Recent Updates
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Court won’t revive suit against gun site over spa shooting
Practice Focuses 11/23/2019The Supreme Court won’t revive a lawsuit against a firearms website over a suburban Milwaukee spa shooting.The justices rejected an appeal Monday from the daughter of one of three people shot to death by a man who illegally bought a semi-automa...
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Suu Kyi to lead Myanmar team contesting genocide court case
Practice Focuses 11/20/2019Myanmar said Wednesday its leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head the legal team contesting a genocide case filed against it in the International Court of Justice over the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims two years ago that set off their exodus to Bangladesh...
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Dutch-based court files new charges against Hariri suspect
Practice Focuses 09/13/2019A U.N.-backed court based in the Netherlands unveiled new charges Monday, including terrorism and intentional homicide, against a Hezbollah fighter who also is accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.The Special Tribunal ...
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Different court: Maya Moore dedicated to criminal justice
Practice Focuses 09/07/2019Maya Moore startled basketball when she stepped away from the WNBA before the season. She has spent a lot of her time trying to help a family friend overturn a conviction.Jonathan Irons has been incarcerated since 1997, convicted in the nonfatal shoo...
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Appeal in John Steinbeck lawsuit heard in court
Practice Focuses 08/08/2019Both sides had another day in court Tuesday in a family battle that has been waged for decades over who controls the works of iconic author John Steinbeck.A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments to an appeal by ...
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Court rules against militant formerly known as H. Rap Brown
Practice Focuses 07/31/2019A prosecutor violated the constitutional rights of the 1960s black militant formerly known as H. Rap Brown during his trial for the killing of a sheriff's deputy, but it's unlikely that substantially affected the verdict, a federal appeals court foun...
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Supreme Court seems inclined to retain cross on public land
Practice Focuses 03/02/2019The Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to rule that a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in Maryland is constitutional, but shy away from a sweeping ruling.The case the justices heard arguments in is being closely watched because it i...
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Mississippi chief justice: Time for another to lead court
Practice Focuses 12/23/2018After 21 years on the Mississippi Supreme Court and 10 years as chief justice, Bill Waller Jr. says it's time for someone else to take the helm.Waller's court has at times questioned problems with forensic evidence, but passed when asked to rule on t...
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Sri Lanka court orders prime minister to refrain from duties
Practice Focuses 12/03/2018A Sri Lankan court on Monday ordered disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his ministers to refrain from carrying out their duties as it hears an appeal against them.While the ruling by the Court of Appeal is an interim order, it is yet anoth...
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Malaysia court to resume Kim Jong Nam murder trial on Jan. 7
Practice Focuses 11/05/2018A Malaysian court on Wednesday set Jan. 7 for two Southeast Asian women charged with murdering the North Korean leader’s half brother to begin their defense, as their lawyers complained that some witnesses were unreachable.A High Court judge in...
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Juvenile waived to adult court in Indy doctor's slaying
Practice Focuses 09/14/2018A juvenile has been waived to adult court to face charges in the fatal shooting of an Indiana University doctor and educator last year.Online court records say 16-year-old Tarius Blade faces three felony burglary charges in the Nov. 20, 2017, slaying...
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EU backs ICC after US questions court's legitimacy
Practice Focuses 09/12/2018The European Union's top diplomat says the bloc remains a staunch supporter of the International Criminal Court despite U.S. condemnation of the tribunal.EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Thursday that "we will continue to fully and str...