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High court steps into fight on Vanderbilts' Breakers mansion
Notable Attorneys 10/23/2016Rhode Island's highest court heard arguments Tuesday in a fight that has pitted dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family against a nonprofit that owns several Gilded Age mansions in Newport. The nonprofit Preservation Society of Newport County want...
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Grassley: GOP can't stonewall a Clinton Supreme Court pick
Notable Attorneys 10/20/2016Republicans "can't just simply stonewall" nominees to the Supreme Court even if the president making the choice is Democrat Hillary Clinton, says the GOP chairman of the Judiciary Committee in a reaffirmation of the Senate's advise-and-consent role o...
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Pakistan's top court seeks reply from PM over money scandal
Legal Events 10/20/2016Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday sought a reply from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in response to several petitions seeking his resignation over a financial scandal involving his family. The court gave Sharif two weeks to submit his response, Sharif's...
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Landowners to court: Exxon Mobil pipeline breaches contract
Notable Attorneys 10/19/2016Attorneys for landowners along a crude oil pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas in 2013 say Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. breached its contract because the pipeline interferes with their ability to enjoy their property. Attorneys for the landowners and Exxo...
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As time runs out, dozens of judge nominees waiting on Senate
Litigation Reports 10/18/2016Federal judges in New Jersey have struggled with a workload approaching 700 cases each, nearly double what's manageable, because of judicial vacancies. In Texas, close to a dozen district judgeships remain open, more than in any other state. Senate c...
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Court hearing on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo
Recent Cases 10/17/2016A Toronto court will hear arguments on an attempt to bar the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and logo in Ontario. The legal challenge by indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal comes on the same day the baseball team takes on the Toronto Bl...
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Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial
Law Firm News 10/17/2016A Lithuanian court has called former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to testify in a mass trial related to the 1991 crackdown on the country's independence movement. Gorbachev and Russian authorities haven't answered previous requests so it's unlikel...
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Rights group criticizes Polish law of weakening top court
National News 10/14/2016An international human rights body on Friday criticized recently enacted legislation in Poland regulating the nation's top legislative court, saying the law "gives excessive power to parliament and the executive over the judiciary." The Venice Commis...
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Dutch court: Wilders hate speech trial will go ahead
Legal Events 10/14/2016A Dutch court on Friday rejected an appeal by firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders to throw out his hate speech prosecution before it goes to trial this month. "Prosecuted for what millions of people believe," Wilders tweeted in his first reac...
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Court enters default judgment in Kansas voting rights case
Legal Events 10/13/2016A federal court clerk entered a default judgment Tuesday against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for failing to file a timely response to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring prospective voters to prove they are ...
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Iraq's federal court rules against prime minister's reforms
National News 10/12/2016Iraq's federal court ruled on Monday that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's move to abolish the largely ceremonial posts of the country's vice president and deputy prime minister is unconstitutional. Under Iraq's constitution, abolishing the posts wou...
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Court fight over Ohio executions likely to focus on sedative
Legal Events 10/11/2016Ohio says it's resuming executions in January with a three-drug protocol similar to one it used for several years. The concept is one adopted for decades by many states: the first drug sedates inmates, the second paralyzes them, and the third stops t...