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2024/12/08
US inflation ticked up last month as some price pressures remain persistent
2024/10/02
Court declines Biden’s appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
2024/09/11
Protesters storm Mexico’s Senate after ruling party wins votes for court overhaul
2024/09/06
Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
2024/08/16
X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’
2024/06/19
US soldier sentenced to nearly 4 years in Russian penal colony for theft
2024/05/01
Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say
2024/04/26
Starbucks appears likely to win Supreme Court dispute with federal labor agency
2024/02/27
Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case
2024/02/02
UN court rejects most of Ukraine’s terror financing case against Russia
2024/01/30
Hong Kong court orders China's Evergrande, which owes $300 billion, to liquidate
2024/01/20
Pita Limjaroenrat: Thailand court to decide if politician will lose his seat
2023/12/29
Pierce Brosnan accused of trespassing in a Yellowstone thermal area
2023/11/16
Supreme Court Releases Nonbinding Code of Ethics After Public Pressure
2023/11/13
Trump pushes for election interference trial to be televised
2023/11/02
Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in fraud trial
2023/09/26
Writers’ union reaches tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end strike
2023/09/03
New Supreme Court Fellows Begin Term
2023/08/31
Ex-Catholic Cardinal McCarrick, age 93, found unfit to stand trial
2023/08/28
Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui
2023/07/31
Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
2023/07/21
Judge upholds the $5 million jury verdict against Trump
2023/07/17
Diversify or die: San Francisco’s downtown is a wake-up call for other cities
2023/07/13
First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval
2023/06/28
Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient’s family
2023/06/26
Yale student who reported rape can be sued for defamation
2023/06/20
Judge weighs Missouri GOP dispute over estimated cost of allowing abortions
2023/05/18
Suspect in fatal stabbing of Cash App founder pleads not guilty
2023/05/09
Nigeria court hears opposition’s presidential vote challenge
2023/05/01
Justices to consider case involving fishing boat monitor pay
2023/04/26
German court: naked landlord doesn’t justify lower rent
2023/04/03
Wisconsin Supreme Court control, abortion access at stake
2022/11/15
Justices asked to hear dog toy dispute. Will they bite?
2022/09/23
Arizonan sentenced for Vegas-based scheme targeting migrants
2022/09/14
Alabama must disclose status of nitrogen hypoxia executions
2022/08/29
Pa. man who attacked police on Jan. 6 gets 46-month sentence
2022/08/07
Probation for woman who wiped up blood after killing spouse
2022/08/02
Family loses Supreme Court bid to extend boy’s life support
2022/07/18
Abortion clinic goes before judge to challenge WVa ban
2022/06/20
Construction to begin on roadway, but legal fight remains
2022/06/03
Man denies kidnapping charge in alleged murder-for-hire plot
2022/05/23
Pakistani court orders probe into ex-minister’s arrest
2022/05/02
Connecticut Senate OKs bill that protects abortion providers
2022/02/28
Man convicted of fraudulently seeking $13M in COVID-19 loans
2022/02/14
Democrats sue to overturn new Kansas congressional districts
2022/02/10
Temple prof seeks reinstatement of damage claims against FBI
2022/02/03
Suits target New Orleans virus rules, some affect Mardi Gras
2022/01/31
US sanctions Myanmar judiciary officials on coup anniversary
2022/01/17
Some Michigan counties pause jury trials amid COVID surge
2022/01/14
Appeals court: Illinois counties must end ICE contracts
2021/11/28
Italy frees man convicted of 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher
2021/11/20
Washington seeks over $38 billion from opioid distributors
2021/11/16
New Mexico Supreme court mediates clash on pandemic aid
2021/11/08
International Criminal Court to probe abuses in Venezuela
2021/10/04
Commissioner sought to oversee 3 Ohio redistricting suits
2021/09/08
Supreme Court hanging up phone, back to in-person arguments
2021/08/25
Idaho Supreme Court overturns tougher ballot initiative law
2021/08/23
Eugene Criminal Defense Blog
2021/08/16
Holocaust researchers in Poland win libel case on appeal
2021/08/13
Federal judge leaves CDC evictions moratorium in place
2021/08/06
Biden’s new evictions moratorium faces doubts on legality
2021/05/10
UK lawyer fined for defying Heathrow court ruling embargo
2021/04/19
Supreme Court rejects lingering 2020 election challenge case
2021/04/11
Mississippi marijuana program hinges on initiative arguments
2021/03/16
Florida man gets 11 years for trafficking 78 pounds of meth
2021/01/14
S. Korean court upholds prison term for ex-president Park
2021/01/01
What is the secret to the longevity of fresh flowers?
