Recent Updates
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Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban
Breaking Stories 12/27/2018A divided Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Chief Justice John Roberts joined his four more liberal colleagues Friday in ruling agains...
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Pakistani court set to announce verdict against ex-PM Sharif
Breaking Stories 12/26/2018An anti-corruption court is set to rule on two cases against Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.Sharif, who was removed from office last year after being disqualified from serving his third stint as prime minister, could be sentenced to pr...
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Spain court grants $1.7 billion compensation for oil spill
Breaking Stories 12/24/2018Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that the captain and the insurer of the Prestige oil tanker must pay more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in compensation for Spain's biggest environmental disaster, when the vessel sank in 2002. The court s...
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NC court: Counties not responsible for school underfunding
Legal Compliance 12/22/2018North Carolina's top court says the state is responsible, not the counties, when schools are so underfunded that some children don't get the constitutionally required sound basic education.In a decision issued Friday, the state Supreme Court ruled ag...
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Appeals court agrees to hear case involving Trump DC hotel
Legal Compliance 12/20/2018A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to take up a case accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency in violation of the U.S. Constitution, giving the president's legal team its first major victory in the case.The order issued by the U.S. ...
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Fight over report on Wynn allegations back in court Jan. 4
Legal Events 12/19/2018The fight over a Massachusetts Gaming Commission report on allegations of sexual misconduct against former casino mogul Steve Wynn will be back in a Nevada courtroom next month.Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez on Thursday set a Jan. 4 c...
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Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
National Court News 12/17/2018Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country's Muslim minority, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday.The court, based in the eastern French city...
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Spanish court gears up for high-stakes trial of separatists
Breaking Stories 12/16/2018A preliminary hearing in a rebellion case against Catalan separatists Tuesday displayed some of the dynamics between defense and prosecutors expected during a trial that is likely to dominate Spanish politics.Altogether, 18 former politicians and act...
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The Latest: Macron: No new Brexit accord, ball in UK court
U.S. Court Watch 12/14/2018French President Emmanuel Macron says the withdrawal deal on Brexit cannot be renegotiated and that it’s now up to the British Parliament to make the next move.Macron spoke Friday after an EU summit and a one-on-one meeting with British Prime M...
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Indian court rejects probe into Rafale fighter jet deal
Legal Issues 12/13/2018India's top court on Friday rejected petitions by activists seeking a probe into the government purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said there was no reason to doubt the government's decision-making process in t...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow asylum ban
Headline Legal News 12/11/2018The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.Two federal courts have temporarily blocked the policy President Donald Trump announced in Nove...
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Thai court extends detention of refugee sought by Bahrain
Recent Cases 12/10/2018A Thai court ruled Tuesday that a soccer player who holds refugee status in Australia can be held for 60 days pending the completion of an extradition request by Bahrain, the homeland he fled four years ago on account of alleged political persecution...