Recent Updates
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Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on the state's primary election ballot
U.S. Court News 12/27/2023The court said Wednesday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to keep Trump from appearing on the ballot.It said in an order that the application by parties to appeal a Dec. 14 Michigan appeals court judgment...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case
National Court News 12/24/2023The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a redistricting case they hope will weaken GOP majorities.The ruling...
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Paramedics convicted in Elijah McClain's death after administering ketamine
U.S. Court News 12/20/2023Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday for giving a fatal overdose of the sedative ketamine to Elijah McClain in 2019 — a jury verdict that experts said could have a chilling effect on first responders around the country.The case invo...
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Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
Litigation Reports 12/19/2023Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even big...
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Texas Supreme Court blocks Kate Cox's emergency abortion approval
U.S. Court News 12/10/2023The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S...
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Retired Justice O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died
Legal Compliance 12/02/2023Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93.O’Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related t...
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New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Democratic-drawn congressional map
Litigation Reports 11/28/2023The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico, in an order published Monday.All five justices signed a sho...
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Trump celebrates win in Colorado election case during return visit to Iowa
U.S. Court News 11/20/2023Former President Donald Trump celebrated a win in a closely watched election case during a return visit to Iowa Saturday, where he blasted his political foes and encouraged his supporters to not move past their grievances with President Joe Biden.A C...
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Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users
Litigation Reports 11/16/2023A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the fighting in Ukraine.A magistrate at Moscow&...
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Trump pushes for election interference trial to be televised
Litigation Reports 11/12/2023Donald Trump is pushing for his federal election interference trial in Washington to be televised, joining media outlets that say the American public should be able to watch the historic case unfold.Federal court rules prohibit broadcasting proceedin...
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Biden administration warns of disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
Litigation Reports 11/09/2023The Biden administration on Tuesday urged an appeals court to allow sweeping new asylum restrictions to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border.The government is urging a panel of judges in Pasa...
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Appeals courts temporarily lifts Donald Trump’s gag order
Litigation Reports 11/04/2023A federal appeals court temporarily lifted a gag order on Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case in Washington on Friday — the latest twist in the legal fight over the restrictions on the former president’s speech.The U.S. Co...