2020/12/28
China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years
2020/12/16
Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court
2020/11/23
Our Firm Covers Bankruptcy in the Wake of COVID-19
2020/11/14
Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
2020/10/29
Supreme Court leaves NC absentee ballot deadline at Nov. 12
2020/10/21
Despite rhetoric, GOP has supported packing state courts
2020/09/15
'Hotel Rwanda' hero charged with terrorism in Rwanda court
2020/09/03
Slovakia court set to give verdict in reporter's slaying
2020/08/08
Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions
2020/08/04
Court OKs extradition of man linked to Venezuela's Maduro
2020/07/21
Ohio court to hear arguments in appeal over judge shot video
2020/07/02
High court won't hear abortion clinic 'buffer zone' cases
2020/06/20
New Mexico high court rules on privacy for banking records
2020/05/20
Supreme Court blocks House from Mueller grand jury material
2020/04/19
Court issues temporary restraining order on Gov. Kelly's order
2020/04/03
North Carolina wins court piracy case over Blackbeard's ship
2020/02/18
Court reinstates order for Russia to pay $50 bln over Yukos
2020/02/09
Ruling ends court fight over merger of 2 school districts
2020/02/09
Court fight over lost dog survives after dog's owner dies
2020/01/27
Dutch court throws out case against Israeli military chiefs
2020/01/20
PolyMet will appeal permit ruling to Minnesota Supreme Court
2020/01/20
German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic
2020/01/14
Supreme Court rejects appeal in texting suicide case
2020/01/03
President, Supreme Court top Wisconsin races in 2020
2019/12/24
Saudis sentence 5 people to death for Khashoggi’s killing
2019/12/20
US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas
2019/12/16
Supreme Court won't disturb ruling against anti-homeless law
2019/12/08
Court says Arkansas must count eye law referendum signatures
2019/11/24
Supreme Court says Ginsburg released from hospital
2019/11/09
Indian court rules in favor of Hindu temple on disputed land
2019/11/05
Supreme Court considering whether Trump must open tax returns
2019/11/04
Appeals court agrees Trump tax returns can be turned over
2019/11/01
EU Court slams Bosnia over 11-year election gap in Mostar
2019/10/09
Supreme Court takes up cases about LGBT people’s rights
2019/09/27
Dutch Supreme Court asked to clarify euthanasia case
2019/09/26
Transgender woman in Supreme Court case 'happy being me'
2019/09/23
Supreme Court ruling clear, but Brexit future still murky
2019/09/15
Buffalo Chip takes quest to become town before Supreme Court
2019/09/10
New justice formally joins Virginia Supreme Court
2019/09/01
Brazil court overrules Rio mayor on gay kiss book ban
2019/08/11
Appeal in John Steinbeck lawsuit heard in court
2019/08/05
Puerto Ricans await court decision on potential new governor
2019/07/16
Records detail frenetic effort to bury stories about Trump
2019/06/25
High court strikes down ‘scandalous’ part of trademark law
2019/06/01
Estranged husband, girlfriend in court for missing mom case
2019/05/26
Kenya's Judges Uphold Laws That Criminalize Gay Sex
2019/05/24
Russian court extends arrest for American accused of spying
2019/05/09
Supreme Court says 1 state can’t be sued in another’s courts
2019/04/08
South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban
2019/03/29
Australian man loses bullying-by-breaking wind court case
2019/03/27
Group takes oil refinery fight to North Dakota's high court
2019/03/17
Veterans court may be collateral damage in immigration fight
2019/02/25
High court deciding fate of cross-shaped Maryland memorial
2019/02/18
High court rules for retired US marshal in W.Va. tax dispute
2019/02/15
Wisconsin court: Judge's Facebook friendship could show bias
2019/02/13
Ex-West Virginia Supreme Court justice set for sentencing
2019/01/15
Model in Russian court apologizes for US election claim
2019/01/06
Court orders mediation in Maryland desegregation case
2019/01/05
Appeals court sides with Trump in transgender military case
2018/12/22
Fight over report on Wynn allegations back in court Jan. 4
2018/12/13
Spanish court gears up for high-stakes trial of separatists
2018/12/11
Supreme Court won't hear Planned Parenthood case
2018/12/04
EU court adviser: Britain could change its mind on Brexit
2018/11/27
Lump of coal? Taxes more likely for online gifts this season
2018/11/13
Georgia candidate asks court to intervene in vote dispute
2018/09/26
Court suspends law license for SC prosecutor facing charges
2018/09/11
Audit: West Virginia Supreme Court skirted pay law
2018/09/05
Louisiana Supreme Court upholds life sentence in beating
2018/08/18
Alabama Supreme Court won't move lawsuit against Moore
2018/08/10
SC Supreme Court to decide if elected sheriff is qualified
2018/08/06
Filing period opens for West Virginia Supreme Court seat
2018/08/02
Supreme Court keeps 'climate kids' suit on track for trial
2018/07/31
Court: Ban seafood caught with nets that harm tiny porpoises
2018/07/26
Top court: Social media posts violate no-contact order
2018/07/24
Court: Release surveillance video in Florida school shooting
2018/07/21
Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision may have been wrong
2018/07/20
City attorney criticizes law used to arrest Stormy Daniels
2018/07/14
