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429 entries in 'Areas of Focus' |
2024/12/14
US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
2024/09/27
North Carolina appeals court blocks use of UNC's digital ID for voting
2022/12/01
Justices spar in latest clash of religion and gay rights
2022/10/06
W.Va. Supreme Court hears arguments in school voucher case
2022/06/20
Construction to begin on roadway, but legal fight remains
2022/03/07
Not guilty plea entered in alleged drug deal slaying
2020/10/27
High court won’t extend Wisconsin’s absentee ballot deadline
2020/10/21
Senators work over weekend to put Amy Coney Barrett on Supreme Court
2020/10/11
Supreme Court pick Barrett draws on faith, family for Senate
2020/08/15
9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines
2020/07/27
Court hears testimony on whether Assange was spied on
2020/06/08
Arena turned court for first felony jury trial in months
2020/05/20
Oregon high court keeps state virus restrictions in place
2020/04/18
Virginia high court rejects bid to keep slave block in place
2020/04/15
Democratic super PAC: We will fight Trump in court over ads
2020/03/08
Spanish court: Google search must show man's acquittal first
2020/03/02
Supreme Court will decide fate of Obama health care law
2020/01/06
Trump Gets Woman’s Suit Delayed Until NY Top Court Weighs In
2019/12/08
Georgia courts urged to require sex harassment training
2019/12/07
As Dems zero in on White House, Trump racks up court losses
2019/07/10
US appeals court sides with Trump in lawsuit involving hotel
2019/06/27
Supreme Court to review Montana school choice program
2019/06/25
Census, redistricting top remaining Supreme Court cases
2019/06/09
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Regulation Of Gun Silencers
2019/04/08
Court finds WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty
2019/03/21
Man charged with killing missing girl's mom due in court
2019/03/14
Court to rule on Newtown shooting lawsuit against gun maker
2019/02/18
French court hits Swiss bank UBS with $5.1 billion penalty
2019/02/11
Court upholds order to unseal records in brazen lynching
2019/02/09
Spain's courts put to test by trial of Catalan separatists
2019/01/20
Connecticut Supreme Court issues fewer rulings in 2018
2019/01/19
US presses ahead with border wall in court despite shutdown
2019/01/18
India's top court paves way for bars with dancers to reopen
2018/12/17
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
2018/12/13
Indian court rejects probe into Rafale fighter jet deal
2018/12/11
Defamation lawsuit against activist continues in state court
2018/12/07
Court deadlines set stage for more Russia probe details
2018/11/07
Malaysia court to resume Kim Jong Nam murder trial on Jan. 7
2018/10/24
Trump Foundation lawsuit paused until higher court weighs in
2018/10/15
Former FIFA official Makudi at court for ban appeal hearing
2018/10/14
New campaign seeks support for expanded Supreme Court
2018/10/07
Kavanaugh to attend White House event, as elections loom
2018/09/10
Pipeline company found guilty in 2015 California oil spill
2018/09/02
Chaos marks start of Kavanaugh confirmation hearing
2018/08/25
In Veterans Court, former service members fight new battle
2018/08/22
North Carolina newspaper asks court to unseal lawsuit
2018/08/16
California high court rules for immigrant kids in visa fight
2018/08/10
Supreme Court examines Kentucky's medical review panels
2018/08/04
The Latest: Zimbabwe's president welcomes court challenge
2018/07/21
Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision may have been wrong
2018/07/19
Trump finds it 'inconceivable' lawyer would tape a client
2018/07/06
Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list
2018/06/07
Top Texas court says condemned inmate not mentally disabled
2018/05/12
Program offering chance to avoid prison has 1st graduates
2018/05/11
Court: Skechers shoe nearly identical to Adidas icon
2018/05/10
Court upholds convictions of 2012 Ron Paul campaign staffers
2018/03/24
Maryland redistricting case comes before Supreme Court
2018/03/19
Randle, an enforcer on the court, is a gentle giant elsewhere
2018/03/09
TransCanada doesn't have to pay landowner attorneys
2018/02/27
Organized labor case goes in front of Supreme Court
2018/02/24
Delay in Nevada gun buyer law draws protests at court debate
2018/02/18
Courts: Bail reform working, but sustainable funding needed
2018/02/14
Inmate in landmark Supreme Court case denied parole
2018/02/03
UN court lays down Costa Rica, Nicaragua maritime borders
2018/01/19
Warrant dropped for professor who spoke Hawaiian in court
2018/01/09
Greece to limit Sharia law after European Court challenge
2018/01/05
Court calls on jailer to resign; cites poor conditions
2018/01/02
Judge Rejects Request for New Vote in Virginia House Race
2017/12/08
Updated travel ban is headed back to a federal appeals court
2017/11/22
Trappers ask court to throw out lawsuit over US fur exports
2017/11/14
Feds head to court to seek dismissal of Twin Metals lawsuit
2017/10/28
Indonesia court upholds seizure of illegal fishing vessel
2017/10/23
Immigrant teen seeking abortion asks court to reconsider
2017/10/04
Threats to Supreme Court test Israel's democracy
2017/09/20
Toys R Us files for Chapter 11 reorganization
2017/09/10
Challenge to $225M Exxon settlement to be heard in court
2017/09/07
Supreme Court Backs Dayton Veto of Legislature Budget
2017/09/05
