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  • Cook County, Illinois, lawyer who posed as judge charged

    Cook County, Illinois, lawyer who posed as judge charged

    Notable Attorneys 11/01/2016

    A Chicago-area judicial candidate who was once on the fast track to a high-salary, high-status job as a judge now faces charges of impersonating a judge when she was a court staff attorney early this year, prosecutors announced Friday. Rhonda Crawfor...

  • Kansas court upholds death sentence in 1996 slaying

    Kansas court upholds death sentence in 1996 slaying

    Law Firm News 11/01/2016

    Kansas' highest court on Friday upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a college student 20 years ago. The Kansas Supreme Court let stand Gary Kleypas' death sentence in the 1996 rape and stabbing death of 20-year-old Pittsburg State...

  • Court rules against CarMax in fight over vehicle inspections

    Court rules against CarMax in fight over vehicle inspections

    Court Watch 10/31/2016

    A federal appeals court in San Francisco says used car retailer CarMax must tell buyers in California the condition of individual vehicle components it inspects. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday CarMax's practice of providing buyer...

  • Ted Cruz's Supreme Court remark draws White House criticism

    Ted Cruz's Supreme Court remark draws White House criticism

    National News 10/28/2016

    Sen. Ted Cruz's suggestion of an indefinite Supreme Court vacancy under a President Hillary Clinton raises questions about the credibility and integrity of Republicans who have said the next president should get to the choose who fills the vacancy, W...

  • Greece court cancels TV license overhaul; blow to government

    Greece court cancels TV license overhaul; blow to government

    Recent Cases 10/26/2016

    A high court has canceled a television license auction in Greece, dealing a blow to the country's left-wing government which carried out the sale as part of an anti-corruption drive. Judges from the Council of State court ruled 14-11 late Wednesday t...

  • High court steps into fight on Vanderbilts' Breakers mansion

    High court steps into fight on Vanderbilts' Breakers mansion

    Notable Attorneys 10/23/2016

    Rhode Island's highest court heard arguments Tuesday in a fight that has pitted dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family against a nonprofit that owns several Gilded Age mansions in Newport. The nonprofit Preservation Society of Newport County want...

  • Grassley: GOP can't stonewall a Clinton Supreme Court pick

    Grassley: GOP can't stonewall a Clinton Supreme Court pick

    Notable Attorneys 10/20/2016

    Republicans "can't just simply stonewall" nominees to the Supreme Court even if the president making the choice is Democrat Hillary Clinton, says the GOP chairman of the Judiciary Committee in a reaffirmation of the Senate's advise-and-consent role o...

  • Pakistan's top court seeks reply from PM over money scandal

    Pakistan's top court seeks reply from PM over money scandal

    Legal Events 10/20/2016

    Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday sought a reply from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in response to several petitions seeking his resignation over a financial scandal involving his family. The court gave Sharif two weeks to submit his response, Sharif's...

  • Landowners to court: Exxon Mobil pipeline breaches contract

    Landowners to court: Exxon Mobil pipeline breaches contract

    Notable Attorneys 10/19/2016

    Attorneys for landowners along a crude oil pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas in 2013 say Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. breached its contract because the pipeline interferes with their ability to enjoy their property. Attorneys for the landowners and Exxo...

  • As time runs out, dozens of judge nominees waiting on Senate

    As time runs out, dozens of judge nominees waiting on Senate

    Litigation Reports 10/18/2016

    Federal judges in New Jersey have struggled with a workload approaching 700 cases each, nearly double what's manageable, because of judicial vacancies. In Texas, close to a dozen district judgeships remain open, more than in any other state. Senate c...

  • Court hearing on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo

    Court hearing on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo

    Recent Cases 10/17/2016

    A Toronto court will hear arguments on an attempt to bar the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and logo in Ontario. The legal challenge by indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal comes on the same day the baseball team takes on the Toronto Bl...

  • Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial

    Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial

    Law Firm News 10/17/2016

    A Lithuanian court has called former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to testify in a mass trial related to the 1991 crackdown on the country's independence movement. Gorbachev and Russian authorities haven't answered previous requests so it's unlikel...