Recent Updates
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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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California court body has paid $500K to settle sex claims
U.S. Court Watch 03/29/2018The policymaking body for California's courts says it has paid more than $500,000 in taxpayer funds since 2011 to settle five complaints of sexual harassment against judges and court employees. The Judicial Council released the figu...
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Maryland redistricting case comes before Supreme Court
U.S. Court Watch 03/29/2018The Supreme Court is taking up its second big partisan redistricting case of the term amid signs the justices could place limits on drawing maps for political gain.The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday in an appeal filed by Republicans in Mary...
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Agency: School boards, counties should stay out of court
Legal Compliance 03/29/2018School districts across North Carolina will present fall funding requests in the coming weeks, with the threat of costly and lengthy litigation if local county commissioners can't see eye-to-eye with school board members on spending.The General Assem...
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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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Courts weighing numerous challenges to political boundaries
National Court News 03/01/2018The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, sev...
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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...