Recent Updates
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California court invalidates law requiring Trump tax returns
National Legal News 11/20/2019President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California’s primary ballot next spring, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday.The law, the first of its kind in the nation and aimed squa...
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Suu Kyi to lead Myanmar team contesting genocide court case
Court Alerts 11/17/2019Myanmar said Wednesday its leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head the legal team contesting a genocide case filed against it in the International Court of Justice over the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims two years ago that set off their exodus to Bangladesh...
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Court’s Conservatives Seem to Back Trump on Immigration
Bankruptcy 11/13/2019The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems prepared to allow the Trump administration to end a program that allows some immigrants to work legally in the United States and protects them from deportation.There did not appear to be any suppo...
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Bolivians urge US court to restore $10M verdict on killings
Lawyer Blogs 11/12/2019Bolivians asked a U.S. appeals court Tuesday to restore a $10 million jury verdict against a former president and defense minister of the South American nation over killings by security forces during 2003 unrest there.Lawyers for a group of indigenou...
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As ruling nears, immigrant fights for anti-deportation act
Bankruptcy 11/10/2019A Mexican immigrant fighting President Donald Trump’s attempt to end a program shielding young immigrants from deportation says he is nervous about the case finally being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.Martin Batalla Vidal is a lead plaintiff ...
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Supreme Court considering whether Trump must open tax returns
U.S. Court Watch 11/06/2019California’s Supreme Court is considering Wednesday whether President Donald Trump must disclose his tax returns if he wants to be a candidate in the state’s primary election next spring.The high court is hearing arguments even though a f...
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Court opens way to send ex-Mozambique minister to US trial
Bankruptcy 11/03/2019Former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang faces the prospect of being extradited to the United States to face trial after a South African court on Friday ruled against him being sent to his home country.Chang's fate is now with South African Ju...
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Georgia high court affirms dismissal of election challenge
Business Law 11/02/2019Georgia's highest court on Thursday affirmed a lower court dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the outcome of last year's race for lieutenant governor in a case that put a spotlight on the outdated voting machines the state is in the process of replac...
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French court postpones ruling on cement firm Lafarge case
National Legal News 10/25/2019A French court has postponed until Nov. 7 a decision on whether to uphold preliminary charges against French cement manufacturer Lafarge, including "complicity in crimes against humanity."The decision comes as the Paris appeal court on Thursday ruled...
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Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
U.S. Court Watch 10/25/2019Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong appeared in court Friday for a retrial on corruption allegations linked to a 2016 scandal that spurred massive street protests and sent South Korea's then-president to prison. "I feel deeply sorry for worr...
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Court Weighing Whether Judge Can Unseal Lynching Records
National Legal News 10/20/2019A historian’s effort to unseal grand jury records from the brazen 1946 lynching of two black couples on a Georgia riverbank prompted tough questions in a federal appeals court, but the judges also suggested there might be another way to win rel...
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In or out? Court case on job bias casts pall on LGBT fests
Court Alerts 10/13/2019National Coming Out Day festivities were tempered this year by anxiety that some LGBT folk may have to go back into the closet so they can make a living, depending on what the Supreme Court decides about workplace discrimination law.But the mere fact...