Recent Updates
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EU Court: Vaccines Can Be Blamed for Illnesses Without Proof
Court Alerts 06/22/2017The highest court of the European Union ruled Wednesday that courts can consider whether a vaccination led to someone developing an illness even when there is no scientific proof. The decision was issued on Wednesday in relation to the case of a Fren...
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Ronaldo summoned to court, Mourinho accused of tax fraud
Headline News 06/20/2017Cristiano Ronaldo has been summoned to appear before a Spanish judge, and Jose Mourinho could be next. Ronaldo and Mourinho are the latest members of the soccer elite to be accused of tax fraud in Spain. Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano, among othe...
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Court: 'JudgeCutie' nickname doesn't ruffle judicial dignity
Headline News 06/19/2017A Mississippi jurist can call herself "JudgeCutie" without ruffling the dignity of the legal profession. That's what the Mississippi Supreme Court says in one of its speediest decisions in years. Only two days after hearing arguments, the court — whi...
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Justices could take up high-stakes fight over electoral maps
Court Alerts 06/18/2017In an era of deep partisan division, the Supreme Court could soon decide whether the drawing of electoral districts can be too political. A dispute over Wisconsin’s Republican-drawn boundaries for the state legislature offers Democrats some hope of c...
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After jury deadlocks, Bill Cosby faces 2nd sex assault trial
Legal News Feed 06/17/2017Bill Cosby, the comedian and actor once known as "America's Dad" for his TV role as paternal Dr. Cliff Huxtable, avoided a conviction on Father's Day weekend as a jury declared itself hopelessly deadlocked on charges he drugged and molested a woman m...
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Michelle Carter text suicide trial verdict: Guilty
Court Alerts 06/16/2017A young Massachusetts woman accused of sending her boyfriend dozens of text messages urging him to kill himself when they were teenagers was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday. Michelle Carter was charged in the death of Conrad Roy III. ...
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Groups sue seeking court oversight of Chicago police reforms
Legal News Feed 06/15/2017Several leading community groups filed a class-action lawsuit against the city of Chicago Wednesday in a bid to bypass or even scuttle a draft agreement between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice that seeks to reform the nation's second larg...
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Indiana governor names Judge Goff to state Supreme Court
Headline News 06/14/2017Indiana's next state Supreme Court justice, Wabash County Superior Court Judge Christopher Goff, said Monday his appointment to the state's highest court is humbling beyond words and something he never would have imagined at the start of his legal ca...
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Court filing: Marsh seeks OK to sell 26 grocery stores
Court Alerts 06/14/2017A bankruptcy court document says two Ohio-based grocery chains have agreed to buy 26 of Marsh Supermarkets' 44 remaining stores for a total of $24 million. The court filing posted Tuesday says Fishers-based Marsh is seeking court approval to sell 11 ...
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Court: Ignorance about allergy medicine crime no excuse
Lawyer News 06/13/2017Just because a man previously convicted of methamphetamine-related crimes didn't know it was now illegal for him to buy over-the-counter allergy medicine given his criminal history doesn't mean his rights were violated, a divided North Carolina Supre...
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West Virginia high court excludes inmates from workers' comp
Law & Politics 06/12/2017Inmates participating in work-release programs do not quality for workers' compensation benefits, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled has ruled. The court on Thursday unanimously affirmed a Workers' Compensation Board of Review's 2015 decision to n...
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Fraternity brothers due in court in pledge's fatal fall
Criminal Law 06/11/2017Members of a Penn State fraternity facing charges related to the death earlier this year of a pledge after a night of heavy drinking are due in court Monday for a hearing about whether there's enough evidence to head to trial. Prosecutors in the case...