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  • Supreme Court rejects Blagojevich appeal in corruption case

    Supreme Court rejects Blagojevich appeal in corruption case

    Legal Events 03/27/2016

    The Supreme Court on Monday rejected former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appeal of his corruption convictions that included his attempt to sell the vacant Senate seat once occupied by President Barack Obama.   The justices let stand an appeal...

  • Court gives green light to death penalty fast-tracking

    Court gives green light to death penalty fast-tracking

    Legal Events 03/24/2016

    A federal appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for the Department of Justice to allow states to have their inmates' death penalty appeals expedited through federal court.   Legal organizations that challenged the DOJ's criteria for certifying...

  • Karadzic convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years

    Karadzic convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years

    Recent Cases 03/23/2016

    A U.N. court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges Thursday and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for orchestrating Serb atrocities throughout Bosnia's 1992-95 war that left 100,000 people dead. As...

  • Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial

    Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial

    Legal Events 03/22/2016

    A Russian court has begun reading a verdict for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is charged with complicity to murder two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine.   The judge began reading the verdict Monday morning. He quoted arg...

  • Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute

    Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute

    Headline Legal News 03/21/2016

    The Supreme Court has agreed to referee a pricy patent dispute between Samsung and Apple.   The justices said Monday they will review a $399 million judgment against South Korea-based Samsung for illegally copying patented aspects of the look of...

  • White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man

    White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man

    Headline Legal News 03/19/2016

    A white South Carolina trooper pleaded guilty Monday to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in the 2014 shooting an unarmed black driver seconds after a traffic stop. Trooper Sean Groubert, 32, faces up to 20 years in prison. The shoo...

  • Supreme Court rejects states' challenge to Colorado pot law

    Supreme Court rejects states' challenge to Colorado pot law

    Ethics 03/17/2016

    The Supreme Court has rejected an effort by Nebraska and Oklahoma to have Colorado's pot legalization declared unconstitutional.   The justices are not commenting Monday in dismissing the lawsuit the states filed directly at the Supreme Court ag...

  • Lawyer: US citizen charged in UN case to plead guilty

    Lawyer: US citizen charged in UN case to plead guilty

    Recent Cases 03/16/2016

    A defense lawyer says a U.S. citizen charged in the United Nations bribery case will plead guilty Wednesday to charges. Attorney Brian Bieber said Monday that Francis Lorenzo will plead guilty to three charges. Lorenzo is a suspended ambassador from ...

  • RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick

    RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick

    Law Firm News 03/13/2016

    The Republican Party is launching a campaign to try to derail President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, teaming up with a conservative opposition research group to target vulnerable Democrats and impugn whomever Obama picks. A task force...

  • Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty

    Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty

    National News 03/12/2016

    In fresh details provided as a young Mississippi man pleaded guilty to a terrorism-related charge, federal prosecutors said his fiancee led him toward a plan to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State. Muhammad Dakhlalla, 23, pleaded guilty Friday ...

  • Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather

    Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather

    Notable Attorneys 03/08/2016

    A northern Wisconsin woman changed her plea to guilty Friday in the slaying of her mother and stepfather in a deal that has prosecutors recommending a 40-year prison sentence. Ashlee Martinson, who was 17 at the time of the March 2015 killings, faces...

  • Pound: Sharapova guilty of 'willful negligence' in drug test

    Pound: Sharapova guilty of 'willful negligence' in drug test

    National News 03/04/2016

    Maria Sharapova was guilty of "willful negligence" for using meldonium, and international tennis officials were aware that many players were taking the drug before it was banned this year, former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound said Wed...