Recent Updates
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Human rights group accuses Guatemalan courts of delays
Breaking Legal News 11/10/2017An international human rights group says Guatemalan courts are foot- dragging on high-profile cases and threatening the work of the country's prosecutors and a U.N. anti-corruption commission.Human Rights Watch analyzed eight major cases that have bo...
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'Dirty soda' Utah court battle ends with legal settlement
Court Watch 11/08/2017Two Utah chains that sell flavor-shot-spiked "dirty sodas" have settled their court battle over the sugary concept that's grown increasingly profitable in a state where sugar is a common vice, according to court documents filed Tuesday.Soda shops Sod...
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Top German court strengthens intersex identity rights
Elite Lawyers 11/06/2017Germany’s highest court has decided that people must be allowed to be entered in official records as neither male nor female, saying in a ruling published Wednesday that authorities should create a third identity or scrap gender entries altoget...
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Connecticut Governor Will Get His 6th Supreme Court Pick
Law Firm News 11/03/2017When Gov. Dannel P. Malloy makes his pick for the next Connecticut chief justice, the Democrat will have nominated six of the seven people serving on the state's highest court — a rare feat in the history of the governorship.Lawyers and other l...
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Illinois to require veterans courts across the state in 2018
Court Watch 10/30/2017A law passed last year requires every judicial circuit in Illinois to have a veterans treatment court starting Jan. 1.The courts allow veterans who were honorably discharged to plead guilty to a crime in exchange for a probation sentence, The Chicago...
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Brazilian court revives case against Olympian Ryan Lochte
News 10/28/2017Over the summer, it appeared Ryan Lochte had been cleared of criminal charges in Brazil after he was accused of fabricating a story about getting robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Olympics. On Friday, a decision made by an appeals ...
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Court gives government a win in young immigrants' cases
Immigration Law 10/26/2017A federal appeals court handed the U.S. government a victory Tuesday in its fight against lawsuits opposing a decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan directed Broo...
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Court asked to decide whether to limit electronics searches
Legal Business 10/26/2017A federal appeals court is being asked to decide whether government agents can search cell phones and laptops at airports without a search warrant.The American Civil Liberties Union argues that warrantless searches of personal information on electron...
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Ohio court won't hear case in seizure of exotic animals
Business Law 10/24/2017Another court has dealt a blow to an Ohio man who is trying to get his six tigers and several other exotic animals back from the state.The Ohio Supreme Court earlier this month said it would not hear an appeal in the case involving the owner of a roa...
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Washington Supreme Court to hear education funding case
Legal Business 10/23/2017The Washington state Supreme Court is set to hear argument on whether the state has met its constitutional requirement to fully fund K-12 education.Tuesday morning's hearing is on whether the state should still be held in contempt for lack of progres...
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Immigrant teen seeking abortion asks court to reconsider
Court Watch 10/22/2017Attorneys 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. Cour...
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Florida court sides with Gov. Scott in nursing home battle
Personal Injury 10/20/2017An 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....