Recent Updates
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Dispute over rights to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan goes to court
Court Alerts 08/30/2017Tom Clancy's widow wants a court to rule that the author's estate is the exclusive owner of the rights to his famous character Jack Ryan. News media outlets report that Alexandra Clancy's lawsuit says that the author's estate should be the sole benef...
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Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
Court Alerts 08/28/2017Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has appointed Twin Falls judge Richard Bevan to the state's highest court. Otter announced Tuesday that Bevan — currently the 5th Judicial District's administrative judge — will replace retiring Idaho Supreme Court Justi...
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Supreme Court justice blocks ruling on redrawing Texas districts
Court Alerts 08/28/2017U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday temporarily halted enforcement of a lower-court ruling that required two Texas congressional districts to be redrawn. Responding to an appeal by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Alito halted action ...
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South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison
Legal News Feed 08/27/2017A South Korean court sentenced the billionaire chief of Samsung to five years in prison for crimes that helped topple the country’s president, a stunning downfall that could freeze up decision making at a global electronics powerhouse long run like a...
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Top NC court weighs lawmakers stripping of governor's powers
Court Alerts 08/26/2017North Carolina's highest court on Monday tackled the question of how far the Republican-led legislature can go to minimize new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's ability to pursue goals that helped him get elected last year by reshaping state government. T...
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UAE prison time dropped for transgender Singaporean, friend
Legal News Feed 08/24/2017A transgender Singaporean and her friend facing a year in prison in the United Arab Emirates for dressing in a feminine way have seen their sentences reduced to a fine and deportation, an official said Monday. Nur Qistina Fitriah Ibrahim, a transgend...
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Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case
Law & Politics 08/21/2017A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski's victim to end a four-decade-old sexual assault case against the fugitive director. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled that Polanski must return to C...
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Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
Court Alerts 08/21/2017Court documents say an 8-year-old girl accused of killing a toddler at a home daycare in western Michigan earlier this year suffers from "serious mental health" issues, including hearing a demon's voice. The Department of Health and Human Services fi...
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Kentucky governor, attorney general clash before high court
Attorney Blogs 08/20/2017Kentucky's Democratic attorney general warned the state's highest court on Friday that the accreditation of the state's public colleges and universities would be at risk if they don't take his side against the Republican governor. But an attorney for...
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French Designer Wins Court Case in Dispute with Brad Pitt
Court Alerts 08/18/2017A French lighting designer has won a $600,000 court ruling in a dispute with Brad Pitt over a grandiose re-design of the chateau in Provence that he and Angelina Jolie shared. But designer Odile Soudant isn’t stopping there. She says her business wen...
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Maryland removes Dred Scott ruling author's statue
Business Law 08/17/2017A statue of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to African Americans was removed from the grounds of the Maryland State House early Friday. The statue of Roger B. Taney was ...
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Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to speak in Tuscaloosa
Law & Politics 08/16/2017U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at the University of Alabama law school next month. Sotomayor will participate in a discussion with dean Mark Brandon and U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton III on Sept. 12. Brandon sa...