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429 entries in 'Law Center' |
2024/04/08
Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil
2024/03/28
Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling
2024/03/22
Alabama woman who faked kidnapping pleads guilty to false reporting
2024/03/05
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him
2024/02/23
Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison
2024/02/20
Ken Paxton petitions to stop Dallas woman from getting an abortion
2024/02/13
Trump arrives in federal court in Florida for classified docs case
2024/01/08
India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men
2024/01/02
Hong Kong activist publisher Lai pleads not guilty to sedition charges
2023/11/30
Panama’s high court declared a mining contract unconstitutional
2023/11/10
Biden administration warns of disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
2023/11/06
Donald Trump testifies in civil fraud trial. Follow the latest updates
2023/10/27
Sen. Menendez enters not guilty plea to a new conspiracy charge
2023/10/23
Trump trial: accountant testifies, Michael Cohen postpones
2023/10/20
Federal Judge rules California assault weapons ban unconstitutional
2023/10/10
Biden’s second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate
2023/09/19
Hunter Biden sues the IRS over tax disclosures after agent testimony
2023/09/15
Polish director demands apology from justice minister for comparing her film
2023/09/12
McCarthy juggles a government shutdown and a Biden impeachment inquiry
2023/08/24
Some states reject federal money to replace dangerous lead pipes
2023/06/12
Austrian court restarts US extradition proceedings for Ukrainian
2023/04/20
Appeals court halts House interview with ex-Trump prosecutor
2023/04/14
Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules
2023/02/03
Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
2022/12/24
Military police enforce driving ban in snow-stricken Buffalo
2022/12/10
US woman who killed UK teen in crash gets suspended sentence
2022/12/06
Former Nazi camp secretary voices regret, seeks acquittal
2022/12/01
Justices spar in latest clash of religion and gay rights
2022/11/11
Montana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
2022/10/27
Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico’s states
2022/09/28
Appeals ruling leaves Trump fate in defamation suit in flux
2022/09/19
Iran faces US in international court over asset seizure
2022/09/06
Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s narrow presidential win
2022/08/26
Lobster fishing union drops lawsuit about new whale closure
2022/08/14
Appeals court puts Georgia PSC elections back on ballot
2022/08/11
Federal horserace authority rules again blocked in 2 states
2022/07/01
Court denies request for emergency halt to Ohio abortion ban
2022/06/13
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation member
2022/05/12
California governor backs plan to pay for some abortions
2022/05/09
California Democratic supremacy tested by crime, inflation
2022/04/27
Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to Breyer
2022/04/23
2nd Circuit denies Yanks request in letter unsealing case
2022/04/20
Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
2022/04/17
Supreme Court denies Penobscot appeal over namesake river
2022/03/29
Judge won’t halt execution over intellectual disability
2022/03/21
Nicholas C. Minshew, Attorney - Minshew & Ahluwalia LLP
2021/10/01
Arkansas court: State can’t enforce ban on mask mandates
2021/08/22
Judge tells prison to seize Nassar’s money for victims
2021/07/02
Ruling is final blow to New Hampshire voter registration law
2021/06/25
High court to rule whether to hear Maine school choice case
2021/06/22
Bankruptcy is Just Filling Out Some Forms, Right?
2021/06/21
High court sides with ex-athletes in NCAA compensation case
2021/06/18
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
2021/06/06
New Hampshire high court lifting mask requirement; theater reopening
2021/05/26
Justices signal they could limit Indian Country ruling
2021/05/13
Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
2021/04/15
Alaska denied oil check benefits to gay couples, dependents
2021/04/08
NYC corruption case prompts dismissal of 90 drug convictions
2021/04/05
High court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle
2021/03/15
Colorado court: Speed-reading bills violates constitution
2021/03/11
High court orders full disability for worker whose lost limb
2021/02/16
European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike
2021/02/10
Polish court rules record compensation for wrongful jailing
2020/12/29
Hong Kongers charged in China plead guilty, relatives told
2020/12/20
Longtime Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Abrahamson dies
2020/11/29
Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election
2020/11/17
Court weighs challenge to Colorado discrimination law
2020/11/10
GOP tries again to get high court to ax health care law
2020/11/02
Legal armies ready if cloudy election outcome heads to court
2020/09/20
White House lawyer in running for seat on the Supreme Court
2020/09/17
Gay marriages rise 5 years after Supreme Court ruling
2020/09/09
