Recent Updates
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Indiana appeals court rules in transgender birth certificate case
Breaking Legal News 09/01/2017The Indiana Court of Appeals has clarified the process transgender residents can use to legally change their names or birth certificates.The court ruled unanimously in reversing a Tippecanoe County judge’s decision that required notices about n...
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Top NC court weighs lawmakers stripping of governor's powers
U.S. Supreme Court 08/30/2017North Carolina's highest court on Monday tackled the question of how far the Republican-led legislature can go to minimize new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's ability to pursue goals that helped him get elected last year by reshaping state government.Th...
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Supreme Court justice blocks ruling on redrawing Texas districts
U.S. Supreme Court 08/29/2017U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday temporarily halted enforcement of a lower-court ruling that required two Texas congressional districts to be redrawn. Responding to an appeal by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Alito halted action ...
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Dispute over rights to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan goes to court
Business Law 08/29/2017Tom Clancy's widow wants a court to rule that the author's estate is the exclusive owner of the rights to his famous character Jack Ryan.News media outlets report that Alexandra Clancy's lawsuit says that the author's estate should be the sole benefi...
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Access to license-plate data may be possible, court rules
Legal Careers News 08/25/2017It would violate people's privacy to publicly release raw data collected by automated license plate readers that police use to determine whether vehicles are linked to crime, but there may be ways to make the information anonymous that would require ...
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Indiana high court hearing appeal in children's fire deaths
Legal Careers News 08/25/2017The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments in the appeal of a man sentenced to death for setting a fire that killed his fiancee's two children.A Clark County jury convicted 41-year-old Jeffrey Weisheit on murder and arson charges in 2013 for the 2...
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California Supreme Court ruling could fast-track executions
Breaking Legal News 08/23/2017California could take a giant step closer to resuming executions when the state Supreme Court issues a highly anticipated ruling on a ballot measure to speed up the state's dysfunctional death penalty system.The California Supreme Court will rule Thu...
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Federal judge throws out Texas voter ID law
Practice Focuses 08/23/2017A federal judge who has compared Texas' voter ID requirements to a "poll tax" on minorities once again blocked the law Wednesday, rejecting a weakened version backed by the Trump administration and dealing Texas Republicans another court defeat over ...
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India's top court: Instant divorce among Muslims unlawful
Family Law 08/23/2017India's Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce their wives as unconstitutional.The bench, comprising five senior judges of different faiths, deliberated for three months before issuing its order ...
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Court lifts order blocking Arkansas abortion pill law
Court Watch 08/23/2017A federal appeals court panel has lifted an order blocking restrictions on how the abortion pill is administered in Arkansas, saying a judge didn't estimate how many women would be burdened by the law's requirements.The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...
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Court: FAA must reconsider regulating airline seat size
Business Law 08/23/2017An appeals court panel said Friday that federal officials must reconsider their decision not to regulate the size of airline seats as a safety issue.One of the judges called it “the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat.”The Flyer...
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Ronaldo tells judge he has 'never tried to avoid taxes'
News 08/23/2017Cristiano Ronaldo told a Spanish judge Monday that he has "never tried to avoid taxes."The Real Madrid forward, who is from Portugal, was questioned to determine whether he committed tax fraud worth almost 15 million euros ($17.5 million). Ronaldo sp...