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Court: Montana minimizes impact of mining near Yellowstone
Law Reviews 05/22/2018A gold exploration proposal near Yellowstone National Park faced a significant setback as a judge blamed Montana officials for understating the potential for mining to harm land, water and wildlife.The ruling released Friday means the Montana Departm...
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Ford fined by Australian court for mishandling complaints
Law Reviews 05/16/2018Ford Motor Co.'s Australian subsidiary has been fined 10 million Australian dollars ($7.6 million) for mishandling customer complaints about faulty automatic transmissions in thousands of cars.The fine in the Federal Court on Thursday equals the larg...
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Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court
Law Journals 05/11/2018President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court.Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy both signaled support for the travel policy in arguments Wednesday at the high court. The ban's challengers a...
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Trump travel ban is focus of Supreme Court's last arguments
Law Journals 05/11/2018President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several mostly Muslim countries is the topic of arguments Wednesday at the Supreme Court, with a Trump administration lawyer facing questions during the first half of arguments.The travel ban case is the...
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Court won't reconsider making public family slain autopsies
Legal Compliance 05/06/2018The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday once again rejected requests for unredacted autopsy reports from the unsolved slayings of eight family members.The court ruled 5-2 without comment against reconsidering its December decision that the Pike County co...
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Supreme Court seems divided over Texas redistricting
Legal Compliance 04/30/2018The Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday over Texas' appeal to preserve congressional and legislative districts that a lower court struck down as racially discriminatory.The justices heard arguments in the latest round of court action over Texas el...
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Supreme Court wrestles with administrative law judge case
Law Reviews 04/26/2018The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with a case brought by a former financial adviser known for his "Buckets of Money" strategy who is challenging the appointment of the administrative law judge who ruled against him.The case involves the Securities an...
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Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion
Legal Compliance 04/26/2018Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Co...
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Courts weighing numerous challenges to political boundaries
Law Journals 04/26/2018The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, sev...
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Taxpayer tab for law firm overseeing Atlantic City hits $4.8M
Law Reviews 04/21/2018Taxpayer tab for law firm overseeing Atlantic City hits $4.8MNew Jersey taxpayers' tab for the takeover of Atlantic City has reached about $5 million in fees from the law firm former Gov. Chris Christie picked to oversee the gambling resort.Records o...
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USCIS will reject any petition that includes an incorrect fee payment
Law Reviews 04/16/2018USCIS will reject and return the petitions and associated filing fees to petitioners that were not selected, as well as any cap-subject petitions received after Feb. 27.In January, the Department of Labor announced a change to its process of issuing ...
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French court issues mixed ruling in Facebook nudity case
Law Journals 04/16/2018A French court ruled Thursday that Facebook failed to fulfill its contractual obligations by closing without prior notice the account of a user who posted a photo of a famous 19th century nude painting.But the Paris civil court also refused to order ...