WikiLeaks’ Assange to fight US extradition bid in UK court
2020/09/06
Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional
2020/09/01
Appeals court keeps Flynn case alive, won’t order dismissal
2020/08/27
1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court
2020/08/25
California justices toss death penalty for Scott Peterson
2020/08/18
Int'l court: Hezbollah member guilty in Lebanon ex-PM death
2020/08/15
9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines
2020/08/01
Lawsuit: Trump still blocks Twitter critics after court loss
2020/07/27
Court hears testimony on whether Assange was spied on
2020/07/23
German court convicts former concentration camp guard, 93
2020/07/07
Supreme Court upholds cellphone robocall ban
2020/06/27
Supreme Court doesn’t wade into Texas mail-in voting battle
2020/06/25
Appeals court orders dismissal of Michael Flynn prosecution
2020/06/13
International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions order
2020/06/04
Pandemic means a silent June at the Supreme Court
2020/05/28
USCIS Preparing to Resume Public Services on June 4
2020/05/19
Oregon high court keeps state virus restrictions in place
2020/05/17
Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
2020/05/14
Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers US lacks vaccine plan
2020/05/10
Catholic schools, ex-teachers clash in Supreme Court case
2020/04/26
Supreme Court sides with government in immigration case
2020/04/16
Hawaii Judiciary postpones state court trials amid pandemic
2020/04/09
Wisconsin’s pandemic election puts focus on state’s court
2020/04/07
Lawyers, judges push to close immigration courts amid virus
2020/04/06
Court: UK shouldn’t give US evidence on pair of IS militants
2020/03/17
Supreme Court postpones arguments because of virus outbreak
2020/03/11
International court approves Afghanistan investigation
2020/03/01
Ex-Phoenix area sheriff declares victory despite court loss
2020/02/20
Florida can’t bar felons who served their time from registering to vote
2020/02/20
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
2020/02/14
Walker appointee, judge, prof face off in high court primary
2020/01/18
US court dismisses suit by youths over climate change
2020/01/11
Indian state challenges new citizenship law in Supreme Court
2020/01/09
US courts rule for border walls both public and private
2020/01/09
Former IAAF president’s corruption trial opens in Paris
2019/12/26
Connecticut courts moving notices from newspapers to website
2019/12/18
Protests of Indian law grow despite efforts to contain them
2019/12/02
Ohio court will hear case over bullying, teacher liability
2019/12/01
Court sides with Congress in battle for Trump’s bank records
2019/10/25
Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
2019/10/11
Analysis: Louisiana figures in 2 major Supreme Court cases
2019/09/19
Top UK court: Johnson’s suspension of Parliament was illegal
2019/09/07
Attorneys: Court seat puts Montgomery in far different role
2019/09/03
Cock-a-doodle-doo! French rooster crows over court win
2019/08/30
Activist loses UK court case on police facial recognition
2019/08/20
Louisiana high court rejects ‘NOLA No-Call’ suit against NFL
2019/08/11
Supreme Court rebuffs Alabama officer charged with murder
2019/08/08
Puerto Ricans get their 3rd governor in 6 days
2019/08/01
Court rules against militant formerly known as H. Rap Brown
2019/07/28
Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
2019/07/25
Cyprus police frees 5 Israelis, 7 held in hotel rape probe
2019/07/24
Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall
2019/07/20
Dutch Supreme Court upholds Srebrenica deaths liability
2019/07/15
Trump asks Supreme Court to unfreeze border wall money
2019/07/10
US appeals court sides with Trump in lawsuit involving hotel
2019/06/23
Census, redistricting top remaining Supreme Court cases
2019/06/20
Court tosses black man's murder conviction over racial bias
2019/06/18
Option to undo some DUI convictions yet to be widely sought
2019/06/11
Kansas court OKs school funding law but keeps lawsuit open
2019/06/08
Supreme Court sides with Alabama company in patent dispute
2019/06/05
Carnival will pay $20m over pollution from its cruise ships
2019/06/03
Kevin Spacey appears at court for hearing in groping case
2019/05/21
San Francisco police chief: Journalist ‘crossed the line’
2019/05/16
Feds: US Supreme Court should turn down 'Bridgegate' appeal
2019/05/14
Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple’s woes
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’
2019/05/01
EPA reaffirms glyphosate safe for users as court cases grow
2019/04/23
Canada privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court
2019/04/15
6 appear in court on charges they sent mosque attack images
2019/04/04
Spacey’s lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
2019/04/02
Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam
2019/03/22
High court questions courts’ role in partisan redistricting
2019/03/11
Court rejects Ghosn’s request to attend Nissan board meeting
2019/02/11
Opera singer, husband appear in court on sex assault charge
2019/01/12
Court: State, governor can't be sued over public defenders
2019/01/07
EU top court adviser: Google can limit right to be forgotten
2018/12/19
