Recent Updates
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Wisconsin court says gun site not liable in spa shooting
Criminal Law 04/30/2019The state Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging a firearms website that enabled a man to illegally purchase the pistol he used in a mass shooting at a suburban Milwaukee spa six years ago is liable in the killings, ruling that federal la...
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Slovak court rejects to ban parliamentary far right party
International 04/28/2019Slovakia's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a request by the country's prosecutor general to ban a far-right party that has 14 seats in the country's parliament.In his request filed two years ago, Jaromir Ciznar said the far-right People's Party Our...
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Challenge to Georgia election system faces first court test
Legal Marketing 04/27/2019A sweeping lawsuit challenging the way Georgia elections are run is being put to its initial test Monday as state election officials try to persuade a federal judge to toss it out.The lawsuit was filed weeks after Republican Brian Kemp narrowly beat ...
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Indian court lifts ban on Chinese social media app TikTok
Criminal Law 04/24/2019An Indian court on Wednesday lifted its ban on Chinese social media video-sharing app TikTok on the condition that the platform popular with teenagers would not be used to host obscene videos.Justices N. Kirubakaran and S.S. Sundar warned TikTok that...
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Quest for food stamp data lands newspaper at Supreme Court
Criminal Law 04/20/2019In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota’s Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the government’s food assistance program, previously known as food stamps. They thought the information could lead to a series of stor...
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Nissan ex-chair Ghosn appeal on extended detention rejected
Corporate Governance 04/17/2019Japan's top court said Thursday it has rejected an appeal by former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's lawyers against his extended detention after his fourth arrest on allegations of financial misconduct.The decision upholds the extension of his detenti...
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High court declines to take Pennsylvania rap artist’s case
Family Law 04/13/2019The Supreme Court is declining to take the case of a Pennsylvania rapper who was convicted of threatening police officers in one of his songs.The high court declined on Monday to take the case of Jamal Knox, known as Mayhem Mal. In 2012, he and rappe...
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Texas’ high court keeps execution drug supplier secret
Court Watch 04/12/2019A supplier of Texas’ execution drugs can remain secret under a court ruling Friday that upheld risks of “physical harm” to the pharmacy, ending what state officials called a threat to the entire U.S. death penalty system.The decisio...
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Court overrules judge in Coryell County hospital explosion dispute
Class Action 04/11/2019An appeals court in Waco has ruled that a district judge in Gatesville abused his discretion in rulings he made in a lawsuit related to the June 2018 explosion at the Coryell County Memorial Hospital.In a five-page opinion written by 10th Court of Ap...
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Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling
Court Watch 04/04/2019Texas prisons will no longer allow clergy in the death chamber after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution of a man who argued his religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist spiritual adviser couldn’t accompany him.Eff...
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As Tesla heads to court, shares fall as deliveries slow
Business Law 04/03/2019Tesla's CEO Elon Musk is back in the spotlight for saying something when perhaps he should have remained quiet.A federal judge will hear oral arguments Thursday about whether Musk should be held in contempt of court for violating an agreement with th...
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Philippine Supreme Court orders release of drug war evidence
Court Watch 04/02/2019The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of police documents on thousands of killings of suspects in the president’s anti-drug crackdown, in a ruling that human rights groups said could shed light on allegations of extrajudic...