NC appeals court restores man's lawsuit against wife's lover
2017/08/11
Myanmar court grants bail for editor in defamation case
2017/07/27
Court: Violence law unfair to gay South Carolina couples
2017/07/22
Ohio sheriff's deputy pleads not guilty to rape, kidnapping
2017/07/10
First Opioid Court in the U.S. Focuses on Keeping Users Alive
2017/07/04
Appeals court backs Jimmy John's franchisee in labor dispute
2017/06/13
West Virginia high court excludes inmates from workers' comp
2017/06/10
Fraternity brothers due in court in pledge's fatal fall
2017/06/08
Court: Ohio E-School Can't Delay Repayment of $60M to State
2017/05/18
8 judges on Venezuela's Supreme Court hit with US sanctions
2017/05/18
Brother of victim in unsolved Ohio massacre appears in court
2017/05/15
High court could soon signal view on Trump immigration plans
2017/05/04
Top Kansas Court to Revisit Death Penalty in Wichita Murders
2017/04/27
Trump repeats criticism of court that halted 1st travel ban
2017/04/10
Senate GOP 'goes nuclear,' clearing way for Trump court pick
2017/04/02
Bangladesh High Court upholds death for 2 in blogger killing
2017/03/28
Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick
2017/03/19
High court limits president's power to fill temporary posts
2017/03/17
Kansas Chief Justice Pitches Lawmakers on Court Pay Hikes
2017/03/05
Court officer investigated for photographing lawyer's notes
2017/03/01
US Supreme Court refuses appeals from 3 on Texas death row
2017/02/23
Court: Florida Docs Allowed to Ask Patients About Guns
2017/01/02
Personal Injury Website Template Designs
2016/09/24
Court gives fertilizer dealers a reprieve from policy change
2016/09/14
LA Supreme Court considers teen robber’s 99-year sentence
2016/08/04
Court to consider future of Alabama chief justice
2016/07/31
US Capitol plot suspect due in court for plea hearing
2016/07/18
Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case
2016/05/23
Breyer says Supreme Court not diminished with only 8 members
2016/04/20
High court nominee praises lawyers for helping the poor
2016/04/18
Court overturns Virginia school's transgender bathroom rule
2016/04/15
Cosby asks court to reseal testimony about affairs, drugs
2016/04/05
Supreme Court will take up case about juror's racial bias
2016/03/11
Pound: Sharapova guilty of 'willful negligence' in drug test
2016/02/09
Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
2015/11/01
Chinese woman pleads guilty in college test-taking scheme
2015/10/06
Supreme Court declines to review insider trading case
2015/06/03
Court upholds sentence for son of Schwarzenegger ally
2015/01/19
Supreme Court sets stage for historic gay rights ruling
2014/12/31
Egypt court bans festival honoring Moroccan rabbi
2014/09/22
Court reverses woman's conviction in child's death
2014/09/08
Ohio to court: Privatizing prisons in budget is legal
2014/09/07
Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada gay marriage laws in court
2014/09/06
NC Supreme Court again weighs Duke Energy rates
2014/07/22
German court: chronically ill could grow marijuana
2014/06/17
Court rules against HealthSouth in auditor dispute
2014/03/14
Toal seeking millions to safeguard SC court info
2014/03/14
French court blocks secret recordings of Sarkozy
2014/03/07
Two men found guilty for selling U.S. company’s technology
2014/02/28
Supreme Court allows Stanford Ponzi scheme suits
2014/02/03
Man pleads not guilty in deadly Lodi crash
2014/01/30
Supreme Court orders stay of execution
2014/01/13
Court upholds approval of BP oil spill settlement
2014/01/02
Court order needed to stop Pa. center utilities
2013/12/30
Supreme Court denies appeal in arson case
2013/12/16
Appeals court vacates ban on US horse slaughter
2013/11/29
Supreme Court Will Take up New Health Law Dispute
2013/11/25
Spanish court sentences 'Robin Hood' mayor
2013/11/11
N. Ind. court helps veterans get back on track
2013/10/11
Soldiers in fatal stabbing due in Washington court
2013/10/07
PG&E starts pipeline shutdown under court order
2013/09/25
Appeals court panel considers TABOR challenge
2013/08/27
Italian court insists Berlusconi devised tax fraud
2013/08/19
Court: Right-to-work law applies to state workers
2013/08/15
Court challenge fails to stop Calif. gay marriages
2013/08/04
Judge denies class action for Wal-Mart bias suit
2013/08/03
Supreme Court OKs early release plan for Calif. inmates
2013/08/02
Court: No workers' comp in drunk dockworker case
2013/07/26
Pitt schools segregation lawsuit in federal court
2013/06/28
Wash. gay wedding flowers case goes to court
2013/06/19
Court: Ex-Im Bank needs to explain Air India loan
2013/06/14
NJ court: Special US Senate election in Oct. OK
2013/06/12
Court: Texas inmate's decades-old sentence invalid
2013/06/11
Battle between SC Episcopalians back state court
2013/06/10
ID court rules man can face felony stalking charge
2013/06/07
Conn. court declines to address email warrants
2013/05/23
Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
2013/05/22
Appeals court allows capital retrial of Wolfe
2013/03/29
NY top court OKs tax on online sellers like Amazon
2013/03/04
Court says Guam man can sue gov't over surgery
2013/02/01
Ex-Mass. chemist pleads not guilty to obstruction
2013/01/22
Court upholds removing man from death row
2012/09/22
Mo. high court hears arguments on incentive fund
2012/08/31
California deputy pleads guilty to weapons charge
2012/08/15
Man who killed wife, baby loses appeal in Mass.