Dutch court upholds Amsterdam’s ban on new tourist stores
2018/12/18
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
2018/12/16
Colorado baker returns to court over 2nd LGBT bias allegation
2018/12/01
Supreme Court sends bar fees case back for further look
2018/11/28
High court seems to lean against West Virginia in tax cas
2018/11/15
Mixed rulings for Republicans from Kentucky Supreme Court
2018/11/03
Attorney files challenge to eastern Iowa judge appointment
2018/11/01
S. Korea court upholds conscientious objection to military
2018/10/29
Group asks court to reject Arkansas justice's ad lawsuit
2018/10/20
Maldives court overturns prison term for ex-president
2018/10/07
Polish leader appoints top court judges, against ruling
2018/09/27
Bill Cosby's day of reckoning arrives in court
2018/09/23
Supreme Court upholds hospital 'charity care' tax exemption
2018/09/17
Belgian court rules out extradition for Spanish rapper
2018/09/10
Indiana high court to consider city rental registration fee
2018/09/03
Rancorous, partisan start for Kavanaugh high court hearing
2018/09/01
Blankenship ballot bid denied by West Virginia Supreme Court
2018/08/22
Sen. Collins, potential swing vote, meets with Kavanaugh
2018/08/17
Lawyers will seek to shift blame for warehouse fire at trial
2018/08/13
Zimbabwe's opposition challenges election results in court
2018/08/04
High court gives mixed verdict on Burgum-Legislature spat
2018/08/01
N Carolina elections board back in court in power struggle
2018/07/22
Judge, calm in court, takes hard line on splitting families
2018/07/19
Trump finds it 'inconceivable' lawyer would tape a client
2018/07/12
Supreme Court enjoys relatively high public confidence
2018/07/08
Pennsylvania court to hear objections to church abuse report
2018/07/04
Feds say ex-firm of Stormy Daniels' lawyer owes unpaid taxes
2018/07/02
California high court: Yelp can't be ordered to remove posts
2018/06/25
Supreme Court adopts new rules for cell phone tracking
2018/06/18
Court makes no ruling in resolving partisan redistricting cases
2018/06/11
Seals can keep using San Diego children's beach, court says
2018/06/09
Court: Compliance reached in education funding case
2018/06/07
UK Supreme Court criticizes Northern Ireland abortion laws
2018/06/05
High Court Rules in Dispute Over Immigrant Teen's Abortion
2018/06/03
Spanish court nixes terrorism accusation in Basque incident
2018/06/02
Romania: Court tells president to fire anti-graft prosecutor
2018/04/25
Court won't reconsider making public family slain autopsies
2018/04/18
Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion
2018/04/16
Court: Man can't be retried for murder after mistrial ruling
2018/04/12
Facebook to stop spending against California privacy effort
2018/04/03
Ex-Missouri governor urges court to allow wind-energy line
2018/04/02
Expensive, partisan Wisconsin high court race nears end
2018/03/29
Large Midwest energy project turns to ex-Missouri governor
2018/03/24
Lohan fails to convince court her image is in video game
2018/03/21
Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court
2018/03/16
California court body has paid $500K to settle sex claims
2018/03/15
Utah teen appears in court in school backpack bomb case
2018/03/08
Martin Shkreli cries in court, is sentenced to 7 years for securities fraud
2018/02/26
Supreme Court declines to take up 'Dreamers' case for now
2018/02/13
Specialist prosecutor for Kosovo court standing down
2018/02/11
Court: Idaho nuclear waste documents won't be made public
2018/02/11
Kushner firm seeks court change to keep partners secret
2018/02/08
Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
2018/01/12
Court: Yes, there is doctor-patient confidentiality
2017/12/01
Arkansas judge blocks state from issuing birth certificates
2017/11/07
Florida man back at Supreme Court with 1st Amendment case
2017/10/20
Court weighing whether graffiti mecca was protected by law
2017/10/12
NC high court reviews death penalty of man who beheaded wife
2017/10/02
Ohio taxpayers lose right to take disputes to high court
2017/09/26
Pakistan ex-PM criticizes judiciary for his disqualification
2017/09/22
Kenya Supreme Court says why it annulled presidential poll
2017/09/20
Toys R Us files for Chapter 11 reorganization
2017/09/16
3 bank customers in Germany fined for ignoring collapsed man
2017/09/13
Justices allow Trump administration ban on most refugees
2017/09/10
Ohio Supreme Court hears dispute on abortion clinic closure
2017/09/03
Trump nominates White House lawyer to important court seat
2017/08/30
Court: Cherokee Freedmen have right to tribal citizenship
2017/08/27
Supreme Court justice blocks ruling on redrawing Texas districts
2017/08/22
UAE prison time dropped for transgender Singaporean, friend
2017/08/19
Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case
2017/08/17
French Designer Wins Court Case in Dispute with Brad Pitt
2017/08/11
A Supreme Court pharma case deals consumers a big loss
2017/08/08
NJ Supreme Court Reverses Decades-Old Divorce Law
2017/07/20
North Carolina Court to Rule on Law on Gov's Elections Role
2017/06/26
Supreme Court limits ability to strip citizenship
2017/06/11
Court records outline hours before Virginia shooting
2017/06/10
With court victory, hand of Brazil's president strengthened
