Recent Updates
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Judge W. Brent Powell Appointed to Missouri Supreme Court
Lawyer Blogs 04/26/2017Jackson County Circuit Judge W. Brent Powell was appointed Tuesday to the Missouri Supreme Court, marking the first high-profile judicial selection by new Republican Gov. Eric Greitens. Powell will replace former Judge Richard Teitelman, who died in ...
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Pakistan court to decide on accusations against PM's family
Court Alerts 04/20/2017Under tight security, Pakistan's top court is to deliver a much-awaited decision on Thursday on corruption allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's family which could determine his political future. If the Supreme Court announces punitive me...
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Not guilty pleas entered for accused in Canada polygamy case
Criminal Law 04/20/2017The trial of two Canadian men from a fundamentalist sect that allows men to have multiple wives opened Tuesday with not guilty pleas being entered on charges of practicing polygamy. Winston Blackmore and James Oler each face one count of polygamy. Bo...
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Conservatives fault Arkansas court for halting executions
Criminal Law 04/20/2017Arkansas' attempt to carry out its first execution in nearly 12 years wasn't thwarted by the type of liberal activist judge Republicans regularly bemoan here, but instead by a state Supreme Court that's been the focus of expensive campaigns by conser...
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Austrian court: ex-Croatian general guilty of embezzlement
Lawyer Blogs 04/19/2017An Austrian court has found a former Croatian general guilty of embezzling millions of euros and sentenced him and an associate to two years in prison. The court in the southern city of Klagenfurt determined Wednesday that the ex-general, Vladimir Za...
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High court sides with Goodyear in sanctions dispute
Attorney Blogs 04/18/2017A unanimous Supreme Court is siding with Goodyear Rubber & Tire Co. in a dispute over $2.7 million the company and its lawyers were ordered to pay in a personal injury case. The justices on Tuesday sent the case back to a lower court to decide wh...
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Ohio high court will review full autopsies from 8 slayings
Legal News Center 04/17/2017The Ohio Supreme Court wants to see unredacted autopsy reports from eight slayings in one family as justices consider media lawsuits seeking access to those full reports from the year-old, unsolved case. The court on Wednesday ordered the Pike County...
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Court document: Hawaii mother’s body parts found in freezer
Headline News 04/16/2017A Hawaii man accused of killing his mother months ago stuffed her dismembered body parts in seven plastic bags in the kitchen freezer of the Waikiki apartment they shared, according to court documents made public Monday. Yu Wei Gong has been charged ...
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2 inmates seek execution stays from Arkansas high court
Court Alerts 04/13/2017The first two inmates facing lethal injection under Arkansas' unprecedented multiple execution plan are seeking a stay from the state Supreme Court. Attorneys for Don Davis and Bruce Ward asked justices Wednesday to block their executions, scheduled ...
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Newest justice joins high court amid competing caricatures
Law Firm Blogs 04/11/2017Somewhere between the Republican caricature of the next justice of the Supreme Court as a folksy family guy and the Democrats' demonization of him as a cold-hearted automaton, stands Neil Gorsuch. Largely unknown six months ago, Gorsuch has seen his ...
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Official: Man accused in store attack misses court hearing
Attorney Blogs 04/10/2017Authorities say a jailed North Carolina man facing accused of an arson attack on an immigrant-owned store didn't appear in court as planned because he's being disciplined. An appearance scheduled Tuesday for 32-year-old Curtis Flournoy has been reset...
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Senate GOP 'goes nuclear,' clearing way for Trump court pick
Court Alerts 04/09/2017Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" in the Senate Thursday, unilaterally rewriting the chamber's rules to allow President Donald Trump's nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court. Furious Democrats objected until the end, but their efforts to block...