2012/07/01
Peter Madoff pleads guilty in NYC, blames brother
2012/06/27
Court: Madoff's brother to plead guilty in NY
2012/06/18
Supreme Court says tribes must be fully reimbursed
2012/06/13
Senate confirms Arizona jurist to 9th Circuit
2012/06/11
Ohio man found guilty in septic tank body case
2012/05/26
Wash. lawyers challenge secret court proceedings
2012/05/26
Kan. gov. signs measure blocking Islamic law
2012/05/18
Court rules NY town's prayer violated Constitution
2012/05/17
German sues Macedonia in EU human rights court
2012/05/14
Court turns away PR congressional vote lawsuit
2012/05/14
Court says farmers must pay bankruptcy tax
2012/05/05
Probation charge dropped against tanned NJ mom
2012/04/30
Chinese court seeking to mediate iPad dispute
2012/04/20
Court: Online bookseller owes New Mexico sales tax
2012/03/12
Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP Announces Class Action
2012/03/09
Court blocks 2 more parts of Ala. immigration law
2012/03/08
Ex-Detroit lawyer loses case over 'ghetto' remark
2012/03/06
8 women allege rape, harassment in military suit
2012/03/03
Calif. jury awards $167M in sexual harassment suit
2012/03/02
Federal court orders May 29 primary date for Texas
2012/02/29
French court rules genocide law unconstitutional
2012/02/28
Driver acquitted in deadly Megabus crash in NY
2012/02/21
Court: Rights don't have to be read to prisoners
2012/02/20
Lower Chinese court rules shops should pull iPads
2012/02/17
NY appeals court orders NJ programmer's acquittal
2012/02/16
Web sites need not check for IP breaches
2012/02/13
Italian court convicts 2 in asbestos-linked deaths
2012/02/09
Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial
2012/02/03
Miss. high court takes ex-gov pardons case
2012/01/30
Conviction and sentence upheld in Palin email case
2012/01/25
More charges filed in Los Angeles arsons case
2012/01/24
Court upholds murder conviction in toddler's death
2012/01/20
Colo. court weighs energy leases near Utah parks
2012/01/18
Court lets telemarketers be sued in federal court
2012/01/13
Court orders new psychiatric review of Breivik
2012/01/11
Court:Judges cannot get involved in church dispute
2012/01/09
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Announces Class Action
2012/01/05
Court papers: NYC officer shooting suspect sorry
2012/01/04
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit
2012/01/03
Court delays border-crossing pollution rule
2012/01/02
Chief justice defends court's impartiality
2012/01/01
Court delays border-crossing pollution rule
2011/12/31
Court OKs immunity for telecoms in wiretap case
2011/12/28
Supreme Court gay privacy case victor dead at 68
2011/12/27
Supreme Court rejects Hessler appeal
2011/12/22
France ponders removing risky breast implants
2011/12/20
Poker company co-founder pleads guilty in NYC
2011/12/19
Ind. appeals court upholds man's 60-year sentence
2011/12/18
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP Announces Class Action
2011/12/15
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit
2011/12/14
Throng of Occupy protesters appear in NY courts
2011/12/13
City Council in Pa. capital again seeks bankruptcy
2011/12/05
High court to hear suit over Cheney event arrest
2011/11/28
High court to review fine for mercury storage
2011/11/26
Federal Court of Canada Certifies Class Action
2011/11/23
NY top court clears probe of inflated appraisals
2011/11/22
Guilty plea planned in Palin lawyer harassment
2011/11/21
Texas AG blasts court's redistricting maps
2011/11/21
Courts weighs scrapping huge California water pact
2011/11/15
Justices unlikely to have last word on health care
2011/11/14
Norway killer claims mantle of resistance leader
2011/11/10
Court likely to overturn Calif. law on livestock
2011/11/10
Pomerantz Law Firm Has Filed a Class Action
2011/11/08
Saxena White P.A. Files a Securities Fraud Class Action
2011/11/08
Supreme Court looks at warrantless GPS tracking
2011/11/07
Corzine steps down at collapsed firm, hires lawyer
2011/11/03
