Recent Updates
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Supreme Court makes sports betting a possibility nationwide
Law Review 05/15/2018The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states.The justices voted 6-3 to strike...
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Court says Baltimore police could fire officer in force case
National Legal News 05/11/2018The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has ruled the Baltimore Police Department followed procedure when it fired an officer accused of excessive force. The Daily Record of Baltimore reports Serge Marcien Antonin was fired for repeatedly slapping a de...
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Analysis: Voter ID Fight Testing Court as Much as New Law
National Legal News 05/06/2018The Arkansas Supreme Court's decision to allow the state to enforce its voter ID law in this month's primary while justices consider whether the measure is unconstitutional sets up a test over Republican lawmakers' efforts to reinstate a law struck d...
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Court asked to toss more cases tied to drug lab scandal
Legal Compliance 05/06/2018Massachusetts' highest court is set to hear arguments in a case sparked by the misconduct of a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab for eight years.The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachus...
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Climate change lawsuit filed by Alaska youth goes to court
Law Review 05/02/2018The state has argued in court that a climate change lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaska residents should be thrown out because climate policies must be decided by the state Legislature and the executive branch, not the courts.The state and plaintiffs ar...
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Bakery appeals to UK Supreme Court in gay-rights cake case
Law Review 05/01/2018A bakery owned by a Christian family asked Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that it discriminated against a gay customer for refusing to make a cake supporting same-sex marriage.Ashers Baking Co. in Northern Ireland refused in ...
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Law firm hired to investigate economic development agency
Law Review 05/01/2018The Oregon Department of Justice has hired a law firm to investigate allegations of discrimination and mismanagement at the state's economic development agency, Business Oregon.The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that in an anonymous letter to Gov. Kate...
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Arkansas officials ask court to keep voter ID law in place
Legal Compliance 05/01/2018Arkansas officials asked the state's highest court on Monday to allow them to enforce a voter ID law in the May 22 primary despite a judge blocking the measure and calling it unconstitutional.Secretary of State Mark Martin asked the Arkansas Supreme ...
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Lake County courts to switch to online filing system in May
Legal Compliance 04/22/2018Court officials in northwestern Indiana's Lake County plan to switch next month to an online filing system that's already used by nearly three-quarters of Indiana's counties.Lake County's circuit and superior courts will switch May 21 to the Odyssey ...
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Taxpayer tab for law firm overseeing Atlantic City hits $4.8M
Law Review 04/19/2018New Jersey taxpayers' tab for the takeover of Atlantic City has reached about $5 million in fees from the law firm former Gov. Chris Christie picked to oversee the gambling resort.Records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press show the firm of Chi...
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Clicking 'checkout' could cost more after Supreme Court case
U.S. Court Watch 04/16/2018The Supreme Court is hearing a case this week that could affect how much customers pay for online purchases.At issue is a rule saying that businesses don't have to collect state sales taxes when those businesses ship to a state where they don't have ...
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Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion pastor's appeal on noise
National Legal News 04/16/2018The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a pastor who challenged a state law's noise limit that was used to restrict his anti-abortion protest outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Portland, Maine.The justices offered no comment Monday in rejecti...