2017/06/07
The Latest: Suspect in 36 fire deaths appears in court
2017/06/05
Bill Cosby arrives in court ahead of sexual assault trial
2017/06/04
Court sides with towns over utilities in tax dispute
2017/06/02
In one state, abused animals get a legal voice in court
2017/05/22
Supreme Court strikes down 2 NC congressional districts
2017/05/20
Ohio Supreme Court justice backs legalizing marijuana
2017/05/13
South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court
2017/05/02
Indiana high court to take up police unreasonable force case
2017/04/17
Ohio high court will review full autopsies from 8 slayings
2017/04/06
US court ruling could bring more suits over Nazi-looted art
2017/04/02
Bangladesh High Court upholds death for 2 in blogger killing
2017/03/26
Court bars release of videos made by anti-abortion group
2017/03/04
NC governor, legislature head to court in power showdown
2017/03/02
Ohio court considers privacy rights in backpack search
2017/02/24
South African court rules against ICC withdrawal
2017/02/18
NC court blocks law stripping governor of election powers
2017/02/10
Rolling Stone defamation case over rape story back in court
2017/02/10
Kenya court blocks closing of world's biggest refugee camp
2017/01/07
Supreme Court won’t hear Giordano appeal in child-sex case
2016/12/21
Ohio's high court dismisses media lawsuit over bodycam video
2016/12/04
Supreme Court takes up cases about race in redistricting
2016/12/04
UK Supreme Court hears landmark challenge to Brexit plans
2016/11/13
Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
2016/11/04
Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
2016/10/18
As time runs out, dozens of judge nominees waiting on Senate
2016/09/26
Court gives fertilizer dealers a reprieve from policy change
2016/09/22
California Supreme Court to consider suit over Yelp review
2016/09/11
Sotomayor calls job on high court blessing and curse
2016/09/08
High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads
2016/08/28
Appeals court refuses to reconsider Wisconsin voter ID cases
2016/08/14
Court again says New Jersey can't legalize sports betting
2016/08/12
Egyptian lawyer, journalist released after prison sentence
2016/07/27
Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment
2016/07/21
Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case
2016/07/20
Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing
2016/07/18
Philippine court clears Arroyo of plunder, orders her freed
2016/05/31
Bahrain court more than doubles opposition leader's sentence
2016/05/25
Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court in Florida
2016/05/08
Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians
2016/04/26
High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing
2016/04/26
Court in Russia-annexed Crimea bans Tatar assembly
2016/04/16
Democrats push McConnell, GOP on Supreme Court nomination
2016/03/21
White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man
2016/02/08
Court rejects AG Kane's request to reinstate law license
2015/12/20
Japan court gives go-ahead for restart of 2 nuke reactors
2015/12/02
Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting
2015/11/27
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman names 2 chief deputies
2015/11/19
Perry's indictment in hands of top Texas criminal court
2015/11/03
Supreme Court considers if Pistorius guilty of murder
2015/10/19
US appeals court upholds gun laws after Newtown massacre
2015/10/18
Britain's High Court rules that Uber app is lawful
2015/10/14
Court again considers fate of seized gold coins worth $80M
2015/09/12
Idaho high court upholds law banning horse racing terminals
2015/09/04
Appeals court overturns county's longest-ever drug sentence
2015/08/18
Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction
2015/08/17
Pistorius prosecutors file appeal at Supreme Court
2015/08/05
Texas attorney general accused of lying to investors
2015/07/28
Zimbabweans linked to illegal lion hunt appear in court
2015/07/23
Court agrees with tossing strict North Dakota abortion law
2015/07/20
Wife says Chinese rights lawyer being denied legal counsel
2015/07/08
Peterson returns to court in murder-for-hire trial
2015/07/01
High court won't hear Nevada patient dumping case
2015/06/13
Court allows hotly disputed discount contact lens price law
2014/12/31
US Supreme Court takes case, but plaintiff missing
2014/10/27
Former Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor
2014/05/20
Supreme Court takes up case of fired air marshal
2014/03/14
Inmate pleads guilty in prison guard's stabbing
2013/11/03
Washington, DC Criminal Defense Lawyer
2013/06/10
ID court rules man can face felony stalking charge
2013/06/02
Court Upholds Rifle Sales Reporting Requirement
2013/05/21
Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
2012/10/26
Retail group against revised card settlement
2012/10/22
Minn. Supreme Court to hear suicides case appeal
2012/10/10
High court looks at race in college admissions
2012/09/20
MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case
2012/09/12
Outgoing NC Sen. Stevens resigns, joins law firm
2012/08/31
Superior court rejects appeal in Pa. double-murder
2012/08/17
Man who killed wife, baby loses appeal in Mass.
