Recent Updates
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Prominent Chinese rights lawyer tried in closed proceedings
Legal News Feed 12/26/2018The trial of a prominent human rights lawyer began in northern China on Wednesday with about two dozen plainclothes officers stationed outside a courthouse and at least one supporter taken away by police.Reporters, foreign diplomats and supporters we...
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A Colorado man of missing Colorado woman in court
U.S. Court Watch 12/24/2018A Colorado man suspected of killing his fiance has made his first court appearance. Patrick Frazee appeared by teleconference at a Teller County District Court hearing. Frazee was arrested earlier Friday in the disappearance of 29-year-old Kelsey Ber...
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Pakistani court set to announce verdict against ex-PM Sharif
National Legal News 12/24/2018An anti-corruption court is set to rule on two cases against Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.Sharif, who was removed from office last year after being disqualified from serving his third stint as prime minister, could be sentenced to pr...
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A Colorado man of missing Colorado woman in court
Law & Politics 12/22/2018A Colorado man suspected of killing his fiance has made his first court appearance. Patrick Frazee appeared by teleconference at a Teller County District Court hearing. Frazee was arrested earlier Friday in the disappearance of 29-year-old Kelsey Ber...
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Appeals court agrees to hear case involving Trump DC hotel
U.S. Court Watch 12/20/2018A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to take up a case accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency in violation of the U.S. Constitution, giving the president's legal team its first major victory in the case.The order issued by the U.S. ...
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Fight over report on Wynn allegations back in court Jan. 4
National Legal News 12/18/2018The fight over a Massachusetts Gaming Commission report on allegations of sexual misconduct against former casino mogul Steve Wynn will be back in a Nevada courtroom next month.Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez on Thursday set a Jan. 4 c...
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Colorado baker returns to court over 2nd LGBT bias allegation
National Legal News 12/16/2018Attorneys for a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds — a stand partially upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court — argued in federal court Tuesday that the state is punishing him again over his ...
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Indian court rejects probe into Rafale fighter jet deal
Lawyer Blogs 12/14/2018India's top court on Friday rejected petitions by activists seeking a probe into the government purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said there was no reason to doubt the government's decision-making process in t...
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The Latest: Macron: No new Brexit accord, ball in UK court
Labor & Employment 12/14/2018French President Emmanuel Macron says the withdrawal deal on Brexit cannot be renegotiated and that it’s now up to the British Parliament to make the next move.Macron spoke Friday after an EU summit and a one-on-one meeting with British Prime M...
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Chinese executive facing US extradition appears in court
Law Journals 12/14/2018A Canadian prosecutor urged a Vancouver court to deny bail to a Chinese executive at the heart of a case that is shaking up U.S.-China relations and worrying global financial markets.Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of telecommunications gia...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow asylum ban
U.S. Court Watch 12/12/2018The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.Two federal courts have temporarily blocked the policy President Donald Trump announced in Nove...
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Court deadlines set stage for more Russia probe details
U.S. Court Watch 12/11/2018Robert Mueller is set to reveal more details about his Russia investigation on Friday as he faces court deadlines in the cases of two men who worked closely with President Donald Trump.The special counsel and federal prosecutors in New York are filin...