Recent Updates
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Norfolk courts latest in Virginia OK'd for jury trials
Legal Business News 09/16/2020One of Virginia’s largest courts will restart jury trials next week, six months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Tidewater-area judges to halt them. Norfolk Circuit Court is one of four courts statewide that the Virginia Supreme Court has...
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Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds federal officer
Bankruptcy Law 09/14/2020A drive-by shooting wounded a federal security officer outside the U.S. courthouse in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, and a person was later taken into custody, authorities said. The officer was taken to a hospital and was expected to recover, according...
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Trump releases list of 20 new possible Supreme Court picks
Criminal Law 09/10/2020Hoping to replicate a strategy long seen as key to his appeal among conservative voters, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he is adding 20 names to a list of Supreme Court candidates he's pledged to choose from if he has future vacancies ...
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Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing
U.S. Court News 09/07/2020A Saudi court issued final verdicts on Monday in the case of slain Washington Post columnist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi after his son, who still resides in the kingdom, announced pardons that spared five of the convicted individuals from execut...
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Slovakia court set to give verdict in reporter's slaying
Legal Business News 09/03/2020A court in Slovakia is expected to issue a verdict Thursday in the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee, a crime that shocked the country and led a government to fall.The state prosecution has requested 25-year prison terms for thr...
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Appeals court keeps Flynn case alive, won’t order dismissal
Business Law 09/01/2020A federal appeals court in Washington declined Monday to order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, permitting a judge to scrutinize the Justice Department’s request to dismiss its case against President Donald Trump’s fo...
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High Court in London backs Virgin Atlantic's rescue plan
Civil Rights 09/01/2020Virgin Atlantic’s 1.2 billion-pound ($1.6 billion) restructuring plan was approved Wednesday by the High Court in London, allowing the international airline to continue rebuilding its operations after the devastation caused by the coronavirus p...
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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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9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines
Legal Business News 08/15/2020A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection of the right to bear firearms.“Even ...