2012/08/08
Ga. court ruling could tighten foreclosure rules
2012/07/25
Court rejects Florida prison privatization appeal
2012/07/18
Goldman agrees to settle mortgage debt class action
2012/07/09
Md. appeals court chief judge nearing retirement
2012/07/03
Report: Okla. court shooting suspect delusional
2012/06/07
Appeals court knocks out Job Corps drug tests
2012/05/26
Kan. gov. signs measure blocking Islamic law
2012/05/16
German sues Macedonia in EU human rights court
2012/05/01
Court to decide if deportation ruling retroactive
2012/02/07
Appeals court: Seniors can't reject Medicare right
2012/01/13
Priest with gambling habit facing prison in Vegas
2012/01/10
Nevada Supreme Court reaches 60,000th case
2011/12/08
Political aide to former Md. governor found guilty
2011/12/01
NY court hears hedge fund boss' bail arguments
2011/11/16
Missouri Supreme Court upholds strip club restrictions
2011/11/11
Court says nothing about health care appeal
2011/11/08
Court to look at life in prison for juveniles
2011/11/06
MF Global faces class-action suits after bankruptcy
2011/11/05
Court: Fla. must weigh arbitration in Madoff case
2011/10/28
Man pleads guilty to Picasso theft at SF gallery
2011/10/27
PETA lawsuit seeks to expand animal rights
2011/10/21
Court orders new trial for convicted Cass County killer
2011/10/20
Mom pleads guilty to forcing beer on children
2011/10/17
US House group files motion in gay marriage suit
2011/09/28
Rentech Announces Final Court Approvals of Settlements
2011/09/28
Ex-workers at Fla. foreclose firm get class action
2011/09/26
Wis. Supreme Court takes payday loan case
2011/09/09
Guilty plea for Va. man in $318K Social Security fraud
2011/09/06
Calif. gay marriage ban faces next legal hurdle
2011/08/16
2 enter guilty pleas in GOP corruption case
2011/08/14
Appeals court strikes health insurance requirement
2011/08/12
Lawyer: NJ student didn't mean to spy on roommate
2011/08/05
Calif. court hears appeal on gay juror dismissals
2011/08/03
Appeals court overturns rare Mich. death sentence
2011/08/01
Ex-Schuyler teacher seeks OK to plead guilty
2011/06/13
NY lawyers: Affair with boss led to inside trades
2011/06/13
Court orders reconsideration of parole judgment
2011/06/07
Senate confirms Obama lawyer as solicitor general
2011/06/02
Ark. court upholds conviction in TV anchor slaying
2011/05/23
IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn to plead not guilty
2011/05/21
Maine lawmaker due in court on gun-threat charges
2011/05/19
SD Supreme Court disciplines circuit judge
2011/05/15
Court says FOIA request cannot be used in lawsuit
2011/05/13
LimeWire settles out of court with major record labels
2011/05/07
Disabled lawyer cranks out lawsuits
2011/05/05
4 guilty in $5.2M Medicare fraud scheme in Houston
2011/04/28
Ohio man pleads guilty in abortion-gunpoint case
2011/04/28
Iowa court reverses child endangerment conviction
2011/04/23
Court denies Va. inmate's lawsuit over beard
2011/04/04
Pa. bus firm in deadly NJ crash is taken off road
2011/03/03
Delaware court upholds Barnes Noble ruling
2011/03/02
Ark high court upholds dismissal of gas lease suit
2011/02/03
Dick's settles with former Neb. worker over pay
2011/02/03
Maine federal judge lets class action in care suit
2011/01/18
Court won't hear appeal from NY couple
2011/01/12
SEC charges 4 with insider trading
2011/01/04
Calif. high court refuses appeal of no-burn rule
2010/12/19
Randy Quaid's wife misses Calif. court hearing
2010/08/30
Utah court rejects appeal from polygamous sect
2010/07/20
NY man gets 19 years to life in wife's poisoning
2010/06/28
Bankruptcy judge approves Visteon disclosure plan
2010/06/14
NY woman sentenced for taking $700K from law firm
2010/06/03
US court weighs school discipline for Web posts
2010/05/17
High court rules out life sentences for juveniles
2010/05/10
DA opposes Polanski's request for sealed testimony
2009/12/23
Judge rejects mandatory condoms on LA porn sets
2009/11/15
LV Law firm sues state over mortgage modification licensing
2009/10/19
2 Hudson residents sue General Mills over Cheerios cholesterol claims
2009/08/03
Workplace Bullying Worse Than Sexual Harassment: Study
2009/08/01
Supreme Court Overturns 75 Mil Malpractice Suit Verdict In NJ
2009/04/20
Court to weigh state's duty to English learners
2009/04/13
Davis Polk Recruits Ex-SEC Aide
2008/12/28
Judge: 2 adoptive dads belong on birth certificate
2008/12/18
Appeals court rejects DC missing pants case
2008/12/16
