668 entries in 'Legal Topics'
2024/10/28   Court says Mississippi can’t count late ballots but the ruling doesn’t affect Nov. 5 vote
2024/10/22   Facing 7 more lawsuits, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs protests a ‘fresh wave of publicity’
2024/10/18   Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case
2024/10/11   Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals
2024/09/23   Court rules nearly 98000 Arizonans can vote the full ballot
2024/09/14   After just a few hours, U.S. election bets put on hold by appeals court ruling
2024/09/11   ‘The Mentalist’ star Simon Baker admits drinking and driving in Australia
2024/08/29   Judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment
2024/08/18   Fraud trial of George Santos to begin next month with an anonymous jury
2024/08/14   X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’
2024/08/12   Detroit judge sidelined for making sleepy teen wear jail clothes on court field trip
2024/07/04   What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling
2024/07/01   Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says
2024/06/26   Israel’s high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men
2024/06/13   Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
2024/05/29   A Thai court sentences an opposition lawmaker to 2 years in prison
2024/04/22   Supreme Court will weigh banning homeless people from sleeping outside
2024/04/08   Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid
2024/03/31   Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law
2024/03/26   Former Georgia insurance commissioner John Oxendine pleads guilty
2024/03/18   A Supreme Court ruling in a social media case could set standards
2024/03/15   Prosecutors seek from 40 to 50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-Fried
2024/01/28   Donald Trump must pay an additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll
2024/01/24   Supreme Court could overturn Oklahoma death row inmate's conviction
2023/12/27   Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on the state's primary election ballot
2023/12/14   Brazil's Senate approves Lula ally as new Supreme Court justice
2023/11/23   Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents GOP-backed commission
2023/11/18   Russian authorities ask the Court to declare the LGBTQ ‘movement’ extremist
2023/11/15   Trump pushes for election interference trial to be televised
2023/11/13   Supreme Court Releases Nonbinding Code of Ethics After Public Pressure
2023/11/07   Biden administration warns of disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
2023/11/05   Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in fraud trial
2023/10/17   Ban on electronic skill games in Virginia reinstated by state Supreme Court
2023/09/27   Democratic Sen. Menendez says cash found in home was not bribe proceeds
2023/09/21   The U.S. to Allow Venezuelans in the Country to Work Legally
2023/09/11   McCarthy juggles a government shutdown and a Biden impeachment inquiry
2023/08/30   3M agrees to pay $6 billion to settle earplug lawsuits
2023/08/27   US sues SpaceX for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and others
2023/08/20   Worker gets almost 3 years in prison for stealing $1M from employer
2023/08/16   McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown
2023/08/02   Bankruptcy Filings Rise 10%, and Courts Feel the Pinch
2023/07/30   Trump’s Lawyers Meet With Prosecutors as Election Interference Charges Loom
2023/07/20   White House is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees
2023/07/17   Louisiana Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care
2023/07/13   Amazon pushes back against Europe’s pioneering new digital rules
2023/07/05   Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies
2023/07/02   Judge allows North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law to take effect
2023/06/28   Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient’s family
2023/06/07   Southern Indiana man bolts from courtroom before capture
2023/05/19   Supreme Court won’t put Illinois gun law on hold
2023/05/09   Senegal’s opposition leader gets suspended jail sentence
2023/04/30   Judge in Catholic bankruptcy recuses over church donations
2023/04/20   Supreme Court rejects Turkish bank’s arguments in Iran case
2023/04/04   Car Accidents Attorney in Sunnyvale, California
2023/04/01   UN seeks court opinion on climate in win for island states
2023/03/16   Court: Ukraine can try to avoid repaying $3B loan to Russia
2023/03/15   Georgia grand jury heard another Trump call recording
2023/02/08   N. Carolina courts director leaving, deputy replacing him
2023/01/16   Canadian kills 2 in Philippine court, is shot dead
2022/12/27   Military police enforce driving ban in snow-stricken Buffalo
2022/11/01   Indiana Democrats pin legislative gains on abortion debate
2022/10/11   Fishermen hire Bush-era official in challenge to whale laws
2022/10/03   CAS asked to judge Ecuador case by 10 days before World Cup
2022/09/19   Iran faces US in international court over asset seizure
2022/09/08   Utah-based company wins auction to buy Jay Peak in Vermont
2022/08/29   Pa. man who attacked police on Jan. 6 gets 46-month sentence
2022/08/23   Judge rules teen was justified in shooting assailant 7 times
2022/08/02   Family loses Supreme Court bid to extend boy’s life support
2022/07/25   Louisiana Supreme Court’s chief justice reelected
2022/07/01   Court denies request for emergency halt to Ohio abortion ban
2022/06/24   States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling
2022/06/07   Wisconsin Supreme Court says COVID records can be released
2022/06/03   Man denies kidnapping charge in alleged murder-for-hire plot
2022/05/18   Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map
2022/03/29   Man who waved Confederate flag pleads guilty in Capitol riot
2022/03/09   Kansas AG asking judge to dismiss redistricting lawsuits
2022/02/23   Gangs control who eats at Mississippi jail, monitor says
2022/02/19   Maryland governor appoints 2 to state’s highest court
