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Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient’s family
Lawyer Blogs 06/28/2023The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the family of a nursing home resident with dementia that had sued over his care, declining to use the case to broadly limit the right to sue government workers.The man’s family went to court alleging that...
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Convictions tossed in 2016 death of 16-year-old shot in minivan in Trenton
Lawyer Blogs 06/21/2023An appeals court in New Jersey has tossed out the convictions of a man sentenced to 55 years in prison after being tried as a teenager in the 2016 death of a girl who was shot in a minivan as she and other juveniles were riding around Trenton.The cou...
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Donald Trump seeks to move NY criminal case to federal court
Lawyer Blogs 05/04/2023Donald Trump ’s lawyers have asked a federal court to take control of his New York City criminal case. They argued Thursday that the former president can’t be tried in the state court where his historic indictment was brought because the ...
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Appeals court halts House interview with ex-Trump prosecutor
Lawyer Blogs 04/21/2023A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked House Republicans from questioning a former Manhattan prosecutor about the criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump, the latest twist in a legal battle between Manhattan District Attorney Alvin B...
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Supreme Court rejects Turkish bank’s arguments in Iran case
Lawyer Blogs 04/20/2023The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Turkish bank’s main arguments for dismissing a lawsuit accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, but the court sent the case back for additional review.Halkbank, a bank owned by Turkey, had argu...
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Judge in Washington orders feds to keep abortion pill access
Lawyer Blogs 04/09/2023A federal judge in Washington state on Friday ordered U.S. authorities not to make any changes that would restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone in 17 Democratic-led states that sued over the issue, countering a ruling by a judge in ...
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Supreme Court skeptical of man who offered adult adoptions
Lawyer Blogs 03/27/2023The Supreme Court seemed inclined Monday to rule against a man convicted of violating immigration law for offering adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to citizenship.Attorneys for Helaman Hansen told the justices during approximately 90 min...
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Kansas high court signals continued abortion rights support
Lawyer Blogs 03/23/2023Kansas’ highest court signaled Monday that it still considers access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state constitution, as an attorney for the state argued that a decisive statewide vote last year affirming abortion rig...
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Judge OK’s Arizona rancher trial in Mexican migrant killing
Lawyer Blogs 02/26/2023An Arizona rancher accused of shooting at a group of migrants on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one man, will face trial on charges including second-degree murder and aggravated assault, a judge ruled Friday.Santa Cruz County Justi...
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Pakistani court acquits parents of activist in treason case
Lawyer Blogs 02/16/2023A Pakistani court on Wednesday acquitted the parents of an exiled female human rights activist, a defense lawyer said, three years after the couple was arrested on charges of terror financing and sedition.The 2019 arrests of Gulalai Ismail’s pa...
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Pence subpoenaed by special counsel probing Trump
Lawyer Blogs 02/08/2023Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person with direct knowled...
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Supreme Court has failed to find leaker of abortion opinion
Lawyer Blogs 01/20/2023The Supreme Court said Thursday an eight-month investigation that included more than 120 interviews and revealed shortcomings in how sensitive documents are secured has failed to find who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning aborti...