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  • Israel's Supreme Court rejects former PM Olmert's appeal

    Israel's Supreme Court rejects former PM Olmert's appeal

    Legal Events 09/29/2016

    Israel's imprisoned former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces an additional eight months behind bars after the country's Supreme Court rejected an appeal. Olmert is already serving a 19-month sentence after being convicted of bribery and obstructing ju...

  • Court asks judges to respond to Louisiana sheriff's claims

    Court asks judges to respond to Louisiana sheriff's claims

    Recent Cases 09/26/2016

    A federal appeals court on Monday asked two judges to respond to a petition by a Louisiana sheriff who claims another judge was improperly removed from his criminal case without explanation. A letter from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Ch...

  • Court gives fertilizer dealers a reprieve from policy change

    Court gives fertilizer dealers a reprieve from policy change

    Headline Legal News 09/24/2016

    A court ruling has given farm fertilizer dealers a reprieve from a federal policy change that some say would unfairly burden the industry. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy change announced last year would regulate retail deale...

  • Court cites racial profiling in tossing gun charge

    Court cites racial profiling in tossing gun charge

    Legal Solutions 09/23/2016

    The highest court in Massachusetts on Tuesday threw out a gun conviction against a Boston man in a ruling that says black men who flee when approached by police may be reacting to racial profiling rather than trying to hide criminal activity. In its ...

  • California Supreme Court to consider suit over Yelp review

    California Supreme Court to consider suit over Yelp review

    Court Watch 09/22/2016

    The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to consider a lawsuit that Yelp.com warns could lead to the removal of negative reviews on the popular website. The seven-member court voted unanimously Wednesday to take up an appeal by Yelp of a lower c...

  • Bosnian Serbs vote in referendum banned by top court

    Bosnian Serbs vote in referendum banned by top court

    National News 09/21/2016

    Bosnian Serbs on Sunday voted in a referendum banned by the country's constitutional court, risking Western sanctions against their autonomous region and criminal charges against their leaders. The vote was whether to keep Jan. 9 as a holiday in Repu...

  • DC gun law gets hearing before Washington appeals court

    DC gun law gets hearing before Washington appeals court

    Law Firm News 09/20/2016

    An appeals court will hear challenges to a District of Columbia law that places tough requirements for gun owners to get concealed carry permits. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is hearing arguments Tuesday in tw...

  • Court halts construction of another section of pipeline

    Court halts construction of another section of pipeline

    Legal Events 09/19/2016

    A federal appeals court has ordered a halt to construction of another section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in a ruling late Friday that i...

  • Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder

    Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder

    Headline Legal News 09/18/2016

    A Pakistani court on Saturday adjourned the case of a British-Pakistani woman's murder until Sept. 23 to give police more time to finalize charges against her father and ex-husband, who are accused of slaying her in the name of honor, police and lawy...

  • Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun

    Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun

    Ethics 09/17/2016

    A Michigan man who can't buy a gun because he was briefly treated for mental health problems in the 1980s has won a key decision from a federal appeals court, which says the burden is on the government to justify a lifetime ban against him. The Secon...

  • Appeals court orders judge to expunge woman's convictions

    Appeals court orders judge to expunge woman's convictions

    Headline Legal News 09/16/2016

    A state appeals court has overruled a western Indiana judge and ordered him to expunge a woman's convictions despite his disgust for her crimes. The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 last week that Jay Circuit Judge Brian Hutchison must expunge the ...

  • LA Supreme Court considers teen robber’s 99-year sentence

    LA Supreme Court considers teen robber’s 99-year sentence

    Ethics 09/14/2016

    Louisiana’s Supreme Court is considering whether recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings about juveniles convicted of murder mean a juvenile robber’s 99-year sentence is unconstitutional. Alden Morgan is now 35. He was 17 years old when he held up a couple...

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