Recent Updates
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Question of sales tax on online purchases goes to high court
U.S. Court News 03/26/2018Online shoppers have gotten used to seeing that line on checkout screens before they click "purchase." But a case before the Supreme Court could change that.At issue is a rule stemming from two, decades-old Supreme Court cases: If a business is shipp...
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California court body has paid $500K to settle sex claims
Criminal Law 03/23/2018The policymaking body for California's courts says it has paid more than $500,000 in taxpayer funds since 2011 to settle five complaints of sexual harassment against judges and court employees. The Judicial Council released the figures on...
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Brazil's top court: Lula can be jailed for upheld conviction
Legal Business News 03/22/2018A sharply divided top court voted early Thursday to reject an attempt by former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva to stay out of jail while he appeals a corruption conviction, delivering a hard blow to the front-running candidate in this year'...
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Randle, an enforcer on the court, is a gentle giant elsewhere
Court Watch 03/21/2018Nick Young and Jordan Clarkson were not scheduled to speak at Julius Randle’s wedding. It was an elegant affair, bathed in white roses to celebrate a love that began almost instantly when Randle met Kendra Shaw at a friend’s party in coll...
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Arkansas wants court to dissolve stay for death row prisoner
Consumer Rights 03/16/2018Lawyers for the state of Arkansas argued Friday that the state prison director has long had the power to determine a death row inmate's sanity and that now isn't the time to change the way it moves the prisoners closer to their executions.The argumen...
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Liberal Dallet easily takes Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Legal Business News 03/16/2018Rebecca Dallet, a liberal Milwaukee judge, easily defeated conservative Michael Screnock on Tuesday in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court, fueling optimism among Democrats for more victories in the fall midterms.The win in the first statewide gener...
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Democrats Claim Victory In Wisconsin's Supreme Court Race
Legal Business News 03/16/2018In Wisconsin Tuesday, Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet won a seat on the state Supreme Court, riding a wave of Democratic enthusiasm to victory in this (officially) nonpartisan election.The race drew national attention, mostly from big-name Demo...
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Court to decide if drug use while pregnant is child abuse
Legal Outlook 03/16/2018Pennsylvania's highest court will decide whether a woman's use of illegal drugs while pregnant qualifies as child abuse under state law.The Supreme Court recently took up the case of a woman who tested positive for suboxone and marijuana at the time ...
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Zuckerberg Flubs Details of Facebook Privacy Commitments
Business Law 03/16/2018Over two days of questioning in Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg chief revealed that he didn’t know key details of a 2011 consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission that requires Facebook to protect user privacy.With congressional h...
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Michigan Democrats back Nessel for state attorney general
Civil Litigation News 03/16/2018Thousands of fired-up Michigan Democrats endorsed Dana Nessel on Sunday in a hotly contested race for state attorney general, backing the former prosecutor-turned-civil rights lawyer to wrest back control of an office the party last held 16 years ago...
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Indian court grants bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan
Civil Rights 03/11/2018A court on Saturday granted bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who will be allowed to remain free while he appeals his conviction on charges of poaching rare deer in a wildlife preserve two decades ago.Khan was convicted Thursday and sentenced ...
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Justice Gorsuch confirms conservatives' hopes, liberals' fears
Legal Outlook 03/10/2018Neil Gorsuch became the Supreme Court’s newest member a year ago this Tuesday. President Donald Trump’s pick for the high court, its 113th justice, has now heard more than 60 cases on issues including gerrymandering, fees paid to unions a...