Oregon bank bombing suspect charged with murder
2008/12/14
Court sides with NY Times in anthrax libel case
2008/10/01
Ex-Attorney Loses Bid to Access Legislator's Records
2008/09/30
Homeowner Get 122K in Hidden Cash, Court Says
2008/09/29
Court Clears Microsoft in $1.5 Billion Patent Action by Lucent
2008/09/24
Attorney's Letter To Jurors Questioned
2008/09/15
Reputation Battle Tied to 4th Circuit Nominee
2008/09/11
'We're Not Cougars,' Women Say In Suit
2008/09/08
EU Court Unfreezes Assets of Saudi Charity
2008/09/08
NY Judge dismisses challenge to gay marriage recognition
2008/09/03
Court Chides Judiciary for Relying on Wikipedia
2008/09/02
Landlord Can Demand Gold Coins, Court Says
2008/08/19
Sixth Circuit Upholds Nudity Ban in Ohio
2008/08/14
Truck Driver Sues For Bridge Collapse
2008/07/29
Coalition Opposes Canyon Granite Removal
2008/07/25
New York AG files complaint
2008/07/22
Monkey See, Monkey Sue
2008/07/18
Jr. College Fired Her For Answering A Student's Question
2008/07/16
New Jersey court strikes down sex offender residence laws
2008/07/14
Ibuprofen Strip Search Violated Student's Rights
2008/07/09
Court Shields Bloggers From Disclosing Names
2008/07/02
'Reality' Show Host Sued For Assault
2008/06/19
Court sides with employee in benefits case
2008/06/17
ACLU files suit against Texas juvenile prison system
2008/06/16
Ginsburg Reverses FOIA Denial
2008/06/11
Class Claims Steak House Knowingly Hires Illegals
2008/06/10
Judge Removed From Office For Phone Rage
2008/06/05
Black Public Defenders Sue Atlanta
2008/05/15
9th Circuit Halts Logging In Sierra Nevada Forest
2008/05/15
Supreme Court rules magistrates may preside
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Makers of Paxil, Zoloft Win
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Paper Wins Dismissal Of Libel Suit
2008/04/16
Court Won't Hear Young Killer's Appeal
2008/04/08
9th Circuit Declines Serial ADA Plaintiff's Appeal
2008/04/04
Ohio Settles Lawsuit Over Youth Prisons
2008/03/25
9th Circuit: County Can't Use RICO
2008/03/20
Man Pleads Guilty After Verdict Tossed
2008/03/18
Court Rules in Favor of Wash. Primary
2008/03/11
Miami appraiser pleads guilty to fraud scheme
2008/03/07
US court dismisses suit on Barr's Plan B pill
2008/03/06
Judge Rejects Murtha Deposition Request
2008/03/05
District judge given probation in gun incident
2008/03/05
Supreme Court to Release Same-Day Tapes
2008/03/05
Ex-Westar execs want charges dismissed
2008/03/04
Judge won't dismiss charges against Haditha commander
2008/03/03
N.Y. man guilty of killing family, burning home
2008/03/03
Venezuelan pleads guilty in suitcase scandal
2008/03/03
Kid Rock Pleads Not Guilty to Battery
2008/03/03
Court Leaves Diabetes Drug Case Intact
2008/03/01
Court Looks At Internet Limits
2008/03/01
Law firm violated debt collection statute, federal suit alleges
2008/02/08
U.S. Appeals Court sets deadlines in Peel case
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Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil
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2024/04/08 15:58
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A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction.
In his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes noted that Musk on Saturday began waging a public “disinformation campaign” regarding the top court’s actions, and that Musk continued the following day — most notably with comments that his social media company X would cease to comply with the court’s orders to block certain accounts.
“The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil,” de Moraes wrote.
Musk will be investigated for alleged intentional criminal instrumentalization of X as part of an investigation into a network of people known as digital militias who allegedly spread defamatory fake news and threats against Supreme Court justices, according to the text of the decision. The new investigation will look into whether Musk engaged in obstruction, criminal organization and incitement.
Musk has not commented on X about the latest development as of late Sunday.
Brazil’s political right has long characterized de Moraes as overstepping his bounds to clamp down on free speech and engage in political persecution. In the digital militias investigation, lawmakers from former President Jair Bolsonaro’s circle have been imprisoned and his supporters’ homes raided. Bolsonaro himself became a target of the investigation in 2021.