Courts finds suspect in neo-Nazi trial guilty of 10 killings
2018/07/08
1-year-old goes to court to get reunited with family
2018/07/06
Wisconsin court to rule on conservative professor's firing
2018/07/01
Prosecutor to press court to release church abuse report
2018/06/28
For new Supreme Court justice, a host of big issues awaits
2018/06/24
Police shooting of boy spurs more protests, appeals
2018/06/17
Gamers in court for first time after Kansas 'swatting' death
2018/06/13
NY high court nixes Trump's bid to delay defamation suit
2018/06/08
Kansas Supreme Court sends DNA request back to lower court
2018/06/02
Supreme Court allows Arkansas to enforce abortion restrictions
2018/04/22
Court weighs punishment for judge for courthouse affair
2018/04/20
Lake County courts to switch to online filing system in May
2018/04/15
Question of sales tax on online purchases goes to high court
2018/04/13
Zuckerberg Flubs Details of Facebook Privacy Commitments
2018/04/09
North Carolina court allows case against dance instructors
2018/04/07
Ohio court to decide if ex-player can sue over concussions
2018/04/06
Court to decide if drug use while pregnant is child abuse
2018/03/04
Court rules in favor of fired transgender funeral director
2018/03/03
Brazil court largely upholds law that some fear hurts Amazon
2018/03/01
High court: Held immigrants can't get periodic bond hearings
2018/02/28
Court: US anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation
2018/02/17
Inmate in landmark Supreme Court case denied parole
2018/02/16
GOP to take new congressional map to court
2018/02/15
Afghans submitted 1.17 million war crimes claims to court
2018/02/07
Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw GOP-favored district map
2018/02/05
The Science of Online Marketing
2018/01/25
Analysis: Outside groups may factor in Arkansas court race
2018/01/21
Warrant dropped for professor who spoke Hawaiian in court
2018/01/17
Judge to pick battlefield for court fight over Manson's body
2018/01/12
Women taking their right to go topless to state's high court
2018/01/10
Greece to limit Sharia law after European Court challenge
2018/01/06
Florida and Georgia taking water fight to Supreme Court
2017/12/19
Western powers warn Kosovo on changing war crimes court law
2017/12/14
Ohio high court shields full autopsy reports in slaying of 8
2017/11/15
Free Speech Is Starting to Dominate the US Supreme Court's Agenda
2017/10/25
Washington Supreme Court to hear education funding case
2017/10/19
Ex-SKorea leader Park complains about extension of detention
2017/10/18
Lawyers want Supreme Court to block Texas from executing man
2017/09/21
Court asked to dismiss cases tied to ex-drug lab chemist
2017/09/19
Court: State, Not Counties Accountable for Poor School Funds
2017/09/07
Court eyes Massachusetts church-state dispute
2017/08/31
Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
2017/08/25
South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison
2017/08/17
Kentucky governor, attorney general clash before high court
2017/08/16
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to speak in Tuscaloosa
2017/08/14
German court sends ECB challenge to European court
2017/07/29
Court raises chances of diesel bans in German city
2017/07/23
Court: Violence law unfair to gay South Carolina couples
2017/07/14
Federal court's agenda has topics that draw Trump's ire
2017/07/01
More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban
2017/06/26
EU Court: Vaccines Can Be Blamed for Illnesses Without Proof
2017/06/24
Rhode Island high court vacates conviction in triple slaying
2017/05/12
Appeal in boy's burp arrest case relies on Gorsuch dissent
2017/05/10
New Mexico Supreme Court won't restore funds to Legislature
2017/05/05
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman returns to court in drug case
2017/05/05
Indiana high court rejects appeal in malnourished teen case
2017/05/03
Top Kansas Court to Revisit Death Penalty in Wichita Murders
2017/04/26
Trump repeats criticism of court that halted 1st travel ban
2017/04/21
Pakistan court to decide on accusations against PM's family
2017/04/07
Baldwin's Supreme Court nominee fight is early flashpoint
2017/04/02
Arkansas asks court to block order on execution drugs
2017/02/21
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear open meetings case
2017/02/14
Court: Police executing 'no-knock' warrant before shooting
2017/02/08
Travel ban decision in hands of federal appeals court judges
2017/01/21
Supreme Court to hear case about party in vacant DC house
2017/01/16
Supreme Court delays New Jersey sports betting decision
2017/01/09
High Court won't hear appeal over Backpage.com escort ads
2016/12/19
Massachusetts teen due in court in texting suicide case
2016/12/11
Supreme Court upholds broad reach of bank fraud law
2016/10/08
Court: Construction can resume on small stretch of pipeline
2016/09/21
Bosnian Serbs vote in referendum banned by top court
2016/09/16
Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder
2016/09/13
Appeals court orders judge to expunge woman's convictions
2016/09/12
Court rejects challenge to Michigan's emergency manager law
2016/09/10
Appeals court sympathetic to voting rules challenge
2016/08/26
Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court
2016/08/19
2 teens killed in Atlanta suburb: Man accused due in court
2016/07/28
