Recent Updates
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Chris Brown returns to court after rehab dismissal
Class Action News 03/17/2014After a weekend in jail, Chris Brown is facing a court hearing over his dismissal from rehab and whether he should be given additional penalties, which could include more time behind bars. The Grammy-winning R&B singer spent the weekend in a down...
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Court ruling could delay California water project
Class Action News 03/17/2014A state appellate court has ruled that California water officials cannot go onto private property for soil testing and other studies related to construction of two massive tunnels that would siphon water from the Sacramento River. Nancy Vogel of the ...
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Driver pleads guilty in deadly bus stop crash
Class Action News 03/10/2014A driver who plowed into a Riverside bus stop, killing a woman and a 7-year-old girl, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. The Press-Enterprise reports 46-year-old Joe Williams was ordered Thursday to serve six months in custody of the She...
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Fla. high court: Immigrant can't get law license
Class Action News 03/07/2014The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that immigrants in the country illegally can't be given a license to practice law. The question was raised when a man who moved here from Mexico when he was 9 years old sought a license in Florida. The court said T...
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Supreme Court allows Stanford Ponzi scheme suits
Class Action News 02/28/2014The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that victims of former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme can go forward with class-action lawsuits against the law firms, accountants and investment companies that allegedly aided the $7.2 billion...
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CA man sentenced on drug charge in fed court in SD
Class Action News 02/28/2014The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that victims of former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme can go forward with class-action lawsuits against the law firms, accountants and investment companies that allegedly aided the $7.2 billion...
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Moscow court sends 7 to prison for protest rally
Class Action News 02/24/2014A Russian court handed down prison sentences Monday of up to four years for seven people who took part in a 2012 protest against Vladimir Putin. An eighth defendant received a suspended sentence. Hundreds of their supporters gathered outside the cour...
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Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage
Class Action News 02/17/2014Lawyers for Egypt's ousted president and his co-defendants walked out of court on Sunday to protest the soundproof glass cage in which defendants are held during proceedings, state TV reported. It said judge Shaaban el-Shamy ordered a recess after th...
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Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban
Class Action News 02/13/2014In an about-face, Nevada has decided against defending its constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, the latest step in a series of battles being waged across the nation on the volatile issue. Nevada's attorney general and governor said Monday that t...
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Lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect due in court
Class Action News 02/10/2014Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be in court this week for the first time since U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Tsarnaev. A status co...
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High court rules against steelworkers' claim
Class Action News 01/27/2014The Supreme Court says steelworkers do not have to be paid for time they spend putting on and taking off protective gear they wear on the job. The court was unanimous Monday in ruling in favor of United States Steel Corp. over workers' claims that th...
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2 killed in attack at German court
Class Action News 01/24/2014Two men were killed Friday in a shooting and stabbing at a court complex in Frankfurt in what may have been a revenge attack, authorities said. Frankfurt prosecutors said the case appeared to be linked to the fatal stabbing of a car dealer near Frank...