2022/02/12   Temple prof seeks reinstatement of damage claims against FBI
2022/02/08   Moats named to temporary seat on West Virginia Supreme Court
2022/02/05   Suits target New Orleans virus rules, some affect Mardi Gras
2022/01/31   US sanctions Myanmar judiciary officials on coup anniversary
2022/01/26   Palin COVID-19 tests delay libel trial against NY Times
2022/01/21   Judge sides with Alaska attorney who alleged wrongful firing
2022/01/17   Some Michigan counties pause jury trials amid COVID surge
2022/01/14   Appeals court: Illinois counties must end ICE contracts
2022/01/11   Wisconsin judge rejects attempt to block election subpoena
2022/01/09   Cobb County jury trials paused as COVID-19 spreads
2022/01/03   Judges send Tyson workers’ virus lawsuit back to state court
2021/12/21   Appeals court upholds mask requirement for Knox schools
2021/12/17   Anchorage wins lawsuit over failed port construction
2021/12/13   Supreme Court rejects appeal over press access in Wisconsin
2021/11/28   Italy frees man convicted of 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher
2021/11/24   Tunisian trial shines light on use of military courts
2021/11/21   New Mexico Supreme court mediates clash on pandemic aid
2021/11/13   Trials delayed for mother, son in Mississippi fraud cases
2021/11/09   International Criminal Court to probe abuses in Venezuela
2021/11/04   Palestinians reject offer to delay their Jerusalem eviction
2021/11/01   Video: Officer shoots Illinois inmate after struggle for gun
2021/10/26   Cambodia amends charter to bar dual citizens from top office
2021/10/22   Federal appeals court won’t stop health worker COVID mandate
2021/10/14   Man arrested after paint thrown on Confederate monument
2021/10/11   Appellate court sets hearing in South Carolina abortion case
2021/10/09   US Supreme Court allows lawsuit against troopers to proceed
2021/10/04   Commissioner sought to oversee 3 Ohio redistricting suits
2021/10/01   Arkansas court: State can’t enforce ban on mask mandates
2021/09/27   Federal judge delays vaccine mandate for NYC teachers
2021/09/20   Spain: Venezuelan spymaster loses court extradition dispute
2021/09/16   Minnesota Supreme Court defers ruling on Minneapolis police
2021/09/13   Australia’s High Court intervenes in police shooting trial
2021/09/08   Supreme Court hanging up phone, back to in-person arguments
2021/09/06   Court rules Catholic school wrongfully fired gay substitute
2021/08/30   Maryland’s highest court reviewing teen sniper’s life term
2021/08/26   Judge blocks photography ban in Georgia’s new election law
2021/08/20   Judge tells prison to seize Nassar’s money for victims
2021/08/18   US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border
2021/08/16   Holocaust researchers in Poland win libel case on appeal
2021/08/15   Federal judge leaves CDC evictions moratorium in place
2021/08/14   Trusted Advisors – Brownlie Hansen LLP
2021/08/11   Court tosses ruling against Pennsylvania COVID-19 measures
2021/08/09   Order: Mississippi judges have discretion for COVID safety
2021/07/30   Family Law Attorneys Website Design
2021/07/27   Woman convicted in kidnapping gets re-sentencing hearing
2021/07/26   Web Design for Sole Practitioners
2021/07/24   40-year sentence upheld for man who killed his roommate
2021/07/22   Bankruptcy proceedings can have long-term benefits
2021/07/12   Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstates dissolved lower house
2021/07/06   Court refuses appeal of ex-Cleveland cop who shot Tamir Rice
2021/07/02   Ruling is final blow to New Hampshire voter registration law
2021/06/30   Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned by court
2021/06/22   Bankruptcy is Just Filling Out Some Forms, Right?
2021/06/11   Court: Local Wisconsin heath departments can’t close schools
2021/06/09   Court nixes South Carolina’s lifelong sex offender registry
2021/06/07   Schumer recommending 2 voting rights lawyers to be judges
2021/05/30   Ruling: Missed court date in Washington does not imply guilt
2021/05/20   Brazil police probe environment minister over timber exports
2021/05/18   Most virus-related restrictions lifted for Kentucky courts
2021/05/14   Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
2021/03/30   Death penalty decision delayed in Rapid City murder trial
2021/02/22   Judge refuses to order remote access to New Hampshire House
2021/01/21   Woman accused of helping steal Pelosi laptop freed from jail
2020/12/27   China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years
2020/10/30   Supreme Court leaves NC absentee ballot deadline at Nov. 12
2020/09/30   Court to release grand jury record in Breonna Taylor case
2020/08/12   New Jersey's top court: Defendant must share phone passcodes
2020/08/08   Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions
2020/07/07   Town court in southern Nevada closes due to coronavirus
2020/07/05   Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling
2020/06/04   Pandemic means a silent June at the Supreme Court
2020/05/14   Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers US lacks vaccine plan
2020/03/13   Australia’s High Court hears what may be Pell’s last appeal
2020/01/22   Court takes another look at Native American adoption law
2019/12/05   Court to consider bathroom use by transgender student
2019/11/20   Ohio Supreme Court keeps camera challenge alive
2019/11/02   Georgia high court affirms dismissal of election challenge
2019/10/09   Alaska Supreme Court to Hear Youths’ Climate Change Lawsuit
2019/10/03   Ohio counties tell court: Don’t let state stop opioid trial
2019/08/17   Appeals court expands minor leaguers salary lawsuit
2019/08/17   Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border
2019/07/24   Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall
2019/06/14   Brazil's supreme court votes to make homophobia a crime
2019/06/11   Former FIFA official to challenge life ban at sports court
2019/06/11   Supreme Court sides with Alabama company in patent dispute
2019/06/05   US court weighs if climate change violates children’s rights
2019/05/16   Feds: US Supreme Court should turn down 'Bridgegate' appeal
