Recent Updates
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New Mexico Supreme court mediates clash on pandemic aid
Law Firm Blogs 11/20/2021New Mexico’s Supreme Court is considering whether state legislators should have a greater say in the spending more than $1 billion in federal pandemic aid. Arguments in the case were scheduled for Wednesday morning at the five-seat high court. ...
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Federal judge leaves CDC evictions moratorium in place
Law Firm Blogs 08/13/2021A federal judge is refusing landlords’ request to put the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium on hold, though she made clear she thinks it’s illegal. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Friday said her “hands ar...
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HOW MUCH SHOULD SEO SERVICE COST A LAW FIRM?
Law Firm Blogs 07/26/2021Are you wondering how much to spend on SEO? If you want to boost website traffic and increase case conversions, search engine optimization (SEO) can help. SEO is what connects your firm to the majority of your customers. About 90% of customer interac...
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Court refuses appeal of ex-Cleveland cop who shot Tamir Rice
Law Firm Blogs 07/06/2021The Ohio Supreme Court announced on Tuesday it would not consider an appeal over the firing of a white police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a Cleveland recreation center in 2014. The appeal was filed in April by the Cleve...
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Court denies Seattle’s bid for wealthy household income tax
Law Firm Blogs 04/01/2020Washington’s Supreme Court has denied Seattle’s bid to reinstate an income tax on wealthy households.In a majority decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday declined to review the city’s request to overturn rulings against the tax by ...
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Supreme Court wrestles with case on detention of immigrants
Law Firm Blogs 10/04/2018The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a case about the government’s ability to detain certain immigrants after they’ve served sentences for committing crimes in the United States. Several justices expressed concerns with the governmen...
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Appeals court won't block ruling on candidate party label
Law Firm Blogs 08/22/2018North Carolina Republicans have been dealt another setback in their efforts to remove a state Supreme Court candidate's party affiliation from the ballot.The state Court of Appeals declined Monday to hear the request of GOP legislative leaders to blo...
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Romania: Court tells president to fire anti-graft prosecutor
Law Firm Blogs 05/25/2018Romania's top court on Wednesday told the country's president to fire the chief anti-corruption prosecutor, widely praised for her efforts to root out high-level graft, but a thorn in the side of some politicians.The move angered some Romanians. More...
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Idaho man upset with court tries to crash into courthouse
Law Firm Blogs 12/04/2017Authorities say an Idaho man tried to crash a car into a courthouse in downtown Boise because he was upset with the court system. The Ada County Sheriff's office says 37-year-old Jonathan Joseph Locksmith drove toward the courthouse in the state's ca...
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Florida man back at Supreme Court with 1st Amendment case
Law Firm Blogs 11/09/2017The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a First Amendment case brought by a Florida man who previously won a landmark ruling from the justices on whether his floating home was a house, not a boat subject to easier government seizure under laws t...
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With 2 in 3 months, Ohio executions could be back on track
Law Firm Blogs 09/18/2017Court rulings favorable to the state and the outcome of two executions in three months indicate Ohio could be on track to resume putting inmates to death regularly. The state executed child killer Ronald Phillips in July and double killer Gary Otte o...
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Court eyes Massachusetts church-state dispute
Law Firm Blogs 09/07/2017An attorney says a Massachusetts town should not be barred from giving public funds to support the restoration of a historic building just because it happens to be a church. Nina Pickering-Cook told Massachusetts' highest court on Thursday that commu...