Recent Updates
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Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada gay marriage laws in court
Recent Cases 09/07/2014For the first time since it declared California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional, the federal appeals court in San Francisco is readying to hear arguments over same-sex weddings in a political and legal climate that's vastly different than when it...
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NC Supreme Court again weighs Duke Energy rates
Recent Cases 09/06/2014North Carolina's highest court is examining whether state utilities regulators correctly weighed the consumer impact of two rate increases for a Duke Energy operating unit. The state Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments Monday in two lawsuit...
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German court: chronically ill could grow marijuana
Recent Cases 07/22/2014Some Germans may soon be able to grow their own marijuana to relieve chronic pain after a ruling from a court in Cologne. The Cologne administrative court ruled Tuesday in favor of three plaintiffs who had sued for the right to grow marijuana for the...
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Court rules against HealthSouth in auditor dispute
Recent Cases 06/17/2014The Alabama Supreme Court ruled against Birmingham-based HealthSouth Corp. on Friday in a legal dispute linked to the accounting fraud that rocked the rehabilitation company more than a decade ago. The justices rejected an appeal filed by HealthSouth...
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Toal seeking millions to safeguard SC court info
Recent Cases 03/14/2014The head of South Carolina's judicial system says she needs more money to safeguard digital information for courts around the state. Chief Justice Jean Toal told a Senate panel Wednesday that it would take about $5.5 million to set up a site at Clems...
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French court blocks secret recordings of Sarkozy
Recent Cases 03/14/2014A French court has ordered an ex-aide of Nicolas Sarkozy to pay 10,000 euros ($14,000) in damages and costs to the former French president over secret recordings that were published in an online journal, and instructed the publication to pull down th...
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Two men found guilty for selling U.S. company’s technology
Recent Cases 03/07/2014A federal jury found two men guilty Wednesday of economic espionage involving the theft and sale of a U.S. company’s technology to a competitor controlled by the Chinese government. The jury returned the verdicts against Robert Maegerle and Walter Li...
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Supreme Court allows Stanford Ponzi scheme suits
Recent Cases 02/28/2014The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that victims of former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme can go forward with class-action lawsuits against the law firms, accountants and investment companies that allegedly aided the $7.2 billion...
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Man pleads not guilty in deadly Lodi crash
Recent Cases 02/03/2014A 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 ...
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Supreme Court orders stay of execution
Recent Cases 01/30/2014The 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...
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Court upholds approval of BP oil spill settlement
Recent Cases 01/13/2014Over BP's objections, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's approval of the company's multibillion-dollar settlement with lawyers for businesses and residents who claim the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money. BP...
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Court order needed to stop Pa. center utilities
Recent Cases 01/02/2014A judge says a court order is needed to shut off lights and other utilities at Pittsburgh's struggling August Wilson Center for African American Culture. Allegheny County Judge Lawrence O'Toole on Monday approved an order sought by the center's court...