Recent Updates
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Bolivians urge US court to restore $10M verdict on killings
Top Stories & Analysis 11/17/2019Bolivians asked a U.S. appeals court Tuesday to restore a $10 million jury verdict against a former president and defense minister of the South American nation over killings by security forces during 2003 unrest there.Lawyers for a group of indigenou...
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Georgia high court affirms dismissal of election challenge
Top Stories & Analysis 11/01/2019Georgia's highest court on Thursday affirmed a lower court dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the outcome of last year's race for lieutenant governor in a case that put a spotlight on the outdated voting machines the state is in the process of replac...
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French court postpones ruling on cement firm Lafarge case
Legal Compliance News 10/22/2019A French court has postponed until Nov. 7 a decision on whether to uphold preliminary charges against French cement manufacturer Lafarge, including "complicity in crimes against humanity."The decision comes as the Paris appeal court on Thursday ruled...
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Court Weighing Whether Judge Can Unseal Lynching Records
Legal Compliance News 10/18/2019A historian’s effort to unseal grand jury records from the brazen 1946 lynching of two black couples on a Georgia riverbank prompted tough questions in a federal appeals court, but the judges also suggested there might be another way to win rel...
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Analysis: Louisiana figures in 2 major Supreme Court cases
Legal News Network 10/11/2019Among cases on the U.S. Supreme Court docket for the term that began this month, two Louisiana cases stand out — one because of its implications for criminal justice in the state, the other because of what it portends for abortion rights and ac...
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Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border
Legal Compliance News 08/15/2019A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the U.S. government to forbid Central American immigrants from seeking asylum at the two busiest stretches of the southern border in a partial legal victory for the Trump administration.The ruling...
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Thai court acquits Red Shirts of terrorism for 2010 protests
Top Stories & Analysis 08/06/2019A court in Thailand on Wednesday dismissed terrorism and other charges against 24 leaders of an extended street protest in 2010 that saw key areas of central Bangkok closed off and random violence that was ended by military force.The Bangkok Criminal...
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Court rules against Florida officials on medical marijuana
Legal Compliance News 07/05/2019A Florida appellate court ruled that the state's approach to regulating marijuana is unconstitutional, possibly allowing more providers to jump into a market positioned to become one of the country's most lucrative.If the ruling stands, it could forc...
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Justices won’t revive Alabama ban on abortion procedure
Legal Compliance News 06/23/2019The Supreme Court won’t revive Alabama’s attempt to ban the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions after the measure was blocked by lower courts.The justices on Friday rejected the state’s appeal and declined to ...
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Court: NFL's Bucs not entitled to damages from BP spill
Legal Compliance News 05/26/2019A federal appeals court has ruled that the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers is not entitled to damages from BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.At issue were the accounting practices the team used to argue that the 2010 spill caused the team's reve...
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Federal appeals court rules against Trump on ending DACA
Supreme Court News 05/13/2019A federal appeals court ruled Friday the Trump administration acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner when it sought to end an Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation.A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circ...
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After Mueller, Trump says he'll fight Dems on all fronts
Legal Compliance News 04/21/2019President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that he and his administration will battle House Democrats on all legal fronts after the special counsel's Russia report, refusing to cooperate with subpoenas and appealing to the Supreme Court if Congress tr...