Court won't reinstate church official's conviction
2016/05/06
Iran's president slams US court ruling on frozen assets
2016/04/24
JetBlue attendant pleads not guilty to cocaine charge
2016/03/01
Supreme Court rejects NJ employees' appeal over pension fund
2016/02/28
African-American voters see court fight as affront to Obama
2016/02/09
South African court hears case against president
2015/12/24
Jeffrey Dahmer's lawyer suspended by Supreme Court
2015/12/01
High Court rules against Northern Ireland's abortion law
2015/11/06
Mississippi Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce
2015/10/12
Georgia man accused in hot car death to appear in court
2015/08/10
Juvenile court decision due in Slender Man stabbing case
2015/08/08
Inmate challenge to death sentence goes back to trial court
2015/08/01
Federal report finds bias in St. Louis County family court
2015/07/24
NY state Sen. Sampson found guilty of obstruction
2015/07/22
Crimean Filmmaker Pleads Not Guilty in Terrorism Trial
2015/07/16
Wisconsin court ends probe of presidential hopeful Walker
2015/07/06
Legal public nudity; cattle rustling; sheriff pays tax
2015/07/02
Oklahoma court to look at blocking Tulsa grand jury probe
2015/06/09
Appeals court sets aside conviction of bin Laden assistant
2015/06/05
Another Arizona immigration law dismantled by the courts
2015/06/03
Abortion ban based on heartbeat rejected by appeals court
2015/05/18
High court won't hear appeal over Walker campaign probe
2015/04/15
Panama court lifts Martinelli's immunity from prosecution
2015/04/07
Protesters inside Supreme Court face harsher charges
2015/03/31
Jury finds ex-San Francisco bank executive guilty of fraud
2015/03/27
Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned by Italy high court
2015/03/20
Ohio mother accused of decapitating baby due in court
2015/03/20
Mexican Supreme Court orders release of man in 1992 murders
2015/03/05
'Suge' Knight taken to hospital after court hearing
2015/03/05
Bankrupt Caesars unit gets court's OK to use cash, for now
2015/02/25
Philippine court enters not guilty plea for US Marine
2015/02/25
Supreme Court sides with Kansas in water dispute
2015/02/16
Court nixes faith-based birth control mandate challenge
2015/02/09
Former Massey Energy CEO asks court to dismiss charges
2015/02/09
Court hearing could speed way for Revel casino sale
2015/02/03
Supreme Court halts 3 upcoming executions in Oklahoma
2015/01/30
Fugitive treasure hunter to appear in Florida federal court
2015/01/30
Panama high court OKs corruption probe of ex-president
2015/01/19
Court won't hear free speech challenge to metals dealers law
2015/01/12
Court won't hear free speech challenge to metals dealers law
2014/12/31
'Saved by the Bell' Actor Due in a Wisconsin Court
2014/12/08
Post reporter charged in Iran after day in court
2014/11/07
Court reaffirms BP is liable in Gulf oil spill
2014/10/30
Health overhaul's subsidies at Supreme Court
2014/10/13
Court hears dispute over pay for security checks
2014/09/22
Case of American jailed in Cuba back in US court
2014/08/27
Guilty plea in California meat recall case
2014/08/18
Ala court upholds generic drug decision
2014/08/11
Egypt court dissolves Muslim Brotherhood party
2014/08/05
Italy court reopens probe into death of Pantani
2014/07/28
German court receives suit against EU bank union
2014/07/17
Suspect in bodies-in-suitcases case due in court
2014/07/07
Priest guilty of killing nun will get funeral Mass
2014/06/30
US Supreme Court lets Equifax tax ruling stand
2014/06/23
Court rejects challenge to US-Canada bridge plan
2014/06/16
Iowa high court reinstates major pollution lawsuit
2014/06/13
Coast Guard cadet won't be court-martialed
2014/06/10
The California State Supreme Court rules on red light cameras
2014/06/03
Court gives OJ lawyers a week to resubmit appeal
2014/05/27
Iran judge summons Facebook CEO to court
2014/05/23
Justice Dept. to Reveal Drone Memo
2014/05/16
Court: Red Bulls must pay $2.8M in property tax
2014/05/13
Court orders Turkey to pay Cyprus over invasion
2014/05/09
German court awaiting details of Gurlitt will
2014/05/02
3 men guilty on all counts in teens' slaying
2014/04/21
Orange County man guilty of wife's murder-for-hire
2014/04/08
Supreme Court to hear class-action dispute
2014/04/08
EU court nixes government bulk data collection
2014/04/03
Court: Private email exempt from open records law
2014/03/31
Another Apple-Samsung skirmish heads to court
2014/03/24
Mass. casino foes ask court to allow repeal effort
2014/03/17
Lawsuit says California mortgage money mishandled
2014/03/17
Chris Brown returns to court after rehab dismissal
2014/03/10
Driver pleads guilty in deadly bus stop crash
2014/02/28
Supreme Court allows Stanford Ponzi scheme suits
2014/02/24
Arizona high court bars cuts to public pensions
2014/02/17
Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage
2014/02/13
CA Supreme Court justice to retire
2014/02/13
Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban
2014/02/06
Teens charged in death of Australian due in court
2014/02/03
7 now guilty in Pendleton contractor bribery case
2014/01/30
Supreme Court Rules Against Steelworkers' Claim
2014/01/27
Lawmakers push back against Washington high court
2014/01/24
Immigration
2014/01/20
Court hearings for 2 arrested in student stabbing
2014/01/16
Court won't allow Daimler Chrysler suit in Calif