Texas woman on death row gets new sentencing trial
2011/10/31
High court avoids dispute over highway crosses
2011/10/28
Navy ship commander to face general court-martial
2011/10/28
Man pleads guilty to Picasso theft at SF gallery
2011/10/26
State budget cuts clog criminal justice system
2011/10/18
Top Europe court bans stem cell technique patents
2011/10/17
Utah man charged with threatening air marshals
2011/10/17
Court blocks Ala. from checking student status
2011/10/12
High court to decide double jeopardy question
2011/10/11
US court turns down Philly DA in cop-killing case
2011/10/11
Defense lawyer will not help Edwards at trial
2011/10/09
Court won't hear appeal from Alamo followers
2011/10/03
Court refuses to hear Maryland gun case
2011/10/03
High court appears to favor Ala. death row inmate
2011/09/22
Idaho inmates settle lawsuit over prison violence
2011/09/18
Kona coffee dispute prompts class-action lawsuit
2011/09/16
1 spank isn't domestic violence, Fla. court says
2011/09/14
Class Action Filed Against Former, Current A&P Execs
2011/09/09
Court: Samsung can't sell tablet in Germany
2011/09/07
Ga. high court ousts pot-smoking judge from bench
2011/09/07
Ex-Pa. House speaker pleads guilty to corruption
2011/09/01
Shareholder class action hits Leighton
2011/08/27
Judge to hear arguments over Loughner's medication
2011/08/26
Del. pediatrician gets life for abusing patients
2011/08/23
NY court rejects $18M class action writers deal
2011/08/15
Ex-Harvard student due in court in 2009 shooting
2011/08/12
Dougherty siblings to appear in Colorado court
2011/08/10
Wash. man pleads guilty to defrauding ID investors
2011/08/09
No class-action for suits over Calif. fish kill
2011/08/08
Bank of America starts overdraft rebate outreach
2011/08/05
NYC lawyer pleads guilty to tax charge
2011/08/03
Court tosses Wisconsin limit on PAC donations
2011/07/25
Court denies motion to stop Loughner medication
2011/07/11
Lawyer defends Nevada truck firm in Amtrak crash
2011/07/03
Law school enrollment in Missouri lags as legal jobs dry up
2011/06/27
Los Angeles Dodgers file for bankruptcy
2011/06/22
Ex-Delaware pediatrician guilty of child sex abuse
2011/06/20
Navy subcontractor pleads guilty in bribe case
2011/06/20
US court lets class action against Bayer proceed
2011/06/14
Court won't hear restitution claim in Ponzi case
2011/06/14
Court orders reconsideration of parole judgment
2011/06/11
Toyota class action suit to start with Utah case
2011/06/06
Ex-IMF leader pleads not guilty to sex assault
2011/06/06
Loughner lawyer says she can't provide discovery
2011/06/02
Goldman Receives Subpoena Over Financial Crisis
2011/06/02
Ark. court upholds conviction in TV anchor slaying
2011/06/02
US investigating Google claim of China hacking
2011/05/23
Attorneys to give openings in Mumbai terror case
2011/05/23
Texas lawyer wants extra pollution controls nixed
2011/05/23
IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn to plead not guilty
2011/05/19
4 ex-Auburn players indicted on felony charges
2011/05/16
Minn. court: Defendant may withdraw guilty plea
2011/05/09
Together, Phoebe and Tyler alerted us to a crisis
2011/05/08
Further Class Action Lawsuits Filed for Depakote Side Effects
2011/05/07
Delaware pediatrician waives right to jury trial
2011/05/05
4 guilty in $5.2M Medicare fraud scheme in Houston
2011/05/02
Court sides with Wyoming in dispute with Montana
2011/04/28
Court close to seating Blagojevich jury
2011/04/23
Court denies Va. inmate's lawsuit over beard
2011/04/18
Democrats criticize hiring of firm for House remap
2011/03/20
Court-appointed lawyer denied for torture suspect
2011/03/20
Court Won't Get Involved in Eminem Royalty Suit
2011/03/11
Court blames LA County for ocean pollution
2011/02/23
Iowa bill on same-sex marriage licenses in trouble
2011/01/26
Court says convicted lawyer unfit to practice law
2011/01/13
Court hears challenge to $65M Facebook settlement
2011/01/08
Rival Calif. Papers Settle Lawsuit Over Ad Pricing
2011/01/06
Court backs Uniloc in case against Microsoft
