Recent Updates
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1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court
Criminal Law 08/27/2020The nomination of the first Black woman to sit on New Jersey’s Supreme Court was confirmed Thursday by the state Senate.Fabiana Pierre-Louis, a 39-year-old attorney in private practice and a former federal prosecutor, was nominated by Democrati...
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DeSantis court pick improper, but high court won't undo
Criminal Law 08/27/2020Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis exceeded his authority by appointing a constitutionally ineligible person to the Florida Supreme Court, but the high court said in a ruling Thursday that it won't undo the appointment.State Rep. Geraldine Thompson asked the ...
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India's top court lets off lawyer who criticized judiciary
Court Watch 08/23/2020In a surprise ruling Monday, India’s top court ordered a prominent lawyer only to pay a fine of 1 rupee (less than 2 cents) after his conviction in a highly watched criminal contempt case sparked a debate on freedom of speech in the world&rsquo...
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Huawei, ZTE lose patent appeal cases at UK Supreme Court
Business Law 08/19/2020Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed two appeals by Chinese telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE over mobile data patent disputes.The disputes center on the licensing of patented technology considered essential to mobile telecoms. The patents are mea...
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Arizona landlords ask high court to invalidate eviction ban
Criminal Law 08/10/2020Landlord advocacy groups filed a special action with the Arizona State Supreme Court Wednesday seeking to invalidate as unconstitutional Gov. Doug Ducey's moratorium on evictions of people who have missed rent payments because they became ill or lost...
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UK court says face recognition violates human rig
Corporate Governance 08/05/2020The use of facial recognition technology by British police has violated human rights and data protection laws, a court said Tuesday, in a decision praised as a victory against invasive practices by the authorities.In a case trumpeted as the first of ...
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4 tribes sue over Oklahoma gambling compacts with 2 others
Criminal Law 08/01/2020Four Oklahoma tribes are asking a federal court to void gambling compacts between the state of Oklahoma and two other tribes ? agreements that the Oklahoma State Supreme Court recently invalidated.The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Citizen Potawato...
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German court convicts former concentration camp guard, 93
Bankruptcy Law 07/24/2020A German court on Thursday convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard in the final months of World War II. He was given a two-year suspended sentence.Bruno ...
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The Supreme Court's future hinges on the 2020 election
Criminal Law 07/15/2020A European Union court on Wednesday delivered a hammer blow to the bloc’s attempts to rein in multinationals’ ability to strike special tax deals with individual EU countries when it ruled that Apple does not have to pay 13 billion euros ...
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Nazi art case
Criminal Law 07/09/2020The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case involving the descendants of a group of Jewish art dealers from Germany who say their ancestors were forced to sell a collection of religious art to the Nazi government in 1935. The justices will decid...
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Split high court throws out Louisiana abortion clinic limit
Family Law 06/27/2020A divided Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era.Chief ...
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Simple math suggests complex back story at Supreme Court
Civil Litigation News 06/16/2020Organizers of a Michigan ballot drive to prohibit discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people said Monday they were evaluating whether to continue following a major victory in the U.S. Supreme Court.Fair and Equal Michigan launched the...