De Moraes’ defenders have said his decisions, although extraordinary, are legally sound and necessary to purge social media of fake news as well as extinguish threats to Brazilian democracy — notoriously underscored by the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising in Brazil’s capital that resembled the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection in the U.S. Capitol.
On Saturday, Musk — a self-declared free speech absolutist — wrote on X that the platform would lift all restrictions on blocked accounts and predicted that the move was likely to dry up revenue in Brazil and force the company to shutter its local office.
“But principles matter more than profit,” he wrote.
He later instructed users in Brazil to download a VPN to retain access if X was shut down and wrote that X would publish all of de Moraes’ demands, claiming they violate Brazilian law. Musk had not published de Moraes’ demands as of late Sunday and prominent blocked accounts remained so, indicating X had yet to act based on Musk’s previous pledges. |
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Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling
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2024/03/28 12:34
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Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order that likely prevents enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s new immigration law until a broader decision on whether it is legal.
The 2-1 ruling late Tuesday is the second time a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has put a temporary hold on the the Texas law. It follows a confusing few hours last week the Supreme Court allowed the law to take effect, setting off anger and anticipation along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The same panel of appeals judges will hear arguments on the law next week.
“I think what we can draw from this, from the chaos that this has been are several conclusions,” said Lisa Graybill, vice president of law and policy at the National Immigration Law Center. “One is that this is clearly a controversial law. Two is that the politics of the justices on the bench are very clearly playing out in their rulings.”
Texas authorities announced no arrests made under the law during that short window on March 19 before the appellate panel stepped in and blocked it.
In Tuesday’s order, Chief Judge Priscilla Richman cited a 2012 Supreme Court decision that struck down portions of a strict Arizona immigration law, including arrest power. The Texas law is considered by opponents to be the most dramatic attempt by a state to police immigration since that Arizona law.
“For nearly 150 years, the Supreme Court has held that the power to control immigration — the entry, admission, and removal of noncitizens — is exclusively a federal power,” wrote Richman, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush.
The Justice Department has argued that Texas’ law is a clear violation of federal authority and would create chaos at the border. Texas has argued that President Joe Biden’s administration isn’t doing enough to control the border and that the state has a right to take action.
The Texas law, Richman wrote, “creates separate, distinct state criminal offenses and related procedures regarding unauthorized entry of noncitizens into Texas from outside the country and their removal.”
She was joined in the opinion by Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez, a Biden appointee.
Judge Andrew Oldham, an appointee of former President Donald Trump and a former aide to Abbott, dissented from the majority decision. |
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Alabama woman who faked kidnapping pleads guilty to false reporting
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2024/03/22 11:23
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An Alabama woman who claimed she was abducted after stopping her car to check on a wandering toddler pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of giving false information to law enforcement.
News outlets reported that Carlee Russell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. She was given a suspended six-month sentence which will allow her to avoid jail. She was ordered to pay more than $17,000 restitution.
Her two-day disappearance, and her story of being abducted alongside an interstate highway, captivated the nation before police called her story a hoax.
Russell, accompanied to court by her family and defense lawyers, apologized for her actions.
“I want to genuinely apologize for my actions. I made a grave mistake while trying to fight through various emotional issues and stress. I’m extremely remorseful for the panic, fear and various range of negative emotions that were experienced across the nation,” Russell said according to WBRC.
Russell disappeared July 13 after calling 911 to report a toddler beside a stretch of Interstate 459 in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover. She returned home two days later and told police she had been abducted and forced into a vehicle.
Police quickly cast doubt on Russell’s story. Her attorney issued a statement through police acknowledging there was no kidnapping and that she never saw a toddler. In the statement, Russell apologized to law enforcement and the volunteers who searched for her.
The Alabama attorney general’s office had argued that Russell should spend time in jail because of the time and energy that law enforcement spent in looking for her.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge David Carpenter told Russell that while her actions caused panic and disruption in the community that it would be a “waste of resources” to put her in jail for misdemeanors, news outlets reported.
Katherine Robertson, Chief Counsel in the Alabama attorney general’s office, said Thursday that they “are disappointed, but not surprised” that Russell did not get the requested jail time. |
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Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him
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2024/03/05 12:46
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The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol riot.
The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots. That power resides with Congress, the court wrote in an unsigned opinion.
Trump posted on his social media network shortly after the decision was released: “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!”
The outcome ends efforts in Colorado, Illinois, Maine and elsewhere to kick Trump, the front-runner for his party’s nomination, off the ballot because of his attempts to undo his loss in the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
The justices sidestepped the politically fraught issue of insurrection in their opinions Monday.
The court held that states may bar candidates from state office. “But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the court wrote.
