Recent Updates
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Court filings provide additional details of the US’ first nitrogen gas execution
National Legal News 08/01/2024A corrections officer who helped carry out the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution said in a court document that the inmate had normal blood oxygen levels for longer than he expected before the numbers suddenly plummeted.Another court documen...
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Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections
National Legal News 07/17/2024A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November elect...
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Supreme Court will weigh banning homeless people from sleeping outside
National Legal News 04/22/2024The case is considered the most significant to come before the high court in decades on homelessness, which has reached record levels in the United States.In California and other Western states, courts have ruled that it’s unconstitutional to f...
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Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers
National Legal News 12/19/2023Prince Harry’s phone was hacked by journalists and private investigators working for the Daily Mirror who invaded his privacy by snooping on him unlawfully, a judge ruled Friday, delivering an historic victory for the estranged royal who broke ...
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Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users
National Legal News 11/17/2023A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the fighting in Ukraine.A magistrate at Moscow&...
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Biden’s second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate
National Legal News 10/10/2023President Joe Biden’s second attempt at student loan cancellation began moving forward Tuesday with a round of hearings to negotiate the details of a new plan.In a process known as negotiated rulemaking, 14 people chosen by the Biden administra...
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Hunter Biden’s plea deal on hold after federal judge raises concerns
National Legal News 07/27/2023The plea deal in Hunter Biden’s criminal case unraveled during a court hearing Wednesday after a federal judge raised concerns about the terms of the agreement that has infuriated Republicans who believe the president’s son is getting pre...
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Law Firm Website Design Companies : The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
National Legal News 06/14/2023At our law firm's most recent staff meeting, I was assigned the task of finding a law firm website design company for creation of a website for our firm. I've had previous experience researching companies online and I thought it would be simple to tu...
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Adnan Syed’s lawyer appeals to Maryland Supreme Court
National Legal News 05/25/2023Adnan Syed’s lawyer asked Maryland’s highest court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court’s ruling that reinstated his murder conviction from more than two decades ago — after he was freed last year in a legal case that gained...
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Trump lawyer in court after being forced before grand jury
National Legal News 03/24/2023A lawyer for Donald Trump was back in court Friday after being ordered to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the possible mishandling of classified documents at the former president’s Florida estate.M. Evan Corcoran entered fede...
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Alabama prison staff shortage worsens despite court order
National Legal News 02/11/2023A federal judge said Friday Alabama prisons remain critically understaffed, with court filings showing the number of officers in state lockups has continued to drop despite a court order to increase numbers.The prison system has lost more than 500 se...
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No-nonsense judge takes over FTX-Bankman-Fried criminal case
National Legal News 12/27/2022A Manhattan federal judge known for swift decisions and a no-nonsense demeanor during three decades of overseeing numerous high-profile cases was assigned Tuesday to Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency case.The case was relegated to Judge Lewis ...