Recent Updates
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SoCal federal court to hear Toyota lawsuits
Court Alerts 04/12/2010A federal judge in Southern California was chosen Friday to preside over more than 200 lawsuits filed against Toyota in the aftermath of the automaker’s sudden acceleration problems, which could potentially mushroom into one of the nation’s biggest p...
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North Dakota decisions end Fighting Sioux nickname
Court Alerts 04/09/2010The Fighting Sioux nickname is gone for good at the University of North Dakota.On Thursday, decisions by North Dakota's Supreme Court and Board of Higher Education led to the retirement of the long-disputed nickname.The court ruled that the board had...
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US court rules against FCC on `net neutrality'
Court Alerts 04/06/2010A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals fo...
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Drug lab suspect in Calif. court for other case
Court Alerts 04/06/2010A former technician accused of skimming drugs from San Francisco's crime lab has appeared in court for an unrelated drug case.Deborah Madden pleaded not guilty Monday to a felony cocaine possession charge in San Mateo County Superior Court.The case i...
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Triple Murder Suspect Tries to Plead Guilty
Court Alerts 04/05/2010One of the suspects in a brutal Connecticut home invasion that left a mother and her two daughters dead has asked a judge to allow him to plead guilty, but his lawyers objected due to concerns over his mental state. Steven Hayes asked to plead guilty...
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NY court revives Tiffany's false ad claim vs. eBay
Court Alerts 04/02/2010EBay Inc. might be violating false-advertising laws if it does not warn consumers that some items billed as upscale jeweler Tiffany Co.'s products by sellers on its Web site are not authentic, a federal appeals court said Thursday.But online auction ...
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Officer expected to plead guilty in Katrina probe
Court Alerts 04/02/2010A third New Orleans police officer charged in a cover-up of a deadly shooting by police in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is expected to plead guilty, a person familiar with the case said Tuesday.A filing Tuesday in U.S. District Court charges th...
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Law-firm escrow agent charged with theft
Court Alerts 03/30/2010A South Korean woman who worked as an escrow agent at a Seattle law firm for 16 months has been charged with 114 counts of theft after authorities said she embezzled more than $825,000 from her employer.Heather "Veronica" Pak, 41, was arrested by Sea...
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Rip Torn due in Conn. court for bank break-in
Court Alerts 03/30/2010Rip Torn's lawyer says the "Men in Black" actor plans to enter pleas to burglary and firearms charges during a court hearing in Connecticut.Torn is scheduled to appear in Litchfield Superior Court on Tuesday morning.State police say the 79-year-old a...
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Marine's dad ordered to pay protesters' court fees
Court Alerts 03/30/2010The father of a Marine killed in Iraq and whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters was ordered to pay the protesters' appeal costs, his lawyers said Monday.On Friday, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered Snyder to pay $16,510 to F...
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Many felony pot cases getting tossed out of court
Court Alerts 03/29/2010Police in a northern California town thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana from a couple's home, even though doctors authorized the pair to use pot for medical purposes.San Francisco police thought ...
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Court to decide if man can fight death sentence
Court Alerts 03/25/2010The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned whether an Alabama death row inmate can challenge his second death sentence with an argument state officials said he didn't use when he was first sentenced to die for shooting a county sheriff.Lawyers for Bil...