2014/01/13
Chile's top court rules against coal-fired complex
2014/01/10
Defamatory online posts revisited by Texas court
2014/01/02
Ga. banker accused of losing millions due in court
2014/01/02
Utah asks Supreme Court to block gay marriage
2013/12/30
Man pleads not guilty in rape, death of Ohio girl
2013/12/20
Va. court: Hookah lounge exempt from smoking ban
2013/12/16
Indian gay activists protest top court's ruling
2013/12/09
Dutch Supreme Court: Fortis was mismanaged
2013/12/05
Court Declines To Take Liberty University's Obamacare Lawsuit
2013/11/29
Amanda Knox appeals slander case to European court
2013/11/29
Supreme Court Will Take up New Health Law Dispute
2013/11/25
Appeals court sides with Starbucks over tips
2013/11/22
Republicans block nominee to key appeals court
2013/11/11
N. Ind. court helps veterans get back on track
2013/11/04
Appeals court to review approval of BP settlement
2013/10/29
Chris Brown released on assault charge in DC court
2013/10/07
Spanish court convicts 53 in corruption trial
2013/09/30
Butte man pleads guilty in overdose death
2013/09/03
Federal court upholds California's foie gras ban
2013/08/26
Judge denies motions in WVU media rights laws
2013/08/22
Minn. Supreme Court sides with HIV-positive man
2013/07/26
Court says Disneyland can keep Segway ban
2013/07/17
Court: Legal status can't be used in civil cases
2013/06/19
Texas governor woos disgruntled Conn. gun makers
2013/06/14
Court hears arguments on NYC's big soda ban
2013/06/01
Wal-Mart pleads guilty in hazardous waste
2013/05/23
IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe
2013/05/08
Evidence challenged: Miss. court blocks execution
2013/05/08
Court: California cities can ban pot shops
2013/03/04
Justices voice skepticism of voting rights law
2013/02/27
SC court nixes James Brown estate settlement
2013/01/22
Not guilty pleas entered for Lohan on misdemeanors
2013/01/14
Man pleads not guilty in deadly DUI crash
2013/01/08
Court won't stop embryonic stem cell research
2012/12/10
High Court to decide how logging roads regulated
2012/11/15
Court won't hear appeal in witness tampering case
2012/11/06
Chevron sued in Argentina over Ecuadorean spills
2012/10/19
Supreme Court views not 'liberal or conservative'
2012/10/04
Illegal immigrant in Fla. fights for law license
2012/09/05
Lawyer: LaBelle settles suit over NYC lobby run-in
2012/08/29
Apple lists 8 Samsung products it wants banned
2012/08/01
Court orders Chevron to stop drilling for oil
2012/07/05
Romney calls Obama's health care requirement a tax
2012/07/05
Court knocks down BASF, Shell Brazil payment
2012/06/22
Court throws out FCC penalties for cursing, nudity
2012/06/18
High court sides with state in DNA case
2012/05/23
2nd campaign aide to DC mayor pleads guilty
2012/04/17
High court weighs overtime pay for drug sales reps
2012/02/13
Federal court rules for Ohio festival free speech
2012/02/13
The Shuman Law Firm Announces Class Action
2012/01/24
NJ gov picks gay black man, Asian for top court
2012/01/05
Court hearings resume in Jefferson bankruptcy case
2012/01/04
Faruqi Faruqi, LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit
2011/12/22
Pa.'s rhyming justice pens insurance fraud opinion
2011/12/21
Court backs stripping Chinese tire import duties
2011/12/13
Mass. court OKs release of Bishop inquest report
2011/12/13
Washington Mutual agrees to settlement
2011/11/29
Thomas, Kagan asked to sit out health care case
2011/11/28
Court will decide question on crack sentencing
2011/11/14
Company pleads guilty to dumping wastewater in Harvey Canal
2011/11/13
Fifth guilty plea entered in Philly abortion case
2011/11/10
Ala. county files for largest municipal bankruptcy
2011/11/09
Federal court rejects Texas redistricting maps
2011/11/07
NY investment firm among owners of Maine casino
2011/11/04
Ex-owner of Pa. youth lockups gets 18 months
2011/11/03
Appeals panel sides with CBS over Super Bowl fine
2011/11/01
Scandal-plagued former Bell official sues city
2011/11/01
SF court to hear appeal by Tucson rampage suspect
2011/10/31
High court avoids dispute over highway crosses
2011/10/31
Alabama immigration fight recalls civil rights era
2011/10/24
GOP candidates would cut federal judges' power
2011/10/17
Court blocks Ala. from checking student status
2011/10/15
High court to rule on Stolen Valor Act
2011/10/10
Court won't hear appeal from Alamo followers
2011/10/04
Fannie Mae ignored misconduct
2011/09/27
High court to decide lawyer immunity question
2011/09/26
Lawyers seek to stop Loughner's forced medication
2011/09/20
Court halts Texas execution of ex-Army recruiter
2011/09/19
Iowa hiring lawsuit begins Monday
2011/09/09
Court: Samsung can't sell tablet in Germany
2011/09/07
Wal-Mart Uses Class Action Against Netflix
2011/09/04
Court convicts Serb general for Balkan atrocities
2011/09/01
Group seeks appellate action on gays in military
2011/08/30
Court to hear appeal over medicating Loughner
2011/08/26
Del. pediatrician gets life for abusing patients
2011/08/25
Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Class Action
2011/08/22
Court rules Ventas may immediately collect $102M
2011/08/18
NY court rejects $18M class action writers deal
2011/08/18
Former CEO guilty in 'Ponzi' scheme
2011/08/17
EPA settles with owners of Mass. chemical plant
2011/08/14
Serbia seeks to block execution of citizen in Nev.
