Recent Updates
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Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion
Personal Injury 04/11/2018Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Co...
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Retailers hope for certainty as Supreme Court hears tax case
Legal Outlook 04/10/2018Retailers are hoping for a resolution this year from the Supreme Court, which hears arguments Tuesday in a decades-old dispute: Whether companies must collect sales tax on items sold in a state where they don't have a store or other building.If the c...
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Court: Government can't block immigrant teens from abortion
Legal Business News 04/06/2018A federal court in Washington has told the Trump administration that the government can't interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions.A judge issued an order Friday evening barring the gove...
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Drug companies want Supreme Court to take eye drop dispute
Legal Business News 04/06/2018Eye drop users everywhere have had it happen. Tilt your head back, drip a drop in your eye and part of that drop always seems to dribble down your cheek.But what most people see as an annoyance, some prescription drop users say is grounds for a lawsu...
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Supreme Court hearing case about online sales tax collection
Court Watch 04/06/2018The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet.The case on Tuesday focuses on businesses' collection of sales tax on online pur...
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Trump administration backs PLO in victims' high court appeal
Legal Business News 04/03/2018Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more tha...
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Dayton appoints Democratic Rep. Thissen to Supreme Court
U.S. Court News 04/02/2018Gov. Mark Dayton appointed longtime Democratic state Rep. Paul Thissen to the Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday, the latest in a long line of partisans to join the state's highest court.Thissen is an attorney and Minneapolis lawmaker who has served ...
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Michigan's top court hearing cases over guns, schools
Legal Outlook 03/26/2018considers whether the state's public schools can trump the Legislature and adopt their own restrictions on firearms.The case from Ann Arbor has been on the court's docket for more than a year. But arguments set for Wednesday are getting extra attenti...
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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...