2019/05/07   A loophole could keep young terror suspects out of US courts
2019/05/03   Trump, GOP states ask appeals court to kill ‘Obamacare’
2019/04/13   Texas’ high court keeps execution drug supplier secret
2019/03/18   Supreme Court to consider Louisiana's non-unanimous juries
2019/03/11   Ohio Republicans defending state congressional map in court
2019/03/11   Case about indigent drivers and drivers' licenses in court
2019/02/26   Court upholds car rental tax imposed in Maricopa County
2019/01/18   Florida school shooting suspect due back in court
2019/01/13   DeSantis picks female Cuban-American for state's high court
2019/01/10   Kansas abortion foes brace for state Supreme Court decision
2018/12/25   Cancer the latest health woe for resilient Justice Ginsburg
2018/12/19   Colorado baker returns to court over 2nd LGBT bias allegation
2018/12/03   High court seems to lean against West Virginia in tax case
2018/11/29   Supreme Court sends bar fees case back for further look
2018/11/23   No holiday respite for Trump's criticism of nation's courts
2018/11/03   Heated congressional, court races on Arkansas midterm ballot
2018/11/02   Supreme Court agrees to hear Maryland cross memorial case
2018/10/29   N Carolina justices to take case on Court of Appeals number
2018/10/23   Virginia top court to hear 'unrestorably incompetent' case
2018/10/10   Top French court to rule on faulty breast implant scandal
2018/10/05   Massachusetts high court to weigh teen texting suicide case
2018/10/01   US Supreme Court declines to hear Drew Peterson's appeal
2018/09/23   Egypt court sentences 65 people over 2013 violence
2018/09/15   Juvenile waived to adult court in Indy doctor's slaying
2018/09/11   Audit: West Virginia Supreme Court skirted pay law
2018/09/06   Senator asks court to declare Duterte arrest order illegal
2018/09/05   Louisiana Supreme Court upholds life sentence in beating
2018/09/02   UN court hears case over strategic Indian Ocean islands
2018/08/28   Iran goes to UN's highest court over re-imposed US sanctions
2018/08/06   Filing period opens for West Virginia Supreme Court seat
2018/08/05   Oklahoma lawsuit against opioid makers back in state court
2018/07/31   Court: Mud buggy race operators weren't negligent in crash
2018/07/23   Judge, calm in court, takes hard line on splitting families
2018/07/22   State Supreme Court returns stalking case to lower court
2018/07/09   Hawaii Supreme Court sides with lesbian couple in B&B case
2018/07/03   Trump has 2 or 3 more candidates to interview for court
2018/06/17   Kentucky high court: Death penalty IQ law unconstitutional
2018/06/15   NY high court nixes Trump's bid to delay defamation suit
2018/05/22   Supreme Court allows Arkansas to enforce abortion restrictions
2018/05/05   Court to hear challenge to Winona County's sand mining ban
2018/04/26   Supreme Court to hear appeal of Missouri death row inmate
2018/04/17   Question of sales tax on online purchases goes to high court
2018/04/10   Singer Cliff Richard's case against BBC begins in High Court
2018/03/07   Court fight over, founding papers of AA to go up for auction
2018/03/01   Brazil court largely upholds law that some fear hurts Amazon
2018/03/01   High court: Held immigrants can't get periodic bond hearings
2018/02/13   GOP to take new congressional map to court
2018/02/11   Wisconsin Supreme Court primary will leave just two
2018/02/03   Judge admonishes victims' dad who charged at Nassar in court
2018/02/01   Court error unmasks person of interest in Las Vegas massacre
2018/01/26   Analysis: Outside groups may factor in Arkansas court race
2018/01/21   Court rules that Kushner firm must disclose partners' names
2018/01/14   Court: Yes, there is doctor-patient confidentiality
2018/01/07   Court extends halt in Louisiana executions after judge dies
2017/12/18   Myanmar court extends detention for 2 Reuters reporters
2017/10/17   Lawyers want Supreme Court to block Texas from executing man
2017/10/12   Ex-SKorea leader Park complains about extension of detention
2017/10/08   Bosnian court acquits ex-Srebrenica commander of war crimes
2017/10/03   Supreme Court says Alabama execution can proceed
2017/10/01   Man who killed NFL star's son taking case to high court
2017/09/27   Uber in London court in employment case
2017/09/11   Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg is set speak in Chicago
2017/09/04   S. Indiana city's mayor defends rental ordinance in court
2017/08/31   Court: Cherokee Freedmen have right to tribal citizenship
2017/08/21   Nevada pot regulators back in court as supplies dwindle
2017/07/16   Federal court's agenda has topics that draw Trump's ire
2017/07/13   Man charged with killing Maine couple on Christmas in court
2017/07/09   Indiana high court to rule on Lake Michigan beach ownership
2017/07/03   Abduction suspect makes first appearance in court
2017/06/30   More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban
2017/06/28   Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court
2017/06/27   Supreme Court term ended much different than it began
2017/06/25   Supreme Court agrees to take up Colorado gay wedding case
2017/06/20   Ronaldo summoned to court, Mourinho accused of tax fraud
2017/06/17   After jury deadlocks, Bill Cosby faces 2nd sex assault trial
2017/06/09   The Latest: Suspect in 36 fire deaths appears in court
2017/06/04   Philippine lawmakers ask top court to nullify martial law
2017/06/03   Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch: Rule of law 'a blessing'
2017/05/22   Family of Colorado man killed by police settles lawsuit
2017/04/24   High court won't hear appeal over CIA torture report
2017/04/20   Conservatives fault Arkansas court for halting executions
2017/04/19   Pakistan court to decide on accusations against PM's family
2017/04/12   Court: Banned Dartmouth fraternity can't live in house
2017/04/07   New Ohio lethal injection process rejected by appeals court
2017/03/30   Nicaragua high court denies farmers' appeal of canal project
2017/03/22   Court: Sex offender can challenge internet restrictions
