Recent Updates
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Court: Dismissal of cop's Black Lives Matter lawsuit is just
National Court News 08/15/2018A federal appeals court says a Louisiana court rightly dismissed a deputy's lawsuit accusing Black Lives Matter and several leaders of inciting violence that led to a deadly 2016 attack on law enforcement officers.The Advocate reports a three-judge p...
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Ugandan pop star, a government critic, faces military court
Ethics 08/14/2018A pop singer and prominent critic of Uganda's government was charged with unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in a military court on Thursday for his alleged role in clashes in which the longtime president's motorcade was attacked by peopl...
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Nevada high court gets flurry of filings in execution case
Notable Attorneys 08/12/2018Two drugmakers asked the Nevada Supreme Court on Monday to let a state court judge hear arguments before justices take up an appeal about whether the state can use their products for an execution.The companies "and the citizens of Nevada have a subst...
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Court: Ex-federal immigration lawyer can be sued for forgery
Legal Issues 08/12/2018A U.S. appeals court says a former federal immigration lawyer who forged a document in an effort to get a man deported can be sued for damages. Jonathan M. Love was assistant chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle in 20...
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Immigration cases tossed in fallout from high court ruling
Ethics 08/11/2018Immigration courts from Boston to Los Angeles have been experiencing fallout from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that has caused some deportation orders to be tossed and cases thrown out, bringing more chaos to a system that was already besiege...
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Supreme Court examines Kentucky's medical review panels
Court Watch 08/09/2018After Ezra Claycomb was born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy, his mother considered filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. But in 2017, Kentucky's Republican-controlled legislature passed a law requiring all such lawsuits first be reviewed...
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Zimbabwe's opposition challenges election results in court
Notable Attorneys 08/09/2018Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Friday filed a legal challenge to the results of the country's first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, alleging "gross mathematical errors" and calling for a fresh vote or a declaration that their candi...
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Court, regulators clash over uranium project in South Dakota
Recent Cases 08/07/2018Federal regulators recently abandoned a proposed survey of Native American cultural resources at a planned uranium mine site in the southwest part South Dakota, just days before a judge decided the survey is required by federal law.The contradictory ...
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N Carolina Supreme Court race lawsuit returning to court
National Court News 08/06/2018having his party listed on November ballots is returning to court.A judge scheduled a Wake County hearing Monday to consider requests by candidate Chris Anglin and a lower-court candidate also fighting the law finalized by GOP legislators earlier thi...
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Child remains found at New Mexico compound, man due in court
Legal Events 08/03/2018For months, neighbors worried about a squalid compound built along a remote New Mexico plain, saying they brought their concerns to authorities long before sheriff's officials first found 11 hungry children on the lot, and then the remains of a small...
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N Carolina Supreme Court candidate sues over party label law
Legal Events 08/02/2018A North Carolina Supreme Court candidate has made good on his threat to sue Republican legislators to challenge a law finalized over the weekend preventing him from having his party designation next to his name on the November ballot.Chris Anglin fil...
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Tennessee high court refuses to block looming execution
Notable Attorneys 08/01/2018The Tennessee Supreme Court has refused to stay Thursday's scheduled execution of a convicted child killer while the state's new lethal injection protocol continues to be challenged on appeal.The order brings Tennessee within days of killing Billy Ra...