Recent Updates
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Supreme Court limits reach of tax crime statute
Immigration Law 03/20/2018The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to make it harder for the federal government to use a section of tax law to convict someone of obstruction.The government had interpreted a section of the tax code to give it a broad ability to charge someone with ob...
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Supreme Court leaves in place ruling reviving Flint lawsuits
Corporate Law 03/19/2018The Supreme Court is leaving in place a ruling that revived two federal lawsuits stemming from the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan.The Supreme Court declined Monday to get involved in the cases, leaving in place a decision by the U.S. Co...
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French court issues mixed ruling in Facebook nudity case
Corporate Law 03/18/2018A French court ruled Thursday that Facebook failed to fulfill its contractual obligations by closing without prior notice the account of a user who posted a photo of a famous 19th century nude painting.But the Paris civil court also refused to order ...
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Supreme Court agrees to hear immigration law detention case
Immigration Law 03/18/2018The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether federal immigration law gives the government the power to indefinitely detain any noncitizen it is considering deporting if the person previously committed certain crimes.The Supreme Court agreed Monday ...
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Bolivia takes sea access dispute with Chile to world court
International 03/16/2018Bolivia made an emotional appeal Monday for the International Court of Justice to order Chile to enter talks over granting the landlocked South American nation access to the Pacific Ocean, saying the dispute will remain a source of conflict if it's n...
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Groups: Duterte can't evade accountability by quitting court
International 03/15/2018Human rights groups say Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his officials could still be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court for killings in his anti-drug war until his decision to withdraw from the tribunal takes effect after a year....
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Czech top court delays alleged Russian hacker extradition
Legal Careers News 03/14/2018The Czech Republic's top court said Tuesday it has delayed the extradition of an alleged Russian hacker until it deals with a last-ditch complaint filed by him.It means that the justice minister can't finalize Yevgeniy Nikulin's extradition until the...
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Father testifies in Australian court cardinal abused son
Civil Litigation News 03/14/2018A father testified in an Australian court Thursday that his son said he was sexually abused by Vatican Cardinal George Pell during a waterskiing outing years ago. When a defense lawyer accused him of lying, the father told the court it was an insult....
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Facing death penalty, school shooting suspect in court
Court Watch 03/13/2018Now formally facing the death penalty, the suspect in the Valentine’s Day school shooting that killed 17 people in Florida is headed for a court appearance Wednesday on a 34-count indictment.An arraignment hearing is set for 19-year-old Nikolas...
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TransCanada doesn't have to pay landowner attorneys
Business Law 03/10/2018The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline doesn't have to reimburse attorneys who defended Nebraska landowners against the company's efforts to gain access to their land, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.The high court's ruling resolves a dispute...
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Former Trump campaign aide Nunberg at court for grand jury
Political and Legal 03/10/2018A former Trump campaign aide appeared for hours before a federal grand jury Friday, after he defiantly insisted in a series of news interviews just days earlier that he intended to defy a subpoena in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigat...
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Martin Shkreli cries in court, is sentenced to 7 years for securities fraud
Corporate Law 03/09/2018The smirk wiped from his face, a crying Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud Friday in a hard fall for the pharmaceutical-industry bad boy vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug.Shkreli, the boyis...