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Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid
U.S. Court News 04/08/2024The Mexican president has quickly moved to break off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had sought political asylum there after being indicted on corruption charges.In an ext...
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Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has memoir coming
Legal Compliance 04/04/2024Retired Supreme CourtRetired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has a two-volume memoir coming out this fall, tracking his life from growing up in California to his 30 years on the court, when he cast key votes on landmark cases ranging from ab...
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The Man Charged in an Illinois Attack That Left 4 Dead Is Due Back in Court
Litigation Reports 04/01/2024A northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating and driving over them is expected back in court on Tuesday.A judge in the city of Rockford is expected to consider prosecutors' request that Chris...
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Former Georgia insurance commissioner John Oxendine pleads guilty
Litigation Reports 03/26/2024A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud.John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea Friday in federal court in Atlanta. The 61-year...
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Alabama woman who faked kidnapping pleads guilty to false reporting
U.S. Court News 03/22/2024An Alabama woman who claimed she was abducted after stopping her car to check on a wandering toddler pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of giving false information to law enforcement.News outlets reported that Carlee Russell pleaded guilty to misd...
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A Supreme Court ruling in a social media case could set standards
Litigation Reports 03/18/2024In a busy term that could set standards for free speech in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Monday is taking up a dispute between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversi...
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Prosecutors seek from 40 to 50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-Fried
U.S. Court News 03/13/2024FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s orchestration of one of history’s largest financial frauds in his quest to dominate the cryptocurrency world deserves a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years, federal prosecutors on Friday told a federal judge....
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Trump wants N.Y. hush money trial to wait for Supreme Court immunity ruling
U.S. Court News 03/12/2024Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.The Republican former president’s lawyers on Monday asked Manhattan Judg...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks Lenient Sentence and to Appeal Conviction
U.S. Court News 03/02/2024Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer said Tuesday that a suggested 100-year prison sentence for the FTX founder by an arm of the court is “grotesque” and “barbaric” and at most a term of a few years behind bars is appropriate for ...
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Prince Harry loses a court challenge over being stripped of a UK security detail
Legal Compliance 02/28/2024Prince Harry ‘s fight for publicly funded protection was rejected Wednesday by a London judge who said the U.K. government didn’t act irrationally when it stripped him of security privileges after he quit working as a member of the royal ...
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Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case
Litigation Reports 02/25/2024Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a judge’s finding that Trump lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom and the presidency.The former president&rsqu...
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Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines
Litigation Reports 02/21/2024The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals from three Republican U.S. House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021.The justices did not comment on leaving in place $500 fines issued in May 2021 to U....