2011/08/09
Bank of America starts overdraft rebate outreach
2011/07/28
Immigrants Sue Alabama Over Immigration Law
2011/07/25
Iowa insurers get more time on new health law
2011/07/20
Paralegal accused of stealing from law firm
2011/07/11
Ex-law firm office manager sentenced for theft
2011/07/07
Lawyer sentenced in insider trading scheme in NYC
2011/07/04
Former Wyoming governor joins law firm
2011/06/28
JJ recalls more Tylenol Extra Strength pills
2011/06/27
Wis. Gov: Supreme Court needs to resolve discord
2011/06/27
Los Angeles Dodgers file for bankruptcy
2011/06/20
Chandler steps down as head of Del. Chancery Court
2011/06/20
Miss. court tosses exploitation conviction
2011/06/13
2 ex-judges, lawyer back to prison in Miss scheme
2011/06/10
Ohio judge says Ford must pay dealers $2B
2011/06/06
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Holland Knight Cuts Compensation
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Huge Corruption Sweep In New Jersey
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Insurer's asbestos-related lawsuits at high court
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US inflation ticked up last month as some price pressures remain persistent
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2024/12/08 09:59
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Fueled by pricier used cars, hotel rooms and groceries, inflation in the United States moved slightly higher last month in the latest sign that some price pressures remain elevated.
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November from a year earlier, up from a yearly figure of 2.6% in October. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core prices increased 3.3%, the same as in the previous month. Measured month to month, prices climbed 0.3% from October to November, the biggest such increase since April. Core prices also rose 0.3% for a fourth straight month.
Wednesday’s inflation figures from the Labor Department are the final major piece of data that Federal Reserve officials will consider before they meet next week to decide on interest rates. The relatively mild November increase won’t likely be enough to discourage the officials from cutting their key rate by a quarter-point. The probability of a rate cut next week, as envisioned by Wall Street traders, rose to 98% after Wednesday’s inflation report was released, according to futures pricing tracked by CME FedWatch.
“It’s generally in the ballpark of what the Fed would like to see,” said Jason Pride, chief investment strategist at Glenmede, a wealth management firm. Though sharp increases for such items as groceries and hotel rooms increased overall inflation last month, those categories are often volatile. Pride noted that the cost of services, such as rents, car insurance, and airline fares, cooled in November.
Last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested that with the economy generally healthy, the Fed could reduce its key rate slowly.
“We’re not quite there on inflation, but we’re making progress,” Powell said. “We can afford to be a little more cautious.”
With the job market cooling, growth in Americans’ paychecks has slowed from a nearly 6% annual pace in 2022 to about 4% now, a rate nearly consistent with inflation at the Fed’s 2% target. Powell has said he doesn’t think the current job market is a driver of higher prices.
Randy Carr, CEO of World Emblem, a maker of patches, labels and badges for companies, universities and law enforcement agencies, said he is providing smaller wage increases, in the 3% to 5% range, than his company did during the height of inflation.
“Things have kind of leveled off,” he said.
Carr’s customers, which include the company that makes emblems for UPS uniforms, generally won’t accept price hikes much more than 2% a year. So World Emblem aims to offset the cost of its higher wages through greater efficiencies in manufacturing.
In September, the Fed slashed its benchmark rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, by a sizable half-point. It followed that move with a quarter-point rate cut in November. Those cuts lowered the central bank’s key rate to 4.6%, down from a four-decade high of 5.3%.
Though inflation is now way below its peak of 9.1% in June 2022, average prices are still about 20% higher than they were three years ago — a major source of public discontent that helped drive President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
Grocery prices jumped last month, an uncomfortable reminder for consumers that food prices remain a big drag on households’ budgets. Beef prices leapt 3.1% just from October to November and are up 5% from a year earlier.
Egg prices, which have been volatile for more than two years, in part because of outbreaks of bird flu, soared 8.2% just last month. They are nearly 38% higher than a year ago.
Gas prices ticked up 0.6% from October to November, ending a string of declines. Still, gas is down more than 8% from a year earlier. Hotel prices leapt 3.2% from October to November and are 3.7% higher than a year ago.
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Court declines Biden’s appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
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2024/10/02 11:42
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A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, the Supreme Court said Monday.
The decision is another setback for opponents of Texas’ abortion ban, which for two years has withstood multiple legal challenges, including from women who had serious pregnancy complications and have been turned away by doctors.
It left Texas as the only state where the Biden administration is unable to enforce its interpretation of a federal law in an effort to ensure women still have access to emergency abortions when their health or life is at risk.
The justices did not detail their reasoning for keeping in place a lower court order, and there were no publicly noted dissents. Texas had asked the justices to leave the order in place while the Biden administration had asked the justices to throw it out.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called the decision “a major victory.”
The Biden administration argues that a federal law, called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, requires emergency rooms to provide abortions if a pregnant patient’s health or life is at serious risk, even in states where the procedure is banned. The law only applies to emergency rooms that receive Medicare funding, which most hospitals do.
The Supreme Court decision comes weeks before a presidential election in which Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has put abortion at the center of her campaign, attacking Republican challenger Donald Trump for appointing judges to the high court who overturned nationwide abortion rights in 2022.
“I will never stop fighting for a woman’s right to emergency medical care — and to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade so that women in every state have access to the care they need,” Harris said on social media Monday evening.
Texas’ abortion ban has also been a centerpiece of Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred ’s challenge against Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cuz for his seat. At a campaign event over the weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, hundreds of Allred’s supporters broke out in raucous applause when he vowed to protect a woman’s right to an abortion. “When I’m in the Senate, we’re going to restore Roe v. Wade,” Allred said.
