Recent Updates
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South Carolina court questions transportation tax spending
Consumer Rights 03/08/2018The South Carolina Supreme Court is questioning how a county is spending transportation tax money.The court said Wednesday the state revenue department did not have the authority to withhold payments to Richland County.But the justices also said the ...
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Court rules in favor of fired transgender funeral director
Corporate Governance 03/07/2018A woman was illegally fired by a Detroit-area funeral home after disclosing that she was transitioning from male to female and dressed as a woman, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said R.G. & G.R. Harr...
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Brazil court largely upholds law that some fear hurts Amazon
International 03/06/2018Brazil's Supreme Court has batted down challenges to key parts of a law that environmentalists say has contributed to increasing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.The 2012 law included an amnesty for illegal deforestation that occurred before Ju...
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Turkish court rejects request for Greek soldiers' release
International 03/05/2018A Turkish court on Monday rejected lawyers' requests for two Greek soldiers arrested in Turkey to be released from custody.The two were arrested last week for allegedly entering a Turkish military zone and on suspicion of attempted espionage. Greece ...
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Cardinal's alleged sex victims testify in Australian court
Court Watch 03/04/2018The alleged victims of the most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis began giving testimony to an Australian court on Monday.Australian Cardinal George Pell wore his clerical collar for the first day of the hea...
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Philippine gov't asks Supreme Court to expel chief justice
Practice Focuses 03/03/2018The Philippine government's legal counsel asked the Supreme Court on Monday to expel the chief justice for allegedly not declaring her assets, in a new attempt to remove the nation's judicial leader.Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, who President R...
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Court: Nike logo of Michael Jordan didn't violate copyright
Corporate Law 03/01/2018A U.S. appeals court says an iconic Nike logo of a leaping Michael Jordan didn't violate the copyright of an earlier photograph of the basketball star.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that the logo was based on a photograph of Jorda...
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Brazil court largely upholds law that some fear hurts Amazon
Court Watch 03/01/2018Brazil's Supreme Court has batted down challenges to key parts of a law that environmentalists say has contributed to increasing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.The 2012 law included an amnesty for illegal deforestation that occurred before Ju...
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High court: Held immigrants can't get periodic bond hearings
Consumer Rights 02/28/2018The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants the government has detained and is considering deporting aren't entitled by law to periodic bond hearings.The case is a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrants who've spent long periods in custody. T...
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Organized labor case goes in front of Supreme Court
Legal Business 02/27/2018The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor.All eyes will be on Justice Neil Gorsuch Monday when the court takes up a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing govern...
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Supreme Court declines to take up 'Dreamers' case for now
Immigration Law 02/26/2018The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's highly unusual bid to bypass a federals appeals court and get the justices to intervene in the fate of a program that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation....
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Delay in Nevada gun buyer law draws protests at court debate
Practice Focuses 02/25/2018A lawyer seeking a court order to enforce a Nevada gun buyer screening law that has not been enacted despite voter approval in November 2016 blamed the state's Republican governor and attorney general on Friday for stalling the law."For either person...