Recent Updates
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High court won't hear challenge to Vermont campaign law
Legal News Feed 01/12/2015The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to part of Vermont's campaign finance laws that impose contribution limits on political action committees. The justices on Monday declined to hear an appeal from the Vermont Right to Life Committee, an anti-ab...
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Hernandez fiancee due in court for perjury charge
Legal News Feed 01/08/2015Aaron Hernandez’s fiancee is due back in court Wednesday, one day after a judge made an important ruling about her presence during his murder trials. Shayanna Jenkins is charged with perjury related to the murder investigation of Hernandez. The heari...
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Nebraska court could hold up Keystone pipeline
Legal News Feed 01/08/2015The Republican-led Congress appears ready to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, but no matter what actions are taken in Washington, the entire 1,179-mile project could be delayed until Nebraska signs off on the route. After several years of intens...
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Idaho gay marriage fight appealed to Supreme Court
Legal News Feed 01/05/2015Idaho's governor and attorney general have filed separate petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court, fighting against gay marriage and arguing that the state's case has national consequences. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Idaho since an October rulin...
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Court orders release of jailed real estate mogul
Legal News Feed 12/31/2014A federal appeals court ordered the release Wednesday of a real estate mogul who was jailed last week in Montana after being found in contempt of court over his sale of a Mexico resort. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes after ...
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US Supreme Court takes case, but plaintiff missing
Legal News Feed 12/31/2014When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take Bobby Chen's case involving a run-down Baltimore row house razed by the city, it looked past the fact he was too poor to pay the court's filing fee and had no attorney. But now Chen can't be found, something...
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Hernandez trial expected to take 6 to 10 weeks
Legal News Feed 12/24/2014The murder trial of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez is expected to take six to 10 weeks, prosecutors said Monday at what is likely to be the former NFL star's final hearing before trial begins next month. Dressed in a dark blazer, He...
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Former Utah TV pitchman ordered back to court
Legal News Feed 12/24/2014A judge is summoning back to court a former Utah TV pitchman accused of kicking an owl in flight while riding his motorized paraglider. Authorities say in court documents filed Tuesday that 45-year-old Dell "Super Dell" Schanze hasn't shown that he h...
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Woman at center of 1961 Supreme Court case dies
Legal News Feed 12/11/2014A woman who stood up to police trying to search her Ohio home in 1957 and ultimately won a landmark Supreme Court decision on searches and seizures has died. Dollree Mapp died Oct. 31 in Conyers, Georgia. A relative and caretaker, Carolyn Mapp, confi...
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EU Court adviser backs cap on bank bonuses
Legal News Feed 11/21/2014A key adviser to the European Union's highest court is siding against Britain and wants the EU cap on bankers' bonuses to be maintained. Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Niilo Jaaskinen suggested Thursday that British attempts to der...
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Securities Arbitration and Litigation
Legal News Feed 11/21/2014The Law Offices of Place & Hanley, LLC is a nationally recognized securities and commodities arbitration law firm which represents investors nationwide. At Place & Hanley we represent investors in claims against their brokers, broker dealers, investm...
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Nags Head homeowners get federal court victory
Legal News Feed 11/13/2014Nags Head homeowners banned from repairing their beachfront property for five years because the town declared them a public nuisance are back at work, getting those homes renovated. The Virginian-Pilot reported a U.S. District Court judge ruled last ...