2011/01/05
Judge strikes down NYC's gruesome tobacco ads
2011/01/04
Iowa Supreme Court upholds taxation of KFC
2010/12/19
Florida AG urges spill victims to get lawyers
2010/12/16
SD attorney on trial on child porn charges
2010/12/16
Lawsuit seeks to keep 3 Iowa justices on bench
2010/11/27
Class action lawsuit against United Water could cost millions
2010/10/04
Court won't hear appeal from Adelphia founders
2010/09/09
Court asked to keep stem cell money flowing
2010/08/30
Appeals court OKs warrantless GPS tracking by feds
2010/08/30
Toyota Recalls Corolla Sedans and Matrix Hatchbacks
2010/08/03
Charlie Sheen pleads guilty in Aspen wife assault
2010/07/27
Neb. town may halt immigration law to save money
2010/07/20
US to watch Arizona for racial profiling
2010/07/12
Court: Insurance rates can reflect credit scores
2010/06/26
Kan. doc to appeal conviction in painkiller case
2010/06/14
NY appeals court tosses ruling on RNC surveillance
2010/06/09
Phoenix bankruptcy filings fall in May
2010/05/28
Man acquitted of arson in Cleveland house blast
2010/05/17
Vatican details US sex abuse defense
2010/05/03
Goldman Sachs has mounting legal woes
2010/04/27
Enron law firm sues Goldman Sachs
2010/04/12
Miami-Dade clinic operator pleads guilty to Medicare fraud
2010/02/22
Failed mobile phone dealer ran law firm, say staff
2010/01/20
Woman with .708 blood-alcohol level pleads guilty
2009/12/28
Randy, Evi Quaid plead not guilty in fraud case
2009/12/24
Pa. teens plead not guilty to hate crime charge
2009/12/23
TVA coal ash spill has hundreds suing for damages
2009/12/22
Citadel Broadcasting: court grants 1st-day motions
2009/11/18
Idaho to pay $50K to settle grazing lease lawsuit
2009/11/17
Court gives $1.1B tanker contract back to Boeing
2009/10/01
Comic Artie Lange pleads guilty to DUI in NJ
2009/09/28
Lawsuit puts Lake Tahoe boating facilities on hold
2009/09/15
Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen & Benson, LLP Files $80 Million Lawsuit
2009/04/19
SEC Won't Challenge Stimulus
2009/01/29
Texas Supreme Court Justice Sues over Ruling
2008/12/16
EU court: Ryanair won't have to pay back subsidy
2008/12/15
Lawyers: US to release 3 Gitmo detainees to Bosnia
2008/12/15
Minn. panel rules on more disputed Senate votes
2008/12/11
Ambulance attendants accused of molesting patients
2008/12/01
Plea deal offered to 8-year-old murder suspect
2008/11/13
Wisconsin court says 1985 killer should be freed
2008/11/12
Appeals court clears way for Rep. Jefferson trial
2008/11/05
Court leaves NC campaign finance law untouched
2008/10/10
Typhoon Restaurant sued by Immigrant Workers
2008/09/29
Bag Man Says FBI Told Him to Ask for $2M Hush Money
2008/09/26
Guilty Plea In Courthouse Bombing
2008/09/25
Witness Says OJ Told Him To Bring A Gun
2008/09/24
Justices Stay Execution with Two Hours Left
2008/09/23
Facebook Case Has Echoes Of MySpace Suicide Case
2008/09/15
Potash Price-Fixing Conspiracy Alleged
2008/09/12
Nevada Sex Laws Tossed
2008/09/11
2nd Circuit Won't Change NY's Apportionment Method
2008/09/09
'Rear Window' Copyright Holder Sues Spielberg & Viacom
2008/09/08
Inspector Suspended For Not Shutting Black-Owned Business
2008/09/05
Canadian mining company settles with Alaska Eskimos
2008/09/04
Wextrust Is A $225 Million Ponzi Scheme The SEC Says
2008/09/02
Harass A Republican, Lose Your Phone
2008/08/28
Racism Alleged In Bizarre Punishment
2008/08/27
EPA Can Inspect Ship for Chemicals, Court Rules
2008/08/24
Court upholds sentence for I-65 sniper
2008/08/21
City of New York reaches settlement in unlawful arrest suit
2008/08/15
Fifth Circuit rules on jurors using Bible
2008/08/14
Unsafe Practices Alleged At Firing Range
2008/08/13
Woman Says Northwestern Won't Protect Her
2008/08/12
VA Properly Denied Voter Registration, Court Rules
2008/08/11
SEC investigating bank over auction-rate securities sales
2008/08/08
Former Bush Assistant Sues over 'Swing Vote'
2008/08/05
'Junior' Gotti Arrested on Murder Charge
2008/07/28
Latinos Lose Bid to Redraw Ward Map in Aurora, Ill.
