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  • Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage

    Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage

    Ethics 02/18/2014

    Lawyers for Egypt's ousted president and his co-defendants walked out of court on Sunday to protest the soundproof glass cage in which defendants are held during proceedings, state TV reported. It said judge Shaaban el-Shamy ordered a recess after th...

  • Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban

    Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban

    Legal Events 02/13/2014

    In an about-face, Nevada has decided against defending its constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, the latest step in a series of battles being waged across the nation on the volatile issue. Nevada's attorney general and governor said Monday that t...

  • Ky. high court to hear death penalty appeal

    Ky. high court to hear death penalty appeal

    National News 02/13/2014

    The Kentucky Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case of a death row inmate who has twice won a new trial. The justices on Thursday will take up the case of 57-year-old Michael Dale St. Clair, who was convicted in the 1991 slaying of distil...

  • Farmer pleads guilty in pot growing scheme

    Farmer pleads guilty in pot growing scheme

    National News 02/10/2014

    A Northern California farmer renowned nationally for his heirloom tomatoes has pleaded guilty to leasing out his greenhouses for growing marijuana. Sixty-four-year-old Thomas Jopson of Sutter County pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture at leas...

  • Lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect due in court

    Lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect due in court

    National News 02/10/2014

    Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be in court this week for the first time since U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Tsarnaev. A status co...

  • Case challenging gay-marriage ban heard in Va.

    Case challenging gay-marriage ban heard in Va.

    National News 02/06/2014

    In a case that could give gay marriage its first foothold in the old Confederacy, a federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday on whether Virginia's ban on gay marriage should be struck down _ the position the state's newly elected Democratic attorney...

  • Australian court rules ANZ Bank late fees too high

    Australian court rules ANZ Bank late fees too high

    Headline Legal News 02/06/2014

    One of Australia's largest banks faces a multimillion dollar payout to thousands of customers after a judge ruled on Wednesday that late payment fees it charged on credit cards were exorbitant. ANZ Banking Group Ltd. partially lost a class action law...

  • Man pleads not guilty in deadly Lodi crash

    Man pleads not guilty in deadly Lodi crash

    Recent Cases 02/03/2014

    A man has pleaded not guilty to murder, driving under the influence and other charges in a car crash in Central California that killed five members of a family, including a pregnant woman. The Record of Stockton reports that 28-year-old Ryan Morales ...

  • Pakistan court dismisses Musharraf medical request

    Pakistan court dismisses Musharraf medical request

    Headline Legal News 02/03/2014

    A Pakistani court hearing the case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on charges of high treason rejected Friday a request that he be allowed to go abroad for treatment, his lawyer and a court official said. Instead, they said, it issued ...

  • Supreme Court orders stay of execution

    Supreme Court orders stay of execution

    Recent Cases 01/30/2014

    The U.S. Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of execution for Missouri death row inmate Herbert Smulls on Tuesday night. Justice Samuel Alito signed the order that was sent out after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, about two-an...

  • Viacom, Fox want to run anti-smoking ads too

    Viacom, Fox want to run anti-smoking ads too

    National News 01/30/2014

    More TV networks want to gain from tobacco companies' mandate to run anti-smoking ads that will cost tens of millions of dollars. Fox Broadcasting and the company behind MTV, Comedy Central and BET argue that a court-ordered plan to air anti-tobacco ...

  • Lawmakers push back against Washington high court

    Lawmakers push back against Washington high court

    Legal Events 01/27/2014

    Washington state's highest court has exercised an unusual amount of power on education funding, and it's prompted some lawmakers to raise constitutional concerns. Before last year's legislative session, the court ruled that the state wasn't meeting i...

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