Recent Updates
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Ex-Yale coach gets 5 months in admissions bribery scandal
Business Law 11/09/2022The former Yale University women’s soccer coach whose cooperation with authorities helped blow the lid off the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal by leading the FBI to the scheme’s mastermind was sentenced Wednesday to five mon...
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Judge rules in favor of Columbus on gun control measures
Legal News 11/03/2022An Ohio law that prevents cities from implementing their own gun control measures cannot be enforced in Columbus, a county judge ruled.The law is an “unconstitutional infringement upon municipal home-rule,” Franklin County Judge Stephen L...
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Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico’s states
Criminal Law 10/27/2022Lawmakers in the border state of Tamaulipas voted Wednesday night to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico’s 32 states to authorize such unions.The measure to amend the state’s Civil Code passed with 23 votes in favor, ...
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2 German ex-soldiers convicted over Yemen mercenary plans
International 10/24/2022Two former German soldiers were convicted Monday of trying to form a mercenary group to intervene in Yemen’s civil war. They were found guilty of attempting to form a terrorist organization.The Stuttgart state court said the two men, aged 61 an...
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Taxpayer group asks high court to stop loan forgiveness plan
Court Watch 10/19/2022A Wisconsin taxpayers group that unsuccessfully brought a lawsuit seeking to block President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. The Brown County Taxpayers Association on Wednesday asked t...
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Idaho Supreme Court won’t weigh legality of child marriage
Consumer Rights 10/18/2022A legal loophole in Idaho that allows parents of teens to nullify child custody agreements by arranging child marriages will remain in effect, under a ruling from the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.In a split decision, the high court declined to deci...
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India’s top court split on school ban on Muslim headscarves
International 10/13/2022Two judges on India’s top court on Thursday differed over a ban on the wearing of the hijab, a headscarf used by Muslim women, in educational institutions and referred the sensitive issue to a larger bench of three or more judges to settle.Just...
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Judge gauges if Indiana abortion ban defies religious rights
Legal Business 10/10/2022A top Indiana lawyer on Friday questioned the validity of a lawsuit brought by a group of residents who argue that the state’s abortion ban violates their religious freedoms.A judge heard arguments Friday for about an hour in an Indianapolis co...
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Court rejects request to rehear gender dysphoria case
Criminal Law 10/08/2022A federal appeals court on Friday denied a request to rehear a case that found that gender dysphoria is a condition covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.In August, a three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
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Family of victim in ‘Serial’ case asks court to halt case
Legal Business 10/06/2022The family of the victim in the murder case chronicled in the first season of the “Serial” podcast has asked Maryland’s intermediate appellate court to halt Adnan Syed’s court case pending the family’s appeal of a judge&...
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W.Va. Supreme Court hears arguments in school voucher case
Court Watch 10/04/2022A voucher program that would provide West Virginia parents state money to pull their children out of K-12 public schools is blatantly unconstitutional and would disproportionately impact poor children and those with disabilities, a lawyer representin...
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CAS asked to judge Ecuador case by 10 days before World Cup
Family Law 09/29/2022Sport’s highest court has been asked to judge a case that aims to remove Ecuador from the World Cup by no later than Nov. 10 — just 10 days before the team should face host Qatar in the opening game.The Court of Arbitration for Sport said...