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  • Appeals court vacates ban on US horse slaughter

    Appeals court vacates ban on US horse slaughter

    Recent Cases 12/16/2013

    A federal appeals court on Friday removed a temporary ban on domestic horse slaughter, clearing the way for companies in New Mexico, Missouri and Iowa to open while an appeal of a lawsuit by animal protection groups proceeds. The 10th U.S. Circuit Co...

  • NY court: Reporter shielded in Colo. shooting case

    NY court: Reporter shielded in Colo. shooting case

    Headline Legal News 12/12/2013

    A Fox News reporter is protected by New York law from being forced to reveal her sources for a story about the suspect in the mass shooting that left 12 people dead in a suburban Denver movie theater last year, the state's top court ruled Tuesday. Th...

  • Court: Exec guilty over faulty French implants

    Court: Exec guilty over faulty French implants

    Legal Events 12/12/2013

    A disgraced French businessman was convicted of fraud and sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for filling tens of thousands of breast implants with industrial grade silicone. But he left the courthouse freely after lodging an appeal, and tho...

  • New Calif. court date set for ex-Nevada lawmaker

    New Calif. court date set for ex-Nevada lawmaker

    National News 12/09/2013

    A California court date was pushed back again for a former Las Vegas-area lawmaker jailed since a freeway chase and scuffle with police the day he was expelled last March from the Nevada Assembly. Prosecutor Shannon Faherty said a Friday court date f...

  • Haiti protest derides Dominican court ruling

    Haiti protest derides Dominican court ruling

    Headline Legal News 12/09/2013

    Hundreds of protesters gathered Friday to criticize a recent court decision in the Dominican Republic that could strip the citizenship of generations of people of Haitian descent living in the neighboring country. The crowd peaked at about 2,000 peop...

  • Supreme Court won't stop NY's Internet taxation

    Supreme Court won't stop NY's Internet taxation

    Headline Legal News 12/05/2013

    On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused to wade into a dispute over state sales taxes for purchases on websites like Amazon.com, an outcome likely to prompt more states to attempt to collect taxes on Internet...

  • LA airport shooting suspect appears in court

    LA airport shooting suspect appears in court

    National News 12/05/2013

    The man charged with killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding two other agents and a civilian during a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport made his first court appearance Wednesday, still showing signs o...

  • Seattle lawyer left $188 million charitable trust

    Seattle lawyer left $188 million charitable trust

    Legal Events 12/02/2013

    A Seattle lawyer who quietly amassed a fortune by investing his inherited family wealth has left a bequest of nearly $188 million to benefit Seattle Children's Hospital, the University of Washington School of Law and the Salvation Army. Hospital offi...

  • Nevada Supreme Court upholds ethics laws

    Nevada Supreme Court upholds ethics laws

    Headline Legal News 12/02/2013

    The Nevada Supreme Court upheld the state's ethics laws on Wednesday while backing the censure of a Sparks councilman for his 2005 vote on a casino project involving his former campaign manager. In a 5-2 opinion, justices rejected arguments from Spar...

  • Amanda Knox appeals slander case to European court

    Amanda Knox appeals slander case to European court

    Headline Legal News 11/29/2013

    Lawyers for Amanda Knox filed an appeal of her slander conviction in Italy with the European Court of Human Rights, as her third murder trial was underway in Florence. The slander conviction was based on statements Knox made to police in November 200...

  • Supreme Court Will Take up New Health Law Dispute

    Supreme Court Will Take up New Health Law Dispute

    Recent Cases 11/29/2013

    The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees. The justices said they will take ...

  • Spanish court sentences 'Robin Hood' mayor

    Spanish court sentences 'Robin Hood' mayor

    Recent Cases 11/25/2013

    A Spanish court has sentenced a town mayor and four others to seven months in prison for occupying unused military land they wanted to be loaned to farmers hard hit by the economic crisis. The regional court of southern Andalusia on Thursday convicte...

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