Recent Updates
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Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians
Notable Attorneys 05/08/2016A Spanish judge wants two senior Russian officials with links to the Kremlin arrested so they can be questioned in court about suspected money laundering and criminal association. National court judge Jose de la Mata Amaya has issued international ar...
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Tribunal: India, Italy should agree on Italian marine's bail
Notable Attorneys 05/06/2016India and Italy should work toward an agreement to allow an Italian marine to return home while an arbitration process continues in the fatally shootings of two Indian fishermen in 2012, a tribunal said Tuesday. The two countries should present their...
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Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather
Notable Attorneys 03/08/2016A northern Wisconsin woman changed her plea to guilty Friday in the slaying of her mother and stepfather in a deal that has prosecutors recommending a 40-year prison sentence. Ashlee Martinson, who was 17 at the time of the March 2015 killings, faces...
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Ohio's top court declines to change rules on plea deals
Notable Attorneys 01/17/2016Ohio's top court decided Thursday to continue allowing defendants to plead to lesser crimes that don't bear much resemblance to the facts of the original charge. Some trial court judges argued that such pleas undermine public confidence in the courts...
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High court seems skeptical of mandatory public union fees
Notable Attorneys 01/14/2016The Supreme Court appears ready to deliver a major setback to American unions as it considers scrapping a four-decade precedent that lets public-sector labor organizations collect fees from workers who decline to join. During more than an hour of ora...
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Court won’t hear case over grant to Planned Parenthood
Notable Attorneys 11/14/2015The Supreme Court has rejected an anti-abortion group’s bid to force disclosure of confidential Planned Parenthood and federal government records about a contract for family planning services in New Hampshire. The justices on Monday let stand a rulin...
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US appeals court upholds gun laws after Newtown massacre
Notable Attorneys 10/19/2015A federal appeals court has upheld key provisions of New York and Connecticut laws banning possession of semi-automatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday, finding that the core par...
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Court rejects ex-NY Fed employee's retaliation claim lawsuit
Notable Attorneys 09/23/2015A New York-based federal appeals court has rejected claims of a former employee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who says she was fired for her probe into the banking firm Goldman Sachs. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on We...
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Court suspends Pennsylvania attorney general's law license
Notable Attorneys 09/22/2015Pennsylvania's highest court on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of state Attorney General Kathleen Kane's law license, a step that could trigger efforts to remove her from office as she fights perjury, obstruction and other charges. The unani...
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Court documents quantify impact of gay marriage in Kansas
Notable Attorneys 09/20/2015Court documents are offering a glimpse at the early impact of the gay marriage ruling in Kansas. The latest filing Tuesday from state officials comes in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Kansas ban on same-sex marriages. A federal ...
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Ohio court: Wording of pot legalization ballot is misleading
Notable Attorneys 09/15/2015Ohio's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that part of the ballot wording describing a proposal to legalize marijuana in the state is misleading and ordered a state board to rewrite it. Supporters of the measure, known in the fall election as Issue 3, cha...
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Amended voter identification law subject of court hearing
Notable Attorneys 08/24/2015North Carolina's voter identification mandate recently was eased before its slated 2016 start. But attorneys for voters and groups who oppose the law say the new exceptions don't mean their lawsuit challenging voter ID should evaporate. A Superior Co...