2008/07/25
Rolling Stones' Copyright Holder Sues Derivative Rapper
2008/07/24
Mother Loses Custody Due To Her Bizarre Behavior
2008/07/22
Tommy Tune Sues Manager, Marvin Shulman
2008/07/21
Citizenship Harder To Prove Through Fathers
2008/07/18
Class Action Challenges Mandatory Electronic Filing
2008/07/15
Man Says Eminem Sucker-Punched Him
2008/07/11
Man Says Social Security Guards Beat Him
2008/07/10
Forced Sterilization Is Persecution, Court Says
2008/07/01
Anthrax settlement may moot contempt case
2008/06/26
Drunken Groom's Marriage Declared Invalid After 30 Years
2008/06/25
"Naked Cowboy" Wins Court Shoot-Out with Candy Cowboy
2008/06/22
Court to rule on pension credit for old maternity leaves
2008/06/18
Social Security Mismatch Wasn't Grounds To Fire
2008/06/17
Court Overturns $101M Tax Refund To Texaco
2008/06/12
Court OK's Discrimination Suit Against Restaurant
2008/06/09
Shareholders Sue Baker Hughes For Bribery
2008/06/03
Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon Can't Block Movie
2008/06/02
Fire Paramedics In Philly Win Overtime Pay Appeal
2008/05/28
Lawyer Says Cook County Clerk Defamed Him
2008/05/23
Shareholder Class Action
2008/05/22
Court Says Cop's Criticism Isn't Protected Speech
2008/05/20
Ex-Lottery Commissioner Loses Conviction Appeal
2008/05/16
Skycaps File National Class Action
2008/05/15
Avandia Securities Class Action Dismissed
2008/05/13
Class Claims MetLife Cheats By Assuming Kids Will Smoke
2008/05/12
Inventor Of Secret Goggles Can't Sue Government
2008/05/09
Talk About A Jury Of Peers ...
2008/05/07
Taxpayers Challenge $7.4 Billion Prison Bond
2008/05/01
Class Claims Wells Fargo Forecloses Illegally
2008/04/30
Court Revives Suit Over New Year's Party Arrests
2008/04/29
Michael Douglas Owes Him $1M, Pal Says
2008/04/28
Booksellers Challenge Oregon Censorship Law
2008/04/25
Anatomy of a Deal Gone South
2008/04/24
Film Editor Says He Was Cheated
2008/04/23
Police Maliciously Set Him Up, Doctor Says
2008/04/22
Supreme Court To Hear Uranium Trade Case
2008/04/18
Jurors' Complaints Bring Mistrial
2008/04/16
Judge says Parmalat fraud suit can proceed
2008/04/15
Court Steps Into Utilities Case
2008/04/11
Class Action Cites Zetia & Vytorin
2008/04/01
Circuit Applies New Test for Declaratory Judgment
2008/03/24
Icahn Plans More Legal Action Against Motorola
2008/03/23
2 Held in Millionaire Developer's Death
2008/03/21
Doubt Arises over Breathalyzer Source Code
2008/03/20
Settlement talks fail between al-Kidd, feds
2008/03/19
Legal battle rages over whether ankles exist
2008/03/18
Judges Bar Law on Violent Video Games
2008/03/18
Heather loses court judgment appeal
2008/03/18
Court Will Decide Wash. Shooting Case
2008/03/17
Court to Take Up Voting Rights Suit
2008/03/14
Palo Alto loses legal battle over police brutality
2008/03/13
MasterCard "welcomes" dismissal of antitrust suit
2008/03/11
Lawyer says imprisoned man innocent
2008/03/09
Justice often slow for elder crimes
2008/03/09
D.C. Gun Case Draws Crowd of High Court 'Friends'
2008/03/07
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US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
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2024/12/14 22:23
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An appeals court in Louisiana has ruled that Nasdaq can’t require diversity on the boards of companies that list on the exchange.
The decision comes more than three years after the Securities and Exchange Commission approved Nasdaq’s proposal to boost the number of women, racial minorities and LGBTQ people on U.S. corporate boards.
The proposed policy — which was to be the first of its kind for a U.S. securities exchange — would have required most of the nearly 3,000 companies listed on Nasdaq to have at least one woman on their board of directors, along with one person from a racial minority or who identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer. It also would have required companies to publicly disclose statistics on the demographic composition of their boards.
Some conservative groups and Republican lawmakers have strenuously opposed the proposal, arguing the requirements were arbitrary and burdensome. And on Wednesday the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans decided that the proposal was not legal.
The court said in its ruling that the SEC should not have approved Nasdaq’s proposed diversity policy.
“It is not unethical for a company to decline to disclose information about the racial, gender, and LGTBQ+ characteristics of its directors,” the ruling stated. “We are not aware of any established rule or custom of the securities trade that saddles companies with an obligation to explain why their boards of directors do not have as much racial, gender, or sexual orientation diversity as Nasdaq would prefer.”
Nasdaq stands by its proposed policy.
“We maintain that the rule simplified and standardized disclosure requirements to the benefit of both corporates and investors,” Nasdaq said in a statement. “That said, we respect the Court’s decision and do not intend to seek further review.”
The Nasdaq’s U.S. exchange is dominated by technology companies, like Apple and Microsoft, but there are many financial, biotech and industrial companies as well. The SEC also weighed in.
“We’re reviewing the decision and will determine next steps as appropriate,” an SEC spokesperson said in a statement.
The court ruling comes at a time when many companies are taking a closer look at their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. In October a group of Democrats in Congress appealed to the largest U.S. companies to hold onto their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying such efforts give everyone a fair chance at achieving the American dream.
The 49 House members, led by U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia of California, shared their views in a letter emailed to the leaders of the Fortune 1000. The move followed several major corporations saying in recent months that they would end or curtail their DEI initiatives.
