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Australia's highest court to rule on Pell's appeal next week
Law Firm News 03/26/2020Australia's highest court will deliver its ruling next week on whether to overturn the convictions of Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse.The 78-year-old Pell is one year into a six-year sentence for molesting ...
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Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl
Breaking Legal News 03/26/2020A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.Instead, the court found Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh guilty of the less...
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Supreme Court: Justices healthy and trying to stay that way
Recent Cases 03/21/2020The Supreme Court reported Friday that the nine justices are healthy and trying to stay that way.To that end, when the court held its regularly scheduled private conference Friday morning, some of the justices participated remotely, and those who wer...
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Georgia high court election cancellation headed for appeal
National News 03/18/2020A would-be candidate for a seat on Georgia's highest court on Wednesday asked the state's lower appeals court to step in after a judge this week said the governor had the right to fill the position even though a judge who's resigning won't leave unti...
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International court approves Afghanistan investigation
Legal Events 03/13/2020International Criminal Court judges authorized a far-reaching investigation Thursday of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Afghan government forces, the Taliban, American troops and U.S. foreign intelligence operatives.The ...
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Supreme Court divided in 1st big abortion case of Trump era
Bar Associations 03/06/2020A seemingly divided Supreme Court struggled Wednesday with its first major abortion case of the Trump era, leaving Chief Justice John Roberts as the likely deciding vote.Roberts did not say enough to tip his hand in an hour of spirited arguments at t...
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Spanish court: Google search must show man's acquittal first
Law Firm News 03/04/2020A Spanish court has partially accepted Google's appeal against a ruling that ordered it to erase news articles about a man accused of sexual abuse, but the new judgement said the company had to display the man's acquittal at the top of any search res...
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Walker appointee, judge, prof face off in high court primary
Legal Events 02/15/2020Wisconsin voters will choose between a Republican appointee, a Madison judge and a law professor as they winnow down the candidates for a state Supreme Court seat in a primary Tuesday.Conservative Justice Dan Kelly will face off against liberal-leani...
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Germany jails man for tricking women into electric shocks
Recent Cases 01/19/2020A Munich court on Monday convicted a German man of more than a dozen offenses of attempted murder for tricking women and girls into giving themselves electric shocks while he watched over the internet.The regional court in the Bavarian capital senten...
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Court to look anew at health care law birth control rules
Notable Attorneys 01/11/2020The Supreme Court will consider allowing the Trump administration to enforce rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives to women.The justices agreed Friday to yet another case stemming from President Barack Obama&rs...
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President, Supreme Court top Wisconsin races in 2020
National News 01/01/2020Everyone knows Wisconsin will be in the spotlight for the presidential race in 2020. It's one of just a few states where the electorate is so evenly divided, it could swing either way. That is the biggest prize on the ballot this year, but it's far f...
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Court says Arkansas must count eye law referendum signatures
National News 12/12/2019The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state must count thousands of signatures that were submitted in favor of holding a referendum on a new law expanding the procedures optometrists can perform.In a 4-3 ruling, justices said election of...