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Singer Cliff Richard's case against BBC begins in High Court
Recent Cases 04/03/2018Longtime British rock icon Cliff Richard's case against the BBC's coverage of a police raid at his home has begun in a London court.Richard is suing the broadcaster for its coverage of the 2014 raid, when police were investigating an alleged sex assa...
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Bill Cosby goes to court to stop accusers from testifying
Legal Events 03/05/2018A day after Hollywood's first Oscars of the #MeToo era, Bill Cosby is going to court on Monday to stop some of his dozens of accusers from testifying at his April 2 sexual assault retrial.Cosby's retooled defense team, led by former Michael Jackson l...
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Court rejects appeal from state lawmaker in civil suit
Legal News 03/04/2018Delaware’s Supreme Court has for the second time rejected an appeal from a state lawmaker in a long-running legal battle over a home-improvement contract.The court on Thursday upheld a Superior Court judge’s ruling granting a judgment of ...
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Court overturns conviction in fatal school bathroom attack
Bar Associations 03/01/2018Delaware's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a 17-year-old girl in a school bathroom attack that left a 16-year-old classmate dead.The girl was adjudicated delinquent for criminally negligent homicide by a Family Court judge last...
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Trump hopes top court will rein in judges who block policies
Law Firm News 03/01/2018The Trump administration is looking for ways to deal with a recurring frustration: individual federal judges who have put the brakes on one major administration policy after another.The administration is telling the Supreme Court in a case about Pres...
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Court: Nike logo of Michael Jordan didn't violate copyright
Breaking Legal News 02/27/2018A U.S. appeals court says an iconic Nike logo of a leaping Michael Jordan didn't violate the copyright of an earlier photograph of the basketball star.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that the logo was based on a photograph of Jorda...
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High court: Held immigrants can't get periodic bond hearings
Breaking Legal News 02/25/2018The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants the government has detained and is considering deporting aren't entitled by law to periodic bond hearings.The case is a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrants who've spent long periods in custody. T...
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Catalan politicians in Spanish court in secession probe
National News 02/20/2018Two prominent Catalan politicians are testifying before a Supreme Court judge for their roles in holding a banned independence referendum and making an illegal declaration of independence based on its results.Judicial police have identified left-repu...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court primary will leave just two
Headline Legal News 02/11/2018The latest battle over the ideological balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court plays out in the Feb. 20 primary, where one of three candidates will be eliminated ahead of a spring election.Partisan politics have weighed heavy over weeks of campaigning...
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Court: Ex-West Virginia judge ineligible for benefits
Recent Cases 02/10/2018The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled a former judge serving a corruption sentence and his ex-wife are not eligible for public retirement benefits.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the court Friday affirmed a 2017 ruling from Kanawha County cir...
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Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
Legal Issues 02/08/2018The U.S. Supreme Court told North Carolina officials late Tuesday they must use some but not all of the state's legislative districts that other federal judges redrew for this year's elections.The justices partially granted the request of Republican ...
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Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw GOP-favored district map
Legal Events 02/06/2018Justice Samuel Alito, who handles emergency appeals from Pennsylvania, rejected the request from GOP legislative leaders and voters to put on hold an order from the state Supreme Court intended to produce new congressional districts in the coming two...