A handful of U.S. companies, including Ford, Harley-Davidson, John Deere, Lowes and Molson Coors, dialed back their DEI initiatives over the summer. The retreats came in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court outlawing affirmative action in college admissions and after conservative activists targeted prominent American brands over their diversity policies and programs. |
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North Carolina appeals court blocks use of UNC's digital ID for voting
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2024/09/27 21:36
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A North Carolina appeals court on Friday blocked students and employees at the state's flagship public university from providing a digital identification produced by the school when voting to comply with a new photo ID mandate.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the intermediate-level Court of Appeals reverses at least temporarily last month's decision by the State Board of Elections that the mobile ID generated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill met security and photo requirements in the law and could be used.
The Republican National Committee and state Republican Party sued to overturn the decision by the Democratic-majority board earlier this month, saying the law allows only physical ID cards to be approved. Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory last week denied a temporary restraining order to halt its use. The Republicans appealed.
Friday's order didn't include the names of the three judges who considered the Republicans' requests and who unanimously ordered the elections board not to accept the mobile UNC One Card for casting a ballot this fall. The court releases the judges' names later. Eleven of the court's 15 judges are registered Republicans.
The order also didn't give the legal reasoning to grant the GOP's requests, although it mentioned a board memo that otherwise prohibits other images of physical IDs — like those copied or photographed — from qualifying.
In court briefs, lawyers for the RNC and N.C. GOP said refusing to block the ID's use temporarily would upend the status quo for the November election — in which otherwise only physical cards are accepted — and could result in ineligible voters casting ballots through manipulating the electronic card.
North Carolina GOP spokesperson Matt Mercer said Friday's decision "will ensure election integrity and adherence to state law."
The Democratic National Committee and a UNC student group who joined the case said the board rightly determined that the digital ID met the requirements set in state law. The DNC attorneys wrote that preventing its use could confuse or even disenfranchise up to 40,000 people who work or attend the school so close to the election.
North Carolina is considered a presidential battleground state where statewide races are often close.
Friday's ruling could be appealed to the state Supreme Court. A lawyer for the DNC referred questions to a spokesperson for Kamala Harris' campaign who didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. A state board spokesperson also didn't immediately respond to a similar request.
Voters can still show photo IDs from several broad categories, including their driver's license, passport and military IDs. The board also has approved over 130 types of traditional student and employee IDs.
The mobile UNC One Card marked the first such ID posted from someone's smartphone that the board has approved. Only the mobile ID credentials on Apple phones qualified.
The mobile UNC One Card is now the default ID card issued on campus, although students and permanent employees can still obtain a physical card instead for a small fee. The school said recently it would create physical cards at no charge for those who received a digital ID but want the physical card for voting.
The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature enacted a voter ID law in late 2018, but legal challenges prevented the mandate's implementation until municipal elections in 2023. Infrequent voters will meet the qualifications for the first time this fall. Voters who lack an ID can fill out an exception form.
Early in-person voting begins Oct. 17, and absentee ballots are now being distributed to those requesting them. Absentee voters also must provide a copy of an ID or fill out the exception form.
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Justices spar in latest clash of religion and gay rights
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2022/12/01 15:05
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The Supreme Court ’s conservative majority sounded sympathetic Monday to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that’s the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court.
The designer and her supporters say that ruling against her would force artists — from painters and photographers to writers and musicians — to do work that is against their faith. Her opponents, meanwhile, say that if she wins, a range of businesses will be able to discriminate, refusing to serve Black customers, Jewish or Muslim people, interracial or interfaith couples or immigrants, among others.
The lively arguments at the Supreme Court ran well beyond the allotted 70 minutes.
Justice Neil Gorsuch, one of three high court appointees of former President Donald Trump, described Lorie Smith, the website designer, as “an individual who says she will sell and does sell to everyone, all manner of websites, (but) that she won’t sell a website that requires her to express a view about marriage that she finds offensive.”
The issue of where to draw the line dominated the questions early in Monday’s arguments at the high court.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked whether a photography store in a shopping mall could refuse to take pictures of Black people on Santa’s lap.
“Their policy is that only white children can be photographed with Santa in this way, because that’s how they view the scenes with Santa that they’re trying to depict,” Jackson said.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor repeatedly pressed Kristen Waggoner, the lawyer for Smith, over other categories. “How about people who don’t believe in interracial marriage? Or about people who don’t believe that disabled people should get married? Where’s the line?” Sotomayor asked.
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W.Va. Supreme Court hears arguments in school voucher case
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2022/10/06 23:47
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A voucher program that would provide West Virginia parents state money to pull their children out of K-12 public schools is blatantly unconstitutional and would disproportionately impact poor children and those with disabilities, a lawyer representing parents who sued the state argued Tuesday in West Virginia’s Supreme Court.
The Hope Scholarship Program, which was passed by the GOP-controlled state legislature last year and would have been one of the most far-reaching school choice programs in the country, “negatively and intentionally” impacts West Virginia’s system of free schools, lawyer Tamerlin Godley told justices during oral arguments.
