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  • High court: Bankrupt homeowners can't void second mortgage

    High court: Bankrupt homeowners can't void second mortgage

    Criminal Law 06/01/2015

    A unanimous Supreme Court says homeowners who declare bankruptcy can't void a second mortgage even if the home isn't worth what they owe on the first mortgage. The justices on Monday ruled in favor of Bank of America in two Florida cases where bankru...

  • Health law court case winner could be political loser

    Health law court case winner could be political loser

    Legal News Center 05/30/2015

    The party that wins the impending Supreme Court decision on President Barack Obama's health care law could be the political loser.   If the Republican-backed challenge to the law's subsidies for lower-earning Americans prevails, the GOP would ha...

  • High court won't hear appeal over Walker campaign probe

    High court won't hear appeal over Walker campaign probe

    Lawyer Blogs 05/18/2015

    The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a conservative group seeking to end an investigation into possible illegal coordination between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign and independent groups. The justices on Monday let stand an...

  • Court: State can’t order unions, companies to reach binding contracts

    Court: State can’t order unions, companies to reach binding contracts

    Court Alerts 05/17/2015

    A California appeals court sided with one of the largest fruit farms in the nation, ruling that a law allowing the state to order unions and farming companies to reach binding contracts was unconstitutional. Labor activists say the mandatory mediatio...

  • Attorney: Court orders release of anti-nuclear activists

    Attorney: Court orders release of anti-nuclear activists

    Bankruptcy 05/16/2015

    A federal appeals court has ordered the immediate release of an 85-year-old nun and two fellow Catholic peace activists who vandalized a uranium storage bunker, their attorney said Friday.   The order came after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of App...

  • Pandora loses to BMI in court hearing, vows to appeal

    Pandora loses to BMI in court hearing, vows to appeal

    Law & Politics 05/15/2015

    Pandora Media Inc. lost a court hearing Thursday in a dispute with music publishing rights group BMI over royalty rates, but the Internet streaming leader said it will appeal. Pandora said it's confident it can win later since the appeals court — the...

  • Appeals court skeptical of fairness of trader's conviction

    Appeals court skeptical of fairness of trader's conviction

    Headline News 05/14/2015

    An appeals court panel on Wednesday expressed doubts about the fairness of a prosecution that led to a prison sentence for a man convicted of defrauding a government bailout program. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had pl...

  • Duke Energy will be in federal court for coal ash crimes

    Duke Energy will be in federal court for coal ash crimes

    Legal News Feed 05/14/2015

    As the nation's largest electricity company prepares to plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act, Duke Energy has started delivering bottled water to people with tainted wells close to its North Carolina coal ash pits. Duke has long deni...

  • California court ruling could limit drought fighting tools

    California court ruling could limit drought fighting tools

    Court Alerts 04/23/2015

    In a ruling that Gov. Jerry Brown says puts a "straitjacket" on local governments trying to fight the severe statewide drought, an appeals court has found that an Orange County city's tiered water rates are unconstitutional. The ruling by the 4th Dis...

  • Arizona sheriff shifts blame over disobeying court order

    Arizona sheriff shifts blame over disobeying court order

    Lawyer News 04/23/2015

    The normally defiant sheriff for metro Phoenix responded meekly and shifted blame Wednesday as he was questioned in court about why he violated a judge's orders to stop carrying out his signature immigration patrols. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpai...

  • Retired Army Colonel Pleads Guilty to Breaking Law in Job Hunt

    Retired Army Colonel Pleads Guilty to Breaking Law in Job Hunt

    Court Alerts 04/15/2015

    A retired Army colonel pleaded guilty to negotiating his post-military employment with a helicopter company that did business with the Defense Department office he ran while still in uniform, according to court records filed Tuesday by U.S. governmen...

  • Man kills his lawyer, judge, co-defendant in Milan court

    Man kills his lawyer, judge, co-defendant in Milan court

    Headline News 04/15/2015

    A real estate developer on trial for fraudulent bankruptcy fired 13 shots inside the Milan Tribunal on Thursday, killing his lawyer, a co-defendant and a judge, eluding court security before being captured 25 kilometers away. The shooting raised conc...

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