2017/03/03   High court ruling could reshape Virginia political map
2017/02/24   High court ruling limits international reach of patent laws
2017/02/14   Court: Police executing 'no-knock' warrant before shooting
2017/02/04   Missouri death row inmate appeals to US Supreme Court
2017/01/25   Greek court rejects extradition for Turkish servicemen
2017/01/23   Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for journalist
2017/01/08   Circus operator agrees to plea deal in tent collapse
2017/01/08   South Korean executives jailed for humidifier cleaner deaths
2016/12/06   Court: Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case
2016/11/27   Turkey: court asked to drop case against Israeli officials
2016/11/20   Justice Thomas: Honor Scalia by reining in government
2016/11/04   UK court brings Brexit plans screeching to halt
2016/11/01   Kansas high court justices defend handling of capital cases
2016/10/18   Court hearing on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo
2016/10/14   Court enters default judgment in Kansas voting rights case
2016/10/04   Oklahoma Supreme Court invalidates law restricting abortion
2016/09/21   Bosnian Serbs vote in referendum banned by top court
2016/09/06   Mexico's Supreme Court overturns state anti-corruption laws
2016/08/27   Egypt court releases lawyer who defied president
2016/08/02   Former Virginia first lady asks court to vacate convictions
2016/07/28   Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment
2016/07/15   Court blocks prosecutors from seizing emails stored overseas
2016/05/30   Egypt military court sentences 8 to death
2016/05/07   Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians
2016/05/02   Court in Russia-annexed Crimea bans Tatar assembly
2016/04/25   High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing
2016/04/22   Federal lawyer gets 30 days for forging document
2016/04/21   Court document: Newtown teacher carried loaded gun in school
2016/04/01   Supreme Court's future hangs in the balance in 2016
2016/03/28   Clinton: Americans should put Court nomination at forefront
2016/02/23   Connecticut's top court hears Kennedy cousin murder case
2016/02/20   Man recounts harrowing Uber ride with Kalamazoo suspect
2016/02/14   Supreme Court scuffle triggers constitutional clash
2016/01/28   Court to weigh practice of Christian prayers at meetings
2016/01/19   Court overturns tobacco company victory over FDA on menthols
2015/11/30   High Court rules against Northern Ireland's abortion law
2015/11/26   Appeals court: EPA chief doesn't have to give deposition
2015/11/21   Detroit-area ex-officer found guilty in videotaped beating
2015/11/20   Perry's indictment in hands of top Texas criminal court
2015/11/04   Supreme Court considers if Pistorius guilty of murder
2015/10/19   Federal court programs aim to keep defendants out of prison
2015/10/09   Suspect in some Phoenix freeway shootings pleads not guilty
2015/10/01   Court strikes down possible payments to college athletes
2015/09/26   Court tosses Chicago inmate's $10M suit for escape
2015/09/24   Indiana's high court to consider State Fair stage collapse
2015/09/18   Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict
2015/09/10   Idaho high court upholds law banning horse racing terminals
2015/09/04   Court: Transgender asylum seekers can't be equated with gays
2015/08/15   Court fines Washington state over education funding
2015/08/10   Inmate challenge to death sentence goes back to trial court
2015/07/29   Appeals court: Kansas abortion opponent must stand trial
2015/07/16   Marijuana opponents using racketeering law to fight industry
2015/07/14   Penn State ex-officials' case heads to appeals court hearing
2015/07/09   Religious beliefs, gay rights clash in court case over cake
2015/07/06   Michael Jackson’s doctor pleads not guilty
2015/07/05   Legal public nudity; cattle rustling; sheriff pays tax
2015/07/01   In Supreme Court loss, death penalty foes see an opening
2015/06/24   French court rules police illegally targeted minorities
2015/06/22   Man pleads guilty to charge over noose on Ole Miss statue
2015/06/13   Court says net neutrality rules will go into effect Friday
2015/06/07   Egypt court sentences 11 to death over 2012 soccer riot
2015/05/14   Appeals court skeptical of fairness of trader's conviction
2014/11/18   Appeals court rules against imprisoned American
2014/11/11   Italian court deliberating appeal in quake trial
2014/10/30   Appeals court in Va. reviewing NC abortion law
2014/10/28   Court in Va. examines death row isolation policy
2014/10/22   Court justice suspended over role in porn scandal
2014/10/20   Writers object after UK court bans abuse memoir
2014/09/29   Case of American jailed in Cuba back in US court
2014/09/29   Court-martial for Missouri drill sergeant resumes
2014/09/22   Case of American jailed in Cuba back in US court
2014/09/09   Court: IURC erred in approving Duke fee hike
2014/09/01   Chris Brown due back in DC court for plea hearing
2014/08/28   Guilty plea in California meat recall case
2014/08/19   Brazil's Supreme Court elects new president
2014/08/13   Court considers if executioners can be named
2014/08/06   Court: Caregivers can't sue Alzheimer's patients
2014/08/06   Court hearing gay marriage arguments from 4 states
2014/07/29   German court receives suit against EU bank union
2014/07/29   Brown appoints legal affairs aide to appeals court
2014/07/22   Montana court sends wind farm clash to California
2014/07/08   California high court tosses death penalty
2014/06/03   Court gives OJ lawyers a week to resubmit appeal
2014/05/23   Justice Dept. to Reveal Drone Memo
2014/05/09   Oklahoma court agrees to 6-month stay of execution
2014/05/02   3 men guilty on all counts in teens' slaying
2014/04/25   Court revives lawsuit vs. state Medicaid expansion
2014/04/21   Court declines to block drug ruling in patent case
2014/04/17   GM to ask bankruptcy court for lawsuit protection
2014/04/08   Court rejects early appeal of surveillance ruling
2014/04/03   High court voids overall contribution limits
2014/03/28   US appeals court upholds new Texas abortion rules
