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  • German court rules against Lufthansa pilot strike

    German court rules against Lufthansa pilot strike

    Legal Events 09/08/2015

    A German court issued an injunction Wednesday ordering a halt to a strike by pilots at Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, that caused the cancelation of 1,000 flights. Lufthansa welcomed the ruling by the state labor court in Frankfurt but said th...

  • Kentucky court session planned in former women's coach case

    Kentucky court session planned in former women's coach case

    Headline Legal News 09/07/2015

    A pretrial conference is planned in the case of a former college women's basketball coach accused of groping a player. The session has been scheduled for Tuesday morning in a Kenton County court for Bryce McKey. McKey's attorney has entered a not-gui...

  • U.S. military chooses rarely-used charge for Bergdahl

    U.S. military chooses rarely-used charge for Bergdahl

    Recent Cases 09/06/2015

    Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghani...

  • Court: Transgender asylum seekers can't be equated with gays

    Court: Transgender asylum seekers can't be equated with gays

    Legal Events 09/05/2015

    Transgender people can be especially vulnerable to harassment and attacks and shouldn't be equated with gays and lesbians by U.S. immigration officials determining whether to grant asylum, a federal appeals court said Thursday. The San Francisco-base...

  • Washington Supreme Court rules against Backpage.com

    Washington Supreme Court rules against Backpage.com

    Headline Legal News 09/04/2015

    The website Backpage.com may not be immune from state liability law and a lawsuit filed by three young girls who said they were sold as prostitutes on the website can proceed to trial, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday.   In a 6-3 deci...

  • Clerk in gay marriage case to appear in federal court

    Clerk in gay marriage case to appear in federal court

    Recent Cases 09/04/2015

    A county clerk in Kentucky who has repeatedly defied court orders by refusing to issue marriage licenses will appear before a federal judge who could hold her in contempt of court. Rowan County clerk Kim Davis has been summoned to the hearing at 11 a...

  • Court cuts prison sentence for Memphis 'sovereign citizen'

    Court cuts prison sentence for Memphis 'sovereign citizen'

    Headline Legal News 09/03/2015

    An appeals court has reduced the prison sentence for a self-described sovereign citizen who was convicted of assaulting two police officers during a traffic stop. Tabitha Gentry was convicted in April 2014 of two counts of aggravated assault and one ...

  • Alaska Supreme Court won't block Medicaid expansion

    Alaska Supreme Court won't block Medicaid expansion

    Ethics 09/02/2015

    Thousands of lower-income Alaskans will become eligible for Medicaid after the Alaska Supreme Court on Monday refused to temporarily block the state from expanding the health care program. The win capped a big day for Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, who ear...

  • Burkina Faso court rejects candidate of former ruling party

    Burkina Faso court rejects candidate of former ruling party

    Recent Cases 08/31/2015

    A court in Burkina Faso on Saturday rejected the chosen presidential candidate of the former ruling party, prompting threats of a boycott of the vote in October. The presidential and legislative elections scheduled for Oct. 11 are intended to end one...

  • Bangladesh court bans Rana Plaza movie because of terrifying scenes

    Bangladesh court bans Rana Plaza movie because of terrifying scenes

    Legal Events 08/27/2015

    Bangladesh’s high court has imposed a six-month ban on a film about a garment worker who was rescued from the rubble 17 days after a five-storey factory complex collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people. The director, Nazrul Islam Khan, had argued th...

  • Amended voter identification law subject of court hearing

    Amended voter identification law subject of court hearing

    Notable Attorneys 08/24/2015

    North 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...

  • Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction

    Appeals court won't reinstate 1990 arson-murder conviction

    Lawyer Interviews 08/19/2015

    An elderly man who spent 24 years in prison for his daughter's death in a fire will remain free after a federal appeals court in Pennsylvania on Wednesday refused to reinstate his murder conviction. Han Tak Lee, 80, a native of South Korea who earned...