While all nine justices agreed that Trump should be on the ballot, there was sharp disagreement from the three liberal members of the court and a milder disagreement from conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett that their colleagues went too far in determining what Congress must do to disqualify someone from federal office.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they agreed that allowing the Colorado decision to stand could create a “chaotic state by state patchwork” but said they disagreed with the majority’s finding a disqualification for insurrection can only happen when Congress enacts legislation. “Today, the majority goes beyond the necessities of this case to limit how Section 3 can bar an oathbreaking insurrectionist from becoming President,” the three justices wrote in a joint opinion.
It’s unclear whether the ruling leaves open the possibility that Congress could refuse to certify the election of Trump or any other presidential candidate it sees as having violated Section 3.
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University, said “it seems no,” noting that the liberals complained that the majority ruling forecloses any other ways for Congress to enforce the provision. Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, wrote that it’s frustratingly unclear what the bounds might be on Congress. |
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Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison
Law Center |
2024/02/23 15:39
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Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to four years and six months in prison on Thursday.
The former Brazil and Barcelona right back was convicted in Spain under a new sexual liberty law that emphasizes the lack of consent of the victim as key to determining sex crimes.
A three-judge panel at the Barcelona Provincial Court convicted the 40-year-old Alves of sexual assault for the incident on Dec. 31, 2022.
The court ordered Alves to pay 150,000 euros ($162,000) in compensation to the victim, banned him from approaching the victim’s home or place of work, and from communicating with her by any means for nine years.
“I still believe in the innocence of Mr. Alves,” Inés Guardiola, Alves’ lawyer, said. “I need to study the ruling, but I can tell you that of course we will appeal.”
Guardiola said Alves was “calm and collected” when he heard the verdict in court.
“We are satisfied,” David Sáenz, a member of the victim’s legal team, said, “because this verdict recognizes what we have always known, that the victim told the truth and that she has suffered.”
The victim’s lawyer, Ester García, said on Wednesday she and her client would not be present for the verdict.
The victim said Alves raped her in the bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub on the morning of Dec. 31, 2022. The court considered it proven that the victim did not consent to sex and there was evidence, in addition to the defendant’s testimony, that she was raped.
Alves denied during the three-day trial this month that he raped the woman, testifying to the court “I am not that kind of man.”
State prosecutors had sought a nine-year prison sentence for Alves while the lawyers representing his accuser wanted 12 years. His defense asked for his acquittal, or if found guilty a one-year sentence plus 50,000 euros compensation for the victim.
The sentence of four years and six months is near the lowest sentence for a rape conviction, which when the rape took place was penalized by four to 12 years under Spanish law. That has since been modified to six to 12 years. The court in its sentence said it considered favorably for Alves that he had “before the trial paid the court 150,000 euros to be given to the victim without any conditions attached.”
Sáenz said his legal team did not agree with the application of the extenuating circumstance, saying the money did not compensate the harm done to their client. During the trial, medical experts testified she was suffering from post-traumatic stress. |
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Ken Paxton petitions to stop Dallas woman from getting an abortion
Law Center |
2024/02/20 10:30
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A judge on Friday rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s attempts to throw out felony securities fraud charges that have shadowed the Republican for nearly a decade.
The decision by state District Judge Andrea Beall, an elected Democrat, keeps Paxton on track for an April 15 trial on charges that he duped investors in a tech startup.
If convicted, Paxton faces up to 99 years in prison. Paxton, who has pleaded not guilty, appeared in the Houston courtroom for the hearing, sitting at the defense table with his attorneys.
“He’s ready for trial … This thing has been pending for eight years. (The special prosecutors) want to dance. Put on your shoes. It’s time to go. Let’s dance,” Dan Cogdell, one of Paxton’s attorneys, told reporters after Friday’s court hearing.
Brian Wice, one of the special prosecutors handling the case, said it was important that Paxton’s case go to trial because “no one is above the law. And that includes Ken Paxton. And that’s why this case matters.”
During Friday’s hearing, the other special prosecutor in the case, Kent Schaffer, announced he was withdrawing ahead of the trial.
After the hearing, Wice said the two prosecutors parted ways after disagreeing over Schaffer’s push to avoid a trial and instead settle the case through pre-trial intervention.
Wice said Schaffer had recently reached out to Cogdell with the offer for pretrial intervention, which is like probation and would ultimately lead to the dismissal of charges if a defendant stays out of legal trouble.
Wice said he doesn’t believe pretrial intervention would have been appropriate because there would be no admission of guilt and no jail time.
“And without an acknowledgment of guilt, to me, that was worse than a slap on the wrist. That was, gee, let’s get you a cocktail, a hot meal, and breath mint. And that wasn’t going to happen on my watch,” Wice said.
Cogdell said Schaffer had reached out to him about the proposal and he would have been happy to resolve the case without a trial and a dismissal of the charges.
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