2014/03/17   Lawsuit says California mortgage money mishandled
2014/03/10   Man pleads guilty to sea cucumber smuggling charge
2014/03/07   Fla. high court: Immigrant can't get law license
2014/03/05   Court weighs securities fraud class-action cases
2014/02/28   Court: School ban of US flag shirts allowed
2014/02/24   Court: Spain can extradite Liberty Reserve founder
2014/02/18   Appeals court reinstates BP shareholders' lawsuit
2014/02/13   Ky. high court to hear death penalty appeal
2014/02/10   Farmer pleads guilty in pot growing scheme
2014/02/10   Lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect due in court
2014/02/07   Case challenging gay-marriage ban heard in Va.
2014/01/30   Viacom, Fox want to run anti-smoking ads too
2014/01/27   High court rules against steelworkers' claim
2014/01/20   Court: Bloggers have First Amendment protections
2014/01/16   Court: Feds can target California pot clinics
2014/01/13   Chile's top court rules against coal-fired complex
2014/01/10   Court: Lawmakers must expedite education funding
2014/01/06   Pa. monsignor due in court after leaving prison
2014/01/02   Serial rapist Coe appeals confinement in US court
2013/12/20   Hearing: Which court should hear coastal lawsuit?
2013/12/16   $15 SeaTac minimum wage challenged in court
2013/12/09   New Calif. court date set for ex-Nevada lawmaker
2013/12/05   LA airport shooting suspect appears in court
2013/11/25   Appeals court won't toss NYC stop-frisk rulings
2013/11/22   Republicans block nominee to key appeals court
2013/11/22   International court summit debates Africa issues
2013/11/19   Russian court: Greenpeace activist to stay in jail
2013/11/11   High court reverses pot conviction over evidence
2013/11/04   Planned Parenthood Asks Supreme Court's Help In Texas
2013/11/04   Court-martial date set in Naval Academy case
2013/10/29   Ride operator appears in court on NC fair injuries
2013/10/14   High court weighs Mich. ban on affirmative action
2013/10/04   Spanish court convicts 53 in corruption trial
2013/09/30   Federal court reverses man's murder conviction
2013/09/09   NM court to hear case over educator pension cuts
2013/09/04   Custody dispute goes to Okla. Supreme Court
2013/08/29   Ind. high court to hear eminent domain lawsuit
2013/08/12   Ore. appeals court reverses sex abuse conviction
2013/08/05   US court: Pa. school can't ban 'boobies' bracelets
2013/07/23   Arizona high court to hear school funding case
2013/07/09   NJ court overturns award for view lost to dune
2013/07/02   Court: No class-action status in Google book case
2013/06/25   High court to review immigration dispute
2013/06/13   Court says human genes cannot be patented
2013/06/05   Court OKs Class-action Suit Over Apartment Leases
2013/06/01   Court Upholds Rifle Sales Reporting Requirement
2013/05/28   Court stays out of Planned Parenthood funding case
2013/05/25   Court denies second hearing on Medi-Cal rate cut
2013/05/23   Judge OKs class-action settlement over Skechers
2013/04/01   Court: EPA can stop some power plant modifications
2013/03/01   SC court nixes James Brown estate settlement
2013/01/17   Djokovic back on his favorite court in Australia
2012/10/13   The Rosen Law Firm Announces Securities Class Action
2012/08/24   Appeals court removes key civil service protection
2012/06/21   Use new drug sentencing law in crack cases
2012/06/14   UK top court rejects Assange bid to reopen case
2012/06/12   Feds and Florida headed to court over voter purge
2012/06/04   Ind. taxpayers lose high court fight over refunds
2012/05/14   Court won't hear appeals from Bulger victim family
2012/05/12   Court won't consider giving man new trial
2012/05/01   Lawyer enters not guilty plea for shooting suspect
2012/04/30   High court's stance could spur immigration laws
2012/04/18   Breivik wants death penalty or acquittal
2012/04/17   Court Rules For Private Lawyer Hired By CA City
2012/03/12   Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law
2012/02/24   Appeals court tosses Armenian payments law
2012/02/13   Student bra search case goes to NC Supreme Court
2012/02/08   BofA investor lawsuit wins class-action status
2012/02/06   Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions
2012/01/27   US Supreme Court won't review Venezuela suit
2012/01/23   Court overturns Calif. slaughterhouse law
2012/01/21   Court throws out judge-drawn Texas electoral maps
2012/01/16   Perry appeals judge's ruling on Va. primary ballot
2012/01/12   Md. man's leave lawsuit lands in Supreme Court
2012/01/10   Appeals court says Texas can enforce abortion law
2012/01/09   Seyfarth Shaw's Workplace Class Action Litigation Report
2012/01/08   High court backs foreign campaign contribution ban
2012/01/05   CA court to mull expiration date for clergy abuse
2012/01/04   Ecuador court upholds ruling against Chevron
2012/01/02   MT court restores corporate campaign spending ban
2011/12/30   Calif officials seek redevelopment compromise
2011/12/17   Suspect's lawyer describes Minn. courthouse attack
2011/12/12   Court: Can lawsuit against casino go forward?
2011/12/11   Saxena White P.A. Files a Securities Fraud Class Action
2011/12/10   Appeals court affirms Petters conviction, sentence
2011/12/08   Ark. court affirms $50M verdict for rice farmers
2011/12/06   Bank of America settles mortgage suit for $315 mln
2011/12/05   Court: State prisoners count at home in redistricting
2011/12/01   Farmers Insurance Settles Class Action Lawsuit
2011/11/29   LA protesters defy eviction efforts, go to court
2011/11/29   US court won't block its Texas redistricting map
2011/11/28   Utah-to-Boston passenger denies child porn charge
2011/11/16   NY federal appeals court reverses Bruno conviction
2011/11/14   Russia court rejects $16 billion claim against BP
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Court says Mississippi can’t count late ballots but the ruling doesn’t affect Nov. 5 vote
Legal Topics | 2024/10/28 21:15
A conservative federal court said Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day, however Friday’s decision was not expected to affect the Nov. 5 election.

