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Court: Ignorance about allergy medicine crime no excuse
Corporate Law 07/23/2017Just because a man previously convicted of methamphetamine-related crimes didn't know it was now illegal for him to buy over-the-counter allergy medicine given his criminal history doesn't mean his rights were violated, a divided North Carolina Supre...
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Top Vatican official to face Australian court on sex charges
International 07/23/2017The most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis is expected to make his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday, as he vows to clear his name in a scandal that has rattled Rome.Cardinal George Pell, Aust...
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Top EU court moves to restore Hamas terror listing
Practice Focuses 07/23/2017The European Union’s top court ruled Wednesday that Islamic militant group Hamas should stay on the EU terror list, saying a lower court should not have ordered the group removed from the EU’s terror list, and sent the case back to the lo...
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Arizona Estate Planning Lawyers Website
Legal Marketing 07/21/2017Law Promo is pleased to announce the launch of the new website for Arizona Estate Planning Lawyers. About the firm: We take pride in educating our clients and peers on successful aging. We achieve these efforts with a focus on Long-Term Care Planning...
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Court: Worker's theft convictions stick after payroll slip
Criminal Law 07/21/2017A North Carolina truck driver will have his larceny convictions reinstated after the state Supreme Court ruled enough evidence was presented at his trial to find him guilty of stealing over $115,000 from his employer following a payroll mistake.The s...
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Justices turn away GM appeal over ignition switches
Business Law 07/21/2017The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from General Motors Co. seeking to block dozens of lawsuits over faulty ignition switches that could expose the company to billions of dollars in additional claims.The justices without comment left in...
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Court delay sought in $7B Obamacare subsidy case
Breaking Legal News 07/20/2017Uncertainty over the future of health care for millions grew deeper Monday as insurers released a blueprint for stabilizing wobbly markets and the Trump administration left in limbo billions of dollars in federal payments.At the federal courthouse, t...
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Woman accused of threatening official in court
Court Watch 07/20/2017A woman accused of threatening the family of North Dakota's lieutenant governor has turned herself in to authorities.Seventy-nine-year-old Alice Olson made her first court appearance Wednesday in McKenzie County. The Bismarck Tribune says bond ...
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Texas Executes TaiChin Preyor, Who Said Lawyer Used Wikipedia
Legal Careers News 07/20/2017The state of Texas executed TaiChin Preyor on Thursday night after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a last-minute appeal. Preyor, 46, was put to death by lethal injection at a state corrections unit in Huntsville in the fatal stabbing of Jami T...
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New Mexico Supreme Court won't restore funds to Legislature
Political and Legal 07/16/2017The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request to override budget vetoes, leaving negotiations about how to solve the state's budget crisis — and restore funding to the Legislature — in the hands of the governor and lawmakers...
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Court pauses criminal case against Texas' attorney general
Attorneys in the News 07/15/2017A state appeals court has temporarily halted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's criminal case on securities fraud charges as he presses for a new judge.The ruling Tuesday comes as Paxton is scheduled to stand trial in Houston in September on felony ...
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West Virginia high court excludes inmates from workers' comp
Breaking Legal News 07/15/2017Inmates participating in work-release programs do not quality for workers' compensation benefits, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled has ruled.The court on Thursday unanimously affirmed a Workers' Compensation Board of Review's 2015 decision to no...