Recent Updates
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Oklahoma lawsuit against opioid makers back in state court
Legal Solutions 08/02/2018"necessarily rise" to a federal issue.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange in Oklahoma City sends the matter back to state court. Drugmakers had it moved to federal court in June.Oklahoma, one of at least 13 states that have filed l...
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SC Supreme Court to decide if elected sheriff is qualified
Recent Cases 08/01/2018Clarke Stearns has been working as sheriff for more than 18 months in McCormick County, but it's still up in the air whether he is qualified to be the county's top lawman.Stearns' Democratic opponent in the 2016 election, J.R. Jones, sued him within ...
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Top court: Social media posts violate no-contact order
Recent Cases 07/23/2018Social media posts can represent a violation of a protection order, the state's highest court ruled on Tuesday, affirming the conviction of a man who made threats on Facebook.The Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected Richard Heffron III's arguments t...
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12 audio files sent to prosecutors in Michael Cohen probe
Legal News 07/18/2018A dozen audio recordings seized by the FBI from President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, were forwarded to federal prosecutors after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds, a former judge revealed Monday.The rec...
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Judge, calm in court, takes hard line on splitting families
Breaking Legal News 07/15/2018U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw appeared conflicted in early May on whether to stop families from being separated at the border. He challenged the Trump administration to explain how families were getting a fair hearing guaranteed by the Constitution...
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Rock icon Cliff Richard wins UK High Court privacy case
Legal Solutions 07/08/2018British rock icon Cliff Richard has won his privacy case against the BBC for its coverage of a police raid at his home and has been awarded more than 200,000 ($260,000) in damages.Richard had sued the broadcaster for its coverage of the 2014 raid, wh...
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Drivers challenge license suspensions for unpaid court debt
Headline Legal News 07/05/2018It can start with a couple of traffic tickets. Unable to pay the tickets right away, a driver becomes saddled with late fees, fines and court costs. Soon, the driver may be taken off the road indefinitely.More than 40 states allow the suspension of d...
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Trump has 2 or 3 more candidates to interview for court
Recent Cases 07/02/2018President Donald Trump has interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices and plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.Eager to build suspense, Trump wou...
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3 more Supreme Court candidates meet with Trump
Notable Attorneys 07/02/2018President Donald Trump spoke with three more potential Supreme Court candidates on Tuesday as a key senator privately aired concerns about one of the contenders.As Trump weighs his options, he has heard from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has expressed r...
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Court: S.Korea must allow alternative for military objectors
Trial Coverage 06/27/2018South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the country must allow alternative social service for people who conscientiously object to military service, which is currently mandatory for able-bodied males.The ruling requires the government ...
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Police shooting of boy spurs more protests, appeals
Recent Cases 06/22/2018Protesters demonstrated Friday for a third day over the fatal police shooting in Pennsylvania of an unarmed black teen fleeing a traffic stop as they sought to get the attention of a nation engrossed by the immigration debate, and to pressure officia...
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Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg wins GOP attorney general nod
Legal Events 06/21/2018South Dakota Republicans on Saturday chose Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg to run against Democratic former U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler in the race for state attorney general.GOP delegates voted to nominate Ravnsborg at their state party convention, wh...