Recent Updates
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Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu government
Criminal Law 01/12/2023Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court — a step that critics say will d...
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Colorado funeral home owner sentenced in body sales case
Personal Injury 01/03/2023A Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday by a federal court judge.Megan Hess received the maximum sentence after pleading guilty to mail fraud i...
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Lake loses suit over her defeat in Arizona governor’s race
Court Watch 12/24/2022A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, rejecting her claim that problems with ballot printers at some polling places on Election Day were the result of...
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Rival Libya PM calls for US to release Lockerbie accused
Personal Injury 12/15/2022One of Libya’s rival prime ministers called Tuesday for the release of the former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing all onboard, after he surfaced in ...
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High court sides with history society’s access to earthworks
Court Watch 12/07/2022Ohio’s historical society can proceed with efforts to gain control of a set of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks currently maintained by a country club, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.At issue before the court were the 2,000-yea...
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Illinois Flight Attendants Injury Claim Attorneys
Legal Marketing 12/06/2022Flight attendants play an integral role in the airline industry, yet they face tough conditions every day. When flight attendants are injured or become ill because of work-related incidents both on and off of the plane, they may be entitled to worker...
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Case against former Tucson officer remanded to grand jury
Family Law 12/02/2022Former Tucson police Officer Ryan Remington, who was indicted on a manslaughter charge in the shooting of a shoplifting suspect, will have his case heard again by a grand jury.Pima County Superior Court Judge Danelle Liwski granted a defense request ...
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German parliament votes to approve EU-Canada trade pact
Family Law 11/30/2022German lawmakers on Thursday approved a free-trade deal between the European Union and Canada, moving the accord a step closer to taking full effect.The pact, formally known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, was signed in la...
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Judge denies 19-year-old’s ask to attend father’s execution
Court Watch 11/26/2022A federal judge has denied a request from a 19-year-old woman to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, upholding a Missouri law that bars anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution.Kevin Johnson is set to be executed Tuesday for...
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Mexican president suffers court reverse, tensions rise
Political and Legal 11/24/2022Mexico’s Supreme Court struck down part of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ‘jail, no bail’ policy Thursday.The court voted against mandatory pre-trial detention for people accused of fraud, smuggling or t...
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Judge backs penalties against county in voting machine case
Bankruptcy Law 11/19/2022A Pennsylvania judge has recommended the state’s high court impose civil contempt penalties against a Republican-majority county government that this summer secretly allowed a third party to copy data from voting machines used in the 2020 elect...
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Tribe continues fight against proposed Arizona copper mine
Criminal Law 11/17/2022The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state Department of Environmental Quality illegally issued a Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Resolution Copper Mine, which is being opposed by the San Carlos Apache Tribe.The decision overtu...