At a separate event the same day, in a nearby suburb, Cruz outlined a litany of criticisms against Allred, but didn’t bring up the abortion law.
Katie Glenn Daniel, the state policy director of SBA Pro-Life America, applauded the Supreme Court decision and pointed to data showing Texas doctors have been able to provide an average of about five abortions per month to save a patient’s life or health.
Still, complaints of pregnant women in medical distress being turned away from emergency rooms in Texas and elsewhere have spiked as hospitals grapple with whether standard care could violate strict state laws against abortion. Several Texas women have lodged complaints against hospitals for not terminating their failing and dangerous pregnancies because of the state’s ban. In some cases, women lost reproductive organs.
In asking the Supreme Court to toss out the lower court decision, the administration pointed to a similar case from Idaho earlier this year in which the justices narrowly allowed emergency abortions to resume while a lawsuit continues. At the time the Idaho case began, the state had an exception for the life, but not the health, of a woman.
Texas said its case is different, however, because the law provides some exceptions if a pregnant patient’s health is at risk.
Texas pointed to a state Supreme Court ruling that said doctors do not have to wait until a woman’s life is in immediate danger to provide an abortion legally. Doctors, though, have said the Texas law is dangerously vague, and a medical board has refused to list all the conditions that qualify for an exception. '
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Protesters storm Mexico’s Senate after ruling party wins votes for court overhaul
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2024/09/11 08:26
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Hundreds of protesters broke into Mexico’s Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers weighed a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, forcing the body to take a temporary recess for the safety of the senators.
The shut down came just hours after Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, wrangled the votes it needed to jam through the proposal after one member of an opposition party flipped to support it.
That move and other political maneuvering ahead of a vote on the plan championed by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador fueled even more outrage after weeks of protests by judicial employees and law students.
Critics and observers say the plan, in which all judges would be elected, could threaten judicial independence and undermine the system of checks and balances.
Some protesters entered the Senate chambers in an effort to block the vote after they said lawmakers were not listening to their demands. Protesters broke through the door of the Senate chamber pushing aggressively, using pipes and chains. At least one person fainted after protesters broke in.
“The judiciary isn’t going to fall,” yelled the protesters, waving Mexican flags and signs against the overhaul. They were joined by a number of opposition senators as they chanted in the chamber. Others outside the court roared when newscasters announced the Senate was taking a recess.
Among them was Alejandro Navarrete, a 30-year-old judicial worker, who said that people like him working in the courts “knowing the danger the reform represents” came to call on the Senate to strike down the proposal.
“They have decided to sell out the nation, and sell out for political capital they were offered, we felt obligated to enter the Senate,” he said, carrying a Mexican flag. “Our intention is not violent, we didn’t intend to hurt them, but we intend to make it clear that the Mexican people won’t allow them to lead us into a dictatorship.”
Despite unrest in recent weeks, the plan sailed through the lower chamber of Congress last week, and was passed onto the Senate, where López Obrador’s Morena party lacked the necessary supermajority to approve it. In recent weeks, it was able to peel off two senators from an opposition party, but came into this week still missing one more.
It was unclear where that vote would come from because the country’s opposition vehemently opposes the plan. But over the weekend, observers began to speculate that a senator from the conservative National Action Party (PAN), Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez, would support Morena as he refused to answer calls from his party leadership.
On Tuesday, Yunes Márquez announced he would take leave due to health issues and be replaced by his father, Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares, a former governor of Veracruz said he would vote for the plan. He said he knew the plan was “not the best” but said more laws down the line could improve it.
“Mexico is not going to be destroyed for approving this reform, nor will the reform automatically change the reality of a justice system that is calling out for fundamental change,” Yunes Linares said.
Yunes Linares strolled into the Senate chambers and was met with applause and chants of “hero!” by Morena senators and screams of “traitor!” from his own party. One PAN senator, Lilly Téllez, even threw dozens of coins at Yunes Linares, calling him a ”traitor who sold out his country” for his own benefit. A Senate vote was expected Wednesday.
The national head of PAN, Marko Cortés, claimed that it “is evident” that there was an “impunity pact” between the Yuneses and the government so he would vote in favor of the overhaul. Cortés was referring to a July arrest order for Sen. Yunes Márquez, for alleged falsification of documents and fraud related to his candidacy.
Yunes had challenged it and got a temporary suspension, calling it a political persecution by the governing Morena party, the same party his father now appears ready to support.
His father, Yunes Linares, dodged questions from the media about how he would vote but accused Cortés of “lynching” him and claimed it was “absolutely false” that he has been coerced to vote for the overhaul. He was flanked by two Morena senators as he spoke.
A Yunes vote in favor would allow the ruling party to clear the biggest hurdle in making the proposal law. If it passes the Senate, it will have to be ratified by the legislatures of 17 of Mexico’s 32 states, but the governing party is believed to have the necessary support. |
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Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
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2024/09/06 08:27
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One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.
The Justice Department, joined by a coalition of states, and Google each made opening statements Monday to a federal judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over online advertising technology.
The regulators contend that Google built, acquired and maintains a monopoly over the technology that matches online publishers to advertisers. Dominance over the software on both the buy side and the sell side of the transaction enables Google to keep as much as 36 cents on the dollar when it brokers sales between publishers and advertisers, the government contends in court papers.