“It decreases enrollment, and thus funding,” said Godley, who is representing two parents of children who receive special education supports in West Virginia public schools. “It utilizes public funding for subsidizing more affluent families that have chosen private and homeschooling and it silos the poor and special needs children who cannot use the vouchers.”
Signed by Republican Gov. Jim Justice last year, the program was set to go into effect this school year but was blocked by Circuit Court Judge Joanna Tabit in July. In a lawsuit supported by the West Virginia Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools, three parents of special education students said the scholarship program takes money away from already underfunded public schools and is prohibitive because there aren’t local private schools that could meet their children’s needs. One family has since withdrawn from the case.
The state immediately appealed the ruling. It’s unclear when justices will make a decision on the program, although the court’s current term ends in November.
The law that created the Hope Scholarship Program allows families to apply for state funding to support private school tuition, homeschooling fees and a wide range of other expenses. More than 3,000 students had been approved to receive around $4,300 each during the program’s inaugural cycle, according to the West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office.
Families could not receive the money if their children were already homeschooled or attending private school. To qualify, students had to have been enrolled in a West Virginia public school last year or set to begin kindergarten this school year.
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Construction to begin on roadway, but legal fight remains
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2022/06/20 19:36
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Construction is scheduled to begin this week on a long-planned road project in the south end of Burlington, Mayor Miro Weinberger said.
The comments came after a federal judge lifted an order that blocked work on the first phase of what is known as the Champlain Parkway.
The first phase of construction will include tree removal and work to protect a brook running through the area.
Opponents say the project does not match current transportation needs and will harm residents in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.
In the Friday order, U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford said beginning construction of the parkway would not cause irreparable harm to those who oppose the project and there will be time to address in court those underlying issues.
The Champlain Parkway is designed to be a two-lane road that will eventually connect Interstate 189 with downtown Burlington.
The $45 million, two-mile (three-kilometer) project is designed to improve traffic circulation, alleviate overburdened roadways, protect Lake Champlain through enhanced storm water management, and improve vehicular, bike, and pedestrian safety.
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Not guilty plea entered in alleged drug deal slaying
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2022/03/07 18:42
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A defendant accused of fatally shooting a man because he didn’t want to pay him for a drug deal pleaded not guilty in Brown County Circuit Court Monday.
Pedro Santiago-Marquez is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and being party to mutilating a corpse in connection with the Sept. 27 murder of Jason Mendez-Ramos.
Prosecutors say Mendez-Ramos was angry that he had not been paid $80,000 for a cocaine deal. A criminal complaint says rather than pay for the cocaine, Santiago-Marquez shot him in the head with a pistol. The victim’s burned body was found at the edge of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus, WLUK-TV reported.
Security videos, cell phone tracking information, and DNA tie Rodriguez-Garcia to that scene, according to the criminal complaint.
Another man, 47-year-old Alexander Burgos-Mojica, is charged with harboring or aiding a felon in connection with the case. He returns to court March 18 for a balance of initial appearance. Rodriguez-Garcia returns to court March 21 for a status conference on the charge of mutilating a corpse.
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High court won’t extend Wisconsin’s absentee ballot deadline
Areas of Focus |
2020/10/27 23:27
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The Supreme Court is siding with Republicans to prevent Wisconsin from counting mailed ballots that are received after Election Day.
In a 5-3 order, the justices on Monday refused to reinstate a lower court order that called for mailed ballots to be counted if they are received up to six days after the Nov. 3 election. A federal appeals court had already put that order on hold.
The three liberal justices dissented from the order that the court issued just before the Senate started voting on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination.
Chief Justice John Roberts last week joined the liberals to preserve a Pennsylvania state court order extending the absentee ballot deadline but voted the other way in the Wisconsin case, which has moved through federal courts.
“Different bodies of law and different precedents govern these two situations and require, in these particular circumstances, that we allow the modification of election rules in Pennsylvania but not Wisconsin,” Roberts wrote.
Democrats argued that the flood of absentee ballots and other challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic makes it necessary to extend the period in which ballots can be counted. Wisconsin is one of the nation’s hot spots for COVID-19, with hospitals treating a record high number of patients with the disease.
Republicans opposed the extension, saying that voters have plenty of opportunities to cast their ballots by the close of polls on Election Day and that the rules should not be changed so close to the election.
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler responded to the ruling by pledging Democrats would be “dialing up a huge voter education campaign” to prod roughly 360,000 people who hadn’t yet returned absentee ballots to hand-deliver them by 8 p.m. on Election Day, or to vote in person.
State Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt praised the ruling.
“Absentee voting in Wisconsin is extremely easy and hundreds of thousands of people have done it already - last-minute attempts to change election laws only cause more voter confusion and erode the integrity of our elections,” he said in a statement.
The justices often say nothing, or very little, about the reasons for their votes in these emergency cases, but on Monday, four justices wrote opinions totaling 35 pages to lay out their competing rationales.
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