Recent Updates
-
Pennsylvania GOP take gerrymandering case to US high court
Notable Attorneys 01/24/2018Pennsylvania's top Republican lawmakers asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to stop an order by the state's highest court in a gerrymandering case brought by Democrats that threw out the boundaries of its 18 congressional districts and ordered t...
-
Court calls on jailer to resign; cites poor conditions
Breaking Legal News 01/14/2018A court in Kentucky has called for a county jailer to resign, citing several recent incidents at the jail that include what the court viewed as substandard living conditions, along with multiple escapes and overdoses.Judge-Executive Steve Towler and ...
-
Hong Kong court to rule later on 3 activists' prison terms
Legal News 01/11/2018Three Hong Kong activists will have to wait to learn the outcome of their final appeal Tuesday to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city.Judges at Hong Kong's top...
-
Supreme Court to hear sales tax collection case
Legal Events 01/06/2018The Supreme Court agreed Friday to wade into the issue of sales tax collection on internet purchases in a case that could force consumers to pay more for certain purchases and allow states to recoup what they say is billions in lost revenue annually....
-
Western powers warn Kosovo on changing war crimes court law
Legal Issues 01/05/2018Five western nations have warned Kosovo against repealing or amending a law on a war crimes court, saying it would suffer negative consequences "in international and Euro-Atlantic integration."A statement Thursday from the nations — the United ...
-
Women taking their right to go topless to state's high court
Recent Cases 01/04/2018In a case that pits freedom of expression and equality against public decency, three women are challenging a New Hampshire city ordinance prohibiting public nudity and taking it to the state's highest court.Heidi Lilley, Kia Sinclair and Ginger Pierr...
-
Jailed Catalan separatists pledge to eschew unilateral moves
Legal Events 01/01/2018Three backers of Catalonia's independence sought Thursday to get released from jail for their role in the region's push to break from Spain, which triggered the country's worst political crisis in decades.Former Catalan interior minister, Joaquim For...
-
Doctor charged in wife's death moved after threat to him
Legal Issues 01/01/2018A New Jersey doctor accused of having his wife killed to protect an illegal prescription drug ring he was running with an outlaw biker gang has been moved to a different jail nearly 100 miles away due to an alleged plot by a co-defendant to kill him....
-
Greece to limit Sharia law after European Court challenge
Law Firm News 12/21/2017Lawmakers in Greece are set to limit the powers of Islamic courts operating in a border region that is home to a 100,000-strong Muslim minority.Backed by parliament's largest political parties, the draft law is set to be voted on later Tuesday. The p...
-
Florida and Georgia taking water fight to Supreme Court
Law Firm News 12/01/2017Reminders of the oyster's pre-eminence in this slice of northwestern Florida are everywhere, from the shells that line the edges of downtown buildings to the paintings of oysters that dot the walls of Apalachicola's art and history museum.It's the oy...
-
Judge Rejects Request for New Vote in Virginia House Race
Legal Issues 11/21/2017A federal judge on Friday rejected a request for a new election that might have forced a 50-50 split in Virginia's House of Delegates, calling ballot mistakes cited by Democrats a "garden-variety" problem that doesn't merit federal intervention.Democ...
-
Court extends halt in Louisiana executions after judge dies
Court Watch 11/11/2017A court order blocking Louisiana from carrying out any executions has been extended indefinitely after the death of the federal judge who issued it.A lawsuit challenging the state's lethal injection protocols has kept death sentences on hold since 20...