Recent Updates
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Wisconsin court sets argument date for stay-at-home lawsuit
Legal Compliance 05/03/2020The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear oral arguments early next week in a lawsuit seeking to block Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order.The justices ruled 6-1 to accept the case and scheduled oral arguments fo...
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Hawaii Judiciary postpones state court trials amid pandemic
Legal Compliance 04/16/2020Hawaii Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald has announced an order to postpone all state court trials amid the coronavirus pandemic, the state Judiciary said.The order states all state trials in civil, criminal and family courts be postponed until May 29 o...
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Kansas' high court rules for governor on religious services
Legal Compliance 04/12/2020The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Saturday that a Republican-dominated legislative panel exceeded its authority when it tried to overturn the Democratic governor’s executive order banning religious and funeral services of more than 10 people durin...
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Neville keeps seat in crowded primary for Supreme Court
Legal Compliance 03/19/2020Illinois Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. has won the primary election to keep his seat on the state’s highest court, emerging from a field of a six other Democrats. No Republicans ran, making him the presumed winner in November for t...
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Arkansas candidate's political ties targeted in court race
Legal Compliance 02/22/2020The race for a seat on the Arkansas Supreme Court is technically nonpartisan, but the close ties of one of the two main candidates to the state Republican Party. Barbara Webb, chief administrative law judge for the Arkansas Workers Compensation Commi...
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Court raises sentence for banker who smuggled a Picasso
Legal Compliance 02/04/2020A Spanish court has raised the sentence against a former bank president found guilty of trying to smuggle a painting by Pablo Picasso out of the country.The Madrid court announced the decision Tuesday to raise the sentence against fined ex-Bankinter ...
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Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule
Legal Compliance 02/01/2020A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers.Under the new policy, immigration officials...
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Missouri court permanently blocks key part of voter photo ID
Legal Compliance 01/12/2020The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday permanently blocked a central portion of a 2016 voter identification law that it said had required a “misleading” and “contradictory” sworn statement from people lacking a photo ID.The 5-2...
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President, Supreme Court top Wisconsin races in 2020
Legal Compliance 01/05/2020Everyone knows Wisconsin will be in the spotlight for the presidential race in 2020. It's one of just a few states where the electorate is so evenly divided, it could swing either way. That is the biggest prize on the ballot this year, but it's far f...
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Court: Washington drivers must use turn signals to turn
Legal Compliance 12/29/2019The state Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that drivers must use their signal every time they turn or change lanes on a roadway.Thursday’s ruling reverses a Court of Appeals ruling that said a signal is required only when public safety is af...
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Justices to take up dispute over subpoenas for Trump records
Legal Compliance 12/14/2019The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Donald Trump’s pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major confrontation between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign.Argume...
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Hong Kong court reinstates mask ban ahead of elections
Legal Compliance 11/22/2019A Hong Kong court that had struck down a ban on face masks at protests said Friday that the government could enforce it for one week, as police readied for any unrest during keenly contested elections this weekend.The High Court granted the temporary...