They allege that Google also controls the ad exchange market, which matches the buy side to the sell side.
“It’s worth saying the quiet part out loud,” Justice Department lawyer Julia Tarver Wood said during her opening statement. “One monopoly is bad enough. But a trifecta of monopolies is what we have here.”
Google says the government’s case is based on an internet of yesteryear, when desktop computers ruled and internet users carefully typed precise World Wide Web addresses into URL fields. Advertisers now are more likely to turn to social media companies like TikTok or streaming TV services like Peacock to reach audiences.
In her opening statement, Google lawyer Karen Dunn likened the government’s case to a “time capsule with with a Blackberry, an iPod and a Blockbuster video card.”
Dunn said Supreme Court precedents warn judges about “the serious risk of error or unintended consequences” when dealing with rapidly emerging technology and considering whether antitrust law requires intervention. She also warned that any action taken against Google won’t benefit small businesses but will simply allow other tech behemoths like Amazon, Microsoft and TikTok to fill the void.
According to Google’s annual reports, revenue has actually declined in recent years for Google Networks, the division of the Mountain View, California-based tech giant that includes such services as AdSense and Google Ad Manager that are at the heart of the case, from $31.7 billion in 2021 to $31.3 billion in 2023,
The trial that began Monday in Alexandria, Virginia, over the alleged ad tech monopoly was initially going to be a jury trial, but Google maneuvered to force a bench trial, writing a check to the federal government for more than $2 million to moot the only claim brought by the government that required a jury.
The case will now be decided by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, who was appointed to the bench by former President Bill Clinton and is best known for high-profile terrorism trials including that of Sept. 11 defendant Zacarias Moussaoui. Brinkema, though, also has experience with highly technical civil trials, working in a courthouse that sees an outsize number of patent infringement cases.
The Virginia case comes on the heels of a major defeat for Google over its search engine, which generates the majority of the company’s $307 billion in annual revenue. A judge in the District of Columbia declared the search engine a monopoly, maintained in part by tens of billions of dollars Google pays each year to companies like Apple to lock in Google as the default search engine presented to consumers when they buy iPhones and other gadgets. |
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X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’
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2024/08/16 09:23
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Social media platform X said Saturday it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest its legal representative in Brazil if they did not comply with orders.
X is removing all remaining Brazil staff in the country “effective immediately,” though the company said service will still be available to the people of Brazil. The company did not clarify how it could claim to suspend operations while continuing to provide services to Brazilians.
Earlier this year, the company clashed with de Moraes over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X. The company said his most recent orders amounted to censorship, and shared a copy of the document on X.
The Supreme Court’s press office didn’t immediately respond to Associated Press email requests seeking comment, or to confirm the veracity of the document, on Saturday.
In the United States, free speech is a constitutional right that’s much more permissive than in many countries, including Brazil, where de Moraes in April ordered an investigation into CEO Elon Musk over the dissemination of defamatory fake news and another probe over possible obstruction, incitement and criminal organization.
Brazil’s political right has long characterized de Moraes as overstepping his bounds to clamp down on free speech and engage in political persecution.
Whether investigating former President Jair Bolsonaro, banishing his far-right allies from social media, or ordering the arrest of supporters who stormed government buildings on Jan. 8, 2023, de Moraes has aggressively pursued those he views as undermining Brazil’s young democracy.
“Moraes has chosen to threaten our staff in Brazil rather than respect the law or due process,” the company said in a statement on X.
In a tweet Saturday morning, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” and owner of X, Musk, said de Moraes “is an utter disgrace to justice.”
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US soldier sentenced to nearly 4 years in Russian penal colony for theft
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2024/06/19 12:05
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A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday convicted a visiting American soldier of stealing and making threats of murder, and it sentenced him to three years and nine months in prison.
Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to the Pacific port city to see his girlfriend and was arrested last month after she accused him of stealing from her, according to U.S. officials and Russian authorities.
Russia’s state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti reported that the judge in Pervomaisky District Court in Vladivostok also ordered Black to pay 10,000 rubles ($115) in damages. Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of four years and eight months in prison.
Black’s case occurs amid tensions over Russia’s arrests of American journalists and other U.S. nationals as the fighting in Ukraine continues.
Russia has jailed a number of Americans, including corporate security executive Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The U.S. government has designated both men as wrongfully detained and has been trying to negotiate their release.
Others detained include Travis Leake, a musician who has been living in Russia for years and was arrested last year on drug-related charges; Marc Fogel, a teacher in Moscow who was sentenced to 14 years in prison, also on drug charges; and dual nationals Alsu Kurmasheva and Ksenia Khavana.
The U.S. State Department strongly advises American citizens not to go to Russia.
Black was on leave and in the process of returning to his home base at Fort Cavazos, Texas, from South Korea, where he had been stationed at Camp Humphreys with the Eighth Army.
Cynthia Smith, an Army spokesperson, said Black signed out for his move back home and, “instead of returning to the continental United States, Black flew from Incheon, Republic of Korea, through China to Vladivostok, Russia, for personal reasons.”
Under Pentagon policy, service members must get clearance for any international travel from a security manager or commander.
The U.S. Army said last month that Black hadn’t sought such travel clearance and it wasn’t authorized by the Defense Department. Given the hostilities in Ukraine and threats to the U.S. and its military, it is extremely unlikely he would have been granted approval. |
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