Although the appellate judges firmly asserted that counting late ballots violates federal law, even if those ballots are postmarked by Election Day, the judges stopped short of an order immediately blocking Mississippi from continuing the practice. Their ruling noted federal court precedents have discouraged court actions that change established procedures shortly before an election.

The outcome may be negligible in most elections in heavily Republican Mississippi, but the case could affect voting in swing states if the Supreme Court ultimately issues a ruling.

The three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a July decision by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr., who had dismissed challenges to Mississippi’s election law by the Republican National Committee, the Libertarian Party of Mississippi and others. The appeals court order sent the case back to Guirola for further action.
The appeals court said its ruling Friday would not be returned to a lower court until seven days after the deadline for appealing their decision has passed — which is usually at least 14 days. That would put the effect of the ruling well past Nov. 5.

UCLA law professor Richard Hasen wrote on his election law blog that the appeals court ruling was a “bonkers opinion” and noted that “every other court to face these cases has rejected this argument.”

Republicans filed more than 100 lawsuits challenging various aspects of vote-casting after being chastised repeatedly by judges in 2020 for bringing complaints about how the election was run only after votes were tallied.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley praised the ruling for upholding “commonsense ballot safeguards” and said voters deserve “a transparent election which ends on November 5th.”

A spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee did not immediately comment on the ruling.

Mississippi is one of several states with laws allowing mailed ballots to be counted if they are postmarked by Election Day, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The list includes swing states such as Nevada and states such as Colorado, Oregon and Utah that rely heavily on mail voting.

In July, a federal judge dismissed a similar lawsuit in Nevada. The Republican National Committee is asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to revive that case.


Facing 7 more lawsuits, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs protests a ‘fresh wave of publicity’
Legal Topics | 2024/10/22 17:16
Seven new lawsuits have been filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, including one alleging the rape of a 13-year-old girl. They come as his lawyers tried again Monday to get him freed on bail, and complained that a “fresh wave of publicity” is endangering his right to a fair criminal trial.

In the lawsuits filed Sunday in state and federal courts, four men and three women, all anonymous, allege they were sexually assaulted by Combs at parties over the last two decades.

Combs, 54, has pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed the day after his Sept. 16 arrest. Charges include allegations he coerced and abused women for years, aided by associates and employees, and silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.

