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  • Court rejects Cosby's attempt to reseal testimony on affairs

    Court rejects Cosby's attempt to reseal testimony on affairs

    Court Alerts 08/12/2016

    A federal appeals court on Monday rejected Bill Cosby's effort to reseal his deposition testimony about extramarital affairs, prescription sedatives and payments to women, saying the documents are now a matter of public knowledge. The 3rd U.S. Circui...

  • Ex-officer charged in death of black motorist back in court

    Ex-officer charged in death of black motorist back in court

    Attorney Blogs 08/11/2016

    A white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black motorist is returning to a federal courtroom in South Carolina. U.S. District Judge David Norton has set a Friday hearing on the civil rights charges brought against former North ...

  • Egyptian lawyer, journalist released after prison sentence

    Egyptian lawyer, journalist released after prison sentence

    Headline News 08/06/2016

    Egyptian authorities have released two prominent human rights activists who had been jailed for over a year for demonstrating against police brutality. Lawyer Mahienour el-Masry and journalist Youssef Shabaan were freed Saturday after serving 15 mont...

  • Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment

    Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment

    Business Law 07/28/2016

    The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated rape and kidnapping charges against a Cleveland man who argued that a 20-year delay in indicting him was unconstitutional.   In a unanimous decision, the court also ordered an appeals court to recon...

  • Court won't reinstate church official's conviction

    Court won't reinstate church official's conviction

    Court Alerts 07/28/2016

    The first U.S. church official convicted over his handling of priest-abuse complaints could soon leave prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed Tuesday that his conviction was flawed. Monsignor William Lynn, who served two cardinals at the ...

  • Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing

    Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing

    Criminal Law 07/27/2016

    Arkansas' highest court has denied a request to reconsider its June ruling upholding the state's execution secrecy law, but justices issued a stay that prevents the state from setting new execution dates as some inmates appeal to the U.S. Supreme Cou...

  • Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reforms

    Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reforms

    Legal News Feed 07/26/2016

    A federal judge on Monday chose a monitor team to oversee reforms of Ferguson's policing and court system, a process expected to cost the St. Louis suburb more than $1 million. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry announced that Squire Patton Boggs, a...

  • Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case

    Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case

    Legal News Center 07/23/2016

    Prosecutors have asked a federal appeals court to delay action for 30 days on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's corruption case — to allow both sides time to analyze it. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reportsthe U.S. At...

  • Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing

    Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing

    Law & Politics 07/22/2016

    Arkansas' highest court has denied a request to reconsider its June ruling upholding the state's execution secrecy law, but justices issued a stay that prevents the state from setting new execution dates as some inmates appeal to the U.S. Supreme Cou...

  • Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing

    Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing

    Law Firm Blogs 07/22/2016

    The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence imposed against a man who fatally shot a sheriff during a 2005 drug raid. Kansas hasn't executed anyone in more than 50 years, and Friday's decision in Scott Cheever's case is only the seco...

  • Candidate filing begins Monday for appeals court seat

    Candidate filing begins Monday for appeals court seat

    Law & Politics 07/12/2016

    Another election will be on the November ballot in North Carolina because an appeals court judge recently resigned to take a job in private practice. The candidate filing period for the seat on the state Court of Appeals vacated by Martha Geer begins...

  • Court orders release of detained immigrant kids, not parents

    Court orders release of detained immigrant kids, not parents

    Court Alerts 07/12/2016

    A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Homeland Security officials must quickly release immigrant children — but not their parents — from family detention centers after being picked up crossing the border without documentation. The San Francisc...

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