Recent Updates
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NC voter ID trial delayed as US Supreme Court examines case
Lawyer Interviews 12/22/2021A federal trial set for January on litigation challenging North Carolina’s voter photo identification law has been delayed while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether legislative leaders should be permitted to help defend the law in court. The ...
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Myanmar rejects int'l court's right to Rohingya probe
Lawyer Interviews 09/08/2018Myanmar's government on Friday rejected an International Criminal Court ruling that it has jurisdiction to investigate allegations that Myanmar security forces violated international law by driving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from their...
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Facebook to stop spending against California privacy effort
Lawyer Interviews 04/11/2018Facebook says it will stop spending money to fight a proposed California ballot initiative aimed at giving consumers more control over their data.The measure, known as the "California Consumer Privacy Act," would require companies to disclose upon re...
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Burundi becomes 1st to leave International Criminal Court
Lawyer Interviews 10/27/2017Burundi has become the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, but officials say the court's prosecutor will move ahead with an examination of the East African nation's deadly political turmoil.An ICC spokesman confirmed that...
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Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
Lawyer Interviews 08/30/2017Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has appointed Twin Falls judge Richard Bevan to the state's highest court. Otter announced Tuesday that Bevan — currently the 5th Judicial District's administrative judge — will replace retiring Idaho Supreme Court Justi...
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Appeals court backs Jimmy John's franchisee in labor dispute
Lawyer Interviews 07/06/2017A company that owns 10 Jimmy John's sandwich shops in the Twin Cities was within its rights to fire six union workers who circulated posters critical of the company's sick-leave policy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The full 8th U.S. Circuit ...
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Playboy model who shot nude of unwitting woman due in court
Lawyer Interviews 05/23/2017A Playboy centerfold who ignited a backlash of criticism when she secretly snapped a photo of a naked 71-year-old woman in a locker room and posted it online mocking the woman's body is expected to appear in court Wednesday to resolve a criminal char...
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Austrian court: ex-Croatian general guilty of embezzlement
Lawyer Interviews 04/16/2017An Austrian court has found a former Croatian general guilty of embezzling millions of euros and sentenced him and an associate to two years in prison. The court in the southern city of Klagenfurt determined Wednesday that the ex-general, Vladimir Za...
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Court allows wrongful death lawsuit after miscarriage
Lawyer Interviews 01/02/2017The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a woman can pursue a wrongful-death lawsuit against an obstetrician after a miscarriage when she was five to six weeks pregnant. Justices on Friday reversed a trial judge's order dismissing the wrongful-death ...
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Moscow court orders paper to refute a report on Rosneft CEO
Lawyer Interviews 10/08/2016A court in Moscow has ordered a leading independent newspaper to retract an article about a luxury yacht allegedly owned by the chief of Russia's top state-controlled oil company. retract The Basmanny District Court ruled Monday that the Novaya Gazet...
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Kyrgyzstan sends case of jailed journalist back to court
Lawyer Interviews 07/14/2016The Supreme Court in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday refused to release an ethnic Uzbek journalist and activist serving a life sentence after being convicted of stirring up ethnic hatred, but instead sent his case to a regional cour...
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Court orders release of Chicago police disciplinary records
Lawyer Interviews 07/08/2016An Illinois appeals court on Friday vacated an injunction obtained by the Chicago police union that barred the city's release of disciplinary files dating back decades. The Fraternal Order of Police sued to block the release after a March 2014 appell...