He has remained incarcerated pending a May 5 trial after two judges denied bail in rulings being appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Combs’ lawyers asked a judge Sunday to order potential witnesses and their lawyers to stop making statements that could prevent a fair trial.

“As the Court is aware, Mr. Combs has been the target of an unending stream of allegations by prospective witnesses and their counsel in the press,” they wrote. “These prospective witnesses and their lawyers have made numerous inflammatory extrajudicial statements aimed at assassinating Mr. Combs’s character in the press.”

The latest lawsuits are drawn from what lawyers say are more than 100 accusers who are planning legal action against Combs. Plaintiffs’ lawyer Tony Buzbee announced the planned litigation at an Oct. 1 news conference and posted a 1-800 number for accusers to call.

As before, Combs’ representatives dismissed the latest lawsuits as “clear attempts to garner publicity.” They said Combs and his legal team “have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process.”

Combs “has never sexually assaulted anyone — adult or minor, man or woman,” they added.

One of the lawsuits filed Sunday alleges that a 13-year-old girl who was invited to a party by a limousine driver after the Video Music Awards in Manhattan in September 2000 was raped by a “male celebrity” and then by Combs as individuals identified only as “Celebrity A,” a male, and “Celebrity B,” a female, watched.

Another lawsuit alleged that Combs sexually assaulted a 17-year-old male at a Manhattan hotel penthouse party in 2022.

In the lawsuits, it was alleged that the plaintiffs believed they had been fed drinks laced with drugs before they were assaulted.

Meanwhile, lawyers for Combs on Monday told the 2nd Circuit in a filing that he’ll renew his bail application before the lower court based on “significant changed circumstances.” They said the issues include “constitutional concerns stemming from his conditions of confinement and evidence contained in recently produced discovery.”

In a filing last week, prosecutors told the appeals court that judges denied bail after evidence showed Combs “used methodical and sophisticated means to silence and intimidate witnesses throughout the racketeering conspiracy and during the Government’s investigation.”


Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case
Legal Topics | 2024/10/18 16:05
The Texas Supreme Court halted Thursday night’s scheduled execution of a man who would have become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.

The late-night ruling to spare for now the life of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002, capped a flurry of last-ditch legal challenges and weeks of public pressure from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers who say he is innocent and was sent to death row based on flawed science.

In the hours leading up to the ruling, Roberson had been confined to a prison holding cell a few feet from America’s busiest death chamber at the Walls Unit in Hunstville, waiting for certainty over whether he would be taken to die by lethal injection.

“He was shocked, to say the least,” said Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Amanda Hernandez, who spoke with Roberson after the court stayed his execution. “He praised God and he thanked his supporters. And that’s pretty much what he had to say.”

She said Roberson would be returned to the Polunsky Unit, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) to the east, where the state’s male death row is located.

Roberson, 57, was convicted of killing of his daughter, Nikki Curtis, in the East Texas city of Palestine. His lawyers and some medical experts say his daughter died not from abuse but from complications related to pneumonia.


Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals
Legal Topics | 2024/10/11 15:10
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.

The high court’s order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy, often before women realize they’re pregnant. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Sept. 30 that privacy rights under Georgia’s state constitution include the right to make personal healthcare decisions.

The state Supreme Court put McBurney’s ruling on hold at the request of Republican state Attorney General Chris Carr, whose office is appealing.

In a dissenting opinion, Justice John J. Ellington argued that the case “should not be predetermined in the State’s favor before the appeal is even docketed.”

“The State should not be in the business of enforcing laws that have been determined to violate fundamental rights guaranteed to millions of individuals under the Georgia Constitution,” Ellington wrote. “The `status quo’ that should be maintained is the state of the law before the challenged laws took effect.”

Clare Bartlett, executive director of the Georgia Life Alliance, called high court’s decision “appropriate,” fearing that without it, women from other states would begin coming to Georgia for surgical abortions.

“There’s no there’s no right to privacy in the abortion process because there’s another individual involved,” Bartlett said. She added: “It goes back to protecting those who are the most vulnerable and can’t speak for themselves.”

Monica Simpson, executive director of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, said the state Supreme Court had “sided with anti-abortion extremists.” Her group is among the plaintiffs challenging the state law.

“Every minute this harmful six-week abortion ban is in place, Georgians suffer,” Simpson said in a statement. “Denying our community members the lifesaving care they deserve jeopardizes their lives, safety, and health — all for the sake of power and control over our bodies.”

Leaders of carafem, an Atlanta abortion provider that had planned to expand its services after McBurney’s ruling, expressed dismay at the law’s reinstatement.

“Carafem will continue to offer abortion services following the letter of the law,” said Melissa Grant, the provider’s chief operating officer. “But we remain angry and disappointed and hope that eventually people will come back to a more sensible point of view on this issue that aligns with the people who need care.”

Georgia’s law, signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019, was one of a wave of restrictive abortion measures that took effect in Republican-controlled states after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and ended a national right to abortion. It prohibited most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” was present. At around six weeks into a pregnancy, cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in an embryo’s cells that will eventually become the heart.

Georgia has a separate criminal law that makes illegal abortions punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providers, but not for women having abortions. In addition, the 2019 ban puts physicians at risk of losing their medical licenses if they perform unpermitted abortions.

