Recent Updates
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Trump taps ‘eminently qualified’ Barrett for Supreme Court
Litigation Reports 09/29/2020President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effor...
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Ginsburg makes history at Capitol amid replacement turmoil
Legal Compliance 09/26/2020Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state Friday at the U.S. Capitol as the first woman ever so honored, making history again as she had throughout her extraordinary life while an intensifying election-year battle swirled over her ...
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Biden to focus on health care in Supreme Court debate
U.S. Law Review 09/21/2020Joe Biden on Sunday used the sudden Supreme Court vacancy to reinforce his argument that the upcoming election should be a referendum on President Donald Trump's handling of health care and the coronavirus.The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg jol...
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Supreme Court to stick with arguments via telephone, for now
U.S. Law Review 09/17/2020The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will start its new term next month the way it ended the last one, with arguments by telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic and live audio available to the public.With 87-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ...
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Girl appeals Slender Man stabbing to Wisconsin Supreme Court
Litigation Reports 09/13/2020One of two girls convicted of stabbing a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to rule that the case should have been tried in juvenile court.Morgan Geyser and Anisa Weier attacked their frie...
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WikiLeaks’ Assange to fight US extradition bid in UK court
Litigation Reports 09/09/2020WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to fight for his freedom in a British court after a decade of legal drama, as he challenges American authorities’ attempt to extradite him on spying charges over the site’s publication of secret U.S...
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Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional
Litigation Reports 09/05/2020The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday rejected as unconstitutional former Gov. Bill Walker’s proposal to use bonding to pay Alaska’s oil and gas tax credit obligations. The court, in a written ruling, said the plan, which was approved by the...
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California justices toss death penalty for Scott Peterson
Litigation Reports 08/29/2020Scott Peterson’s conviction for killing his pregnant wife will stand, but the California Supreme Court on Monday overturned his 2005 death sentence in a case that attracted worldwide attention. The justices cited “significant errors&rdquo...
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Thai court issues new arrest warrant for Red Bull scion
National Court News 08/27/2020A Thai court issued a new arrest warrant on Tuesday for an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, a month after news of the dropping of a long-standing charge against him caused widespread anger.Assistant National Police Chief Lt. Gen. Jaruwat Wa...
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Huawei, ZTE lose patent appeal cases at UK Supreme Court
Legal Compliance 08/24/2020Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed two appeals by Chinese telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE over mobile data patent disputes.The disputes center on the licensing of patented technology considered essential to mobile telecoms. The patents are mea...
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Britney Spears asks court to curb father’s power over her
National Court News 08/22/2020Britney Spears on Tuesday asked a court to keep her father from reasserting the broad control over her life and career that he has had for most of the past 12 years. In documents filed by her court-appointed lawyer that give a rare public airing to t...
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Court halts police subpoena for media’s protest images
National Court News 08/19/2020Less than 24 hours before a court order would have required five Seattle media companies to turn over unpublished protest photos and videos to police, the state Supreme Court has granted them a temporary respite. A Washington state Supreme Court comm...