publisher.The 38-year-old, best known for parts in the "Pitch Perfect" and "Bridesmaids" movies, was awarded in Sep...
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Missouri court gives jolt of life to long Midwest power line
U.S. Court News 07/15/2018A proposal for a high-voltage power line carrying wind energy across the Midwest received a jolt of new life Tuesday as the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that state regulators had wrongly rejected it.The ruling is a major victory in the quest by Clean...
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Court says convicted serial rapist should be released
U.S. Court News 07/14/2018A convicted serial rapist should be allowed to be released into the community under supervision, the Minnesota state Court of Appeals ruled Monday, saying the state did not prove by clear and convincing evidence that Thomas Duvall should remain in tr...