The Georgia Supreme Court’s one-page order Monday exempted one specific provision of the state’s abortion law from being reinstated.



Court rules nearly 98000 Arizonans can vote the full ballot
Legal Topics | 2024/09/23 14:03
The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races, a significant decision that could influence ballot measures and tight legislative races.

The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full ballot. The voters already were entitled to cast ballots in federal races, including for president and Congress, regardless of how the court ruled.

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, and Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa County recorder, had disagreed on what status the voters should hold. Richer asked the high court to weigh in, saying Fontes ignored state law by advising county officials to let affected voters cast full ballots.

Fontes said not allowing the voters who believed they had satisfied voting requirements access to the full ballot would raise equal protection and due process concerns.

The high court, which leans Republican, agreed with Fontes. It said county officials lack the authority to change the voters’ statuses because those voters registered long ago and had attested under the penalty of law that they are citizens. The justices also said the voters were not at fault for the database error and also mentioned the little time that’s left before the Nov. 5 general election.

“We are unwilling on these facts to disenfranchise voters en masse from participating in state contests,” Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer wrote in the ruling.

Of the nearly 98,000 affected voters, most of them reside in Maricopa County, which is home to Phoenix, and are longtime state residents who range in age from 45 to 60. About 37% of them are registered Republicans, about 27% are registered Democrats and the rest are independents or affiliated with minor parties.

Arizona is unique among states in that it requires voters to prove their citizenship to participate in local and state races. Voters can demonstrate citizenship by providing a driver’s license or tribal ID number, or they can attach a copy of a birth certificate, passport or naturalization documents.

Arizona considers drivers’ licenses issued after October 1996 to be valid proof of citizenship. However, a system coding error marked nearly 98,000 voters who obtained licenses before 1996 — roughly 2.5% of all registered voters — as full-ballot voters, state officials said.



After just a few hours, U.S. election bets put on hold by appeals court ruling
Legal Topics | 2024/09/14 19:02
Just hours after it began, legal betting on the outcome of U.S. Congressional elections has been put on hold by a federal appeals court.

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order Thursday night temporarily freezing the matter until it can consider and rule on the issue. No timetable was initially given.

The court acted at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, mere hours after a federal judge cleared the way for the only bets on American elections to be legally sanctioned by a U.S. jurisdiction.

U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb permitted New York startup company Kalshi to begin offering what amounts to bets on the outcome of November elections regarding which parties win control of the House and Senate.

The company’s markets went live soon afterwards, and Kalshi accepted an unknown amount of bets, which it called “contracts.”

The Thursday night order put a halt to any further such bets. What might happen to those already made was unclear Friday.

Neither Kalshi nor the commission immediately responded to messages seeking comment Friday.

The ruling came after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission appealed Cobb’s ruling, warning that allowing election bets, even for a short period of time, risked serious harm from people trying to manipulate the election for financial purposes.

The Thursday night order put a halt to any further such bets. What might happen to those already made was unclear Friday.

Neither Kalshi nor the commission immediately responded to messages seeking comment Friday.

The ruling came after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission appealed Cobb’s ruling, warning that allowing election bets, even for a short period of time, risked serious harm from people trying to manipulate the election for financial purposes.


‘The Mentalist’ star Simon Baker admits drinking and driving in Australia
Legal Topics | 2024/09/11 15:44
Australian actor and director Simon Baker, best known for his role as Patrick Jane in the CBS drama series “The Mentalist,” avoided a conviction Wednesday after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol near his rural home.

The 55-year-old appeared in the Mullumbimby Local Court in New South Wales state for sentencing after pleading guilty the week before to a charge of driving with a blood-alcohol concentration exceeding the legal limit of 0.05%.

Baker acted alongside Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in the Oscar-nominated 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada” before starring as a former professional psychic who became a California Bureau of Investigation consultant in the hit series “The Mentalist” for eight seasons until 2015. He has worked on multiple shows and movies since, including a movie adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s “ Klara and the Sun ” directed by Taika Waititi with an expected 2025 release.

Magistrate Kathy Crittenden accepted that Baker was remorseful and was unlikely to drive after drinking again. She released him on a nine-month good behavior bond with no conviction recorded. Australian judges have discretion to not record a conviction against first-time offenders under exceptional circumstances.

Police reported seeing Baker’s Tesla electric car driving erratically in the fashionable Byron Bay region where he lives at 2:11 a.m. July 20.

That was hours after a faulty software update issued by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike created worldwide technological havoc, disrupting airlines, hospitals, government offices and financial systems. Crittenden said the outage knocked police systems offline and an electronic breath test could not be completed on Baker.

She said police resorted to an “old-fashioned sobriety test.”

Police reported Baker was unsteady on his feet and smelled of alcohol. He told police he had consumed four glasses of wine over dinner since 6 p.m., roughly eight hours prior. He was alone in the car.

Baker was “very polite and cooperative” and “extremely remorseful for his actions,” Crittenden said. Baker had since completed a traffic offenders’ rehabilitation program, the court was told.

Crittenden said four character references were tendered to the court about Baker’s community contributions, significant remorse and attesting to his conduct being out of character.

“The court has little difficulty in finding that Mr. Baker is remorseful for his offending and it is unlikely he will offend again,” she said.


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