Recent Updates
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Court: Methodist bishops must testify in sex abuse case
Business Law 01/25/2020Two United Methodist bishops must testify in a lawsuit filed by a one-time church member who claimed he was sexually abused, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday, turning away the church leaders’ efforts to stay out of the case.The all-Republ...
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Court takes another look at Native American adoption law
Court Watch 01/22/2020A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children was getting a second look Wednesday from a federal appeals court in New Orleans.A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit...
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German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic
Court Watch 01/21/2020A court in eastern Germany indicated Tuesday that it will likely reject a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached.The Naumburg court's senate said, a...
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Lawyers: Immigration court system is ‘red tape gone crazy’
Class Action 01/19/2020Tucked in a windowless room of Chicago’s immigration court, one of the nation’s largest legal advocacy groups for immigrants runs a free help desk. Their pace is dizzying. Most days, there’s a line outside the door, with some cases ...
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Court to look anew at health care law birth control rules
Bankruptcy Law 01/17/2020The Supreme Court will consider allowing the Trump administration to enforce rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives to women.The justices agreed Friday to yet another case stemming from President Barack Obama&rs...
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Indian state challenges new citizenship law in Supreme Court
Personal Injury 01/14/2020The southern Indian state of Kerala on Tuesday became the first to legally challenge a new citizenship law that has triggered nationwide demonstrations.In a petition to the Supreme Court, the state government said the law violates the secular nature ...
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US courts rule for border walls both public and private
U.S. Supreme Court 01/13/2020Crews could start building a private border wall in South Texas within the coming days following a federal judge’s ruling Thursday that lifted a restraining order against the project.U.S. District Judge Randy Crane’s order was the second ...
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Former IAAF president’s corruption trial opens in Paris
Business Law 01/11/2020The corruption trial involving the former president of track and field’s governing body was suspended Monday shortly after it began.Lamine Diack, the former head of the IAAF, has been charged with far-reaching corruption and doping cover-ups.At...
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Greek court postpones retrial in US tourist's beating death
Immigration Law 01/07/2020A Greek court on Wednesday postponed the retrial of seven suspects on murder charges over the 2017 fatal beating of a Texan tourist on an island resort to allow a lawyer newly hired by the victim's family to familiarize himself with the case.The cour...
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Supreme Court rejects death row inmate’s appeal
Court Watch 01/03/2020The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal of a Texas man on Nebraska’s death row for killed two Grand Island men in 2007.Marco Torres Jr., formerly of Pasadena, Texas, had sought post-conviction relief for a third time after bei...
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President, Supreme Court top Wisconsin races in 2020
Elite Lawyers 01/01/2020Everyone knows Wisconsin will be in the spotlight for the presidential race in 2020. It's one of just a few states where the electorate is so evenly divided, it could swing either way. That is the biggest prize on the ballot this year, but it's far f...
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Connecticut courts moving notices from newspapers to website
Court Watch 12/24/2019The Connecticut court system will usher in the new year by moving required public notices to its website and out of newspapers, citing lower costs and the potential to reach a wider audience.Media representatives, however, believe the move will resul...